Hal August (1915) 🇺🇸

Hal August, probably the youngest film player who is a man grown and yet has played grown-up leads, has a part to his liking in the production which Edwin August is putting on for the Kinetophote, for he will have ample opportunity to practice the “stunts” which have made him popular in the past with directors of other companies.

The role of the inquisitive and active young reporter has been assigned to Mr. August, and what stunts he will be put through are for the future to chronicle. Being a daring swimmer and just as reckless a rider, Mr. August will probably be called upon to do nothing less than ride some wild thing like an automobile or a runaway engine in his search for the big news story which will be brought about, by the action of the piece. He may even be asked to dive into the icy deep in his pursuit of the elusive “scoop.”

Mr. August is not yet twenty years of age and has been in the pictures for three years principally under the direction of his brother Edwin. He played principal roles with the Universal and the White Star Features and has the distinction of having the lead in his third picture, a two-reel drama called His Own Blood. Later he was featured in the leading juvenile role in The Evil of the Slums.

In addition to being a fine swimmer and rider and doing other athletic things, Mr. August occasionally takes a great interest in the pastimes of those who are not so well endowed physically as himself — in other words, he is a stamp collector and finds philately a very absorbing hobby.

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Collection: Moving Picture World, January 1915