The world film encyclopedia (1933)

Biographies of the Players (TOD-TOR) i(?9 Intended to become an elocution teacher, but an unexpected stage offer in London made her change her mind. Has played a succession of leading parts in West End shows. It was her sympathetic personality that secured her her first screen part of Millie in Keepers of Youth (B.I. P., 1931). Also Played in : The Ghost Train (Gains), These Charming People (ParaBrit), Water Gypsies (A.R.P.). TODD, Thelma. B. Lawrence, Mass. Blonde hair, grey eyes. Ht. 5 ft. 4 in. Wt. 8 St. 8 lb. Ed. Lawrence High School ; Lowell (Mass) High School ; Lowell Normal School. M. Pasquala de Cicco, 1932. School teacher, who won State beauty contest, and was chosen by Paramount for its School of Acting, afterwards taking small parts in Paramount films. Made the film Corsair (U.A., 1931), under the name of " Alison Loyd." Also Played in : Vamping Venus (F.N.), The Crash (F.N.), The Haunted House (F.N.), Heart to Heart (F.N.), Naughty Baby (F.N.), The Bachelor Girl (Col), Trial Marriage (Col), Careers (F.N.), Her Private Life (F.N.), House of Horror (F.N.), Seven Footprints to Satan (F.N.), Look Out Below (Educ), Hell's Angels (U.A.), Follow Through (Para), Maltese Falcon (F.N. ), Broadminded (F.N.), The Hot Heiress (F.N.), No Limit (Para), Her Man (Pathe), Beyond Victory (Para), Aloha (Tiffany), Swanee River (W.W.), Big Timer (Col), This is the Night (Para), Horse Feathers (Para), Speak Easily (M.G.M.), No Greater Love (Tiffany), Maltese Falcon (Warner), Monkey Business (Para), Cauliflower Alley (Col), Call Her Savage (Fox). TOOMEY, Regis. B. Pittsburg, Pa.. Aug. 13, 1902. Light brown hair, grey-green eyes. Ht. 5 ft. 11 in. Wt. II St. 4 lb. Ed. Peabody High School ; University of Pittsburg. M. Kathrj-n Scott. Amateur theatricals inspired him to try his luck on the professional stage, where he remained successfully for five years before going into films. First film. Alibi (U.A., 1929). Also Played in : The Wheel of Life (Para), Illusion (Para), Rich People (Pathe), The Perfect Alibi (Radio), Crazy That Way (Fox), Good Intentions (Fox), The Light of Western Stars (Para), The Street of Chance (Para), Framed (Radio), The Steel Highway (Warner), Murder by the Clock (Para), Playing the Game (Para), The Hours Between (Para), Finn and Hattie (Para), The Finger Points (F.N.), Graft (Univ), Kick In (Para), Shopivorn (Col), Midnight Patrol (Mono), Under Eighteen (Warner), Sky Bride (Para), Tliey Never Come Back (Tec -Art). TORRENCE, David. B. Edinburgh, Scotland. Black hair, hazel eyes. Ht. 6 ft. I in. Wt. 14 St. Ed. Edinburgh ; England and Germany. Worked for a time on a cattle ranch in Mexico but the venture was unsuccessful and he turned to the stage. After considerable experience he entered films, playing from time to time in most of the leading studios. The Inside of the Cup (Para, 1921), was his first film. Also Played in : Tess of the Storm Country (U.A.), The Light that Failed (Para), The Abysmal Brute (Univ), Drums of Jeopardy (Tiffany), Oh, What a Nurse ■ (Warner), Brown of Harvard (M.G.M.), Annie Laurie (M.G.M.), On the Stroke of Twelve (Ray-Art), The Big Noise (F.N.), Moriarty (Goldwyn), City of Purple Dreams (Trem Carr), King of the Khvber Rifles (Fox), The Auction Block (M'G.), The Cavalier (Tiffany), Undressed (Sterling), City of Dreams (Fox), Silks and Saddles (Fox), Untamed Justice (Fox), The Black Watch (Fox), Strong Boy (Fox), Disraeli (Warner), City Girl (Fox), Raffles (U.A.), River's End (Warner), Scotland Yard (Fox), Five Star Final (F.N.), East Lvnne (Fox). The Devil to Pay (U.A.), Bachelor Father (M.G.M.), Successful Calamity {WarneT) , Smiling Through (M.G.M.), Mask of Fu Manchu (M.G.M.) TORRENCE, Ernest. B. Edinburgh, Scotland, June 26, 1878. Brown hair, brown eyes. Ht. 6 ft. 4 in. Wt. 15 st. Studied music at the Edinburgh Academy of Music ; Conservatorium in Stuttgart, Germany ; Royal Academy of Music, London. M. Elsie Reamer. Played professionally at concerts before he became an actor. In 1900 was awarded the R.A.M. medal for Operatic Singing ; also the Westmorland Scholarship. Achieved fame as a baritone of the Savoy Opera Company. Screen debut Tol'ablc David (Inspiration, 192 1, silent). Also Played in : Broken Chains (Goldwyn), The Covered Wagon (Para), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Univ), Riiggles of Red Gap (Para). Fighting Coward (Para), Peter Pan (Para), Mantrap (Para). King of Kings (De Mille). Tivelve Miles Out {M.GM.). The Cossacks (M.G.M.). Bridge of San Luis Rey (M.G.M.) , Desert Nights (M.G.M.), Speedway (M.G.RL). The Singer of Seville m.G.U.), Strictly UnconventionaUM.G.M.).