As the Earth Turns (Warner Bros.) (1934)

Jean Muir’s Former Lover Now Brother Jean Muir’s former lover is now her brother. It is not a case of telling him she would be a sister to him instead of a wife, however. It just happened that Russell Hardie and Jean Muir were lovers in the Broadway stage hit, Jean Muir appearing in “As The Earth Turns” at the Strand. Mat No. 46 10¢ “Saint Wench,’’ Jean’s last production before the footlights. Jean came to Hollywood and was cast for a leading role in ‘‘As the Earth Turns,’’ the Warner Bros. picture which comes to the ............ theatre—-On) iac.55) cng In filling the important role of her brother, the casting department finally selected Russell Hardie. The picture is a dramatization of Gladys Hasty Carroll’s saga of New England farm life. Successful Director Chosen for Big Film When it came to making a screen production of Gladys Hasty Carroll’s best selling novel, ‘‘As the Earth Turns,’’ which comes MORENO 5.. JvnseusCay theatre on ............ ; Warner Bros. finally assigned it to one of their most successful directors, Alfred E, Green. It was admittedly a difficult subject to direct, so much so in fact that two directors who were consulted asked to be excused from handling it. Green, who has the reputation of making successful productions of scripts other directors turn down, was finally asked to undertake the job. After reading the story and the script carefully he finally consented. His guiding hand will be seen in the selection of the cast, each one chosen as the best representative of the part to be played, as well as in the direction and cutting of the film, Green is the director responsible for such famous hits as ‘‘Dis raeli’’ ‘‘T Loved a Woman,’’ ‘“Silver Dollar,’’ ‘‘The Green Goddess,’’ ‘Old English,’’ ‘‘Smart Money,’’ ‘‘Union De pot,’’ ‘‘Dark Horse’’ and others. Movie Hens Lay Real Eggs On Picture Set It hasn’t happened in a motion picture studio for years—if ever. But when you’re making a picture of farm life, you have to expect these things. Thirty-five hens, with a rooster as supervisor, joined the cast of ‘*As The Earth Turns’’ at Warner Bros. as a part of the animal population of Mark Shaw’s farm, which occupied an entire studio stage during the production of the picture which comes to the ............ Theatre on The fowls worked on that set with the human actors for two days, and then moved with the company to another stage, where another farm had been constructed. The next morning the studio crew, going over the barn adjoining the farmhouse on the first stage to put it in order for the next sequenee of the story, discovered enough newly-laid eggs to supply several families with the great American dish of ‘‘ham and’’ over the week-end. The Leghorns and Plymouth Rocks of the outfit had kept busy between scenes, and twenty-five eggs were rounded up from a couple of dozen nests in the barn. Jean Muir and Donald Woods have the leading roles in this epic of American life based on the popular novel by Gladys Hasty Carroll. Alfred Green directed. Shorts Play Wedding March on Ancient Maine Organ Russell Hardie and Emily Lowry march to the bridal altar in the Warner Bros. picture, ‘‘As the Earth Turns,’’ which comes to the Fic! SEER theatre Ono... nis ecs to the tune of an ancient parlor organ that was found on a Maine farm and made in the time Ulysses S. Grant was president, The melodian was picked up some years ago in Maine by Whitey Wilson, Warners’ property man and never used until the production of ‘*As the Earth Turns,’’ an epic of New England rural life. The wedding is one of the quaint scenes in the picture in which the outstanding young farmer of the community takes as his bride the village school teacher. David Landau Finds A Way to Break His Cold David Landau has discovered a new way to rid himself of a cold. He went to the Warner Bros. studio one day full of sneezes during the production of ‘‘As the Earth Turns,’’ which comes to the .......... theatre on It was a New England winter scene with the thermometer below zero. It was actually near the hundred mark. But nevertheless Landau had to dress the part for a winter scene and was bundled up in a heavy overcoat, woolen mittens, ear fiaps a heavy neck searf and galoshes. “Tt was a tough day,’’ said Landau afterwards, ‘‘but a cold had no chance against that heat. I sweated every vestige of it out of me.’’ The Antithesis of Jean Muir Plays Her Sister Dorothy Appleby was chosen to play the part of Jean Muir’s foster sister in the Warner Bros. picture, ‘‘As the Earth Turns,’’ now showing at:the<......,54:.cc<. theatre, because she was her antithesis in character and personality. The two are so different in the picture their natures constantly clash. In real life Miss Muir is tall, blonde stately and gentle. Miss Appleby, on the other hand is barely over five feet, a dark brunette, petite and of a fiery nature. The two fit perfectly as the sisters who are ever at odds. Director Perspires In Big Movie Blizzard It could happen only in Hollywood! Alfred Green, the director, wore a red carnation in his lapel, and twirled a gold-headed cane, while snow fell furiously. Green didn’t seem to mind the cold, at all. In fact he was perspiring. But Jean Muir, Donald Woods, David Landau and other actors were bundled up heavily enough to withstand the cold of a winter in rural Maine. The locale was rural Maine, but actually all this happened on a set at the Warner Brothers studio, during the production of Gladys Hasty Carroll’s best selling novel, “As The Earth Turns,” now showing at the ...................0. Theatre. Jean Muir Walks 3 Miles To Film Work Jean Muir is discovering that being a near screen-star has certain disadvantages, as well as its well known advantages. One of the disadvantages, she feels, is. that the work leaves her comparatively little time for exercise. To remedy this, she walked to work—three miles, each morning, from her apartment in Hollywood to the Warner Bros. studio while working on the production of “As The Earth Turns,” an epic of New England rural life now showing at the ................. Theatre. Stage Actress Flies To Reach Picture Work Emily Lowry, brilliant young stage actress, was working in her first motion picture in Hollywood thirty six hours after she had been offered the role in an Eastern city. She was playing on the stage in Detroit in ‘‘Heat Lightning,’’ when Maxwell Arnow, Warner Bros.’ casting director, who happened to be in the city, saw her. He was preparing the cast at the time for ‘‘As the Earth Turns,’’ the picture which comes to the Pobaeipercaaaceratca theatre: Ons He thought she was the very type he wanted to play the role of a New England school teacher. He consulted her and as the play, ‘‘Heat Lightning,’’ was closing that night, she signed a contract. Immediately after the show she jumped aboard an airplane and within thirty six hours was at work on the production. He Quit Hollywood To Get Screen Role Although he was reared in Hollywood, Donald Woods, who has the leading masculine role in the Warner Bros. picture, ‘‘As the Earth Turns,’’ which comes to RN aie THOStYe Ol. aescsin sy had to leave the film capital before he got a chance to play in pictures, After leaving the University of California he stormed the portals of Hollywood for a movie job. Nothing was forthcoming so he joined a stock company and toured the country, winding up in New York where he made good on Broadway. Then he was invited to play at the famous Elitch Gardens in Denver. It was while there that Warner Bros. offered him a long term contract, giving him a lead role in one of their most important pictures. | Lovers In “As The Earth Turns” Aren’t they a lovely couple? They’re Jean Muir and Donald Woods, who make their roles live in “As The Earth Turns,” Bros. the Warner picture taken from the best-selling novel by Gladys Hasty Carroll. The film is coming to the Strand soon. Mat No. 37—20ce Jean Muir Vanishes From Studio to Get Facts on Film Role which had Warner Bros. executives baffled for a week, A mystery was solved when Jean Muir, pretty twenty-two year old actress, returned to Hollywood after having vanished from her apartment just as her latest picture, ‘‘As The Earth Turns,’’. which comes to MMO dstass re ogsu0che Theatre on ...............E was scheduled to go into production. ‘<T’ve been away on a farm,’’ she explained blithely. ‘‘ You see, I play the role of a farmer’s daughter in this picture. I’ve always lived in big cities and knew nothing about farms. So I just decided that I would go off by myself and study first hand how lived and farm girls worked. “Tf I’d told anybody that I never had been on a farm,’’ she actually explained, rather naively, ‘‘they might have given the role to somebody else.’’ Miss Muir said she had spent the four missing days at the Highland Spring Ranch, owned by F. C, Hirsch. It is situated in the San Bernardino mountains, near Banning, California. ““T spent my days visiting small farms nearby,’’ she said. ‘‘I watched how the women baked pies, preserved fruit, cooked and served large families in the kitchen, did the household chores, churned butter, and took eare of their children. I studied them as they did simple, homely little things such as trimming the wick of an old fashioned coal lamp, or putting linseed ointment on hands blistered by haying. ‘“‘T’m a realist and I like to get close to life, to know what I’m doing. I didn’t go away simply to learn the mechanies of being around a farmhouse. What I wanted was to infuse the spirit of Gladys Hasty Carroll’s character into myself, so that. I could get some of it upon the screen.’’ The picture is an epic romance of American life set in the background of New England. In the east with Miss Muir are Donald Woods, Russell Hardie, Emily Lowry, Arthur Hohl, Dorothy Peterson, David Landau and Clara Blandick. Miss Carroll’s story was dramatized for the screen by Ernest Pascal and directed by Alfred E, Green. Real, Human Story Makes Best Film, Holds Don Woods Donald Woods, who plays. in his first picture as the leading man opposite Jean Muir in the Warner Bros, picture, ‘‘As The Earth Turns,’’ now showing at the............ Theatre, has made a careful study of story trends. He believes that stories and dramas with simple, wholesome, genuinely human qualities, such as the plot of ‘‘As The Earth Turns,’’ are sure of a warm reception from the the theatre going public, and particularly this season. ‘“No story for years has portrayed with such vividness and fidelity to fact the life of the New England farmer as it really is,’’ said Woods, ‘‘with its joys, its difficulties, its compensations, its romance and drama set forth in Gladys Hasty Carroll’s novel. ‘<T have played more than two hundred roles of every conceivable nature on the stage before coming to Hollywood, and no part I have ever had afforded me greater satisfaction than the role of the young Polish boy who feels that his destiny is on the farm, tilling the soil as his forefathers did before him. The very fact that this novel was a best seller upholds my contention.’’ Jean Muir has the role of a farmer’s daughter in this idyll of American life. Arthur Hohl, David Landau, Sarah Padden, Egon Brecher, Dorothy Peterson, Emily Lowry, Dorothy Appleby, William Janney and Clara Blandick have other important roles. Early Training of Donald Woods Fits Him For Film Role When young Donald Woods was spending his summers as a boy on the big Manitoba ranches of central Canada, he had no idea that the knowledge he gained then of farming in all its various branches would prove useful to him, years later, in a Hollywood motion picture studio. The first part assigned him by Warner Bros. to whom he is under contract, was that of the young Polish farmer in ‘‘As The Earth Turns’’ which comes to the............ Theatre, on To the surprise of Director Alfred E. Green and his fellow-players, Donald needed no lessons in the art of harnessing a horse, driving a plow or a harrow, hoeing a hill of corn or potatoes, milking a cow or feeding a flock of chickens. All his early training came back to him with a rush, and the result was not only more realism in Donald Woods, who is in the cast of **As The Earth Turns” at the Strand. Mat No, 45 10¢ Donald’s performance but a considerable number of hours saved in the time it might have taken to teach him how a farmer should act around a farm. Jean Muir has the role of the New England girl with whom Stan Janowski falls in love during his first year of wresting a living from a Maine farm. Like Donald Woods, Jean Muir is a comparative newcomer to pictures, but Warner Bros., regard both of them as having a promising future ahead of them on the screen. Page Twenty-seven