3 on a Match (Warner Bros.) (1932)

t i f ; | j i ' a7 Se Fee —" PR OR geek mee kg ne aE RS pm es aire oa Sia peer % ae Co [ MUM —_— 1 Opening Day Story Checkered Careers of 3 Girls Dramatically Told in ““Three On A Match” The engrossing story of three girls, starting as classmates in the same public school, and the varying fortunes that cause their paths through life to intersect ten years later, is told in a fascinating manner in First National’s production, ‘‘Three On A Match,’’ featuring Joan Blondell, Warren William, Ann Dvorak and Bette Davis which opens today at the Be soesecvsre ters theatre for a. ...........days’ engagement. Three more widely differing girls than the trio portrayed in this vivid drama would be hard to imagine. One is the class beauty, a girl of wealth and position. A second is the honor girl of her class. The third is the school ‘bad girl,’ tomboy, hoyden and mischief maker. When they meet again, the class beauty is the spoiled wife of a wealthy lawyer who adores her. The student has become a successful secretary. The tomboy, after a checkered career that has taken her through a reform school, is a vivid creature of Broadway’s night life. How the destinies of the three work themselves out is the drama that ‘«Three On A Match’’ unfolds. Mervyn LeRoy directed the production for First National from the original story by Kubec Glasmon and John Bright with screen play by Lucien Hubbard. The unusually large cast includes Lyle Talbot, Hale Hamilton, Grant Mitchell, Humphrey Bogart, — John Marsden, Buster Phelps, Frankie Darrow, Dawn O’Day and Clara Blandick. Ist day of run 4 Star Studded Cast and --Praminent Screen Actors —s_—| * Favoriig screen rule \4Vanpee = —o tren \% a ; TL The movie-going public is given material for speculation over the problem of who gives the best performance in the star-studded cast of ‘¢Three On A Match,’’ the First National picture which is now playing at 111; Joerg aera pac ees enone Theatre. Four players of star rating head the cast of this picture, and the supporting roles are given to prominent featured players. Warren William, who scored so highly as the star of ‘<The Mouthpiece’’ and ‘‘The Dark Horse,’’ has the leading male role, and the three leading ladies are Ann Dvorak, Joan Blondell and Bette Davis, any one of whom has popularity and appeal enough to draw an audience of her own. Allen Jenkins, who shared honors with Lee Tracy in the success of the hilarious ‘‘Blessed Event,’’ is also prominently cast and is credited with an equally fine performance. Lyle Talbot, who was lately seen in ‘‘Stranger In Town’? and ‘‘Big City Blues,’’ plays an important role which proves to be another step up in his climb to stardom. Others who receive acclaim for their roles in ““Three On A Match’’ are Grant Mitchell, Sheila Terry, Clara Blandick, Buster Phelps, Glenda Farrell, Humphrey Bogart and Patricia Ellis. Mervyn LeRoy directed, and the script was written by the writing team of Kubec Glasmon and John Bright, who turned out such successes as ‘‘Public Enemy,’’ ‘*Smart Money,’’ ‘‘Blonde Crazy,’’ ‘‘ Taxi,’’ ‘“Union Depot’’ and ‘‘The Crowd Roars.’’ The screen play is by Lucien Hubbard. 2nd day of run “Three On A Match,” 7th Big Success Written By Glasmon-Bright Team Seven is a lucky number for Kubec Glasmon and John Bright. Their seventh screen story is proving to be a tremendous success at the .............. Theatre where it is playing this week. It is ‘‘ Three On A Match,’’ the First National picture whose cast is made up of several of the biggest names on that studio’s stellar list. CURRENT PU REVIEW ‘“‘Three on a Match’? Immense Four Great Stars at Their Best in Unusual Action-Packed Story It’s a gala event in the entertainment world when four stars’ of the calibre of Joan Blondell, Warren William, Ann Dvorak and Bette Davis ean be seen in one picture, as is the ease with ‘‘Three On A Match,’’ the First National production which opened a. .......... days’ engagement at the .... Sethe: Theatre last night. The story is | distinctly off the beaten track; you may see a score of ? motion pictures and not encounter one that even remotely oe g — ve Tee panera Pe ree n “Three On A atch.” Mateh.’? Devel"Yortunate male lead. oped with draOut No. 15 matic vigor and \ BETTE DAVIS one of the 8 featured Cut15ce Mat 5c picturesque sidelights, the picture tells the story of three girls who started as classmates in the same public school and follows them through the varying events of their lives for ten years, as their paths cross and re-cross. Consider it as a study in the comparative power of heredity and_ environment, Ann Dvorak’s delineation of Vivian Revere, the school beauty, daughter of well-to-do and cultured parents, seems to demonstrate that there is as much to be said for inborn tendencies as for acquired modes of behavior. of higher education was the State Reformatory, and who, nevertheless, wins on merit the distinguished attorney her school chum, Vivian, had cast disdainfully aside, and marries him— hard-boiled, smart-cracking Mary holds her environment at arm’s length with the utmost ease. Together with Bette Davis—in the role of the class valedictorian and LYLE TALBOT, ANN DVORAK and WARREN WILLIAM in a tense scene honor pupil, who spends her life being a conscientious, hard-working secretary—the three girls are as vivid and interesting characters, strictly in the modern vein, as the motion picture sereen has offered for many a long day. Underlying the whole drama, is the human note of dissatisfaction on the part of each girl with her own position, that gives the story an added sense of reality. Vivian would gladly barter her life of luxury and wealth for the bohemian freedom of Mary Keaton’s existence; Mary thinks nothing would be more perfect than a doting husband, a town car and an open bank account, such as Vivian has. And Ruth, the stenographer, impartially envies both of them. What happens to the lives of all three when Vivian’s restlessness leads her to abandon both her husband and her home in an effort to find the freedom she longs for, constitutes the main burden of the picture. As the attorney who finally finds in Mary Keaton the qualities he had loved Vivian Revere for, Warren William gives his best performance. Joan Blondell, Ann Dvorak and_ Bette Davis are perfectly cast as the three girls. Lyle Talbot’s portraya: of a thoroughly despicable yet outwardly fascinating scoundrel, is done with a restraint that heightens the sympathy everyone must feel for the misguided Vivian. Allen Jenkins, who scored highly in ‘‘Blessed Event,’’ gives another matchless performance. A delightful bevy of child players romp through the early scenes of ‘“Three On A Match,’’ among them = — Perna tens ha f ’ 465 Frankie Darrow. Buster Phelps, as the child of Vivian and her husband, is one of the most fascinating kiddies of his age that the screen has developed. Mervyn LeRoy has done splendid work in the direction of the picture, from an original story by Kubee Glasmon and John Bright. Lucien Hubbard contributed a fine screen adaptatica. from “Three On A Match,” the Warner Bros. drama now at the ............ Theatre. Cut No.138 Cut80c Mati10c The scenarists, Glasmon and Bright, first broke irito the Hollywood limelight when Warner Bros. produced their original story, ‘‘The Public Enemy.’’ Since then they have written the scripts for ‘‘Smart Money,’’ §¢Taxi,’’ ‘“Blonde Crazy,’’ ‘‘Union Depot’’ and ‘‘The Crowd Roars.’’ Warren William, who plays the male lead in the picture, is provided with three of the screen’s most popular leading ladies—Ann Dvorak, Joan Blondell and Bette Davis. Other prominent roles are played by Lyle Talbot, Grant Mitchell, Sheila Terry, Allen Jenkins, Buster Phelps, Clara Blandick, Humphrey Bogart, Glenda Farrell and many others. It was directed by Mervyn LeRoy, who was responsible for the success of such pictures as ‘‘Five Star Final,’’ ‘‘Two Seconds’’ and ‘‘Big City Blues.’’ Lucien Hubbard did the screen play. ord day of run 500 School Children Used in “Three On A Match” Five hundred school children—the largest number to be used in any picture produced this season—are seen in the opening sequences of ‘‘ Three On A Match,’’ the First National picwure Now at: the. Theatre. The graduation of an entire class from a big city public school is shown in the most complete detail. These scenes alone call for more than one hundred children. Besides the graduation exercises, numerous scenes are shown in the playground, in the ecorridors, the assembly halls and classrooms. They are the opening scenes for a story in which three girls, who graduate together, meet ten years later a ond LICITY when the paths of their adventurous lives converge. This unique dramatic plot is the work of Kubec Glasmon and John Bright, the writers who were also responsible for ‘‘Public Enemy,’’ “¢Smart Money,’’ ‘‘Union Depot,’’ ‘¢The Crowd Roars,’’ and other films. It was directed by Mervyn LeRoy. Lucien Hubbard wrote the screen play. The three girls are played by Ann Dvorak, Joan Blondell and Bette Davis, with Warren William in the leading male role. Others in the ‘‘ big name’’ cast are Lyle Talbot, Allen Jenkins, Humphrey Bogart, Sheila Terry, Clara Blandick, Grant Mitchell and Glenda Farrell. 4th day of run “Three On A Match” Has 3 Popular Leading Ladies Three of the screen’s most prominent and popular young leading ladies share the feminine honors between them in the First National picture, ‘Three On A Match,’’ which comes t0Sthe = ee es Theatre next The three young starlets are Ann Dvorak, Joan Blondell and Bette Davis. The former two have appeared together in ‘‘The Crowd Roars,’’ but this is the first time three such outstanding feminine players have been cast together in the one film. The leading male role is played by Warren William, thus making it a ‘four star’’ picture. Other prominent players in the cast are Lyle Talbot, Grant Mitchell, Sheila Terry, Allen Jenkins, Buster Phelps, Clara Blandick, Humphrey Bogart, Glenda Farrell and many others. The story is an original by the popular writing team of Kubec Glasmon and John Bright, authors of ‘(The Public Enemy,’’ and deals with the exciting and varied lives of three young girls who had graduated together from a public school. The bulk of the story deals with the girls’ adventures when they meet again te years after their graduation. ~ It was directed by Mervyn LeRoy. The screen adaptation was made by Lucien Hubbard. oth day of_run Los Angeles Crack High School Band Engaged for “Three on A Match” A Los Angeles high school contri° buted its musical talent to the making of the ‘First National picture, ‘<Three On A Match,’’ which is now OU Chee csaioes, Theatre with an all-star cast including Joan Blondell, Warren William, Bette Davis and Ann Dvorak. The initial scenes of the picture show a public school graduation. Special arrangements were made to use the fourteen-piece orchestra of the Belmont High School, one of the erack musical bodies among the city’s schools. The organization consists of eleven boys and three girls, two of the latter being violinists, and the third girl plays both piccolo and flute. The story by Kubee Glasmon and John Bright, with screen play by Lucien Hubbard, starts with the lives of three girls who graduate together. It then picks them up ten years later when they meet again after having followed different destinies. Their chance meeting gives rise to a highly dramatic and conflicting chain of events which alters the entire course of their lives. The three girls are played by Ann Dvorak, Joan Blondell and Bette Davis, and Warren William has the leading male role. Prominent parts in this unique story are played by Lyle Talbot, Allen Jenkins, Sheila Terry, Buster Phelps, Clara Blandick, Grant Mitchell, Glenda Farrell, Humphrey Bogart and many others. It was directed by Mervyn LeRoy. See Pages 21, 22, 23 for advance and cur rent program shorts. Page Nineteen