A Child Is Born (Warner Bros.) (1939)

EOE OE Oe Waiting ... This is how most men suffer when they are about to become a father as ably demonstrated by Johnnie Davis in these scenes from "A Child Is Born." First you just sit, then when you can't stand that any longer, you can always start tearing your hair out. CURRENT PUBLICITY —'A CHILD IS BORN’ Wondering... Worrying... (See page 16, cols. 2 and 3, for feature story to use with this strip.) Welcoming ... Wo-Ho! Mat 502B—75c Order from Campaign Plan Editor Pacing up and down is practically the last step, and good practice for walking the baby when he arrives. Say wait a minute, what's this? Twins? Mine? Honest? Wheeeee, I'm a father! "A Child Is Born" is currently showing at the Strand Theatre. Just Picture Yourself The fact that the only picture Geraldine Fitzgerald has in her Hollywood home is an oil painting of herself is no indication she is overly fond of herself. She didn’t like the pictures that came with the house which she rented | furnished and took them all down. After Mat 116-15c completing Geraldine her latest Fitzgerald Warner Bros. picture, “A Child is Born,” she returned to her home in Ireland, and when she comes back to Hollywood, she said, she will bring her favorite pictures. Lynn Was Framed On a little night-table beside the hospital bed which Geraldine Fitzgerald occupies in “A Child is Born,” the Warner Bros, picture at the Strand Theatre, the property man put what was supposed to be a cheap framed photograph of her husband, played in the picture by Jeffrey Lynn. The director, Lloyd Bacon, gave one look at it, and ordered it removed. “That’s hardly the kind a poor man would give his wife. It’s a photograph by Hurrell, Hollywood’s finest photographer.” Expert On Babies Gloria Holden’s sister, Queen Holden, famed painter of children, was a constant visitor on the set of “A Gch ld&1¢s Born,’’ the Warner Bros. picture now at the Strand Theatre. She was interested in the twenty newborn babies being used in the picture. Miss Holden Mat 107—15c originated Gloria Holden and illustrated “Baby Nancy,” which has sold more than 3,000,000 copies. Used extensively in school domestic science classes, it consists of cut-out babies, their clothing, and things needed in their care. Passed On Authenticity Dr. H. L. Hardy of the Cornell University Medical School faculty, visited Jeffrey Lynn, Geraldine Fitzgerald and others on the set of “A Child is Born.” One of the country’s leading woman obstetricians, Dr. Hardy recognized an operating room set for the picture as a duplicate of the exceptionally fine one at the University of Edinburgh. Hires Woman Driver Geraldine Fitzgerald, who is featured in “A Child is Born,” now playing at the Strand Theatre, employs a woman chauffeur. Miss Fitzgerald was hurt in an automobile accident in Dublin when she was a little girl, and has always been afraid of cars and driving since. She hired a woman driver when she came to Hollywood because she thinks they are more careful. Made To Order For Her Gale Page, currently featured in “A Child Is Born,” went into a Los Angeles department store and said she wanted some autographed Se ete 1b ky matches such as they had in the window. “Those are just samples,’ said the clerk, “it will take two or three weeks to get some for ViOULe Maa a Rb that’s my name on the samples,” said Gale. And it was, but Gale had to show her driver’s license before the clerk would believe her. Mat 105—I15c Gale Page Novel Autograph Geraldine Fitzgerald’s autograph is cherished by fans _ because they can’t read it. She writes her first name plainly and then becomes embarrassed and nervous and ends the signature in an undecipherable scrawl. The Irish actress is featured in “A Child is Born.” ° Wants Historic Home Henry O’Neill, featured in “A Child is Born,” the Warner Bros. picture at the Strand Theatre, plans soon to try to buy through a third party the house in Maplewood, NG: Stay ED which his mother was born and which was George Washing Mat 110—15c tons’ headHenry O'Neill quarters dur ing the Revolutionary War. He tried once before to buy it. Gets Natural Scent Scenting hands by gently rolling old gardenia petals in them is the unique idea of Spring Byington, currently featured in “A Child is Born.” When a gardenia corsage begins to droop, Miss Byington puts the blossoms into a_ special bowl. She House Grew and Grew Jeffrey Lynn’s family home in Massachusetts originally had only two rooms but now it rambles all over the countryside, he said one day on the set of ‘tA Born,’’ the Warner Bros. picture currently show ing at the Strand Thea tre. Every Mat 108-I<c time a new Jeffrey Lynn baby was born, Jeffrey’s father added a new room to the house. There were eight children including Jeffrey, in the family. In his newest picture, Jeffrey plays an expectant, a role in which he ought to feel at home—by hered_ ity, at least! Enlivening Drugs When it came to naming the two Easter bunnies which her niece, Patricia Kelly, gave her, Gale Page called the pets: Aspirin and Bicarbonate, because they pep her up so much when she comes home from her day’s work at the Warner Bros. Studio. Her latest picture—in which she plays the role of a nurse — is “A Child is Born,” which is currently showing at the Strand Theatre in this city. Radio First-Aid Man Johnnie “Scat” Davis’ hobby” is repairing aged and broken radios which have been discarded by their: owners. He has a radio in every room of his house and and has given many to relatives and friends as well as sending several to convalescent homes. He has yet to find one he Mat 111—15c Johnnie Davis couldn’t fix so it would work again. Johnnie’s latest screen role is in “A Child is Born,” the Warner Bros. picture which is currently showing at the Strand Theatre. He plays a young papa. Unusual Cocktail Gale Page brought to the “A Child is Born” set every day small bottles of apple, spinach, carrot, grape and other juices to refresh herself between scenes. personally prepares the juices at home. “A Child is Born,” a Warner Bros. picture, in which she plays a featured role, is now at the Strand. [19] in the garage. Has Own Shampoo Geraldine Fitzgerald, the lovely Irish actress who is featured in “A Child is Born,” the Warner Bros. picture at the Strand Theatre, prefers to shampoo her own hair between pictures and uses a shampoo she herself concocts. It consists of a pound of castile soap, shaved to tiny bits and combined with just enough water to cover it, melted in a saucepan over a slow fire and 2 ounces of eucalyptus oil, which is added after soap is taken off stove. The concoction is put in a jar and about one-third of a cup is used for each shampoo. Geraldine says the home-made soap keeps her scalp healthy and her hair glossy. Always A Mother Spring Byington, who plays an expectant mother with six children in Warner Bros.’ “A CP dacs Born,” which is currently showing at the Strand Theatre, has played more than fifty mother roles on the screen. Of the ‘expectant”’ mothers in the picture, Mat 112—l5ce she is the only Spring Byington one of the players to have experienced ‘motherhood in real life. She is the mother of two daughters. Has Musical Cradle Johnnie “Scat” Davis imported a music box from Switzerland to use in the musical cradle he made for his new baby daughter. Nursery tunes are played when the cradle is rocked. Davis, expert amateur carpenter, has one _of the finest workshops possessed by any of the stars. His latest Warner Bros. picture, “A Child is Born,” is now at the Strand. Makes Double Debut Jean Sharon, youthful actress who has been trying for five years to get a film role, but was always rejected because she was too young, is now:* making’ her debut in, not one, but two, Warner Bros.’ pictures. As soon as_ she finished her rolewini 2A Cheishdae les Mat 113-15¢ Born,” she Jean Sharon was immedi« ately cast in “Everybody’s Hobby.” “A Child Is Born,” is currently showing at the Strand. Babies Are Gifted At the suggestions of Gladys George, Gale Page, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Gloria Holden and other feminine members of the company which filmed “A Cah td aks is Born,” the Warner Bros. picture opening today at the Strand Theatre, the tiny garments they Mat 103—I5¢ knitted on the Gladys George set were all given to the twenty new-born babies which worked in the picture. In the film, all the actresses portray expectant mothers. Hens Contributed Johnnie “Scat”? Davis is proud of the fact he sold enough eggs from his budding poultry farm to pay for his new baby’s nursery. Now the Davis hens are taking over the task of providing for the heir’s education. All the egg money will go into a special savings fund for that purpose. The baby was born while Johnnie was working in “A Child is Born,” now at the Strand. Had Unrest Cure When Nanette Fabares, who plays a young expectant wife in “A Child is Born,” the Warner Bros. picture at the Strand Theatre, was twelve years old she was sent to Montrose, in the Sierra Madre mountains of Southern California for a rest cure. Three times Hee py within three months she Nanette Fabares fled to Hollywood to escape the dangers of forest fire, flood and earthquake, remaining in Hollywood the last time to get her rest cure, which was a success. 20 Babies In Film Twenty babies, the youngest six days and the average age fourteen days, worked a total of 73 seconds in nursery scenes to earn seventy-five dollars in the Warner Bros. picture “A Child Is Born,” now ‘showing at the Strand Theatre, and thus _ became Hollywood’s highest paid actors. ‘The law dictated their salary. Also that they could not. appear under the light more than thirty seconds at a time for a total of twenty minutes of the two hours they were permitted to remain at the studio.