The world film encyclopedia (1933)

176 (WAT-WEN) Biographies of the' Players Breakfast at Sunrise (F.N.), Beware of Widows (Univ), The Love Thrill (Univ), Rupert of Henizau (M.G.), Skinner's Big Idea (Radio), Honeymoon Flats (Univ), Undressed (Sterling), Jazdand (Butcher), Keep Laughing (Educ), Swing High (Radio), The Reckoning (Butcher's), Arm of the Law (Mono), What Price Hollywood ? (Radio), Drifting Souls (Tower), Christmas Knightly it&), Niagara Falls {Yita), Forbidden Company (Chesterfield), A Parisian Romance (Allied), Thrill of Youth (Chesterfield), Exposure (Premier). WATKINS, Linda. B. Boston, Mass., May 23, igog. Blonde hair, blue eyes. Ht. 5 ft. 4i in. Wt. 7 St. 10 lb. Ed. private school ; The Lincoln School ; Teachers' College ; Theatre Guild School — all in New York. M. Gabriel Hess, ig32. After one or two seasons in stock companies she scored a terrific success in the leading role in June Moon, in New York. This led to a contract with Fox Films, and she made her debut in Sob Sister (1931) Also Played in : Charlie Chan's Chance (Fox), Blonde Reporter (Fox), Cheaters at Play (Fox), The Gay Cahallero (Fox), Good Sport (Fox). WATTS, Dodo. Full name, Dorothy Margaret Watts. B. London, igio. Fair hair, blue eyes. Ht. 5 ft. Wt. 6 St. 6 lb. Ed. Convent of Jesus and JSIary, London. Played in melodrama at the Elephant and Castle Theatre, London. First film Confessions (Stoll), made when she was only fourteen. Is a business woman as well as a star and owns a flourishing millinery establishment in the West End, London. Also Played in : School for Scandal (Raycol), Almost a Honeymoon (B.LP.), Aiild Lang Syne (WelshPearson), The Middle Watch (B.I. P.), Man from Chicago (B.I. P.), Uneasy Virtue (B.I. P.), My Wife's Family (B.I. P.), Realities (B.I. P.), Impromptu (W.B.-F.N.), Her Night Out (W.B.-F.N.), Little Fella (W.B.-F.N.), Devonshire Honeymoon (C. & I.), Alon? at Last (W.B-F.N.). WEEKS, Barbara. B. Boston, Mass., July 4, igi3. Brown hair, blue eyes. Ht. 5 ft. 5 in. Wt. 8 St. 8 lb. Ed. Nev/ York City. Began stage career at thirteen in musical comedy. For a short while acted under the name of " Sue Kingsley." When Whoopee (U.A., ig3o) was to be Imade into a film Ziegfeld sent for her and she was eriven the lead in the film Also Played in : Man to Man (Warner), Men of the Sky (F.N.), Fifty Million Frenchmen (Warner), Illicit (Warner), Ex-Mistress (Warner), Stepping Sisters (Fox), Palmy Days (U.A.), Mett in Her Life (Col), Devil's Lottery (Fox), Cheaters at Play (Fox), Discarded Lovers (Tower), Hell's Headquarters (May fair). Night Mayor (Col), By Whose Hand? (Col), White Eagle (Col), Rustler's War (Col). Cauliflower Alley (Col). WEISSMULLER, Johnny, Ht. 6 ft 3 in. M. Bobby Arnst. Was in Hollywood on holiday when the part of Tarzan the Ape Man (M.G.M., ig32) became vacant owing to the illness of the actor intended for it. Weissmuller, the world's champion swimmer, was ofifercd the role, and very soon created a sensation by his impersonation of the young boy born and bred in the wilds of Africa. Has since made a number o) swimming shorts for M.G.M. WELCHMAN, Harry. B. Barnstaple, Devon, Feb. 24, 1886. Ed. Westonsuper-Mare. M. (i) Joan Challoner ; div. ; (2) Sylvia Forde. His fine singing voice secured for him his first theatrical engagement while he was still at school. For many years worked in repertory companies, playing " straight " parts. He finally found his true vocation in musical comedy. Will long be remembered for his performance in The Lady of the Rose and The Desert Song. Made his screen debut in The Maid of the Mountains (B.I. P. 1932). WELSH, Jane. B. Bristol. Jan. 14, 1905. Red hair, green eyes. ;Ht. 5 ft. 6 in. Wt. 9 St. Ed. Duflield Hall, Derbyshire. ]M. Henry Mollison. Made her stage debut in Charley's Aunt in 1923. Talkie debut, The Sleepiiig Cardinal, 1930 (Twickenham). Also Played in : The Bells (Brit Sound Film), Condemned-to Death (Twickenham), Two Crowded Hours (Film Engineering), Chinese Puzzle (Twickenham), Frail Women (Twickenham), The Other Mrs. Phipps (Twickenham). The Missing Rembrandt (Twickenham). WENMAN, Henry. B. Leeds, Sept. 7, 1875. Fair hair blue eyes. Ed. Newport (Isle of Wight) Grammar School ; Notre Dame College, Namur, Belgium. Isl. Barbara Roberts. First appeared on the stage in The Vicar of Wakefield, i8g2, at Leamington. Made his London stage debut the