Edward E. Horton's Long Career

Chronicle (Levin), 6 March 1948, Page 6

Edward E. Horton's Long Career

■ Edward Everett I-Iprton, l>vlio,"hasl •appeared/.in. appt'qxinjatelv;. , 1.Q0' rmovies since he begoji his .'pictjiire ! career, has in.varia'bly cho,?eji, his 'own . screen . assignments. H,e ' l}ks '• ari imp.pr.tant . rolg jh ''Her .Husband's Affairs-," "starring . Lucilfe isBail and Prarichb't' 'Tbiie'. ■ He has' rneVer playc'd anything but'Tdle^he ■wanted to play; rior has Re' allow^ -ed himself to appeaf in 'incbnse■quential"parts. 'The personiflcation of'all the henpecked husbands-and' fussy gentlembn in: 1 the-' world," ho has perfected his comedy technique ,over a period of 39- years ;of stage: 'and screen experience. BoiTi in' Brookiyn, New 'York; on March 18, 1888, Horton attenddd the public schools of New York City, later matriculating at Columbia University, When 20, he start-ed-his dramatic career as a chorus boy with , Gilbert and Sullfvan repertory , troupe operating on Staten Islan'd. The' play was "The Mikado" and from that point on he considered himself a professional. He joined Louis Mann's company as stage manager and supporting player. and continued on in ordef t'o learn the business of acting. His stock efforts finally won him an opportunity to appear in Broadway shows, and he earned a reputation

as one of the most talented comedians on the New 'York stage. His stage experience, he declares, ma'de it possible for him to step as readily into talking pictures when they were introducedf Dur.ing his more than a quafter- century in pictures, he has been seen in some of the best remember ed movie classics. Among them have been "The Front Page," "Ruggles of Red Gap," "Sunny," "Lost Horizon," "Here Comes Mr. Jordan," "Summer Storm," "Arsenic and Old Lace" and many other top ranking pic-, tures. •' c •' . - H-Drton lives in. his own family Village,- which he built in the San ,Fernando Valley north of Holly-s wood for himself and his relatives. It is one of the showpiaces of the movie colony. There he raises horses, flne dogs, prize cattle and rare flowers, and houses his valuable collecion of antiques.