Blondie Johnson (Warner Bros.) (1933)

ADVANCE PUBLICITY your L. story "Blondie Johnson” With Joan Blondell Coming to Strand A novel and refreshingly new type of picture dealing with interesting characters comes to the screen of the = = ap peatre next <<... with. the First National production, “Blondie Johnson,” featuring Joan Blondell and Chester Morris. Where heretofore men of force and inherent qualities of leadership, although criminally inclined, have ruled their henchmen with a relentless hand and swayed their “molls” to their will, in “Blondie J ohnson,” a woman, young, beautiful and brilliant, holds the men to heel both in gigantic criminal plots and in love. Joan Blondell, the fiery and peppery blonde, exhibits a strange and fascinating personality in her characterization of the iron-willed woman leader who doesn’t hesitate to send the man she loves to his death because she thinks he has betrayed her and the band. Her sister the victim of a hypocritical lover, her mother dying through poverty and neglect, and she herself on the verge of starvation, she deliberately sets out to use her beauty to lure the male and use him to further her own ends. This she does successfully only to find in the end that_her love is stronger than the hatred in her heart. There are many unique situations in a dramatic plot containing thrilling incidents and powerfully emotional scenes. Snappy dialogue and humorous episodes add to the entertainment value of this unusual production. There is a strong supporting cast which includes such well known players of both stage and screen as Allen Jenl The screen play is from an original story by Earl Baldwin, who has succeeded in presenting many unique angles and novel twists while writing this piece especially for Joan Blon‘dell. It was directed by Ray Enright. your 2. story Joan Blondell Plays Different Type Role in "Blondie Johnson" In “Blondie Johnson,” a First National picture which opens at the .... Theatre on... ., Joan Blondell appears in a different type of characterization to anything she _ has played for the screen before. As the. brilliant and_ beautiful leader of a big time band of criminals she gets her man, or rather men, in more ways than one. Some she raises to power, only to dethrone according to her whim, while those that get in her way she eliminates with startling finality. For Joan, as Blondie, is cold, hardboiled, ruthless and merciless. She sways men to her will and rules them with an iron hand. It is a new Joan in appearance, also. For the first time in her career in pictures she blossoms out in dazzling clothing as befits the wealthiest woman of the underworld, sixteen changes being made in the picture. There is no changing the fiery and peppery personality of the delightful Joan, however, and her gay, reckless abandonment to the part she plays-is ‘evident throughout the picture. Chester Morris plays the leading masculine role opposite Miss Blondel] while others in the cast include Allen Jenkins, Claire Dodd, Earle Foxe, Mae Busch, Joe Cawthorne, Sterling Holloway and Olin Howland. The screen play was written by Earl Baldwin while the direction was in the capable hands of Ray Enright. ‘enkins, Claire Dodd, Earle Foxe, STAR OF “BLONDIE JOHNSON” JOAN BLONDELL, appearing in Johnson,” which opens tonight. Cut No. 3 your Sra story Tomboy of Pictures Turns Ritzie Lady in "Blondie, ; } pS ae eee eee Joan Blondell, the wise-cracking hoyden of the movies, has gone ritzie. For the first time in her moving pic ture career she is all decked out like a Christmas tree in the First Na tional production, “Blondie Johnson,” which opens at the... . Theatre ON. sud Joan hates clothes. Not that she likes to sport about in her birthday attire. Far be it. But she doesn’t like fuss and feathers and frills. She likes to slip on an old dress and let it go at that. Her hair is JOAN BLONDELL as “BLONDIE JoHNSON” Usually rum pled, which, as it happens, is Cut No. 1 Cut 15c Mat 5c very becoming to her. It just so happened that in all the picture roles she has played her part has not called for a dressed up doll. She was a stranded chorus girl, flat broke in “Central Park,’ “Union Depot” and “Big City Blues.” In “Miss Pinkerton” she was a nurse; in “The Famous Ferguson Case” a reporter. Not that she is a society leader in “Blondie Johnson.” Far from it. She is the brains and the directing force behind a band of bold racketeers, driving them by the strength of her personality. But she grows rich from the plunder, anr dresses the part of a wealthy woman of the underworld. Sixteen brilliant gowns were fashioned for her by the famous studio designer, Orry-Kelly. It is a strange, new, dressed-up Joan that appears in “Blondie Johnson,’ but Joan can wear clothes when she needs to as any woman, or any man with an eye to feminine pulchritude will nete in this picture. — But fine clothes cannot hide Joan’s personality. She is the same gay, reckless hoyden beneath all her trappings, the same personable, likable Joan. Chester Morris plays opposite Joan, and others in the cast include Allen Jenkins, Claire Dodd, Earle Foxe and Mae Busch. The screen play is by Earl Baldwin and the direction by Ray Enright, Cut 30c ee the Strand’s new film, “Blondie Chester Morris is the male lead. Mat 10¢€ Sean Blondell Teams With Chester Morris 1 ________in "Blondie Johnson" iS, Joan Blondel iv="cxd with Chester Morris for the first time in “Blondie Johnson,” a First National picture in which they play the featured leads with a notable cast in support. The picture, which opens at the... . Theatre on... . gives an entirely new and novel slant on the personal life of the big time crook, with a woman as the brains and dominating figure in the operation of their questionable trade. Miss Blondell, who recently played in “Central Park,” “Big City Blues” and “Three on a Match,” now appears in “Blondie Johnson” as the hardest boiled feminine criminal operative that ever ruled her band with a relentless iron hand. It is something of a new type of role for Joan, but one in which her striking, peppery personality stands out in full force. A Chester Morris, who made his first hit in pictures as a crook in “Alibi,” is an ideal running mate for the wisecracking Joan. Morris has had a brilliant picture career, with leading roles in such pictures as “Red Headed Woman,” “The Miracle Man” and “No One Man.” He was also a star on Broadway before becoming famous in pictures. Others in the cast are all well known on stage and screen and include Allen Jenkins, Claire Dodd, Earle Foxe, Mae Busch, Joe Cawthorne, Olin Howland, Sam Godfrey and Toshia Mori. The screen play, by Earl Baldwin, is relieved in its tense situations by humor and snappy dialogue. The picture was directed by Ray Enright. your Din story Author Spent Weeks Studying Character of "Blondie Johnson" Earl Baldwin, who wrote both the original story and the screen play of “Blondie Johnson,” the First National picture featuring Joan Blondell and Chester Morris, which opens at the. s.. Theatre-on «4 .:., spent many weeks studying the characters of prominent gunmen and women racketeers before he actually set down to work out his plot. (Continued in next column) + TER MORR your Gu story Chester Morris, Fine Depictor of Crooks, in "Blondie Johnson" Once a crook does not mean always a crook in the motion picture career of Chester Morris, although he started as a crook and reverts to type in his latest production for First National, “Blondie Johnson,” which comes to the... ... 3.9 neatre. on = Morris had played a few minor parts in pictures when a youth, but nothing of any importance. His first real training in theatrical work was on the stage in which he rose to stellar parts on Broadway. His first real picture’ part came with “Alibi” in which he was a killer and all around bad man. This picture stamped him as one of the outstanding figures of the screen. Since then he has played many different kinds of roles in such pictures as “The Miracle Man,” “Red Headed Woman,” “No One Man” and others. And now in “Blondie Johnson,” in which he has the lead opposite Joan Blondell, he again appears as a crook leader of a gang of racketeers of which Miss Blondell is the brains. And it is in such roles, he believes, that he appears to the best advantage, and likes best. “Blondie Johnson,” however, ~portrays an entirely new angle of the racketeering game in which 1 woman is the real ruler of the band—a picture in which the intense dramatic moments are relieved by plenty of humor and snappy dialogue. There is a strong supporting cast which includes Allen Jenkins, Claire Dodd, Earle Foxe, Joe Cawthorne, Mae Busch, Olin Howland and Toshia Mori. Earl Baldwin wrote the screen play while Ray Enright directed it. Pera ti Ct rms oa ee fo ene He’s Joan Blondell’s leading man in “Blondie Johnson,” which comes to the. «=..s Oe Cut No. 7 Cut 15c Mat 5c He visited their haunts and spent days and nights talking to the more noted personages who were engaged in criminal pursuits. Baldwin was accompanied by a detective from Vistrict Attorney Buron Fitz’s office, in Los Angeles, who knew where to go and whom to meet, and who also acted as a bodyguard, “Blondie Johnson” is a story of a girl forced into a life of crime by poverty and her environment, whose beauty and brilliant mind win her the leadership of a gang of lawbreakers. While the story deals frankly with racketeers, yet it is treated from a unique angle with a woman as the “master mind.” The criminal background, however, is more of a setting for the development of a remarkable girl’s character than a thing of itself. During the development of this rare character there is presented plenty of thrilling action and situations filled with suspense, humor and colorful romance. : The supporting cast includes Allen Jenkins, Claire Dodd, Earle Foxe and Mae Busch. The picture was directed by Ray Enright. Page Three 4 iL