Broad Minded (Warner Bros.) (1931)

“~""="=“G apply them. ATI erento € upie of examples of the snlarged grotesque stills of himself .Frank Fay (her husband ( Theatre, includes in the cast Ona}Ona Munson, Marjorie White, Munson, William Collier, Jr., Mar-| Holmes Herbert, Thelma Todd, MarJorie White, Holmes Herbert, Mar-| garet Livingston, Bela Lugosi, Brown As A Da me-Dafty TEMPERAMENT OF THE TALKIE STARS IS REVEALED BY DRESSING ROOM VAGARIES Brief Dissertation on the Dressing Room Of Joe E. Brown, Now At Theatre In “Broad Minded” And Of Other Warner-First National Stars The personal likes and dislikes of the stars, as well as their idiosyncrasies is demonstrated in the dressing rooms they create. Joe E. Brown, now at the Theatre in ‘‘Broad Minded,”’ the First National comedy, has a room as bare as the proverbial monk’s cell. He hasn’t a single electric horse, Indian club, punching bag or other form of exerciser. DICK’S ROOM Dick Barthelmess has a copy of that favorite camera portrait -of D. W. Griffith, with the rolling fedora, suitably inscribed, “To Richard the Great.” And hats: the pillbox hat he wore in “Broken Blossoms,” the flying cap from “The Dawn Patrol,” the cap from “The Patent Leather Kid,” the snap brim hat from “The Finger Points,” and the hat he actually wears; an old gray one that he bought in New Haven six years ago, the Bob Evans cap from “Shore Leave.” Then there’s the whip he used in “The Lash.” A Ralph Barton caricature of Dick. The rifle and powder horn from “Tol’able David.” A Royal Stowell pastelle. A set of boxing gloves and a silly picture of Clayton, Jackson and Durante. DOUG, JR., HIS ROOM Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., has a dressing room on wheels. It can be moved practically anywhere in the First National studios. It is simply furnished, and two guesses what young actress’ photographs adorn the four walls, DOLORES COSTELLO Dolores Costello has_a series of twelve cabinet size photographs of Dolores Ethel Mae Barrymore, taken each month during the infant’s first year. She also has, by wav of con-|_ the stave hits taxidermist’s art, animals collected on trips with her husband .. . Incidentally for two years during her absence from the studios her dressing room was not occupied by any ra oe = ne oid" . ; Ped Seon oS he likes other star. It was kept locked. Only girls DOROTHY MACKAILL are brunettes, redDorothy Mackaill’s dressing room heads and blondes. is as near like the usual idea of a Doesn’t care a dressing room as ean be. Lights hang for the rest! around the mirrors, silver mounted And he can get brushes and combs and make-up further with an boxes. Ash trays. Not enough ‘Austin th t chairs. Two large closets. A long} = an mos fellows can with a Rolls Royce! Florentine leather cigarette box. Frank Fay has a chaise lounge, some running water, and that’s all he wants. . . John Barrymore has two large sea chests in which he keeps the creams, putties and paints of the make-up art, and speaking of art he has some of his own macabre drawings of odd animals and ‘some caricatures of people whom he doesn’t especially like. Ben Lyon has a set of chest weights and a rowing machine which he also has in his home. . . .George Arliss has a large autographed photograph of Booth Tarkington and a Miniature case containing miniatures in color of himself and his wife, Florence Arliss, Bebe Daniels has a collection of old theatre programs and old sabers, epees, foils, stilettoes, dirks—part of the important collection most of which is in her home. She also has many photographs of her husband, Ben Lyon, in various roles. Edward G. Robinson has covered the walls of his dressing room with “Broad Minded” Scene Taken In Swanky Pasadena Inn (Current Story) One of the most famous American hotels, the Huntington in Pasadena, California was used as one of the locations for Joe E. Brown’s newest starring vehicle “Broad Minded” the First National picture which is now playing at the Theatre. The Huntington hotel is noted as being the stopping place of more millionaires on vacation than any other hotel in the country. Scores of plutocrats spend the winter months pluting there. A poll taken of the hotel when the company first went on location there revealed .a Dun & Bradstreet rating of more than a billion dollars for the millionaires who spent the day on the sidelines watching the motion picture company work. They were as thrilled at watching Joe E. Brown’s antics as any youthful movie fan. Beside Joe E. Brown, others in the cast of this clever comedy-romance include William Collier Jr., from his most villainous stage and screen roles. . .. .Barbara Stanwyck has had her dressing room changed so frequently that. it’s hard to say just. what is in it. Some studio wag once put a huge poster of Frank Fay in “God’s Gift to Women” in her dressing room. She still suspects ) of having done it himself. “Broad Minded,” Joe RB. Brown’s starring vehicle, now at the garet Livingston, Thelma Todd, Grayce Hampton and George GranGrayce Hampton and Bela Lugosi. dee. Mervyn Le Roy directed. Page Six JOE E. BROWN IS CAPTAIN OF A BASEBALL TEAM (Advance Reader) Joe E. Brown, star of First Na tional’s “Broad Minded” which comes $0 TNO tee ee Theatre Ses. next is captain of the allyear-round Warner’ Brothers-First National baseball team which plays in the San Fernando Valley league in California. Joe keeps up his baseball as a diversion for he was once second baseman with the St. PaulAmericans and then with the New York Yankees with kidding on the side. “Broad Minded” was directed by Mervyn Le Roy. and Cut No. 3 Cut 60c Mat 15c Joe E. Has A Fancy For Seeing Himself As Others See Him Joe E. Brown, Now At Strand Theatre In “Broad Minded” Is A Preview Hound (Current Story) Joe E. Brown who is starred in First National’s slapstick comedy, romance “Broad Minded,” now at the Theatre, is a preview Hollywood producers, without announcing their intentions, take their newest pictures to a theatre and run them on the screen as a surprise to the audience in order to test the effect of the picture which is often not completely finished. Joe takes in the previews of all his friends’ pictures and attends every preview of his own films. Previews, he said, have a strange effect on him. “The nervousness is worse than a first night on Broadway,” he says “and all I’m really doing is sitting in a comfortable seat watching myself. I always arrive at the theatre just before the preview and leave in haste immediately after it. I manage to get out before the audience because I know where the ending is. At one preview I couldn’t do that because the smants— 3 merely Broadway Favorites Write Joe E. Brown Comedy Hit (Current Reader) Harry Ruby and Bert Kalmar are the co-authors of Joe E. Brown’s latest First National starring vehicle “Broad Minded” which is now at the Theatre. They have collaborated on many plays and even popular songs. “Three Little Words” is one of their songs while they list among their play hits: “Animal Crackers,” “Top Speed” and “Five O’Clock Girl.” Mervyn Le Roy directed “Broad Minded.” He's Goofy Over Girls one Aus In s a MUNSON WILLIAM COLLIER, JR. MARJORIE WHITE A FIRST NATIONAL & VITAPHONE HIT audience had already departed—but that wasn’t ‘Broad Minded’ ” “Broad Minded” which is Joe’s most sensational comedy success has a supporting cast including William Collier, Jr., Ona Munson, Marjorie White, Holmes Herbert, Bela Lugosi, Thelma Todd, Margaret Livingston, Grayce Hampton and George Grandee. Mervyn Le Roy directed. LAFFING BROADSIDE OF — CATCHEINES. JOE E. BROWN CUTS LOOSE IN AN AUSTIN! $$ hh HS LAFF COMBINATION HARD TO BEAT! ehh SH FORGET YOUR OWN TROUBLES CR I SS FEAST OF FUN SERVED BY A GIRL-GOOFY GUY! I SS BETTER THAN HIS BEST! CR I SS SI A BABY AUSTIN SPEED TEST WITH CUPID AT THE WHEEL! a I JOE E. BROWN AS A DAME-DAFFY DUMBBELL—HOW YOU’LL ROAR! WHO'S WHO JOE E. BROWN Sereen in “Crooks Can’t Win,” “The Cireu Kid,” “Hit of the Show,” “On With the Show,” “Song of the West,” “Sally,” “Hold Everything,” “Top Speed,” “Maybe It’s Love,” “Going Wild” and “Broad Minded.” Born in Holgate, Ohio. ONA MUNSON—Broadway musical comedies and on the screen in “Going Wild,” “The Hot Heiress” and “Broad Minded.” Born in Portland, Oregon. WILLIAM COLLIER, JR.—Scereen in “Hard Boiled Rose,” “Lummox,” “Reducing,” “Little Caesar,” and “Broad Minded.” Born in New York City. MARJORIE WHITE — “Sunny Side Up,” “Happy Days,” “Golden Calf,” “Fox Movietone Follies of 1930,” “Just Imagine,” “Oh, For a Man.” Born in Winnipeg, Canada. HOLMES HERBERT — Screen in “On ‘Trial,’ “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,” “The Careless Age,” “Her Private Life,” “Madame X,” “The Thirteenth Chair,” “Untamed,” “The Kiss,” “The Ship from Shanghai,” “Say It with Songs?’ and “Broad Minded.” Born in Dublin. MARGARET LIVINGSTON — Sereen in “Havoc,” “The Best People,” “One Hour,” “Wheels of Chance,” “His Private Life,” “Seven Keys to Baldpate,” “The Canary Murder Case,’ “The Office Scandal,” “The Last Warning” and “Broad Minded.” Born in Salt Lake City, Utah. Sereen in ae ji “Horror,” “Trial Marriage,” “Careers,” ag “Naughty Baby,’ “Her Private Life,” “A Woman of the World,” “Broad Minded.” Born in Lawrence, Mass. GRAYCE HAMPTON—Stage with Irving and Terry. Screen in “The Bat Whispers” and “Broad Minded.” Born in Devonshire, England. BELA LUGOSI—Scereen in “Dracula,’ “The Thirteenth Chair” and “Broad Minded.” Born in Hungary. Ona Munson Was Another Gus Edwards Discovery (Current Reader) Ona Munson who has the featured feminine role in Joe E. Brown’s First National comedy, “Broad Minded” which is now at the Theatre was discovered by Gus Edwards when she was a child in danccing school in New York. Her second discovery came as a result of a Vitaphone short subject made for Warner Bros. She was immediately placed under a long term contract. “Broad Minded” was directed by Mervyn Le Roy. AT HIS! BUFFOONERY