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1929 motion picture news blue book, 1929
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1and Canada. Mem. of Motion Picture Film Com. cooperating with the govt. during the war; chmn. of the Motion Picture Herbert Hoover Relief Comm. for the relief of the starving children of Europe. Org. 32 Film Boards of Trade and set up a system of arbitration. Mason, Shriner, and Elk, and other fraternal organizations. Clubs, M. P. Club, N. Y., Westchester Biltmore Country Club, Rye, N. Y., Western Universities Club, N. Y. C. Res.: Rye, N. Y. Address: 469 Fifth ave., N. Y. City.
3PHILBIN, Mary, actress, b. Chicago, Ill. Parents reside in Hollywood. Educ. Chicago. Spec. art. Previous career, amateur theatr.cals. Has lived in Chicago, Hollywood. Entered pictures in 1921. Played in "Merry Go Round," "Fool's Highway," "Fifth Avenue Models," "Man Who Laughs," "Eric the Great," "Port of Dreams," "Surrender." Hght., 5, 2; wght., 100; grey eyes, brown hair. Ad., Universal Pictures Studio, Universal City, Cal.
5PHILLIPS, Dorothy, actress, b. Baltimore, edu. there. Screen career, Pathe, Columbia, Metro, Tiffany, Fox; "The Bar C. Mystery," (Pathe); "Remember," (Columbia); "Upstage," (Metro); "The Broken Gate," (Tiffany); "Cradle Snatchers," (Fox).
7PHILLIPS, Edward N., actor, b. Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 14. Educ. Schl. of Industrial Art, Un.v. of Penn. Spec. art. Previous career, Orpheum Stock in Philly. Entered pictures 4 yrs. ago. Played in "Love Light," "Thru the Dark," "Honeymoon Flats." Clubs, Rancho Golf, Hollywood Athletic. Sports, golf. Hght. 6; wght. 160; brown eyes; black hair. Ad., Universal Pictures Corp., Universal City, Cal.
9PHILLIPS, Jimmy, actor, b. New York; educ. Columbia Univ., New York City. Screen career, Pathe, "Desert Dust," Universal; "Sally of the Scandals" (FBO).
11PHILLIPS, Nancy, actress. Screen career, "Rolled Stockings," "The City Gone Wild" (Paramount).
13PHIPPS, Sally, actress. Legal name, Byrnee Beutler. b. San Francisco, May 25, 1909. Mother lives in Los Angeles. Educ. San Francisco, Los Angeles. Spec. law, art. Entered pictures in 1926. Has played in "High School Hero," "News Parade," "None but Brave," "Why Sailors Go Wrong." Belongs to Thalians, Bachelor Girls. Hght. 5,2; wght. 108; brown eyes; red hair. Bus. rep., Mrs. Edith Ryan. Ad., Fox Studios, Hollywood, Cal.
15PICKFORD, Jack, actor, b. Toronto, Can., 1896; educ., St. Francis Military Acad., N. Y. Stage career, "Peg Robin," "Three of Us." Screen career, since 1909, Biograph, Jack Pickford Company, Goldwyn, United Artists, First National, Universal; "Brown of Harvard," "Exit Smiling" (M-G-M), "Gang War" (FBO).
17PICKFORD, Mary, actress, b. Toronto, Can., 1893. Stage career, juvenile parts at 5 yrs., Valentine Stock Co., Toronto, at 9 starred in "The Fatal Wedding," with Chauncey Olcott in "Edmund Burke," David Belasco's "Warrens of Virginia," "Good Little Devil." Screen career, Biograph, "The Violin Maker of Cremona," first lead, "Tess of the Storm Country" (Famous Players), "Poor Little Rich Girl," "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm," "Little American," "Amarilly of Clothesline Alley," "Stella Maris" (Artcraft), "The Hoodlum," "Daddy Long Legs" (First National), "Pollyanna," "Suds," "Through the Back Door," "Little Lord Fauntleroy," "Tess of the Storm Country," "Rosita," "Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall," "Little Annie Rooney," "Sparrows," "My Best Girl" (United Artists). Hght., 5; wght., 100; golden hair, hazel eyes.
19PICKETT, Elizabeth, writer, b. Chicago, Ill. Educ. Wellesley Coll., Mass. Spec. literature, composition, dramatics. A. B., class of 1918. Previous career, official historian American National Red Cross, Washington, D. C., wrote two histories of American Red Cross. Has lived in Boston, New York City, Washington, Chicago, Maysville, Ky. Entered pictures in 1923, with Fox Film Corp. in prod. of Fox Varieties, made about 60. Screen work: "Kentucky Pride," "Wings of the Storm." story and script; "Wolf Fangs," "Fleetwing," "Redskin." Sports, horseback riding. Bus. rep., Geo. Palmer Putnam, N. Y. C.
21PIDGEON, Walter, actor, b. Canada; educ. there. Stage Career, 5 yrs. in Canada and United States. Screen career, "The Gateway of the Moon;" "Woman Wise" (Fox); "Clothes Make the Woman" (Tiffany-Stahl); "The Girl From Rio," "Turn Back the Hours" Lumas). Hght., 6, 2; wght., 190.
23PIERCE, James, actor. Screen career, "Tarzan and the Golden Lion," "Her Summer Hero," "Phantom of the Range" (FBO); "Jesse James," "Ladies of the Mob" (Paramount).
25PIERCE, Evelyn, actress. Screen career, Metro-Goldwyn, Warners; "Don't," (Metro-Goldwyn); "Tenderloin," (Warners).
27PIGGOTT, Tempe, actress. Screen career, Paramount, Warner, M-G-M, "The Black Pirate" (United Artists); "Silk Stockings" (Universal); "The Midnight Kiss," "Roadhouse" (Fox).
29PITTS, Zasu, actress, b. Parsons, Kansas, 1898; educ. Santa Cruz., Cal. Screen career, with Universal, Brentwood, Rob.-Cole., Preferred, Truart, Goldwyn, First National, Metro-Goldwyn, First National, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Paramount, Princ'pal Pict., P.D.C., Fox; recent appearances, "Wife Savers" (Paramount); "Buck Privates," "13 Washington Square" (Universal); "Sunlight" (Burns-Vorhaus). Hght., 5, 6; wght., 115; light complexion, brown hair, blue eyes.
31PIVAR, Ben, editor. Screen career, "Midnight Madness," (Pathe); "Modern Mothers," "Name the Woman" (Columbia).
33PIVAR, Maurice, supervising film editor, b. Manchester, Eng., Oct. 11, 1896; educ. N. Y. Pub. Schl., City College.; spec. English, literature. Has lived in Manchester, Eng., N. Y. C., Los Angeles. Entered pictures 16 yrs. ago, through his brother. Made "Hunchback of Notre Dame," "Merry Go Round," "Phantom of Opera," "Man Who Laughs," "Cohens and Kellys." Clubs: Masonic, 233 Club. Sport, golf. Wife's prof. name, Sue Pivar.
35PLANETTE, Jean, writer. Screen career, "Ragtime" (co-scen.), "Polly of the Movies" (First Division); "Outcast Souls" (Sterling).
37PLUMMER, Lincoln, actor. Screen career, Robertson-Cole, Realart, First National, Educational, Hodkinson, Paramount; "Down the Stretch," "Al'as the Deacon" (Universal), "The Masked Angel" (First Division), "The Bullet Mark" (Pathe).
39PLYMPTON, George, H., writer, b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Sept. 2, 1890. Educ. pub. schl. and high schl., Brooklyn, N. Y. Spec. English and history. Previous career, short story writer, lumberjack, telephone trouble shooter, soldier, fireman. Has lived in New York, Atlanta, Los Angeles. Began screen career in 1914, orig. stories accepted by Vitagraph. Screen work: Cont. Collegians Series, collaboration on cont. "Cohens and Kellys in Turkey." cont. "Burning the Wind," orig. Horace in Hollywood series and westerns for Ted Wells and Rex (horse). Clubs, Writers. Sports, baseball, football.
41POFF, Lon, actor. Legal name, Alonzo M. Poff. b. Bedford, Ind., Feb. 8, 1870. Mother lives in Los Angeles. Was on stage. Has lived in St. Louis, Kansas City, N. Y., Chicago, Denver, Pueblo, San Francisco. Entered pictures in 1914. Played in "Old Swimming Hole," "Three Musketeers," "Two Lovers," "Wheels of Chance," "Leif the Lucky," "Iron Mask." Belongs to Aconda Lodge No. 9, A. F. & A. M.; 233 Club, Troupers. Sport, fishing. Hght. 6,2½; wght. 164; blue-grey eyes.
43POPPE, Harry H., production mgr., Pathe Studios; b. Cincinnati, O. Previous career: show business as company manager, advance agent of traveling attractions, also connected with theatre circuits. Entered pictures in 1905.
45POLLARD, Harry, (Snub) actor, b. Melbourne, Aust., educ. there. Screen career: Pathe, Universal; "Do Your Duty," "Are Crooks Dishonest," "It's A Gift," (Pathe); "Poker Faces," (Universal). Hght., 5, 6½; wght., 148; brown hair and eyes.
47POLLARD, Harry, director, b. Republic City, Kans., Jan. 23. Educ. Fresno, Cal. Previous career: leading man with Alcazar, Baker, Baldwin, Melville stock cos. Directed. "Uncle Tom's Cabin," "Cohens and Kellys," "Show Boat," "Leather Pusher" series. Wife's prof. name, Margarita Fischer.
49POLLARD, Daphne, actress. Stage career, com. English music halls, vaud., musical shows, Greenwich Village Follies. Screen career, "The Swim Princess," "The Girl From Everywhere," "The Girl from Nowhere" (Pathe); "Hit of the Show," (FBO). "The Lion's Roar," Mack Sennett's first all-talking comedy released thru Educational.
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