All the Kings Men (Columbia Pictures) (1949)

All King’s Men Mat 2-B; Still No. 136 TURNING POINT IN BIG SHOT’S CAREER! Broderick Crawford learns that he has been played for a sucker in Robert Rossen’s production of “All The King’s Men” at the .. . Theatre. John Ireland and Mercedes McCambridge are also in the Columbia film. All King’s Men Mat 2-C; Still No. 126 DISHOQNOR BEGINS AT HOME! Broderick Crawford slaps his son, John Derek, in this scene from Robert Rossen’s production of ‘All The King’s Men” at the Theatre. John Ireland and Anne Seymour also appear in the Columbia picture. otekeds 6) 0-6 ¢ All King’s Men Mat 2-A; Still No. 68 PLEASE HELP ME, begs Joanne Dru as John Ireland prepares to leave town in Robert Rossen’s production of ‘All The King’s Men” at the Theatre. The Columbia picture is based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Robert Penn Warren. Of a Saree ele: 6 Page 4 Brief Items On “King’s Men” Robert Penn Warren’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, “All The King’s Men,” joins the list of great prize books which have reached the screen. Robert Rossen’s production of “All The King’s Men,” powerful Columbia drama, is now holding forth at the Theatre with Broderick Crawford, Joanne Dru, John Ireland, John Derek and Mercedes McCambridge in the leading roles. 5 eee RS With “All The King’s Men,” Columbia Pictures’ electrifying drama now atthe ...... Theatre, Robert Rossen joins the elite of Hollywood who have a triple eredit to their name. Rossen wrote, directed and produced the film which is based on Robert Penn Warren’s Pulitzer Prizewinning novel. The movie features Broderick Crawford, Joanne Dru, John Ireland, John Derekand Mercedes McCambridge. kk Not since his immortal Lennie of John Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men,” has Broderick Crawford had a role as rich as the ruthless big shot of Robert Rossen’s “All The King’s Men.” The powerful Columbia drama is currently on view at the ........ Theatre and is based on Robert Penn Warren’s Pulitzer Prize novel. Ke kK *® Most players benefit from a change of pace in their performances. Joanne Dru, who first attracted attention with her fiery role in the monumental Western, “Red River,” proves to be no exception. Now enacting the dramatic part of a beautiful rich girl in love with a big-shot politician, in “All The King’s Men,” the Robert Rossen production of the Pulitzer Prize novel, Miss Dru reveals a new facet of her acting talent in the Columbia picture now on view at the Theatre. KK John Ireland at last gets a chance to play a romantic role in Robert Rossen’s production of “All The King’s Men,” which Columbia Pictures is releasing at the Theatre. Ireland, hitherto, has had character parts, which he interpreted admirably, but never quite got the girl. “All The King’s Men,” based on Robert Penn Warren’s Pulitzer Prize novel also features Broderick Crawford, Joanne Dru, John Derek and Mercedes McCambridge. KS hae ® John Derek, whose classic features endeared him to a lot of female admirers when he made his debut in “Knock On:Any Door,” continues his promising career in Robert Rossen’s production of “All the King’s Men,” sensational Columbia drama at the ........ Theatre. Derek plays the adopted son of a power-drunk politico in the movie based on Robert Penn Warren’s Pulitzer Prize novel. Ke ek Mercedes McCambridge, famous Broadway and radio actress who flew out to Hollywood for a top role in Robert Rossen’s production of “All The King’s Men,” Columbia drama now at the eee cee Theatre, could get an award as the most cosmopolitan actress in Hollywood. Although she has a semi-permanent residence in New York, she also maintains legal residences in St. Croix, St. Thomas, Trinidad, Martinique and Nice. First Rate Acting Honors Won by “King’s Men” Cast When a picture boasts a performance of Academy Award stature, it is cause for joyous celebration by the studio and also evokes hosannas from critics and public alike. But when, in addition, the picture also contains other performances of an exceptionally high calibre, then it is a very remarkable achievement, indeed. Grass Almost Grows On City’s Street Columbia hauled in fifty tons of fine brown topsoil to cover the streets of Suisun, northern California city used in Robert Rossen’s production of “All The King’s Men,” now playing at the ac ae Theatre. It was not so grass could grow in the streets, though. They’re already paved. It’s just because the studio wanted the setting to appear far enough in the back country to be recognizable as any unnamed American country town. Neither north nor south. Just back country. The cast of the picture is headed by Broderick Crawford, Joanne Dru, John Ireland, John Derek and Mercedes McCambridge. **King’s Men”’ Sets Set Extra Records Robert Rossen’s production of “All The King’s Men,” based on the Pultizer Prize novel by Robert Penn, Warren, probably established an all-time Hollywood high for the number of extras used in a single picture. Made almost in its entirety on location in Northern Califronia, utilizing many periods and many different localities in the state, it was necessary to use entirely different background extras each day. Since about 500 background extras were used a day for a long period, the extras were numbered in the tens of thousands. The Columbia Pictures drama is at the Theatre. Script Speeches Sway Town’s Voters Greatest compliment received by director-producer Robert Rossen making “All The King’s Men,” stirring Columbia drama _ based on the Pulitzer Prize novel by Robert Penn Warren, in Suisun, California, came when a dozen irate citizens, who had _ heard Broderick Crawford, in the role of Governor Willie Stark, speak from a platform in the center of the city, presented themselves at city hall, demanding to know where to vote for Willie Stark. The citizens were mollified, though, when they were handed checks for their part in the picture — as bystanders while the political speech was being made for one of the key sequences in the movie now showing at the Theatre. Movie Prop Chair Props Up Producer Director Robert Rossen, who both directed and produced ‘All The King’s Men” for Columbia, from the Pulitzer Prize novel, had a fall from a parallel bar one day and hurt his back. But he didn’t have to go home. Fortunately, John Derek, playing Broderick Crawford’s son in the picture, now at the ........ Theatre, had been using a wheelchair during the latter parts of his role. Rossen merely borrowed it for the afternoon and carried on for the rest of the day! Robert Rossen’s production of “All The King’s Men,” based on the Pulitzer Prize novel by Robert Penn Warren, is such a film. Besides Broderick Crawford’s portrait of a “big shot’ who thought he had the world by the tail until it exploded in his face with a bullet attached, the powerful Columbia drama at the a ae Theatre, also has a memorable cast that includes Joanne Dru, John Ireland, John Derek and Mercedes McCambridge. Their combined performances is a magnificent example of ensemble playing. Each finely chiselled piece of acting meshes perfectly with the others like the delicate jewels in an expensive timepiece. As the brutal but dynamic politician who had _ the others in his hip pocket along with whiskey, the blackjack and the gun, Crawford gives an electrifying performance. A_ rabblerousing demagogue, he exudes such power and sheer animal magnetism that he sweeps everything before him except for the few who risk ruin and seek to destroy him. Keyed closely to Broderick’s magnificent effort, that easily and with plenty to spare catapults him into that select group of actors who have inspired Academy Award attention, are the others. Miss Dru wrenches at the heart with her portrait of the aristocratic girl who is swept off her feet in such a blind, consuming passion for Broderick that she loses all sense of family honor. Ireland comes through with a biting performance as the newspaperman who becomes the politico’s hatchet man at the current wages of sin. The other principal players are equally integrated into the smoothly unfolding whole. Derek, as the adopted son of the big man who goes for the girls. delivers some sardonic playing, while Miss McCambridge, new to films, establishes herself as an actress to reckon with in her role as the politician’s smart secretary who had been around. That’s how a brilliant script by Rossen comes to electrifying life with beautifully integrated performances directed by Rossen. When in Hollywood Do as the Stars Do An old Hollywood custom brought considerable embarrassment to a production aide of Robert Rossen’s, whose film production of the Pulitizer Prize novel, “All The King’s Men,” is now being shown at the Theatre. It is a Columbia picture. The incident happened just before a big scene in which 1,000 citizens of Stockton, Calif., employed as extras for the sequence, were supposed to yell their heads off for Broderick Crawford, playing Governor Willie Stark, just as he was about to launch a fiery speech. “Quiet!” yelled the production aide—and then remembered that he wasn’t on a Hollywood sound stage where the word has to be shouted as a matter of course every few seconds. “Excuse me, folks,” the man said when he saw a thousand puzzled people turn to stare at him. “It’s just an old Hollywood custom. You’re to yell, not to be quiet!”