Theodore Kosloff — Blue Book of the Screen (1923) 🇺🇸

Probably no motion picture actor has a more varied record for screen characterizations than Theodore Kosloff.

Before entering pictures he was generally recognized as one of the greatest interpretative dancers on the stage, but within three years he had played the following parts and made a success in each one: The Aztec prince in The Woman God Forgot, a Russian violinist in “Why Change Your Wife?” a Mexican gambler in Fool’s Paradise, a Hindu mystic in The Affairs of Anatol a French Apache in “The Green Temptation,” starring Betty Compson; a crippled French Canadian in “The Lane That Has No Turning,” a clown in “Something to Think About,” and a King of Morania in Adam’s Rib.

At the age of eight he began training in interpretative dancing in Moscow, Russia, his birth place. When still a very young man, he first played the violin in the Imperial Theatre in Moscow, and afterwards danced in the ballet. He studied music, sculpture, dancing and painting at the University of Russia, and even after going into motion pictures produced canvasses and other works of art.

He appeared in interpretative dances in most of the capitals of Europe, and in 1910 went to New York City, where his success was phenomenal. Meantime he had established a warm friendship with Cecil B. De Mille [Cecil B. DeMille], director general of Paramount pictures, who persuaded him to act before the camera. In 1917 he worked in the picture The Woman God Forgot, in which Geraldine Farrar was the star.

After acting in this one picture Mr. Kosloff went back to his first love and for three years again gave interpretative dances on the stage. Then he returned to Paramount. He is five feet, nine inches tall, of unusually powerful build, and weighs 172 pounds. His hair is dark brown and his eyes a shade lighter. He is married and has one child, a daughter, Mira, eight years old. He lives in Hollywood with his wife and daughter.

Collection: The Blue Book of the Screen (1923)