The world film encyclopedia (1933)

Biographies of the Players (WHE-WIL) ■// following year at the old Trafalgar Square Theatre. After an extensive experience, including tours in England and America, he entered films in 1928. His first film was The Silver King (Gains). Also Played in : Middle Watch (B.I.P.), Let's Love and Laugh (B.I. P.), Poiiphar's Wife (B.I. P.), The Shadow Between (B.I. P.), Money for Nothing (BT.P.), Bachelor's Baby (B.I.P.), Brother Alfred (B.I. P.), Two White Arms (Eric Hakim), WHEELER, Bert. B. Patterson, New Jersey. Brown hair, blue-grey eves. Ht. 5 ft. 7 in. Sold newspapers in New York as a boy. Has graduated from property bo}', stage assistant, stage actor to prominent position as film comedian, being one of the Wheeler and Woolsey team. Played in : Rio Rita (Radio), The Cuckoos (Radio), Dixiana (Radio), Half Shot at Sunrise (Radio), Too Many Cooks (Radio), Cracked Nuts (Radio), Hook Line and Sinker (Radio), Caught Plastered (Radio), Full of Notions (Radio), Peach 0' Reno (Radio), Girl Crazy (Radio), Hold 'Em Jail (Radio). WHITE, Alice. Real name, Alva White. B. Paterson, New Jersey, Aug. 28, 1907. Blonde hair, brown eyes. Ht. 5 ft. 2 in. Wt. 7 st. 12 lb. Ed. Hollywood High School ; Roanoke College, Virginia. Started as a script girl for Josef von Sternberg. Took a film test at Universal. Was chosen from a hundred applicants for a part in The Sea Tiger (F.N. 1927). Later was talked of as a second Clara Bow ; but Alice fought to keep her own individuality, and rose to fame on her own merit. When her screen popularity waned after a succession of unsuitable parts, she made a triumphant vaudeville tour of America. Also Played in : The Private Life of Helen of Troy (F.N.), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Para), Breakfast at Sunrise (U.A.), Show Girl (F.N.), Broadway Babies (F.N.), Hot Stuff (F.N.I, The Girl from Woohvorth's (F.N.), Naughty Flirt (F.N.), Playing Around (F.N.), Sweet Mama (F.N.), Murder at Midnight (Tiffany), Harold Teen (F.N.), Three Ring Marriage (F.N.), Naughty Baby (F.N.), Big Noise (F.N.), Lingerie (Tiffany), Employees' Entrance (Warner). WHITE, Marjorie. B. Winnipeg, Canada, July 22, 1910. Blonde hair, blue eyes. Ht. .{ ft. 10^ in. Wt. 7 st. T lb. Ed. by private tutor. Started stage career as a child of four, and during the war went out to entertain the Canadian soldiers in camp. Made her screen debut in Sunny Side Up (Fox, 1929). Also Played in : The Golden Calf (Fox), Movietone Follies of 1930 (Fox), Jtist Imagine (Fox), Charlie Chan Carries On (Fox), Women of All Nations (Fox), Broadminded (F.N.). WILCOXON, Harry. B. British West Indies, Sept, 8, 1905. Brow^n hair, hazel eyes, Ht, 6 ft, 2 in, Ed. Barbados and Jamaica. Is an expert swimmer and was once a pearl and salvage diver in the West Indies. For a time he was also on the sales staff of a Bond Street tailor. Eventually made his stage debut in The Hundredth Chance, 1927. After many successful seasons on the stage, made his film debut in The Perfect Lady (B.I. P. 193 1). Also Played in : Two Wav Street (Nettlefold), Self-Made Lady {G. King), The Flying Squad (B.L.), WILLIAM, Warren, B, Minnesota, Dark hair, blue eyes. Ed. Academy of Dramatic Art, New York. Early ambition was to become a marine engineer. His father, who was a publisher, trained his son to carry on the newspaper business, but he had now set his mind on acting, and after having trained at the academy joined a stock company. The war interrupted his career. He bears a strong resemblance to Barrymore and, as a matter of fact, he has a particular flair for playing similar kinds of roles. Played in : Woman from Monte Carlo (F.N.), The Mouthpiece (Warner), Under Eighteen (Warner), Expensive Women (Warner), Honour of the Family (F.N.), The Dark Horse (Warner), Beauty and the Boss (W^arner), Skyscraper Souls (M.G.M.), Three on a Match (Warner), Match King (W^arner), Employees' Entrance (Warner) . WILLIAMS, Emlyn. B. Wales. Dark hair, dark eyes. Talented actor and playwright. Author of Glamour and A Murder has Been Arranged. W^as a member of the Festival Theatre, Cambridge, where he gained early acting experience. Made a hit in the stage version of The Frightened Lady and later appeared in the film version of that play (GainsB.L., 1932), Also Played in : Men of To-morrow (London Film Pro). Sally Bishop (B.L.),