The world film encyclopedia (1933)

Biograpliies of the Players (SWA-SWIj 165 Under Montana Skies (Tiffany), All Quiet on the Western Front (Univ), King of Jazz (Univ), Little Accident (Univ), Racing Youth (Univ), Unexpected Father (Univ), Heaven on Earth (Univ), The Front Page (U.A.), Reckless Living (Univ), Tom Brown, of Culver (Univ), Air Mail (Univ). SWAIN, Mack. B. Salt Lake City, Utah, Feb. 16, 1876. Fair hair, grey-green cj-es. Ht. 6 ft. 2 in. Wt. 21 St. 6 lb. Ed. public schools, Salt Lake City. M. Cora King. Had had many years' stage experience before turning his attention to motion pictures in 1913 in Kej-stone comedies. Also Played in : The Gold Rush (U.A.), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Para), The Beloved Rogue{JJ. A.), Sea Bat (M.G.M.), The Cohens and Kelly s (Univ), Marianne (M.G.M.), Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City (Univ), The Last Warning (Univ), Finn and Hattie (Para), Midnight Patrol (Mono), The Engineer's Daughter (Radio). SWANSON, Glorl\. B. Chicago, III., March 27, 1S99. Reddish-brown hair, blue-grey cj'es. Ht. 5 ft. 3 in. Ed. in Chicago, 111. ; Art Institute, Chicago. M. (i) Wallace Beery, 1916 ; div. 1918 ; (2) H. Somborn, 1919 ; div. 1923 ; i dau., Gloria ; (3) Marquis de la Falaise de la Coudraye, 1925 ; div. 1930 ; (4) INIichael Farmer, 1931, I dau., Michelle Bridget, 6 April, 1932. Also I adopted son. While visiting the old Essanay studios, obtained permission to appear in a crowd scene. Was then noticed and ultimately given parts in bathing comedies. Later made her appearance in drama, the first successful one being The Admirable Crichton. Came to London, March, 1932, and soon after began producing for her own company at the A.R.P. Studios, Ealing. Also Played in : Elvira Farina (Essanay), The Meal Ticket (Essanay), The Nick of Time Baby (Keystone), Teddy at the Throttle (Keystone), Haystacks and Steeples (Keystone), The Pullman Bride (Sennett), Station Content (Triangle), Her Decision (Triangle), You can't Believe Everything (Triangle), Every Woman's Husband (Triangle), Shifting Sands (Triangle), Wife or Country (Triangle), Secret Code (Triangle), Don 7 Change Your Husband (De Mille), For Better For Worse (De Mille), Male and Female (De Mille), Why Change Your Wife ? (De Mille), Something to Think About (De Mille), The Affairs of Anatol (De Mille), The Great Moment (Para), Under the Lash (Para), Her Husband's Trademark (Para), Beyond the Rocks (Para), Her Gilded Cage (Para), The Impossible Mrs. Bellew (Para), My American Wife (Para), Prodigal Daughter (Para,) Bluebeard' s Eighth Wife (Para), Zaza (Para), The Humming Bird (Para), Society Scandal (Para), Manhandled (Para), Wages of Virttu (Para), Madam Sans Gene (Para), Coasl of Folly (Para), Stage Struck (Para), Untamed Lady (Para), Fine Manners (Para), The Loves of Sunya (U.A.), Sadie Thompson (U.A.), The Trespasser (U.A.), What a Widow (U.A.), Indiscreet (U.A.), Tonight or Never (U.A.), Perfect Understanding (Swanson) . SWEET, Blanche. Full name, Sarah Blanche Sweet. B. Chicago, 111., June 18. Blonde hair, blue eyes. Ht. 5 ft. 4 in. Wt. 8 St. 3 lb. M. Marshall Neilan, 1922 ; div. Began her stage training at the age of one and a half and was therefore entitled to call herself an old trouper when, at the age of thirteen, she turned her attention to motion pictures. Began her screen experience wdth the Biograph Company, playing opposite such wellknown people as Mary Pickford and the Gishes. Came to England in 1928 to star in W'ilcox's The Woman in White (B. & D.). Later toured America in vaudeville. Played in : The Night Hostess, Judith of Bethulia, The Unpardonable Sin, Tess of the D'Urbervilles (M.G.M.), Siriged (Fox), Anna Christie (M.G.M.), Show Girl in Hollywood (F.N.), The Woman Racket (M.G.M.), Always Faithful (Vita), Lights and Shadows (M.G.M.). SWINBURNE, Nora. B. Bath, July -5> 1903. Dark brown hair, hazel eyes. Ht. 5 ft. 4 in. Wt. 8 st. Ed. Ros.sholme College, Weston-super-Mare; Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Her father was a tO}' m^anufacturer, and she had 643 dolls — every one with a name. At nine she wouldn't look a doll in the face. At one time premier danseuse in Russian Ballets with Theodore Kosloff and JNIarasoff. Was understudying Gladys Cooper one night when Gilbert Sliller saw her and promptly starred her in The Bat. Made her screen debut displaying hats in a Gaumont newsreel, which resulted in a contract. Also Played in : Branded (British Screencraft), Saved From the Sea (Westminster), Hornet's Nest (Butcher's), His Grace Gives Notice (StoU), Alf's Button (Gaumont), Caste (Rowson), Potiphar's Wife (B.I. P.), Alibi (Twickenham), These Charming People (Para -Brit), Man of