James Cruze — Motography’s Gallery of Picture Players (1912) 🇺🇸

James Cruze is wonderfully well liked, for he has a strong right arm ever ready to defend or support a maiden fair; his eyes slant just enough to inspire the corners of his mouth to do likewise and his naturally good disposition to follow suit.

All of which, together with his fine acting and general good looks, puts him on the softly cushioned seat of popularity with the other recruits to the matinee idol brigade.

The birthplace predestined for Mr. Cruze was Five Points, Ogden, Utah, and the year 1884. He admits both facts, and adds that he attended the public schools there and entered the theatrical profession in 1900.

He played the lead in The Heart of Maryland, and in any number of melodramatic productions before he reformed and took to motion pictures. He enlisted in the cause of the Thanhouser productions, where he is “the” lead. His latest big role is in “The Star of Bethlehem.”

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Collection: Motography Magazine, November 1912