Leave It to the Irish (Monogram) (1944)

“LEAVE IT TO THE IRISH” DUE HERE | James Dunn, Barbara Woodell and Wanda McKay are seen in the Monogram comedy film, “Leave It to the Irish,” which starts .......... at theese es theatre. One Column Scene Mat No. 21 TUNER Jack LaRue began his business | r| Jack LaRue found it impossible to career as an itinerant piano tune in New York—but never learned to play the instrument. He is an expert performer, however, on mandolin and guitar. LaRue comes to COW caterers THEatreZON: scenic Say in “Leave It to the Irish,’ Monogram’s mystery comedy which features James Dunn and Wanda McKay. AIR HERO From the outbreak of the war until his death early in 1944, Dick Purcell flew his own plane on offshore patrol duty along the South ern California coast as a member | of the Civil Air Patrol. Purcell will be seen in his last picture, “Leave It to the Irish,” on the screen of the emi meetas chit LHCAELE “Ons. ke canes with James Dunn and Wanda McKay in featured roles. | | SOLUTION Some years ago Italian-American get spaghetti cooked to his taste in the then limited number of Hollywood restaurants, so he opened his own cafe, under the name of “LaRue’s Spaghetti House.” The actor:.comes to ‘the® coo... theHOLE VOM acs e ey Aes in “Leave It to the Irish,’ the Monogram mystery comedy which features James Dunn and Wanda McKay. LOUDER, PLEASE James Dunn wears conservative suits in private life, but his shirts and ties are among the noisiest things on Hollywood Boulevard, of| ten drowning out the roar of trafHes ADunn “cOMes. COUNe 4.5 pee ces GHEACKEY ON Pec oracee in the principal male role of ‘Leave It to the Trish,’ Monogram’s lively mystery | comedy in which he-is featured with Wanda McKay. Films’ Official “Ribber” Is Champion Goat Getter For many years Hollywood’s Vince Barnett, sober-faced official “ribber’’ has been comedian who comes to the Peay ae a theatre on _................... in “Leave It to the Irish,” Monogram’s diverting mystery Dunn and Wanda McKay. comedy featuring James Barnett is without a peer in “get-¥——_______________ ting the goat” of visiting celebrities, | most of whom at some time during their stay in the film capital ap quet. There Barnett appearers variously as a clumsy waiter, who bumps into the guest and _ spills soup on his shirt, or as a foreign diplomat or unidentified diner who belligerently disputes every assertion made by the celebrity. The famous man is bluntly told that he | palpably knows nothing about the| special subjects in which he has won a reputation as an expert. Meanwhile, the other diners are near the bursting point with pentup amusement. When the guest is literally frothing at the mouth, and | reduced to a state of heipless rage, the hoax is revealed in a roar of laughter. Sometimes the guest joins in the merriment—but often it is minutes later before he manages a sickly smile. However, it’s lots of fun for the Hollywood hosts. The cast appearing with Dunn and Miss McKay in “Leave It to the Trish” also includes Arthur Loft, Jack LaRue, Dick Purcell, Barbara Woodell and Olaf Hytten. Lind sley Parsons produced the picture, | and William Beaudine directed from an original screenplay by Tim | Ryan and Eddie Davis. | | | i} | SURPRISE! pear as guest of honor at some ban| James Dunn and Wanda McKay are featured in “Leave It to the Irish,” Monogram’s mystery comedy, now ate thes footy Se theatre. One Column Scene Mat No. 4 Experience as “Extra’’ Was Aid to Quick Film Stardom Though he spent five years on the stage before he made “his debut in motion pictures, James Dunn is free to admit | that his mteoric rise to screen fame in his first Hollywood film was partly the result of his previous service as an “ex | tra” in New York studios. THE IRISHMAN | | Dunn comes to the UNCRULLEMOM Ss in the lead| ing male role of “Leave It to sad | Irish,” the Monogram mystery comedy in which he is featured with | Wanda McKay. After completing his schooling, Jimmy spent three years with his father in the stock brokerage business, but during all this time he frequently served in the extra ranks, and thus achieved a foundation in | camera technique. His first stage | engagement found him touring the so-called “sticks” as a member of a small traveling company, and he returned to the road in the gangster play, “Night Stick.” Lengthy stock engagements in Englewood, New Jersey, and Winnipeg, Canada, finally brought him to New York’s Broadway, where he appeared opposite Helen Morgan in “Sweet Adeline.” Then came Hollywood and _ his first motion picture, “Bad Girl,” with Sally Eilers. The film registered a resounding hit. Both players became stars overnight, and established as one of the most popular “teams” in the history of the screen. The cast appearing with Dunn James Dunn returns to the screen and Miss McKay in “Leave It to in "Monberam’s diystery. comedy the Irish” includes Jack LaRue,| «eave It to the Irish,” in which he Barbara Woodell, Dick Purcell, Ar-| is featured with Wanda McKay. thur Loft, Vince Barnett and Olaf| The film starts .......... at the Hytten. William Beaudine directed! .......... theatre. |}under the production supervision of | One Column Scene Mat No. 2 | Lindsley Parsons, and the original | | screenplay was written by Tim RyBEAUTY Before she made her entry into an and Eddie Davis. SST aE Se motion pictures three years ago, VAUDEVILLIAN Wanda McKay was selected by a Vince Barnett made his stage| New York photographers’ associadebut in Earl Carroll’s Vanities,| tion as one of the ten most beauand later appeared in vaudeville| tiful artists’ modeis in the United with Moran and Mack (“The Two/| States. Miss McKay, featured with Black Crows’) and many other/ James Dunn, comes to the ........ standard big-time acts. Barnett} theatre on ........ in Monogram’s comes: ta the 30 ess theatre on/| lively mystery comedy, “Leave It ice et in “Leave It to the Irish,”’| to the Irish.” | the rollicking Monogram mystery COVER GIRL comedy which features James Dunn Not only has Wanda McKay and Wanda McKay. GOLFER appeared as a “cover girl’ on many national magazines dur| James Dunn learned to play golf] ing her career as an artists’ modwhen he was an automobile sales-|| e], put she was also selected a man in New York, so that he might few years ago as the Chesterbecome better acquainted with his field Girl, and her picture ap“prospects” on the links, but in lat-|| peared on countless billboards er years became a devotee of the|| throughout the United States. game for itself alone, and a low-|| Miss McKay comes to the ...... scoring expert. Dunn, featured with!] theatre on ........ in the lead| Wanda McKay, comes to the...... ing feminine role of “Leave It theatre on ........ in the leading|| to the Irish,” the Monogram male role of the sparkling Monomystery comedy in which she is gram mystery comedy, “Leave It|} featured with James Dunn. | to the Irish.” Rollickine Mystery Comedy Excellent in Cast, Story (Review) There are laughs galore in “Leave It to the Irish,” the Monogram mystery which opened an engagement at the eras Ete tevee theatre last night, and a murder plot which at times becomes absorbingly dramatic, only to give way again to unrestrained merriment. The result is a film which qualifies as the ultimate in all-around*¥ entertainment. presented homicides which, some Featured roles in this lively film | how, are never allowed to interfere are played by James Dunn and|with an atmosphere of rollicking Wanda McKay, who make an at-| good humor. tractive pair of sweethearts as they} Much of the picture’s success can strive not only to solve a series of/| be attributed to the experienced dimurders, but to divert unjust sus-|rection of William Beaudine, and picion from themselves. They head|the ingenious plot supplied in the a cast which is uniformly excellent,|original screenplay by Tim Ryan including as it does such capable|and Eddie Davis. These three have players as Jack LaRue, Arthur Loft,| combined their story-telling talents Dick Purcell, Barbara Woodell,|/to turn out a picture which is a Vince Barnett and Olaf Hytten. positive delight. Lindsley Parsons The story gets off to a dramatic|has given the film a_ thoroughly start with the mysterious murder | substantial production, and photogof a fur dealer, but this is only the|raphy by Ira Morgan is in accord beginning of a series of laughably| with the film’s general excellence.