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Motion picture news blue book : 1930, 1930
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1"Man Must Live," "Shanghai Bound," "Red Riders of Canada," "Beautiful But Dumb," "Red Hot Speed," "Clothes Make Woman," "Queen of Burlesque," Dan Kingsley in "Molly and Me" (Tiffany-Stahl), Maxse in "Side Street" (RKO), Dick Rivers in "Romance of Rio Grande" (Fox), Harry Beall in "The Delightful Rogue" (RKO). Belongs to Hollywood Athletic Club. Sports: squash, tennis, swimming. Hght., 6; wght., 175; blue eyes, dark brown hair. Single. Bus. rep., Demmy Lamson; press rep., Hal Howe.
3BYRON, George, actor, b. Limerick, Ireland, May 3. Educ. Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland; Fordham University, American Academy of Dramatic Art. Spec., academic and literature. B. A. degree. Has lived in London, Sydney, Melbourne, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles. Previous career: on stage in "Lightnin'," "If I Was Rich," "12 Miles Out," "Alice In Wonderland," "Front Page." Entered pictures in 1929, being drafted from stage during advent of talking pictures. Screen career, "Officer O'Brien" (Pathe), "Song Writer" (M-G-M), "Czar of Broadway" (Univ.). Clubs: Elks, Green Room. Sports: golf, handball. Hght., 5, 7½; wght., 165; blue eyes, brown hair.
5BYRON, Harold, writer, b. Detroit, Mich., July 12, 1894. Rels., parents living in Detroit. Chas. M. Lipsitz, brother, Standard Bldg. Corp., Detroit. Educ. pub. sch., Detroit, Univ. of Mich.; spec. in play prod., dram. literature. A. B. degree and post graduate work. Has lived in Detroit, New York City, Hollywood. Entered pictures in 1923, scenario editor at Columbia, adapt. and scen. for Tom Mix, supervised western pictures for Fox; wrote "The Long Trail" (short story), "Sitka" (play). Clubs: 233 Club, Phi Sigma Epsilon Frat., Highland Park Masonic Lodge No. 468. Sports: golf, horseback riding, swimming.
7BYRON, Jack, actor. Screen career, "April Showers" (Preferred), "The Battling Fool" (C. B. C.), "The Air Mail," "Under the Tonto Rim" (Paramount), "Four Walls" (M-G-M), Scarzi in "Spite Marriage" (M-G-M), Duke in "The Woman Racket" (M-G-M).
9BYRON, Marion, actress, b. Dayton, O., Mar. 16, 1911. Rels., Betty Byron, sister, in Chicago show. Educ., Dayton, Detroit, Denver, Los Angeles. Spec. typing, English, algebra. Previous career, stage, musical comedy, "Patsy," "Music Box Revue" with Fannie Brice; "Cradle Snatchers," "Strawberry Blonde"; entered pictures in 1926 through Ivan Kahn. Pictures include: "Steamboat Bill, Jr.," "Plastered in Paris," Hal Roach comedies, Florine Chandler in "Broadway Babies," Bobby in "His Captive Woman," Mazie in "The Forward Pass" (First National), Ruth Davis in "So Long Letty" (Warner). Hght., 5; wght., 95; blue eyes, dark brown hair. Bus. rep., Ivan Kahn.
11BYRON, Walter, actor; legal name, Walter Butler; b. Leicester, England, June 11, 1899. Parents living in London. Educ. Belle Vue College, Bradford, England. Specialized in languages. Lived in London, Paris, Cairo, New York. Previous career, stage and army. Entered pictures in London in 1925. Screen career, Tommy Atkins in "Tommy Atkins" (British International), Lt. Count Karl Von Hagen in "The Awakening" (U. A.), for which role he was brought to U. S. by Samuel Goldwyn, lead in "Queen Kelly" (U. A.), Colin Taylor in "Sacred Flame." Clubs: Players, London, Hollywood Athletic, El Vacquero Saddle Club. Sports: golf, cricket, swimming, tennis, riding. Hght., 6; wght., 170; blue eyes, brown hair. Press rep., Hank Arnold. Ad., United Artists Studio, Hollywood, Calif.
13CABANNE, W. Christy, director, b. St. Louis, Mo., 1888. Educ. St. Rose Acad., Culver Military Acad., Annapolis Military Acad.; early career, in navy; stage career, 2 yrs. as actor. Screen career, since 1910, directed Douglas Fairbanks' first and second pictures, joined Fine Arts, acted for a short time with Griffith, and then was his assistant for five years, became D. W.'s chief of staff, author of a number of originals, and made Metro's first serial; organized own company; worked for Goldwyn, F.B.O., Assoc. Exhib., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Tiffany-Stahl, Pathe; "Altars of Desire" (M-G-M), "Nameless Men," "Reckless Youth," "Driftwood" (Columbia), "Annapolis" (Pathe).
15CADMAN, Charles Wakefield, musician and composer, b. Johnstown, Pa., Dec. 24. Rels., mother living with him in Hollywood. Educ. Pittsburgh public schools. Spec. music. Doctor of Music (honorary), Univ. So. Calif. Career previous to screen work: Church organist for 12 years, composer of over 300 songs and ballads, some of which are "From the Land of the Sky Blue Water" and "At Dawning" are familiar to music lovers all over the globe. Orchestral works, cantatas, song cycles, choral works and part-songs, as well as pieces for violin, piano and organ. Sonata in A Major for piano issued in 1915 very popular; trio for violin, piano and violincello (1914) has been played by nearly every chamber music organization in America. Four grand operas, three of which were produced, "Shanewis," at the Metropolitan in 1918; "Witch of Salem" in 1926 by Chicago Grand Opera Co. He is an authority on American Indian Folksong. Has lived in Pittsburgh, New York and in Hollywood since 1916. Entered picture business because of increasing demand for music for sound pictures. Considers that his best songs are now being done for John McCormack's new picture production for Fox Films. Clubs: Society for the Promotion of Grand Opera in English; founder of the Congress for the Encouragement of American Music (1915), the Pro Musica Society, L. A. Athletic Club, Sons of the American Revolution, Society American Indians, honorary member of both International Kiwanis and Lions, and all Masonic bodies of Los Angeles. Sports: tennis and mountain hiking. Hght., 5, 8; wght., 125. Bus. rep., Houston Branch. Press rep., Mae Norton O'Farrell.
17CAESAR, Arthur, writer, b. Roumania, March 29, 1893. Educ. Yale, N. Y. U., also Univ. of Ryon; spec. in law, drama and general cultural subjects. Previous career, dramatist, columnist, newspaperman and lawyer. Wrote "Out of the Seven Seas," "Off Key." Has lived in New York, Paris and Ryon. Entered pictures five years ago. Wrote the first Al Jolson story. Screen career, "Napoleon's Barber" (orig.), "Alice of U. S. A." (orig.), story, scenario and dialogue for "Nightie Knight" (Fox), adaptation and dialogue for "The Aviator," "So Long Letty" (Warner).
19CALDWELL, Betty, actress, b. Los Angeles, Calif., Nov. 14, 1929. Rels., parents living in Los Angeles. Educ. Calif., spec. in art and music. Stage career, vaud. Entered pictures in 1926, prominent pictures including "Her Father Said No," "Midnight," "Farmer's Daughter," comedy lead with Charlie Bowers, lead in "Straight Shooting." Club, Thalians. Sport, swimming. Hght., 5, 3; wght., 116; gray eyes, blond hair. Bus. rep., Lichtig & Englander.
21CALDWELL, H. H., writer. Titled "Christina," "The Exalted Flapper," "Lucky Star" (Fox); "Eternal Love," "The Rescue" (United Artists).
23CALDWELL, Orville, actor, b. Oakland, Cal., educ. there; screen career, "When Knighthood Was In Flower" (Cosmopolitan), "The Patsy" (M-G-M), "The French Doll" (M-G-M), "Judgment of the Hills," "The Little Yellow House," "The Harvester" (FBO).
25CALHOUN, Alice, actress, b. Cleveland, O., Nov. 24, 1904. Rels., parents living in Los Angeles. Educ. public school, Cleveland, and private tutor New York City. Entered pictures in 1919. Screen career, started as extra, in stock one yr. with Vitaphone, starred for Vitagraph 4 yrs. and Warner Bros. 1 yr. Prominent pictures include: "Little Minister," "Little Wildcat," "Bride of the Desert" (Rayart). Likes all sports. Hght., 5, 4; wght., 114; hazel eyes, golden brown hair.
27CALVERT, E. H., actor. Screen career, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Warners, "Why Sailors Go Wrong," "The Wizard" (Fox), "Legion of the Condemned" (Paramount), "Let 'Er Go Gallagher" (Pathe-DeMille), "Lonesome Ladies" (First National), John F. X. Markham in "The Greene Murder Case," Westcott in "Kibitzer," "Studio Murder Mystery," District Attorney in "Thunderbolt" (Paramount), Judge Henry in "The Virginian," Mr. Clayton in "Darkened Rooms," Dawson in "Behind That Makeup," Superintendent in "Men Are Like That" (Para.), Major General in "The Mighty" (Para.).
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