The Right Man (Monogram) (1940)

Alan Ladd Sensational Star Discovery of Year Horatio Alger had it easy. He should have tried it in Hollywood and had his ears slapped back for a few years to find out how tough it is to come up from nothing. Alan Ladd could tell him. Listen to Alan, Horaito. He asks no sympathy. In fact, he’ll not talk about his continuous early disappointments himself. But he has hosts of friends in the film colony who have told. He can count back in little more* than weeks the time when he received not one of the present volume of 2000 fan mail letters weekly. With ‘China,” “Lucky Jordan,” “The Glass Key’ following his hit in “This Gun for Hire,’ Alan is just about the “hottest” name in pictures today. Yes, he is now a big name star. But he was not long ago a “grip,” a laborer in the studios. He was not long ago a soda jerk. He was not long ago earning seventy-five cents as his salary for one week in a radio show. He was not long ago sleeping in the little theater where he studied because he had no car fare home. He had no home. About all he had was the four letter word that sports circles use to describe intestinal fortitude .. . and a great ability as an actor that had yet to be discovered. Were Alan Ladd to walk into the Li RAS Ree theater where his picture, “The Right Man” is playing today, he would spend a lot of time autoeraphing souvenirs for his fans. A short time back he would have entered the. assis e ake unknown as just another customer. In high school he was a popular and successful youngster. At North Hollywood High School he was a track star, competing in the 100 and 220 yard dashes, and shot putting. He was a greater swimming star and still holds the 50-yard interscholastic freestyle record. He was West Coast diving champion in his senior year. That same year he sang the leading role of Koko in “The Mikado” ‘when it was presented by the school. Then came a lapse in his dramatic career interspersed with a variety of unimpressive and equally unsuccessful jobs. Finally he became a cafe owner, a small one, but it paid a profit. He could leave it with help and became a studio grip. Later, after selling the cafe, he made up his mind to leave his studio job and try to become the actor he had long dreamed of becoming. That is when Hollywood couldn’t see him. Hollywood wasn’t even looking in his direction. Enrolled in a dramatic school he found his expenses went on, no jobs came his way, and without funds he went rather hungry most of the time. One radio show netted him seventy-five cents as his share of the week’s profit on the program. Alan Ladd at Popularity Peak in ‘The Right Man’’ (Review) Time is marked in Hollywood by*¥ |__FAN FAVORITE | the ascendency of stars. There have | been, among men, the sequences of such as Wally Reed, Rudolph Valentino, Robert Taylor, Tyrone Power. Now the new star who is getting more than twice as much fan mail as Valentino at the height of his career is Alan Ladd. Blond, handsome, and possessing the virility in both appearance and | performance that have made him the sensation in such recent hits as “China,” “Lucky Jordan,” and “The | Glass Key,” Ladd is now*to be seen | Bt Cherie ster: theatre in Mono| eram’s “The Right Man.” Formerly titled “Her First Romance.” Ladd, Julie Bishop, Edith Fellows and Wilbur Evans, the four principals in the crossfire of emotions that set the stage for the exciting action of the story, climax their adventures in “The Right Man” in college vacation days. | NEW CAREER | Julie Bishop used to be known as Jacqueline Wells. Now she _ has changed her name and hits in Mono gram’s “The Right Man.” One Col. Scene Mat No. 3 Alan Ladd, two-fisted star sensation of the year, comes to the Meneses theatre on ....... in Monogram’s “The Right Man.” One Col. Scene Mat No. 2 CAST John Gilman... ALAN LADD Eileen Strong JULIE BISHOP PAM SOME: ee oae lo DS REEF bal Wie Philip Niles. WILBUR EVANS Donald Whiting ......... “20 SROGER DANIEL Marian: Strong... 2.x iaccce. DET EINDEN Katy....... MARION KERBY Susie Sloan. MARLO DWYER Mrs. “Whiting oo... Reacher OTTOLA NESMITH ADVENTURE, ROMANCE KEEP THEM BUSY THE STORY Julie Bishop, Alan Ladd and Wilbur Evans have a busy time in “The Right Man.” Romance only stops when adventure interrupts—and that is often! Two Colum Scene Mat No. 21 What! No Julie? Am ! Seeing Things? | Sure Am! Curvaceous and refreshingly beau-¥* tiful in the beginning of young womanhood in the early twenties, Julie Bishop has nevertheless been in existence for but a few short years. In fact, there really is no Julie Bishop but it would be hard to convince any but a blind man of that. Julie Bishop, by way of explanation, is the successor to Jacqueline Wells. She has not only a new name but has carved for herself a new career in pictures since the change. Once well started in Hollywood, she had the reverses so common to many players, returned to Wisconsin to do little theatre work. Re turning West, she played at the Pasadena Community Playhouse, changed her name and is now on a new career. She has the feminine lead in “The Right Man,’ opposite Alan Ladd. The picture, formerly called “Her First Romance,” is now playine at. the: 3.x, theatre. Selfish and self-centered in her role as the predatory sister who only has to see a fine specimen of manhood such as Ladd to want him, she handles the difficult role with a finesse that adds to the stature of her rating as an actress. This role is in direct contrast to her recent hit portrayal in the feminine lead of ‘Action in the North Atlantic.” New Star Tops Valentino's Mail (Advance) Alan Ladd, who has suddenly and surprisedly found himself the motion picture star discovery of the year because those people who make stars, the picture audiences, have found him to be the “right man,” comes:-lo* there es theatre on Se Saeastar tasty Ladd tops the cast of the Monogram picture, “The Right Man.” Summer vacation from _ college sends three girls into the life of John Gilman, played by Ladd, to thrust him into a series of adventures that makes him the romantic target of all three and in the process sets man against man in a contest that doesn’t stop with conversation. As in the case of his recent “China,” “Lucky Jordan,” and “The Glass Key,” Ladd doesn’t have to hunt for adventure and excitement. They follow him. Adele Comandini, author of Deanna Durbin’s ‘Three Smart Girls,’ wrote the screenplay that puts him in the enviable position of having to make a choice between Julie Bishop and Judith Linden until Edith Fellows enters the scene to settle the issue. Edith plays the role of Linda Strong, the typical student who thinks college was made for study. She quickly finds her most profitable study a book titled, “How To Win A Man.” Julie Bishop, playing the role of Eileen, Linda’s older sister, has already captured their cousin’s fiancee, but has set her cap now for still another conquest. Edith discovers the impending play and enters the field herself, with her textbook, ‘‘How To Win A Man,” under her arm. FAN FAVORITE Alan Ladd has joined the list of best-sellers at the post office window, adding his name to the list of the late Rudolph Valentino, Clark Gable, Tyrone Power, Gary Cooper and such other stars as recipient of most fan mail. Averaging better than 2000 letters a week since his performances in “China,” “The Glass Key,’ and “Lucky Jordan,’ Ladd surpasses in quantity of mail that received by Valentino at the peak of his popularity. Ladd is now showing in Monogram’s “The Right Man” at CG reas theatre. Formerly the picture was called “Her First Romance.” CREDITS Produced by I. E. CHADWICK Associate Producer HERMAN WOHL Directed by EDWARD DMYTRYK Assistant Director AL ALT Photography by JOHN MESCALL Sound by KARL ZINT Musical Director . GREGORY STONE Lyrics by S. CHARLES CAINE Film Editor WILLIAM ZIEGLER Screenplay by ADELE COMANDINI Based on the Novel, “Her Father's Daughter,” by GENE STRATTON-PORTER (Not tor Publication) John (Alan Ladd), engaged to Marian Strong (Judith Linden), finds his life a complicated admixture of romance and adventure when Marian’s two cousins, sisters, in turn enter his life romantically. The sisters, Eileen and Linda Strong (Julie Bishop and Edith Fellows), quickly change the story from simple romance to a whirlwind of emotional and physical conflicts. Stealing the affections of John, Eileen, self-centered and acquisitive with men, is-inspiration for her sister Linda to enter the romantic lists in an effort to thwart her sister’s selfish adventure. Linda is a typical college student, kept in the ugly duckling category by her older sister until her rebellion. When Eileen steals John from Marian she blossoms in new found glamor. Walking through the woods she meets Philip Niles, famous concert singer. She plans to interest him in Marian, who still prefers John. This brings the two men into jealous conflict that climaxes in wholehearted physical combat when John finds that both Marian and Niles are leaving town, he erroneously thinks together. Meantime, Eileen has switched her fickle attentions from John to Niles, but despite her efforts to snare him, he finds himself in love with a newly grown-up and thoroughly charming Linda. John and Marian are reunited and, with Niles proposing to Linda, weddings are in the air. Alan Ladd Hit in "Right Man" (Review) Three girls on his mind and a jealous rival in his hair. When he isn’t wondering where his heart belongs he is wondering where the next uppercut is going to land. That for Alan Ladd is what keeps the popular new star dividing his time between the love seat in a summer cottage and the hot seat of fisticuffing in “The Right Man,” Monogram picture current at the iia Wa toe theatre. The film was previously called “Her First Romance.” Fiancee of Judith Linden as Marian Strong, he becomes the romantic target for the self-centered cousin of his sweetheart, Eileen Strong, played by Julie Bishop. With troubles enough he gets an added quota with the decision of Linda Strong, sister of Eileen and played by Edith Fellows, to foil her acquisitive sister by entering the competition herself. Ladd so finds himself in a role in “The Right Man” that brings him more glory to add to his performances in “China,” “Lucky Jordan,” and “The Glass Key.” | TWO NEW STARS | Alan Ladd and Julie Bishop, both new stars of 1943, appear together in the exciting Monogram picture, “The Right Man.” One Col. Scene Mat No. 1 be dae’