Buddy Messinger — Blue Book of the Screen (1923) 🇺🇸

Buddy Messinger is one of the young comedy stars of our day. Young as he is Buddy has more than fifty pictures to his credit. This, of course, does not mean pictures in which he starred, but in which he did play important roles. He is a star now, though, and is appearing in a splendid series of boy comedies for Century Film Corporation, producers of Century comedies.

Buddy is thirteen — going on fourteen, having been born on the 26th day of October (the same day on which Baby Peggy and Jackie Coogan also saw the light of day, although not the same year) in the year 1909.

His hair is light brown and his eyes are soft brown, also. He is four feet, one inch in height, and weighs 100 pounds. He is a chubby, jovial little fellow, with a contagious personality. He is a public school graduate of one of Hollywood’s leading schools.

Buddy’s entrance into pictures dates back into the early days of Fox fairy tale pictures. Buddy played the “heavy” in all the Fox kiddie pictures, which included “Jack and the Beanstalk” and other fairy tales running into six and eight reels. He played in many other pictures, among them the Edgar-Booth Tarkington pictures. His recent and best work, prior to his contract with Century, was with Lon Chaney in “Shadows;” in Universal super-Jewel “The Flirt,” and Universal’s Jack London story “The Abysmal Brute.” He has an extensive following due to these brilliant feature roles, and has already caused a sensation in comedy circles with his Century productions.

His first comedy for Century, in which he stepped into stardom, was “Boyhood Days.” Buddy lives with his parents in the quiet seclusion of Hollywood. A series of new pictures are being prepared for him, which will be written by semi-popular short story writers.

Buddy’s hobbies consist of hiking, swimming and reading. He has a large library consisting of some of the best boy’s works, and does a great deal of walking through the mountains near Hollywood. He is a regular kid, and has a host of friends among stars and directors.

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Collection: The Blue Book of the Screen (1923)