Blonde Crazy (Warner Bros.) (1931)

dITS BY GLASMON AND BkiGHT! JIMMY AND JOAN Step right up and meet Mrs. Cagney’s red headed wonder, Jimmie and Mrs. Blondell’s precocious Joan. They both may be seen at the Ese Sa Theatre this week in Warner Bros. “Blonde Crazy.” Cagney in a new type of role is a positive riot while Joan Blondell, his wise-cracking running mate adds much to the charm as well as the action of the story. Others in Kibbee and Louis Calhern. the cast include Noel Francis, Guy Roy del Ruth directed. Cut No. 4 Cut 30¢ Mat roc CAGNEY AND BLONDELL WIN HONORS IN WHIRLWIND SEQUENCES OF EASY _ MONEY MODERN FILM “BLONDE CRAZY” Riotous Applause Follows Screen Favorites Through Thrilling Scenes Of Warner Bros. _. — Picture, Now At The Strand Theatre ce (Revi : ing the -Cast) : ae 4 ing in its novelty’ There is an oeceasional picture so : _ Ithe roles of bellboy and-lin-~ girk in SOE Cagney’s 7th Picture Is His Biggest Bet Yet (Advance Reader) James Cagney, who will be seen next at the ee a5 : Theatre in “Blonde Crazy,” a War \ : : ner Bros. production, has been fortunate in the pictures in which he has been presented. His first was “Sinners’ Holiday” in which he was an amusement park employee, cocky and sullen till he is caught in the toils of the gang and then craven as he pleads with his mother to protect him. In “Other Men’s Women,” he is realistic to the last degree as a rough but kindly railroader. In “The Millionaire” he makes much of a comedy moment when he appears as a young and delightfully brazen insurance agent. In “The Public Enemy” he terrifically portrays a heartless gangster. In “Smart Money” he is the right hand man for the king of gamblers, and in “The Doorway to Hell” he is again a member of the gangs. His seventh and most unusual picture shows him as a bellhop in a hotel which is frequented by sharpers of both sexes. He decides to beat the tricksters at their own game, and does so, in a way to make you thrill and laugh—and marvel at the gift of this youth who is not yet twenty-seven. Joan Blondell is co-featured. Roy Del Ruth directed. GARDEN A Red-Headed Boy. ..: A Blonde to burn him... A wisecrack! A kiss! A slap! And the fun begins! “Blonde Crazy’”’ Filmed In Sight Of Fortune In Gems with JAMES CAGNEY soan BLONDELL NOEL FRANCIS RAY MILLAND A WARNER BROS. & VITAPHONE PICTURE Cut No. 8 Cut (Advance Reader) The most exclusive jewelry store of Los Angeles was used as location for one of the exciting scenes of “Blonde Crazy,” the Warner Bros. production co-featuring James Cagney and Joan Blondell, and coming eee... |. x. T egpere 2. sk = Se next. The two young favorites play 4oc Mat roc ———— Glasmon and John Bright, who wrote “The Public Enemy” and “Smart Money.” Roy Del Ruth directed. aswanky hotel freqoe ** * SP Pare flushers, whom the uu manage to fleece, at their own game. © “Blonde Crazy” is the work of Glasmon and Du Barrys.. As for me, I married a brunette and have had no reason to regret it. Which doesn’t mean that I am blind to the faseination __and so well played by its various characters that it stands out in memory like a cameo. Such a picture is ‘‘Blonde Crazy,”’ which opened last night at the .............. Theatre. Bright who did “The Public Enemy” and “Smart Money.” Roy Del Ruth directed. of ladies like the. one who steered Bert the Bell-hop onto the rocks!” Joan Blondell ‘and James Cagney are a team unlike any other that ever flashed across the sereen. They Those who raved over the performance given by James Cagney in “The Public Enemy” and who predicted his rapid elevation to stardom will rejoice in “Blonde Crazy” for in this ultra-modern and scintillating story he gives another sterling performance, this time as a bellhop in a hotel who gets into the “quick money” class, with all sorts of adventures befalling him en route. Ably aiding Cagney in the story is the pert and saucy Joan Blondell, of “Night Nurse” fame, who gives what is probably her best role to date, which is very good indeed. These two youngsters, who were co-featured in several New York plays, including “Penny Arcade,” went to Hollywood together to play in the screen version of this show, called “Sinners’ Holiday.” That was only a little more than a year ago. Today both young people are scheduled for important things in Hollywood, and deservedly go. Their performance in “Blonde Crazy” is satisfying and refreshing. Both prove themselves to be adept in characterization and in every phase of sereen acting. The word “marvelous” often over-used in screen reviews, can well be used in connection with both Mr. Cagney and Miss Blondell this time, and the reviewer promptly forgiven, for the public agrees. “Blonde Crazy” is by Kubee Glasmon and John Bright, authors of “The Public Enemy,” and it was ably directed by Roy Del Ruth. It is the story of a big city hotel, frequented by big time and small time crooks. Into this atmosphere the ambitious bellboy and the linen girl are tossed, and the result is a story of absorbing interest throughout. An able cast supports the featured players, including in its long list the names of Louis Calhern, Noel Francis, Polly Walters, Raymond Milland, Guy Kibbee, William Burress and many others. It is a Warner Bros. picture. “Blonde Crazy” is fast-moving, upto-the-minute entertainment. Don’t miss it. Cagney And Blondell Here Tomorrow In “Blonde Crazy” (Advance—Plant 1 Day Before) Tomorrow is the date set by Manager of the Theatre for the opening of “Blonde Crazy,” the Warner Bros. production featuring James Cagney and Joan Blondell. These two snappy young folks were together in their last stage venture, and also in their first screen appearance, ‘Sinners’ Holiday.” “Blonde Crazy” is the first picture to co-feature them. As bellhop and linen girl in a big city hotel the merry duo go into the business of humbugging humbuggers, with a speed and enthusiasm, which makes the film one of the most entertaining of the season. Young Cagney’s starward flight has been sure and swift. His work in “The Public Enemy”—which was written by Kubee Glasmon and John Bright, “Blonde Crazy”—made him favorably known His part in the coming film is a marked who also wrote wherever pictures are known. departure from the gangster type— a wisecracking kid, out to get quick money from the folks whose business is making quick money. Blondell is delightfully roughneck in her role as partner to Others in the east are Louis Calhern, Noel Francis, Guy Kibbee, Raymond Milland, Polly Walters, Charles Levinson, William Burress, Peter Erkelenz, Maude Walter. Percival, Nat Pendleton and over one thousnd extras. Roy Del Ruth directed, Joan the high-stepping bellhop. Eburne, ‘Others in the cast of “Blonde Crazy” are Louis Calhern, Guy Kibbee, Raymond Milland, Charles and might be described by any one of fifty adjectives that denote the Blondes Run Riot In Aptly Named Drama “Blonde Crazy” Jim Cagney And Joan Blondell Are Co-Featured In First National Rapid-Fire Hit At Strand Levinson, William Burress, Maude up-to-the-minute. You’ll rave over Eburne, Walter Percival and Nat/them in the whirlwind known as The authors are Kubee Pendleton. “Blonde Crazy.” OFFICIAL BILLING Warner Bros. Pictures, Ine. & The Vitaphone Corporation 3% presents “BLONDE CRAZY” with JAMES CAGNEY Joan Blondell Noel Francis “Blonde Crazy,” the Warner Bros. picture, featuring James Cagney and Joan Blondell, and now at the Lire ts ets SES Theatre — is dominated by the ladies that gentlemen are said to prefer. Joan Blondell, the globe-trotting May Millan <2 Se oe wenn nnn 5% charmer of stage and screen, is in Story by Kubec Glasmon and John Bright 5% her element as Ann the linen girl Directed by Roy Del ROG: a 20% who — even though he claims she|] A Warner Bros. & Vitaphone Production does not—catches the fancy of Bert the Bell-hop. It is this infatuation for her that changes the course of her life. Through him she enters the doubtful business of trying to cheat cheaters. She, through him, meets the swanky bond salesman, whom she marries and divorces. And it is for Joan’s sake that Bert the Bell-hop makes his one actual theft —for which he suffers in the end. Another gorgeous blonde in “Blonde Crazy” is Noel Francis, formerly of the Follies. She it is who is the light o’ love of. Dapper Dan Barker, and, his aid in depriving Bert of the money he thinks is sure pickin’s. In the Peacock Alley of the hotel where four-flushers of all sorts promenade, waiting for a chance to make easy money, many other blonde ladies disport themselves. Among these. is pretty Polly Walters, star pupil of the Warner Bros.-First National School for Acting, in Burbank,» California. CAPITOL offers the Fastest, Funniest, Most Entertaining Show In Town! Wlonde with our boy JAMES. “It is rather interesting” says A WARNER Cagney “who has a liking for biBROS. AND ography,” how many of the ladies VITAPHONE COMEDY HIT who: led the big boys by the nose, were towheads. Where there was one Cleopatra, there were twenty JOAN BLONDELL Cut No. 18 Cut 4oc Mat roc are gay, tantalizing, peppy, smart;~—