Hal August — Motography’s Gallery of Picture Players (1914) 🇺🇸

Hal August, who for two years was a member of the Universal west coast studio, was one of the first players to enlist under the Eaco Film’s banner.

He has within the past year achieved a constantly increasing reputation for versatility as a photoplay actor, being first employed by the Universal Company to do light comedy parts. He starred in these roles for nearly a year and was then transferred to the Edwin August Universal company.

It remained for Director August to discover the real value of Hal August — a portrayer of emotional dramatic parts. In this latter class of work the young player, who is still in his twenties, continued to improve with every role.

When Edwin August resigned from the Universal to form his own producing company he immediately signed Hal August and placed him among his leading players.

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Collection: Motography Magazine, October 1914