Alexander Hamilton (Warner Bros.) (1931)

PUBLIC! A MASTERPIECE! POWER! PASSION! WEAKNESS! Scandalous love affairs! Amazing political intrigues! Violent hatreds! Vivid story of a genius who has mastered by his own weakness! on yoy GEORGE ARLISS in the greatest of all his dramatic triumphs as ALEXANDER HAMILTON DORIS KENYON JUNE COLLYER — DUDLEY DIGGES — MONTAGU LOVE A WARNER BROS. VITAPHONE SUCCESS! ST RA N D Cut No. 3 Cut 40c, Mat 10c Arliss Contract Calls For Short Hours On Movie Lot (Current Reader) Short working hours feature all of the George Arliss production. The star has a provision in his contract with Warner Brothers that he is to work daily from ten to four thirty and no longer. His new ——pictures ——“ftte: miltan,”’ i MGW ae OMICS obs Wiee sn. sc waite od eeitea (Giese PROGRAM PORTRAITS GEORGE Alexander Hamilton Cut Noe 1 Cut 15c, Mat Sc DORIS _ KENYON Alexander Hami lton! Gut No: 2 | ‘liss Cables For His Favorite Walking Stick Cut 15c, Mat Sc George Arliss, who is to appear Ate ts. ss aaah Heat ese ea “next in “Alexander Hamilton” ner Bros. production, has a favorite walking stick which has been his constant companion for years. Leaving Hollywood after the filming for England, via New York, he forgot the stick and wired back for it before sailing. But it had disappeared, and he was forced to cross the ocean without it. Then it was found in the back of a wardrobe in his dressing room at Warner Bros. studios and it has been forwarded to him at St. Margaret’s Bay, Kent, England, by parcel post. At least half a dozen telegrams and cables were sent by Mr. Arliss in his anxiety for the recovery of the cane. His latest picture, “Alexander Hamilton,” is said to be his greatest. amity.” Sturdy Statesmen Of Revolutionary Times Copied Beau Brummel (Current—Plant Third Day) Alexander Hamilton, and other aristocrats of his day, outshown Beau Brummel in the satins, laces, powdéred wigs and-shining; that cut such a figure in the minuet and in the graver counsels of war, finance and government. Others who appear in “Alexander Hamilton,” the Warner Bros. production starring George Arliss now at the ee eee Theatre are Washington, Jefferson, Monroe, Chief Justice John Jay, Count Talleyrand, and General Phillip Schuyler, as well as the gorgeously gowned ladies of the day, Martha Washington, Betty Hamilton, and the amazing Mrs. Reynolds, about whose affair with Hamilton the thrilling drama is woven. Warner Bros. wardrobe department reproduced at great expense the exact costumes of the period— for the purpose studying paintings and actual clothes of the period. Mr. Arliss gives his most superb characterization as Hamilton at the age of forty, when the fires of his genius for life and for liberty were at their height. Featured in support of Mr. Arliss are Doris Kenyon, Dudley Digges, Alan Mawbray, Rolfe Harolde, June Collyer, Charles Middleton, Montague Love, Lionel Belmore, Morgan Wallace, Gwendolin Logan, John T. Murrav. Charles Evans, John Larkin, Evelyn Hall, Russell Simpson and James Durkin. John Adolfi directed. American Tourists Mob Arliss In London (Advance Reader) George Arliss, who will be seen ee next at the........Theatre in “Alexander Hamilton,” the Warner Bros. production, is spending the summer in England, and was recenly mobbed by Americans in London. They are tourists, and the mobbing occurred in the Old Curiosity Shop, immortalized by Dickens. Ina letter just received from Mr. Arliss at the Warner Bros. home office, he says that he strolled into the famous shop very casually a week or so ago and, the tourist season being in full swing, some twenty or thirty Americans were there. Somebody recognized Mr. Arliss, and he was immediately surrounded. All the tourists seemed to have autograph books, and the actor was kept busy for several minutes signing his name. He will return to the United States next Oc tober to make his next picture for Warner Bros. “A Successful Cal GEORGE ARLISS WINS NEW HONORS BY BRILLIANT CHARACTERIZATION OF ALEXANDER HAMILTON, THEMAN First-Night Audiences At The Strand Greet With Enthusiasm, Greatest Actor In His Latest And Greatest Warner Bros. Play; Is Supported By Notable Cast (Review Featuring the Cast) Any new portrayal of George Arliss is an event of importance in the entertainment world, and each characterization is so flawless that it seems at the moment to be the best he his given. His Alexander Hamilton is in marked contrast to his other roles, for screen audiences have grown used to him as middleaged or very old men. In “Alexander Hamilton” he is barely past his thirties, a man vigorous and as passionately eager for individual adventure as he always was for the common rights of humanity. It is with Hamilton, the man, that the play deals, rather than with Hamilton the financial genius who established the credit of the young republic, wrote its Constitution and became its first Secretary of the Treasury. Great questions like the assumption of the Revolutionary War debt the establishment of credit and the choice of a site for the National Capitol were occupying the mind of Hamilton. At this moment, Reynolds, a malcontent bent on the ruin of the great statesman, sent to him his notorious wife with a plea for money, that she might return to her father, thus escaping the supposed cruelty of the crafty Mr. Reynolds. Claims made by Reynolds that Hamilton has made use of public moneys to help the woman, bring Jefferson, Monroe and other notables of the day, to accuse him. His disposal of the false charge of dishonesty and his confession of personal surrender to the charms of the alluring Mrs. Reynolds makes one of many intensely dramatic scenes. Scenes are laid in and about Philadelphia, Washington and the first First Lady of the Land—Chief Jus A > Count Tallbyt characters, aresseen in th ; laces powdered wigs* and silver buckles of the day, and half a thousand people take part in the picturesque sequences as soldiers and citizenry. One scene of memorable beauty is Washington’s farewell to his troops. Those who support Mr. Arliss are Doris Kenyon, Dudley Digges, Alan Mawbray, Rolfe Harolde, June Collyer, Charles Middleton, Montague Love, Lionel Belmore, Morgan Wallace, Gwendolin Logan, John T. Murray, Charles Evans, John Larkin, Evelyn Hall, Russell Simpson and James Durkin. John Adolfi’s direction is notable. Don’t fail to see George Arliss as Alexander Hamilton. Washington Farewell To His Troops Shown In New Arliss Drama (Current—Plant 4th Day) One of the most famous scenes in early American history, Washington’s farewell to his troops, is shown in “Alexander Hamilton” the Warner Bros. picture starring George Arliss, now at the........ Theatre. Every detail of this historic occasion which took place, as every school boy knows, at Rocky Hill on November 2, 1783, was considered to insure the accuracy of the scene. Historians have vied with one another in describing it; artists of the time and of later years have pictured it, yet it has never been so graphically reproduced. Washington’s farewell to his troops is the opening of the story of “Alexander Hamilton.” GEORGE ARLISS brings to vivid life one of America’s most colorful characters with glow ingly human artistry! Hero, statesman— husband and _ lover! Strong enough to master his opponents but human enough to err! ALEXANDER HAMILTON ARLISS REFUSES TO BE TAKEN FOR A RIDE Early morning autoists along Dark Canyon Road near the Burbank Studios of Warner Bros. have frequently come upon a small gentleman with a monocle and a cane, striding vigorously through the grass and weeds at the edge of the highway. They have quit offering him a ride, because they know he will retort crisply that he has been offered a dozen rides, and is walking for exercise. Mr. Arliss often walks the six miles from his Hollywood home to the Studios, which distance is a mere trifle if one happens to be English. George Arliss is now to be seen ai the......c60 .... heatre in a screen version of the play which he himself wrote in collaboration with Mary Hamlin, and starred in, here and abroad—Alexander Hamilton.” Four hundred extras and bit players take part in the scene as soldiers. “Alexander Hamilton,’ which is adapted from the stage play of the same name by George Arliss and Mary Hamlin, provides this great actor with one of his most colorful roles. It deals with a romantic but dangerous incident in the life of the first Secretary of the Treasury of the United States and many famous figures of Revolutionary days appear. Doris Kenyon, June Collyer, Montague Love and many other favorites are included in the cast. John Adolfi directed. with DORIS KENYON JUNE COLLYER DUDLEY DIGGES ALAN MOWBRAY MONTAGU LOVE A WARNER BROS. & Cut No. 6 Cut 40c, Mat 10c VITAPHONE PICTURE