Taming of the Shrew (United Artists) (1929)

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Viikford SUGGESTIONS FOR. ORIGINAL AD-LAYOUTS De Luxe Marquee Banner A canvas waterproof banner in two colors can be obtained bearing the inscription: MARY PICKFORD and DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS (Together) “TAMING OF THE SHREW” All Talking—All Laughing Comedy United Artists Picture This banner is mounted on a gilt bar with tassels and measures 24"x36" at $2.75 each or $30.00 per dozen Order direct from MORRIS LIEBERMAN 690 Eighth Ave., New York, N. Y. A Care Man Woos and Wins an Amazon! lie ACE OF ALL' TALKING . COMEDIES/ MARY PICKfCRD DOUGLAS fAIREANKS TOGETHER- in an adaptation of Shakespeare's ~Yaminq of the Shrew adapted and directed by SAM TAYLOR. MARY and DOUG in Theit Best Pictu-e! 23—One Col. Ad (Mat 5c; Cut 30c) MAKYJ’ICKFWUI IIMXilAS FAIlUiANKS AN ADAPTATION OF SHAKESPEARE'S The King and Queen of movie- dom in their first co-starring picture. Taming of the ® shrew' Adapted and Directed by SAM TAYLOR. ALL-TALKING / rnucnv smash ' COMEDY SMASH l laugh a: before! You’ll laugh as never 21—Two Col. Ad (Mat 10c; Cut 50c) ALLTALK.IN&, CATCHLINES Pictures come and pictures go but “Taming of the Shrew” with Mary and Doug will live forever. * * Are you blue? Are you downhearted? You won’t be for long because Mary and Doug will make you laugh till it hurts in “Taming of the Shrew.” * * * The Screen’s most colorful figures in the world’s most uproarious comedy. * * * Mary as a fiery-eyed Amazon and Doug as the doughtiest of all cave men at war in the fun¬ niest talking picture ever made! * * * Do you like to laugh? Do you like a good time? Then for the love of your sense of humor see Doug and Mary in “Taming of the Shrew.” * * * A laugh panic telling how a swashbuckling wooer tamed a sharp-tongued spitfire and made her like it. * * * The whirlwind courts the cyclone—Doug and Mary in mightiest of all laugh tornadoes—“The Taming of the Shrew.” * * * The romance of a jolly cave man and a prankful shrew—Mary and Doug in their first co-star¬ ring picture. * * * Mary and Doug—Together!—What a Show! * * * The funniest comedy ever written—made into the screen’s greatest laugh-quake! * * * The most glorious comedy ever screened. * * * The all-talking, all-laughing masterpiece. * * * Pay your way in and laugh your way out. It’s hard to believe—The year’s laugh sensation with Mary and Doug together for the price you pay to see an ordinary picture. Unprecedented but true! The big three—Mary, Doug and Bill. * * * The master trio—Shakespeare in his funniest % mood—Mary and Doug in their funniest roles * * * Mary and Doug, the cream of the screen in “Tam¬ ing of the Shrew” the scream of the screen. * * * A battle of wills—an eternal tug of war—a she- woman vs. a he-man—and heaven help the inno¬ cent bystander! * * * She said she’d see him hanged before she’d marry him—but the wedding was a huge success— and the hangman wasn’t even an usher. * * * A 15th century battle in a 1929 arena. * * * She—Brilliant, beautiful, belligerent! ^ He—Audacious, amusing, acrobatic! When they clash the world roars with enthusi¬ asm; may the best wit win! * * * She was a devil, till there came a man who out- deviled her and made her as docile as a dove. * * * He stole the key to her heart by kicking down the door to it. See Doug and Mary in the biggest frolick of their careers. * * * Can a man out-talk a woman? What is the best way for a shrew to tame a hus¬ band? * * * “A 15th Century comedy with 20th Century laughs.” Program Copy Douglas Fairb. Stars of "TAMING OF THE SHREW" Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks together for the first time in an all- talking, all-laughing, film version of William Shakespeare’s ever modern comedy “Taming of the Shrew” which comes to the...theatre on .This uproarious rough-house comedy has been rocking the world with laughter for 300 years. It unfolds the cyclonic romance of Katherine the Shrew and Petruchio the Shrewd, of how she was “wooed, wedded and bedded, and the house rid of her,” and of how, subsequently, the “Devil’s Dam” was made over into a meek mouse, to an accompaniment of the craziest love-making in the whole history of Litera¬ ture. As Katherine the cut-up, and as Petruchio, the swashbuckler, Miss Pick¬ ford and Mr. Fairbanks have found their most brilliant roles, and their co-ap- pearance, for the first time, in this dazzling comedy, marks an event of unpar- ralleled importance to everyone, offering as it does, the finest in motion picture entertainment. You’ll enthuse about it for weeks. 9b— Thumbnail star head sketches (On mat with One Col. Star Scene Heads .05c; Cuts each 30c) Questionnaire Interest Builder ^ Here is a literary questionnaire for your newspapers centered around interesting angles of “Taming of the Shrew”. Its entertainment and educational interest make it thoroughly worthwhile for both newspapers and your theatre. Run' this feature i pages six and seven. i conjunction with the cartoon serialization featured herein on 1. Who was Petruchio? 2. Was Katherine gentle? On what do you base your opinion? 3. What is a shrew? 4. Who was Baptista? 5. Was Bianca a good daughter? 6. Who was Grumio? 7. Who loved Hortensio? 8. Did Baptista have money? 9. Was Petruchio afraid of women? 10. How much of a dowry did Katherine get? 11. What did Baptista say about being grieved? 12. Did Petruchio eat on his wedding night? 13. Did Katherine eat on her wedding night? 14. Why didn’t Katherine attend her own wedding supper? 15. Who opened the bedroom windows to annoy Katherine? 16. 3yho broke a lute over Hortensio’s head? 17. Did Katherine’s marriage benefit Bianca? How? 18. Who called Katherine “Kate”? 19. Who told Baptista to go to “The Devil’s Dam?” 20. Who plays in the first motion picture version of “Taming of the Shrew?” 1. A young man from Verona who came to Padua and married Katherine, the shrew. 2. No. Her shrewish conduct. 3. A hot tempered scold with a terrible will of her own. 4. Katherine’s father. 5. Yes. 6. Petruchio’s loyal servant. 7. Bianca. 8. Yes. 9. No. Answers to the Questionnaire 10. Much gold in hand and half her father's prdjj) erty should he die. 11. “Was ever gentleman thus griev’d as I.” 12. Yes. 13. No. 14. Petruchio carried her away. 15. Petruchio. 16. Katherine. 17. Yes, it permitted her to marry. 18. Petruchio. 19. Katherine, his daughter. 20. Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks. Page Four