A Soldiers Plaything (Warner Bros.) (1930)

4d Story Written To Suit Talents Of Lotti Loder (Advance) have an original screen story or play written especially for one’s individual personality and histrionic talents is indeed a distinction of which few stage or film players can boast. Lotti Loder, Warner Brothers importation from Budapest, accomplished this signal honor with “A Soldier’s Plaything,” the Vitaphone production in wnicn she is featured and which is coming to theater next... Darryl Zanuck, associate executive at the Warner studio, commissioned the talentea authoress Vina Delmar to write an original story for the Austrian beauty whom he discovered in a European cafe. After careful study of Miss Loder’s type and individual charm and talents, Miss Delmar wrote “A Sol | Outside : dier’s Plaything,” which depicts a & little German peasant girl's roz mance with an American doughboy Br: after the signing of the armistice. i A splendid cast was chosen to te round out the supporting roles in; cluding Harry Langdon, Ben Lyon, +» Jean Hersholt, Noah Beery, Fred Kohler, Marie Astaire, Lee Moran and others. Perry Vekroff was trusted with the screen adaptation of the original and Arthur | Caesar assigned to write the dia| logue. To Micheal Curtiz, former countryman of Lotti Loder, who hails from Vienna, was given the task of directing this novel story. HARRY LANGDON, DROLLEST OF COMEDIANS, USHERED HIS WAY TO SCREEN CAREER Snatched Moments Between Showing People to Seats to Study Histrionic Methods ; From Back-Stage Vantage Point a. (Biographical Feature) ARRY LANGDON’S first job in;to medicine show S, minstrels. cirthe show business was usher cuses, vaudeville, and musical in a theater. His reward was the | comedy, embracing a varied and privilege of seeing the show— | colorful career. when he wasn’t seating the customers. This was in Council Bluffs, Iowa, where he was born. But the enterprising youth, who It was while play jin vaudeville with his famous ‘“Johnny’s New Car” and “After the Ball” acts that he made was then twelve, got his first Jump into the movies. glimpse of backstage life. and Later Langdon became a Sta! learned many things which gave| Under the Mack Sennett banner him a foundation for his later ca-| He made six feature length com theater reer. It was here when one of | @dies for First National which in the “bit” players failed to show | “luded “Heart Trouble” and “Long 2 es up, that he got his first stage part.| Pants.” the two most popular of jen Ly oa : = . , Ben Lyon and Harr } Then he regularly played smal] the list. With the introduction of portray “war buddies” Langdon parts in these stock shows the talkies Langdon made a vauihe ape eas buddies in “A Sol | Subsequently the famous Re, leville tour in a playlet entitled Brothers et a Warner | edian, who enacts his first feature! '2© Messenger.” Upon the com drama now at oe comedy. | : reipletion of this » gees F mn tae theater f seazemen = I ir) ‘ io : length talking signed to make series of Pha, ‘y vag ines appear with spore? film role in “A ae a }reel talking comedies with Hal Fred Kobden pores? Jean Hersholt. Soldier's Play ee. Roach Curtiz psa There Micheal i Z es 2 directed. his ta; ‘ thing,” the WarA Soldier's Plaything,” an orig-| ture showing the a — —— aaa > om comic ¢ ; ser Brothers ¢ ee ele by Vina Delmar. was di-| mantic side of war a = : rected by Micheal Curti ss and Vitaphone | ; 2 neni comedy also eee on featuring Lotti ® a! Caesar, Broadway wit and ~ ; ; nOUYWOOd wise-cracker w a Loder, Ben BEERY THE VILLAIN the pithy dialogue Pe r, er erste Lyon, Jean ——Plaything,” the Warner sa es Hersholt and | (Advance) Vitaphone comedy-drama ao J « adda le 2 ee a theater. jg ; Noah Beery at Noah Beery continues merrily on! Caesar rt 18 a polo enthusiast the Me eg ematic way as a screen| Wee. . Plays on one of th theater, joined bad man” in “A Soldier's Playgate sateur quartettes and j a repertoire ary Langdon thing.” Warner Brothers aed Vita. the Owner of half a dozen ack company. He Stock J-12 phone comedy-drama now sh win pene ponies. . o sae sU¥ aif ime was given the Cut or Mat it the theatre 2% leading male "dr Separately seery, whoe film villainies hay 7 I Miainies have role. But he soon found out how been outstandir , feat aoa Lotti Loder is feat . utstanding atures of innu-| cast f« ‘ : 4tured in the that happened when the show erable productions, portray alorivin., » Soldier's Plaything,” ; went broke in the next town. The| hard-boiled army Captain as thie Me Sn Story Written | especially first leading man had already quit, | Original screen story by Vina Del. Det me European beauty by Vin: because they coulda’ bay Wil wast mas. : | . mar. Perry Vekroff did th, ary. ee . i ; screen adaptatj a ‘ad [are tmeta ers scent pictures! Ben ae No ! ;} are iude sr > BR ) ved . . as 'y Varied Career. '“Oohs rg ong of the Flame,” | Hersholt Harry Ler Beery, Jean SE ac cerhee a |“Oh Sailor Behave,” “Golden Dawn” Kohler py t y Langdon ang Fred , ngdon went/and “Under a Texas Moon.” FG adele Prominent parts te i oa I an “A SOLDIER’S PLAYTHING” — A Warner 5 , Av0fders Playthin ye OY Tim, the timid soul, is startled to hear that his friend Georgie is wanted for murder. ing in Los Angeles for two weeks | his } Micheal] Curtiz q Bros. Production ‘|HARRY LANGDON the Law COMIC SONGSTER (Advance) Not only does Harry Langdon, celebrated screen comedian of the silent days, make his feature length talking picture bow in “A Soldier’s Plaything,” the Warner Brothers Vitaphone comedy-drama coming to the theater, next but he sings from the screen for his first time, in this original screen story by Vina Delmar. . The title of the number Langdon in “A Soldier's Plaything,” is “Oui-Oui,” and was written espe sings cially for the comedian by Sidney Mitchell, Archie Cottler and Georg: Meyer. It ing composition is an unusually amus Production No. 2—Cut or Mat ADVERTISEMENT ‘ume... (“ME WARNER BROS. Aresentt THREE CHEERS FOR RED, WHITE AND Wi PROP Ho St GOOD ‘0 (Ag Comic horses ful in Producing legitimate Stage ty the talking Dictuny the idea, There i, dier’s Plaything® Bros. and Vitaphoy ing to the He has all the & regular nag this comedy.q ever achieved Same or an human beiner a nal machinery of ty has glass eyes, store teeth, Two In “A Soldier's jlegs make him 4 tu % comedy horse D the take laughs jn the place in patter the World iy RE | Se re Advertising keeps any business im gh condition, the moving picture business} BUSINESS—is one of the most in industries of the nation. Keep it thay —————a, SOLDIEI NEWS SHORTS PLAYTHI (Current) | Lotti Loder, European beauty | | born in Vienna, enacts a lovely | German fraulein in “A Soldier's | . Plaything,” Warner Brothers and | a vo ae, bloc Vitaphone comedy drama now | boys rallied round! Fisk ie oe theater | gt : Who wants to go home! Shent Miss Loder was discove i C” “ 2 ry . ; a discovered in A Mae x of the regiment and the swreethee sudapest by Darry] Zanuck, assooxy. » bs |ciate executive at Warner Broth| ws “ae ,° < Sy ae ee Pr 7 , ve rn oth|} ¢ ' i be th > OS cold! Now it can be told! Tht . s Ry of the war—a hilarious reveliii, o? & peace time maneuvers of the Ad Ben Lyon portrays an “easy ; * < i ‘i come, easy go” young man of New ss |York accidently cast j st ntl) st in the army TT $ during and after the world war _— ls n “A Soldier’s Plaything,” War.| ner Brothers and Vitaphone con edy-drama now Playing at the irected. Two Column Ad—Style A—Cut of HARRY LANGDON BEN LYON 4 JEAN HERS#! NOAH