Beloved Brat (Warner Bros.) (1938)

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(Lead Story) DOLORES COSTELLO RETURNS IN NEW STRAND FILM Bringing back to the screen, in a triumphant new career, that clever and popular ex-star, Dolores Costello, a delightful Warner Bros. drama called “Beloved Brat” is scheduled as the coming feature attraction at the Strand Theatre, opening next Friday. Miss Costello is not the star of the picture. That’s Bonita Granville, the brilliant 14-year-old who stands alone in her portrayal of brattish and pestiferous youngsters. Dolores plays the part of her teacher, the principal of a school conducted on the strictest of lines. And it is Dolores who reforms the mean, selfish little creature and changes her into a perfect young lady. “Beloved Brat” proves a splendid vehicle for the start of Miss Costello’s comeback climb toward stardom. She is at the same studio (WarnerFirst National) where she won all her laurels six or seven years ago before her marriage to John Barrymore, and is again under a long-term contract. “Beloved Brat” has in its east another one-time star who is essaying the long uphill climb toward the place she used to occupy — Natalie Moorhead, the original platinum blonde of the films. This picture is described by previewers as the best in which little Bonita Granville has appeared, and her part is said to be the longest and most difficult she has ever tried, even greater than the one she had in “These Three.” Others in the cast, include Donald Crisp, Donald Briggs, Lucille Gleason and Emmett Vogan. The picture was directed by Arthur Lubin from a secreenplay by Lawrence Kimble, based on an original story by Jean Negulesco. (Advance ) BONITA IS HOLY, BUT NO TERROR Times beyond count, newspapermen have written feature stories about the tough guys of the screen who really are soft as chicks in private life. But try as they may, the reporters and press agents never have been able to convince all film fans that screen meanies really are not ogres at home. Clever little Bonita Granville is one of the latest victims of a motion picture reputation. The other day she received a Bible from a man in England who had just seen her in one of her particularly bratty roles. On the fly leaf, he had written this bit of advice: “Read a page every day for the good of your soul.” Now Bonita already had a Bible of her own, and she does read it every day. But no one ever will believe that, and wait until that man in England sees her in her new picture, “Beloved Brat,” coming to the Strand Theatre. There she really goes to town as a holy terror. Off screen, she really is a charming and pleasing youngster who listens to her mother, eats her spinach obediently, takes care of her toys and does not go around walloping other girls and boys. But fortunately, or unfortunately, whichever it may be, she has a knack of portraying nasty little girls. Producers ery for her whenever a brat role turns up. When worse girls are portrayed, Bonita probably will be portraying them. Country of origin U.S.A. Copyright 1938 Vitagraph, Ine. Mat 202 — 30c SHE NEEDS HELP — Bonita Granville plays the ‘‘problem’’ girl who typifies many youngsters of today, and Dolores Costello is the understanding teacher who helps her get straightened out in ‘‘ Beloved Brat,’’ coming to the St-and Theatre on Friday. (Advance ) ‘Bratty’ Roles Help Bonita Granville It’s a big kelp, being a brat on the screen. In fact, it would be a good thing if all brats could play brats in the movies. That would be a great boon to mankind, for it would see the end of brats in real life. At least it would if the brats shared the opinion of Bonita Granville, the brattiest of all brats in the movies. ‘“¢To what do you attribute your suecess as the Number One Brat of all time?’’ she was asked during the filming of ‘‘Beloved Brat’’ at the Warner Bros. studio. This is the drama that opens next week at the Strand Theatre. ‘To the fact that I dislike brats,’’ she replied. ‘‘So I take them, tear them apart, pick out their worst points and show them on the screen. ‘CA brat never sees herself as other people see her. If she could — well — she just wouldn’t be a brat. I like to play that kind of a part — because I ean take out any ‘meanness’ I have in my system.’’ ‘‘Tt would be pretty hard to be a ‘meanie’ in real life after seeing yourself as one on the screen. Vanity, if nothing else, would save you!’’ Bonita is the daughter of Bernard Granville, famed musical comedy and vaudeville star. Her mother also was a famous actress. Born in New York City February 2, 1923, Bonita joined her father’s vaudeville act at the age of three. She won her first screen role beeause she resembled Ann Harding. She played Miss Harding’s daughter in ‘‘ Westward Passage’’ and followed this with small parts in ‘‘Silver Dollar,’’ ‘“Cavaleade,’’ ‘‘ Ah! Wilderness’? and ‘‘Song of the Saddle.’’ Her first real success came, however, when Samuel Goldwyn cast her as the brat in ‘‘These Three’’ and she thoroughly and completely depicted the sort of giil she doesn’t want to be. Thrust into the first rank of prominence, she immediately was given important roles in ‘‘The Plough and the, Stars,’?; £° Maid of-_-Salem,,’ ““Quality Street’’ and a leading role ine Oallwktral Daryn? 2 Bonita’s mother is her constant companion, always accompanying her on the set. Tutored by studio teachers when working and a student at Hollywood High School when she isn’t working, Bonita is studying interior decorating and dress designing, painting, music and dancing. She is not ashamed to admit she still plays with dolls and that she retires every night at 8 o’clock. ““Beloved Brat’’ was directed by Arthur Lubin from a screenplay by Lawrence Kimble, adapted from Jean Negulesco’s story. (Advance ) TWO FILM STARS MAKE COMEBACK Two glamorous young women who, in their day, have had fame, wealth, ease and luxury and found that those things are not enough for happiness, are making a bid to regain their former glory on the screen in a picture called “Beloved Brat,” which opens next Friday at the Strand Theatre. It was made by Warner Bros. on the very studio lot where one of them — Dolores Costello — formerly reigned as queen in the days of silent pictures. The second is Natalie Moorhead, who flashed across the screen shortly after the beginning of the talkie era as the epitome of smartness and sophistication, Miss Costello, who retired from the screen shortly after becoming the wife of John Barrymore, already has made sizeable steps forward on her new career in “Little Lord Fauntleroy” and “Yours for The Asking.” She expects her role in “Beloved Brat” to prove definitely to the fickle public that she is a better actress than when she left the sereen at the height of her popularity six years ago. [3] (Advance ) TEEN-AGE GIRLS TAKE TEST AY MOVIE SCHOOL A few years ago, the graduating class of an eastern college picked “‘Tf,’’ by Rudyard Kipling, as their favorite poem. This served as the subject for many a column. bemoaning the intelligence of our modern youth. A recent questionaire given to fifty girls who play schoolmates of Bonita Granville in ‘‘ Beloved Brat’? coming soon to the Strand Theatre should be of much interest to child psychologists. Miss Lois Horne, who has taught school to children at the Warner Bros. Studio for six years, made up the questionaire and compiled the results. The average age of the fifty girls was 14 years. Miss Horne feels that the results of her survey cast much light on the thoughts, likes and dislikes of girls that age. Benny Goodman led the list of fayorite musicians with 41 votes. Fred Waring and Glenn Gray each shared a few. Jose Iturbi had one. Favorite song was ‘‘Stardust’’ with ‘‘The Big Apple’’ and ‘‘ Roses in Picardy’? following. The girls either hadn’t any inhibitions or didn’t know what the word meant. Most of them left blank after the question, while others just said none. On the whole, they seemed to like boys. Twenty-three were in the throes of a ‘crush,’ three were definitely in love, four liked boys a lot and two detested them. They ‘‘go nuts’? about Errol Flynn and Clark Gable, would prefer being like Bette Davis or Olivia de Havilland than any other actress in Hollywood. Miss Lois Horne thinks these answers and many others she has on file show a lot about the character and psychological development of the fourteen year old girl of today. She wouldn’t go into the subject any further though. -(Advance ) HEM ACTRESS IS SOCIAL WORKER Dolores Costello is making the first steps toward a movement, backed in part by movie capital, to establish regional corrective schools for children in their early ’teens, throughout the United States. These steps consist first, it is understood, of consultation on ways and means with Judges Ben B. Lindsay, Georgia Bullock, Oda Falconer and certain educators to be invited as consultants. Then advocates will address Parent Teacher groups and women’s clubs. Miss Costello and other film people interested have in mind the sort of school that stands between the reform schools as they exist today, and regular publie schools. The projected institutions should be free for children whose parents lack funds, and would undertake to correct and win over by intelligent and scientific methods so-ealled ‘‘ineorrigibles’’ who now are kept in publie schools too long, and then often land in reform schools. The star was aroused to the need for such institutions in the American educative system by research in connection with a Warner Bros. picture in which she and little Bonita Granville head the east, ‘‘ Beloved Brat,’’ which comes to the Strand Theatre next Friday. Miss Costello herself is the mother of two young children, daughter and son of John Barrymore. ‘*Beloved Brat’’ was directed by Arthur Lubin from a screenplay by Lawrence Kimble, based on a story by Jean Negulesco. All rights reserved. Copyright is waived to magazines and newspapers.