Bedside (Warner Bros.) (1934)

your Tst story “Bedside” Discloses Amazing Adventures of Pseudo-Physician An unusual theme, involving the adventures of a handsome and magnetic rogue masquerading as a famous surgeon, was hit upon by First National Pictures for its production of “Bedside,” which opens at the 4-4‘ Theatrecon-. The masquerader, played by Warren William, has a way with women, which, with a keen propensity for getting his name before the public by unique, if unethical, methods, wins him tremendous. success in the profession. In fact, it is this way with women, together with his passion for hard liquor and the gaming table, that is responsible for his dismissal from a medical school. He confines his practice largely to the fair sex, flirting outrageously with his patients as well as his nurse, who condones his faults because she is deeply in love with him. He crashes the front page headlines with his miraculous surgical operations, all of which are false, and even has the medical profession fooled for a time. His crowning achievement is in making a grand opera star believe that he has saved not only her voice but her life, whereupon she promptly falls in love with him. But retribution comes when he is faced with a real operation, with other surgeons looking on, and an operation upon his nurse with whom he is really in love. This brings a smashing climax to a picture that is full of exciting as well as amusing incidents. Two new actresses of unusual promise will be seen in the leading feminine roles of “Bedside.” Jean Muir, who was brought to Hollywood from the New York stage just a few months ago, showed such talent after playing in but three pictures, that she was given the principal lead opposite Warren William as the nurse. It is claimed by studio photographers that she has the perfect camera face, one of elusive charm and unusual beauty. Kathryn Sergava is the other newcomer to the screen, although she was famous on the ballet stage with Mordkin. This fiery red-headed Russian, a woman of dangerous and smouldering passions, plays the role of the temperamental opera star who falls in love with her doctor. Other members of the cast include Allen Jenkins, Henry O’Neill, David Landau, Donald Meek, Renee Whitney, Phillip Reed, Phillip Faversham and Earle Foxe. Robert Florey directed the picture from the screen play by Lillie Hayward and James Wharton, which is based on an original story by Manuel Seff and Harvey Thew. Sparkling dialogue is furnished by Rian James. | BEAUTIFUL STAR Jean Muir, whose blonde loveliness combines with her talent to make her: one of the features of “Bed ’ coming to the Strand. Mat No. 3—5c side,’ Pub/ icity —Advance Headliners in Strand Film Not even beautiful Jean Muir is immune from the charm of Warren William in the First National star’s latest screen hit, ““Bedside,”’ coming Wednesday to the Strand. The exotic Russian actress, Kathryn Sergava, makes her debut in this film. Mat No. 7—10c your 2nd story Exceptional Gast in “Bedside” Is Headed by Warren William A cast of exceptional brilliance will be seen in the more important roles of the First National picture, “Bedside,” when it is shown on the screen of the.... Theatre next.... Warren William, remembered for his excellent work in “Goodbye Again,” “Gold Diggers of 1933,’ “Mind Reader” and other screen attractions, has the leading masculine role, that of a young medical student whose propensity for wine, women and cards leads to his expulsion from school and his subsequent setting up in practice sans the usual diploma. Two comparatively new _ screen players have the leading feminine roles, but both show _ exceptional promise. They are Jean Muir, recently from the Broadway stage, who played minor roles in only four pictures before being given the feminine lead in “Bedside,” and Kathryn Sergava, a famous Russian ballet dancer, who recently passed a screen test with flying colors. Both have unusual personalities and individualities quite different from other Hollywood players. Miss Muir is tall, blonde, cool and with an elusive beauty, while Sergava is a fiery redhead of smoldering passion and temperamental outbreaks. Allen Jenkins, former stage player who has made rapid strides on the screen in the past year and a half, carries off the comedy honors as a wild promoter and publicity man par excellence. His erratic schemes bring his confrere to the pinnacle of fame, from which, however, he crashes to ignominious disgrace. | Other important masculine parts are played by the noted stage and screen players, David Landau, Henry O'Neill, Donald Meek, Walter Walker and Earle Foxe. Three youthful players who are making rapid progress toward screen fame also have important parts in the picture and include Renee Whitney, Wh lp Reed and Phillip Faversham. -he picture is a highly dramatic one with plenty of comedy relief. Robert Florey directed it from the screen play by Lillie Hayward and Ja es Wharton, based on the story by Manuel Seff and Harvey Thew. your 3rd story Beauties of Marked Contrast Are Rivals in New Hit, “Bedside” Warren William, who has the role of a likable scamp of many love affairs in the First National picture, “Bedside,” coming to the : Theatre on... ., nevertheless centers his affections upon two women who have the feminine leads in the production. Ousted from medical school because of an undue interest in love and gambling, he sets up as a doctor and engages as his nurse a woman for whom he has a real affection. This does not prevent him, however, from carrying on flirtations with his patients, chief of whom is a famous grand opera singer. Jean Muir, who recently made her bow in pictures after attracting attention on Broadway, has the role of nurse. She is a tall blonde with an elusive beauty, in marked contrast to the fiery, red-headed Russian beauty, Kathryn Sergava, who plays the part of her rival, the opera singer. Sergava, famous for her ballet dancing, makes her bow on the screen for First National in “Bedside.” While Miss Muir has played in but four pictures, her work has been so excellent that she was given a leading role in this production. William makes violent love to both women and becomes so_ entangled with the opera singer that he is about to marry her when the nurse is seriously injured in an auto accident. Faced with an operation on her to save her life, he at last develops enough conscience to confess that he is a fraud and beg a rival surgeon to save the woman he loves. The plot is based on a story by Manuel Seff and Harvey Thew and while it carries a highly dramatic climax, is spiced with comedy and romance. Others in the cast include Allen Jenkins, David Landau, Henry O’Neill, Donald Meek, Renee Whitney, Walter Walker, Phillip Reed and Phillip Faversham. Robert Florey directed the picture from the screen play by Lillie Hayward and James Wharton. Sergava Never Known to Smile Off the Film Set Kathryn Sergava, the Russian, who has a leading role in “Bedside,” which comes to the... . Theatre on . . With Warren William in the leading role, is one actress who never smiles. Whether this is because of the tragedy of her early years—her happy childhood was abruptly interrupted by the Russian revolution—or only an outward demonstration of her own peculiar, smoldering nature, has not apparently been determined. All her associates in her first picture, “Bedside,” at First National knew, was that the mysterious Russian does not go around as full of grins as some of the other stars they see. your 4th story Jean Muir Realizes Childhood Ambition With “Bedside” Role Jean Muir’s childhood ambition was to become a nurse. She even went so far, after graduating from the Dwight School in Englewood, N. J., to enroll at the Roosevelt Hospital, New York. She fainted, however, when she came in contact with an e nergency case and decided therefore that she did not belong in a hospital. So she went to Paris and studied to become a teacher of French. But, returning to America, she met John Drinkwater, who signed her to a role in “Bird in Hand,” which he was starting on a road show tour. Later she appeared on Broadway in several plays and recently was signed by Warner Bros.-First National to play in pictures. After appearing in minor roles in four pictures she was assigned the leading feminine role with Warren William in “Bedside,” which comes to the... . Theatre on.... And in this picture she has realized her childhood ambition of becoming a nurse. “I was more interested in this character role than any I have played before either on the stage or screen,” she said. “It is very nice being a nurse in pictures where you do not actually come in contact with emergency cases. The real stuff is a bit too much for me.” In “Bedside” Miss Muir is a nurse in the employ of Warren William, who is masquerading as a surgeon, and his sweetheart, as well. The story, by Manuel Seff and Harvey ‘Thew, is a combination of rare comedy with tense drama. Other players in the cast include the exotic Russian ballet dancer, Kathryn Sergava, Allen Jenkins, David Landau, Henry O’Neill, Donald Meek and Renee Whitney. Robert Florey directed the picture from a screen play by Lillie Hayward and James Wharton. your Mth story William Studies for “Bedside” Role by Working in Hospital Warren William spent four days at two of the largest clinics in Los Angeles recently in order to learn hospital technique before starting work in his latest First National picture, “Bedside,” which comes to the rae» 2 NCOETO MN ai so The picture, being a story of the amazing adventures of a handsome and magnetic youth masquerading as a surgeon, it was not necessary for him to get more than a smattering of the methods of hospital physicians. It was imperative, however, that he familiarize himself with the ways of a hospital, its system and modus operandi. He likes to do things thoroughly so he obtained permission to visit the operating rooms of the Cedars of Lebanon Hospital and the Hollywood Hospital. He spent two days at each and watched several operations performed. Internes also showed him through all the various rooms of the hospitals and explained the technique from registration to the discharge of the patient. A series of sensational publicity stunts enable the doctor to win success and the heart of a prima donna. Then comes the smashing climax in which he is stripped of all his honors and exposed as a fake. ‘Vhe picture, based on a story by Manuel Seff and Harvey Thew, contains many humorous episodes and tense incidents. Jean Muir, the new Hollywood sensation, plays opposite him in the role of nurse and Kathryn Sergava, the Russian firebrand, plays the part of the temperamental prima donna. Others in the cast include Allen Jenkins, David Landau, Henry O’Neill, Donald Meek, Renee Whitori Phillip Reed and Phillip Faversham. Robert Florey directed the picture from the screen play by Lillie Hayward and James Wharton. Page Eleven