Big Business Girl (Warner Bros.) (1931)

. THIS ONE'S TWICE AS GOOD! Loretta Young Makes A Big Bence Gat Exercising Fun PROGRAM PORTRAITS of the STARS (Woman’s Page) Miss Loretta Young, starred in “Big Business Girl,” the First National picture, now at the........ Theatre, believes that much of the value of exercise is lost if it is done without enthusiasm. She believes in exercising for pleasure as well as benefit. “As long as exercise is essential, why not make it fun? It really can be, you know.” Says the youthful screen favorite. “Personally, I am not at all in favor of routine gymnastics. They become so uninteresting! There are many things to do that are fun and good exercise at the same time. “Swimming is one of the finest sports and anybody can learn to swim. No matter where you live there is always a swimming place nearby and you can Loretta Young Cut No. 24 Cut 15c, Mat Sc Ricardo Cortez Cut No. 32 Cut 15c, Mat sc “Big Business Girl” Is Vitaphone Like a Blood K, 1 1 . e nown To Millions Transfusion to Movies (Advance Reader) “Big Bu . +? . Z take advantage of the months of detional pi hase Pa oe (Current Reader) lightful summer weather. If there oe ‘ vhich comes to the ...... Vitaphone, in the opinion of Wil-|!8 2m aes Beet 20 = Soet raeaeee ttt ieee ae next, was extremely|liam A. Seiter, director of “Big | YOU can follow this sport all winter. i herigel as a serial in a big na-|Business Girl,” starring Loretta “Then there are tennis, golf and lagazine and when published Young, now at the ........ The; Delightful : as a nc : : : dancing. elightful pastimes, one “Big »vel was a best seller. atre, did for motion pictures what or all within the reach of every ae Business Girl” was written | a blood transfusion does for an Reill .t» N. Swanson and Patricia! anaemic patient. It injected new vy. William A. Seiter directed | life: Miss Young’s supporting cast woman. Of course, these diversions have nothing to do with the exer e i ily. Cut No. 2 Cut 30c, Mat we the supporting cast includes | in this First National picture inpe eee ote ee ee Be = < Albertson, Ricardo Cortez,|cludes Frank Albertson, Ricardo making this daily exercise as much Lovely Loretta Young answers a call from her big boss, Ricardo Cortez, Joan . Blondell, Frank Darion, Mick-| Cortez, Joan Blondell, Frank Darfun as swimming as dancing while her husband, Frank Albertson, storms without effect. In “Big Business cy Bennev 4, Dorothy Christy, Nancy ion, Dorothy Christy, Mickey Ben: Girl” the First National picture, now at the... Theatre. oe Osea... Apfel and Virginia | nett, Nancy Dover, Oscar Apfel and dts “Give over about a half hour a Virginia Sale. day to the fun of keeping your fig—eSe6Nejsoooooo—s<=<SOOOmO—a——eeeeeee ure slim and graceful. Oh, poe ae F ; l Y P If Y M ee time and it is worth it, ee our art ou ust aun o Ar esrin, and tance to tie xn | Burt. Control Facial Muscles HIRED e< Be posit tierce to abandon your Says Young Talkie Actress 0) iS moods of the music!” | Ain | \ Wh The V Mak Theatre, Talks of Acti AYN ETS 4, Whv The Voice Make = Bheate Tulle of Acting ‘|Or Mars The Picture (Short Feature) FIGURES \ Frozen-faced actors are an abomination to Loretta Young, 3 as Be the screen’s youngest leading lady, who is now appearing in DONT 4 ¢ (Short Feature) her latest First National picture, “Big Business Girl,” at the ; Ricardo Cortez, who appears in support of Loretta Young in “Big ee Theatre. Thirteen years ago she co-starred with Fann at Business Girl,” the First National y i y Ward, but picture now at the........ Theatre, she’s still the youngest gTown-up star on the screen, for only is noted for the fine quality of|tecently she celebrated her eighteenth birthday. speech which makes his characteri-| Having lunch with a reviewer at the First National cafe zations so striking. In a recent in-]in a private room where only stars, writers and directors may terview he said relative to the ‘m-|foregather, the youngest of the portance of the use of the voice Youngs became eloquent on the “There is a die-hard idea all over : A. ON art of acting. “Frozen-faced actors the country that voice cultivation | set credit for a lot of things they means artificial voice cultivation. : t don’t know,” she said. “People The thing was so abused in the old gasp, ‘Ah, what repressed eeaation'’ days that it’s hard to convince anyBut, believe it or not, there’s selone that it does not mean reciting | dom any emotion there to repress. blood and thunder things like The I know, because I’ve tried it. Shooting of Dan McGrew, or “The “Acting is a funny business. It Wreck of the Hesperus. Nor does takes a lot of experimenting to regit consist in pronouncing can’t or ; : : ister an emotion correctly. I was cawnt, or being more English than brought up in Hollywood and when the English. I was starting out everybody ad“It consists, believe me, in learn vised me to ‘feel’ my part. I tried ing to use the voice correctly and|‘t and it didn’t work. I would boil with sincerity. The voice must be|imwardly for an angry scene, wax considered as a fine instrument, as romantic for a love scene, churn personal as the violin, as resonant as| internally with pity for a pathetic the pianoforte. It has a range, a scene. But on the screen the remusic, infinite possibilities. Its sults were terrible. No one could glamorous quality or qualities are| have told wether d hae stubbed my captured to perfection by the talk-|t0¢_or shot a burglar. ing screen, and unless_there is per “Right then I began to underfect control, the casting directors| Stand the fallacy of the frozen-face will look for voices that do have it. philosophy. If you can’t act—feel. But if your feeling doesn’t show on the screen, get busy. The expressionless face is due to lack of control over the facial muscles, a fault which can be overcome by practice. “I frequently fooled myself into thinking I did a scene well because I felt it so keenly. One day when I was emotionally wrought up, I reported on the set to do a very . : dramatic scene in which I started ine aig ee eet off normally and slowly built up to bertson, Joan Blondel, Dorothy the dramatic point, or so IT thought. : ubiees : I wasn’t well and the scene ‘got’ Te Boke ee oe me in the rehearsal and I began. to Ba te "Apfel OT he secs Fe oo The script girl iotlowed a : : a t was a very weeply set. Te mee ee ee a Seiter was directing and even he Peper shepard fee the “scteen ne was effected. So we took the scene. aap : * |I was convinced I had done one of a Lord. William A. Seiter dithe greatest bits of emotional act see it TODAY at the ing in screen history. Those who have seen “Big Busi-}| “The next day we saw the rushes. ness Girl” consider it the most cap-|The scene was so unreal we had tivating performance yet given by|to do it over. That taught me a Cut No. 22. . Cut 40c, Mat 10c Loretta Young. valuable lesson. Feeling a scene XS) : : Loretta Young, Featured in ‘Big Business Girl,” First q Ricardo Cortez Tells | National Picture, Now at ...__. Youngest of YoungsComes In “Big Business Girl” Loretta Young, star of “Big Business Girl,” the First National picture which comes to the ...... theatre 2.3 = next, is the most Prominent of three beautiful sisters all of whom are on the screen. Her sisters, both slightly older than she, are Polly Ann Young and Sally Blane. William A. Seiter directed “Big Business Girl,” while the supPorting cast includes Frank Albertson, Ricardo Cortez, Joan Blondell, Frank Darion, Dorothy Christy, Nancy Dover, Oscar Apfel and Virginia Sale. Loretta Young Likes Memorizing Lines One shouldn’t imitate other players, one should seek to make the most of the individuality of one’s Own voice. The rest—personality and screen presence—must be taken ‘|for granted in the person anxious to make a success on the screen. I | would stress the speaking voice as the most important factor of present-day film success. (Advance Reader) Learning dialogue is the easiest part of talking pictures, according to Loretta Young, who is the star of First National's “Big Business Girl,” which comes to the 323 Sears. next. Miss Young's youth has much to do with ease in memorizing. William A. Seiter directed the picture, while the supporting cast includes Frank Albertson, Ricardo Cortez, Joan Blondell, Dorothy Christy, Frank Darion, Mickey Bennett, Nancy Dover, Oscar Apfel and Virginia Sale. ————— isn’t enough. One must act it as well, and by acting I mean one must consciously make use of the necessary facial expressions.” “Do you think I could become an actor?,” the reviewer asked meekly. “Certainly,” said Loretta, “if your face isn’t frozen” ~ with LORETTA YOUNG Ricardo CORTEZ Frank Albertson and Joan Blondell A First National & Vitaphone Hit! Make It Your Business —and Pleasure— To Page Thirteen