The world film encyclopedia (1933)

2o6 (STO-TAY) Biographies of Film Directors Also Directed : Office Scandal (Path^), Her Private Affair (Pathe), This Thing Called Love {^z.<Mo), Szwan (Para), 5tK Takes a Holiday (Radio), Born to Love (Radio), Common Law (Radio), A Woman Commands (Patlid), Breach of Promise (W.W.), Deportation Train (Radio). STOLOFP, Ben. B. Philadelphia. Pa. 1895. Brown hair, grey eyes. Ht. 5 ft. 8 in. Ed. University of S. California. Made his motion picture debut with companies producing shorts. Later, joining Fox, he directed several series of short-reel comedies. Made his first fulllength feature for Fox in 1926. Directed : The Gay Retreat (Fox), Silver Valley (Fox), Horseman of the Plains (Fox), Plastered in Paris (Fox), Girl from Havana (Fox), Protection (Fox), Speakeasy (Fox), Happy Days (Fox), Movietone Follies of 1930 (Fox), Soup to Nuts (Fox), Not Exactly Gentlemen (Fox), Destry Rides Again (Univ), By Whose Hand? (Col). STRAYER, Frank. B. Altoona, Pa., Sept. 21, 1 89 1. Brown hair, blue eyes. Ht. 5 ft. 10^ in. Wt. 10 St. Ed. Wilkinsburg High School ; Carnegie Technical College, Pittsburg. M. Erma P. Rogers. Following service in the American Navy during the war, joined Metro as assistantdirector, and later was given similar posts by Columbia and Paramount. Became a director for the first time with Fox in 1930. Is now a free-lance. Directed : Enemy of Men (Col), Stepping Out (Col), Fate of a Flirt (Col), Lure of The Wild (Col), Bachelor's Baby (Col), Sweet Rose 0' Grady (Col), Pleasure Before Business (Col), When the Wife's Away (Col), The Fall of Eve (Col), Acquitted (Col), Behind Stone Walls (Action), The Samaritan (Univ), Love Redeemed (Univ), The Monster Walks (Mayfair), Love in High Gear (Like), Denny of the Railroad (Like), The Gorilla Ship (Like). SUMMERS, Walter. B. Barnstaple. Has been on the stage since childhood and in 1913 joined the old London Film Company. During the war attained the rank of captain and was awarded ' the D.C.M. and M.C. Went to the Hepworth Company as scenarist in 19 18. Is now a B.I. P. director. Directed : A Couple of Down-and-Outs (Napoleon), Ypres (New Era), Mons (New Era), Zeebnigge (New Era), Battles of Coronel and Falklands (New Era), Suspense fB.I.P.), Lost Patrol (B.I.F.), The Flying Fool (B.I. P.), The House Opposite (B.I. P.), Men Like These (B.I.P.), High Speed (B.I.P.), Timbuctoo (B.I. P.), No. 17 (B.I. P.). SUTHERLAND, Edward. B. London, Jan. 5, 1895. Ed. Paris and America. Stage experience in vaudeville, repertory and musical comedy. Appeared in the stage version of So Long, Letty. Began his motion picture career as an actor in a Helen Holmes serial. He was next seen as a Keystone comedian, then as juvenile lead. Finally, he joined Charlie Chaplin's directorial staff. Has since worked with almost every prominent Hollywood company. His first film as a director was Comin' Through (Warner, 1925) Also Directed : Fireman, Save My Child (Para, silent). We're in the Navy Now (Para), Behind the Front (Para), Fast Company (Para), Pointed Heels (Para), Old Army Game, Love's Greatest Mistake (Para), Figures Don't Lie (Para), Tillie's Punctured Romance (Para), Baby Cyclone (M.G.M.), Number Please, Close Harmony, co-directed (Para), Dance of Life, co-directed (Para), The Social Lion (Para), Saturday Night Kid (Para), Sap from Syracuse (Para), On the Spot (Para), Burning Up (Para), Sky Devils (U.A.), Palmy Days (U.A.), Mr. Robinson Crusoe (Radio). TAUROG, Norman, B. Chicago, 111., Feb. 23, 1899. Ed. New York City. Gained his first experience of acting on the legitimate stage and later before the camera. Entered pictures, 1913, and made his name as a director with Larry Semon comedies (Vitagraph). Has since worked for Universal, Fox, Tiffany and Paramount. Directed : Troopers Three (Tiffany), Hot Curves (Tiffany), Sunny Skies (Tiffany), Follow the Leader (Para), Fi)in and Haitie (Para), Skippy (Para), Sooky (Para), Forbidden Adventure (Para), Huckleberry Finn (Para), Hold 'Em Jail (Radio), Phantom President (Para), The Ghetto (Tiffany), The Farmer's Daughter (Fox), The Diplomats (Fox), Luc^.y Boy (Tiffany) . TAYLOR, Sam. B. New York City, Aug. 13, 1S95. Ed. Fordham University. Is one of the few directors in Hollywood to have gone straight from college into the motion picture business. Was