Big Hearted Herbert (Warner Bros.) (1934)

Elizabeth Kalness .............00..0.: Big Hearted Herbert Kalness Alice Kalness Martha Andrew Goodrich Jim Lawrence Goodrich, Pri AS ee Amy Lawrence BENS. GODIN 8 cs. ae Junior Kalness Robert Kalness Mr. Havens Mrs. Havens Teaming Aline MacMahon, Hollywood’s leading comedienne, and Guy Kibbee, Hollywood’s leading comedian, “Big Hearted Herbert” has been filmed as a rousing comedy drama of Ameriean domestic life. It was adapted from Broadway’s two-season success as produced by Eddie Dowling and written by Sophie Kerr and Anna Steese Richardson. / “Big Hearted Herbert” is a story of the family of Herbert Kalness, an ex-plumber who becomes a prosperous manufacturer of bath room supplies and prides himself on being a _ self-made man. His uncouth lack of education and manners are virtues to him. He disdains anyone interested in “finer things.” His are the only worthwhile ideas. In spite of the faults which he believes are virtues, Elizabeth, his wife, loves him and does. her best to keep peace between him and their children, Alice, Junior and Robert. Only Martha, the once a week servant, is brave enough to argue with Herbert. Alice falls in love with Andrew Goodrich, a wealthy young college man. Herbert immediately raises the roof because such people, he is convinced, are idle wastrels. Elizabeth, nevertheless, invites Andrew and his family to dinner. MHerbert disgraces them by coming to the table in old clothes, bragging about being self-made and never putting on airs the way college men do. He points out that Martha is not a regular servant, that his wife is only pretending for the benefit of the guests that the family is used to maid service. He boasts that he always eats in his shirt-sleeves. The aristocratic Goodrich are stunned and disgusted, Alice is terribly Rete ee ee Aline MacMahon. ete ss Pee eS, Guy Kibbee | oe eee Patricia Ellis _ Se pre ne oe ee one Helen Lowell eee ee Phillip Reed ° Sn ee ae Robert Barrat a> ee ee Henry O’Neill Prieto, eee Marjorie Gateson ne ee Nella Walker Ae Pe yes: Sa Trent Durkin humiliated and Elizabeth makes up her mind to get even with Herbert sooner or. later. As Andrew leaves with his parents he tries to let Alice know he still loves her, but the further progress of their love affair remains in doubt on account of Herbert’s attitude. At his office, Herbert discovers that his cocksuredness costs him an extra $800 in income tax, a fact which doesn’t help his domestic disposition. He phones Elizabeth one afternoon to tell her he is bringing his biggest customer home to dinner with his wife. Elizabeth sees her long-awaited chance to get even. When Herbert’s guests arrive they find the house in terrible shape. The slip-covers are off the furniture he has been too stingy to have recovered. The dinner is a mulligan stew. Elizabeth brags that she cooked it. She brags that she does her own work, even if her husband can afford help. ‘Alice, badly dressed, waits on table. Martha, with soapsuds on her arms from doing the dishes, is invited to sit down at the table. Elizabeth makes the point that they are plain people who do not believe in display from every angle. She overdoes everything. The guests hurry away as soon as dinner is over. Herbert is very sore but Elizabeth gives him a strong lecture, tells him what an opinionated old fool he is and announces that she is leaving him. Faced with losing her, he realizes his mistakes. He promises to do all the things he has previously refused to do for her and the children. He consents to Alice’s marriage to Andrew. The old crab becomes “Big Hearted Herbert” to everybody. DIP OER YO a Willham Keighley Meee SR ano... Mee a es. Sophie Kerr Adapted by ..........0..... Sophie Kerr and Anna Steese Richardson porcen. Fay BY kN. Lillie Hayward and Ben Markson Photography by ......:.......6....... Film Editor Art Director Gowns by Page Bight Se ae ee ae te Arthur Todd site «1 ee Jack Killifer Line eee Ge Robert Hass Pen ee ee Orry Kelly Vitaphone Orchestra Conductor erect oF ee Leo F. Forbstein 5,464 feet 60 minutes é ’ Hollywood Guy Kibbee Guy Kibbee was born in El / Paso, Texas, on March 6, 1886. Launched upon a stage career at an early age, he toured the country innumerable times with various stock companies and won attention as one of America’s most capable actors. His performance in the Broadway production, “The Torch Song,’ was so outstanding that summoned him for important screen roles, and since his introduction to movie audiences, he has amassed a huge following among the fans. His most recent pictures in“Dames,” elude “The Merry GUY KIBBEE Mat No. 7 10e. Frinks,” “Merry Wives of Reno,” “Harold Teen,’ “Wonder Bar,” p] , “Easy To Love,’ “Convention City,” “The World Changes,” “Havana Widows,” “Footlight Parade” and “Gold Diggers of 1933.” His current picture is “Big Hearted Herbert,’ which comes to the Theatre Patricia Ellis Patricia Ellis was born in New York, the daughter of Alexander Leftwich, one of that city’s most noted stage directors and producers. She has been on the stage since the time she was old enough to walk and has appeared in the last few years in such Broadway productions as “The Royal Family,” “Once In a Lifetime” and “Eliwabeth The Queen.” Signed to a contract a few months ago by Warner Bros., Miss Ellis has made remarkable strides toward stardom, playing important roles in “The Circus Clown,” “Side Streets,” “Harold Teen,” “Easy To Love,” “Con vention City,’ “The World Changes,” “Elmer The Great,” “Picture Snatcher,’ “Central Park,” “Three on a Match” and “The Narrow Corner.” Her current production is “Big Hearted Herbert,’ which comes to the Theatre Helen Lowell Helen Lowell, a veteran of the New York stage, made her bow in talking pictures with the First National production of “Side Streets.” That was her first Hollywood venture although she did appear in one silent picture made in the East by D. W. Griffith nine years ago. This was titled “Isn’t Life Wonderful?” She began her stage career by playing small parts for Charles Frohman at the Empire Theatre, New York, from which were graduated such famous stars as William Faversham, James K. Hackett, Odette Taylor, -May Robson, Henry Miller and others. Her pictures consist of “The Dragon Murder Case,” “Madame Du Barry,” “Side Streets,” “The Merry Frinks,” “Midnight Alibi,” and her current production, “Big Hearted Herbert,” now showing at the Theatre. Aline MaeMahon Aline MacMahon is a native of McKeesport, Pa., where she received most of her primary education. It was while she was ALINE | MacMAHON Mat No. 6 106 attending Barnard College in New York City that she first became interested in the stage through amateur theatricals. At the conclusion of her school days, she made her professional debut in Edgar Selwyn’s produetion, “The Mirage.” Later she scored highly in George Bernard Shaw’s “Candida.” When playing on the stage in Los Angeles in “Once in a Lifetime” she was asked to appear opposite Edward G. Robinson in “Five Star Final.” Her success in this picture led to other screen work, her latest pictures being “The Merry Frinks,”’ “Side Streets,’ “Heat Lightning,’ “The World Changes,” “Gold Diggers of 1933,” “Heroes For Sale,” “The Life of Jimmy Dolan,” “Silver Dollar,’ and her current production, “Big Hearted Herbert,” which comes to the ID A iesiteenge Theatre on Phillip Reed Phillip Reed, the handsome six footer plus, who was recently imported to Hollywood from the New York stage, was born in New York City and educated at the Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn, from which were graduated Barbara Stanwyck, Jane Cowl, Katherine Cornell, Verree Teasdale, Ricardo Cortez and other sereen and stage no| tables. He went to Cornell to study engineering but quit at the end of his Freshman year to join a Hoboken, N. J. stock company. After a year in stock and vaudeville, James Cagney, then a hoofer, got him a job with the company in which he was playing, “The Grand Street Follies.” Later he made a hit on Broadway in “Grand Hotel,” “Ziegfeld Follies of 1931,” “Serena Blandish” and last season in “Melody,” the George White musical show. His pictures include “A Lost Lady,” “Dr. Monica,” “Jimmy, The Gent,” “Registered Nurse,” “Gambling Lady” and his current production, “Big Hearted Herbert,” now showing at the Spits seer est see Theatre. “BIG HEARTED HERBERT”’ ALINE MacMAHON—‘ The Merry Frinks,” “Side Streets,” “Heat Lightning,’ “The World Changes,” “Gold Diggers of 1933,” GUY KIBBEE—“Dames,”’ “The Merry Frinks,” “Merry Wives of Reno,” “Harold Teen,” “Wonder Bar,’ “Convention City,” “Easy To Love.” PATRICIA ELLIS—“The Circus Clown,” “Side Streets,” ‘“Harold Teen,’ “Convention City,” “Easy To Love,” “The World Changes.” HELEN LOWELL—“The Dragon Murder Case,’ “Madame Du Barry,” “Midnight Alibi,” “The Merry Frinks,” “Side Streets.” PHILLIP REED—“A Lost Lady,” “British Agent,” “Dr. Monica,” “Glamour,” “Jimmy, the Gent,” “Registered Nurse,” “Gambling Lady.” ROBERT BARRAT—“The Dragon Murder Case,” “Here Comes the Navy,” “Housewife,” “Midnight Alibi,” “Fog Over Frisco,” “Wonder Bar.” HENRY O’NEILL—‘Madame Du Barry,” “Midnight Alibi,” “The Man with Two Faces,’ “The Key,” “The Personality Kid,” “Wonder Bar.” MARJORIE GATESON—‘Side Streets,’ “Hi, Nellie!” “The World Changes,’ “Lady Killer,” “Employees’ Entrance,” “The King’s Vacation.” NELLA WALKER—‘Madame Du Barry,” “Fashions of 1934,” “Ever in My Heart,” “The House on 56th Street,” “Frisco Jenny.” HALE HAMILTON—“Doctor Monica,” “The Silk Express,” “A Fool’s Advice,” “Employees’ Entrance,” “Two Against the World.” TRENT DURKIN—Hell’s House,” “The Man Hunt.” WILLIAM KEIGHLEY (director)—“Kansas City Princess,” “Dr. Monica,” “Journal of a Crime,” “Ladies They Talk About,” “Easy To Love.” Robert Barrat Robert Barrat was born in New York City and educated in the public schools of that city. His debut in theatrical circles was in stock in Springfield, Mass. Later he appeared in many noteworthy productions with some of the leading dramas of the stage. It was while playing the role of the strong man in the stage play, “Lilly Turner,” that Warner Bros. engaged him for that identical role with Ruth Chatterton in the picture. Since then he has played in “Housewife,” “Midnight Alibi,” “Friends of Mr. Sweeney,” “Fog Over Frisco,” “Return of the Terror,’ “Upperworld” and “Wonder Bar.” His current picture, “Big Hearted Herbert” is new showane at: the <i. ee: Theatre. 100% with Aline MacMahon — Guy Kibbee Patricia Ellis Helen Lowell us Phillip Reed Robert Barrat Directed by William Keighley A Warner Bros. Production Corporation Picture MEMBER ‘WE DO OUR PART 75% 10% 10% 10% 10% 20% 40% 25%