Bureau of Missing Persons (Warner Bros.) (1933)

INFORMATION IOGRAPHIES OFFICIAL BILLING First National Pictures, Inc. and The Vitaphone Corp. 25% present “BUREAU OF MISSING PERSONS” 100% with Bette Davis, Lewis S. Stone, Pat O’Brien, Glenda Farrell 75% Allen Jenkins, Ruth Donnelly, Hugh Herbert 60% Alan Dinehart 50% Directed by Roy Del Ruth 20% A First National and Vitaphone Picture 40% CAST OF CHARACTERS GL 2. ate aR unin es exten ih aetna CsA aA vE OD Lewis S. Stone Bag |e Bio |.) fa 2 5 iNet a ale Renee aE os eA eae Sees eaten Ge Bl) Pat O’Brien EE: SCX DIGI) Oana De Ree hee Satan MEP . Sah rairyy tin Glenda Farrell Pies TE, | Se ae A ES Als UN) dons Gn)” kee ey on CORT Allen Jenkins EG ii Liskcsciac tein 14 Aten ne ndash eye a aN ata eer ei dbs Ruth Donnelly PO] rE ERDMI TAN So oO AUROSE NTRS SPC PORES) Cote beam terse riers Ov NEREE Hugh Herbert fe gs Tame ke Ls eg 9 3 lags SRG ARM DESMME SD DRE hell SA ene aie ROR nm Alan Dinehart dg a | ARN en Ae eS, PE ost ois cater tne: OR ahs iN _Marjorie Gateson eT ee eho Se cic cee en hese Tad Alexander SN OCS Sie eee S/O ATE ED cee Noel Francis 5g Mae: 1) AERIS rot I Ye OTP: Se Cec a ROR Uap eT ORI ay ITT) Wallis Clark Tet: CORUM: sciiiets ces ton = aie oes ae aa Adrian Morris Kingman Sos eee a Pina ceteay Ue See Clay Clement Le. oe MASI TS REE aCe cniteneMeMe fe Henry Kolker THe CRCMOMR NE aoe ican clade EAR CeaeENE ES Harry Beresford PGBS a, Sei rs DA Sea OO IN See Se rt 2a George Chandler THE STORY Butch Saunders is transferred from | she would attend her own funeral out the robbery detail of the police de-| of curiosity. partment to the Bureau of Missing Norma finally turns up at the unPersons because he is too quick to dertaking parlors and Butch catches make arrests and is too fond. of using | her, She admits she is Norma Philhis fists. lips, but denies killing Roberts. She Captain Webb, head of the Bureau, | claims that Roberts was about to be advises Butch to use his head instead | arrested for fraud so he killed his of his fists. Under Webb’s guidance | twin brother, an imbecile he had kept Butch develops into an efficient po-|in hiding, to make the police believe liceman, but he is kept in a state of | he himself was slain. Norma, found nerves by his wife, from whom he is|in the room with the dead man, was separated. She turns up every so | accused of the murder. often to demand money. Butch does not believe her and is One day a woman claiming to be} about to take her to the police staa Norma Roberts appeals to Butch to} tion when she points to a man lookhelp her find a missing husband. He | ing into the undertaker’s window and is assigned to the case and falls in| declares he is Therme Roberts. The love with the woman, who recipro-'man gets away in a taxi, but Butch cates his affection. follows him to a boarding house. He Webb finally gets a telegram from | leaves Norma outside, fearing that Detroit asking him to search for| Roberts might shoot, and goes into Norma Phillips, who is wanted for | the house alone. the murder of Therme Roberts, her The man indignantly denies he is employer. Norma Roberts proves to| Roberts, but Butch takes him out, be Norma Phillips and Butch is sent only to find the girl gone. He is with two other detectives to arrest about to release the man, but on a her. hunch decides to take him to HeadButch enters her hotel room first | quarters. There he finds Norma, who, and finds her hiding in a closet. She | fearing trouble, had left to call a cop. tells him she can explain everything. | On returning she found Butch gone He gets the other two detectives out | and had hurried to Headquarters. and goes back to hear her story only The man still denies he is Roberts, to find she has fled. but Webb, on the pretense of identiButch is thoroughly angry over fying him by a telephoto, makes him being hoodwinked. When some wear| ©°Dfess. ing apparel and a purse bearing| As Butch is going out with Norma Norma Phillips’ name are found on|he encounters a man looking for his the docks he thinks it is merely a| wife. Butch looks at the photo and ruse to throw the police off the girl’s | discovers it is his own wife, who had track. So he stages a fake funeral, | married him bigamously. Just then announcing that Norma Phillips’ body | the wife turns up. He knocks her had been found, believing that when | cold, sends the husband into the room Norma saw the item in the papers | and is off with Norma. CREDITS UF GGROT 3c oot Lge ee ae or See 2 ae a Roy Del Ruth LE EE TAD 5,10 Eke Ca Een aD OMAR Nice oe es SEOROMGEE DEO Wt clue Robert Presnell Based on Novel, “Missing Men,” by Capt. John H. Ayres and Carol Bird NRE ipo, cds arichieoma nee ie aie Mees 3 Barney McGill PR PO 28 psec dha: daaapes APRN Dat acciesaihe Rc James Gibbons PINOT aps a ase sa le eR Robert Haas Vitaphone: Orchestra Conductor Leo F. Forbstein Length—7000 Ft....Time—73 Min. BETTE DAVIS Bette Davis was born Ruth Elizabeth and reared in the aristocratic Boston Back Bay Colony. She attended Cushing Academy, where she became interested in theatricals, playing the lead in “The Charm School” and “Seventeen.” Her first professional engagement was in She then played an engagement with the Provincetown Players in “The Earth Between” and went with the show to New York, her first Broadway ap Stock: ‘at’ Hochester: Nw y: pearance, This brought her to the attention of New York producers and she was cast in Ibsen’s “Wild Duck,” playing in support of Blanche Later she played in “Solid South,” starring Richard Bennett, and other plays. Her first picture was “Bad Sister” in 1930. Yurka. Cut No.6 Cut 15¢e Mat 5c The ingenue role in “The Man Who Played “God” kept her in films, for it was a result of her work in this picture that she was signed under a long-term contract by Warner Bros.-First National. She played leading roles in “Three on a Match,” “Parachute Jumper,” “The Cabin in the Cotton,” “Working Man,” “The Dark Horse” and others. Missing Persons.” LEWIS S. STONE Lewis S. Stone was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, and educated in the public schools of New York City, graduating just in time to enter the Spanish-American war. Was an instructor at Plattsburg, New York, during the World War. Fis Sirst stage role was in “Sidetracked,” in which he substituted for an actor who had been taken ill. He ge played in a number of Cut 15¢ Mat 5c Ber<0-2 a= way productions, then went to Los Angeles to play in stock at the Belasco Theatre. He appeared in “The Dollar Mark,” “The Girl of the Golden West,” “The Bird of Paradise” and others. His first screen role was opposite Bessie Barriscale in “Honor’s Altar.” He went back to the stage to play in “The Brat” with Maude Fulton and did not return to the screen until after the war. One of his most notable early films was “Scaramouche.” His most recent pictures are “The White Sister,” “Looking Forward,” “Men Must Fight,” “Night Court,” “The Wet Parade,” “Grand Hotel,” “Red Headed Woman” and “Mata FL aric? ALLEN JENKINS Allen Jenkins, one of the rare comedy characters of the screen, was born in New York City. He turned to the stage when a boy and has been linked with the theatre ever since. His success in comic roles on the silver screen has been as popular with his fellow-actors as it has with his audiences. He started as a chorus boy, playing in the same show with James Cagney. After three years in the chorus he attended dramatic school and branched out as a character actor. He played in many Broadway successes, including “Blessed Event,” “What Price Glory,” “The Last Mile,” “Rain” and “Five Star Final.” Last season he played in an even dozen pictures for Warner Bros.First National, with whom he is under contract. The more recent include “Blessed Event,” “The Mayor of Hell,” “The Keyhole,” “Mind Reader,” “Blondie Johnson” and “42nd Street.” Then was starred in “Ex-Lady” and “Bureau of GLENDA FARRELL Glenda Farrell was born in Enid, Oklahoma, and made her debut on the stage as Little Eva in “Uncle 'Tom’s Cabin” at the age of seven. With the exception of occasional pauses for education, she has been on the stage ever since. She was a member of the Brissac Stock Company of San Diego, the Morosco Company of Los Angeles and the AIlcazar in San Francisco. From there she went to where Broadway, she played in such successes as “Divided Honors,” “Love, Honor and Betray,” “The Rear Car” and “Skidding.” Her last stage play was “Life Begins” and her work was so outstanding she was _ setected by Warner Bros.-First National to play the same part in the picture. This brought her a longterm contract. Her chief interest is now centered in pictures and she _ has played with success in “I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang,” “The Match King,” “Grand Slam,” “Central Airport,” “Girl Missing,” “The Keyhole,” “Mary Stevens, M.D.” and “The Mystery of the Wax Museum.” RUTH DONNELLY Ruth Donnelly was born in Trenton, N. J., a niece of Mayor Fred Donnelly of that city, who has the long distance record of holding down that chair for twenty-two years. She was trained for the stage from childhood and started her theatrical career in the chorus with Ina Claire in “The Quaker Girl.” She was with George M. Cohan for four years and played comedy leads with Broadway shows for many seasons before entering pictures. Miss Donnelly went to Hollywood a little more than a year ago, appearing in minor roles in several pictures. Her first distinctive hit came with her role in “Blessed Event,” after which she was signed by Warner Bros.-First National. Her recent pictures include “Goodbye Again,” “Private Detective 62,” “Lilly, Turner,” “Hard to Handle,” ‘Employees’ Entrance” and “Ladies They Talk About.” PAT O'BRIEN Pat O’Brien was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was educated at Marquette University, where he studied law and starred in football. He gave up law to join a stock company and finally drifted to New York, making his first. Broadway ‘appearan C2e= ian “Gertie:” This was followed by many other productions, includ Cut No. 8 ing “Henry ” Cut 15¢ Mapes 2 7B e have, You Oant Win,” “This Man’s Town” and “Coquette.” He was selected as one of the ten best actors of the stage for his performances in “The Up and Up” and “Overture.” While rehearsing for the lead in “Tomorrow and ‘Tomorrow” his release was purchased and he was taken to Hollywood to play Hildy Johnson in “The Front Page,” his first picture. He continued in picture work and has to his credit such successes as “Laughter in Hell,’ ““Air . Mail. "Virtue? “Hollywood Speaks,” “American Madness” and “Scandal for Sale.” His most recent pictures are “Destination Unknown,” “The Public Be Damned” and “Flowing Gold.” HUGH HERBERT Hugh Herbert was born in New York City and was educated in the public schools there. After finishing high school he got a position with the Fall River, Massachusetts, stock company. Later he returned to New York, playing in more than sixty plays and sketches there and other cities. He went to Los Angeles with | the musical comedy, “Exposures of 1927,” and shortly thereafter was engaged to play in pictures, although he had had some experience before that. His first screen part, in fact, was to talk behind a screen for one of the first “talkies.” Herbert collaborated with Murray Roth in writing the first alltalking picture, “Lights of New York,” which was produced by Warner Bros. He has written a number of screen plays, notable among them “The Great Gabbo” for Eric von Stroheim. The principal pictures in which he has appeared include “Faithless,” “Goodbye Again,” “Diplomaniacs,” “Lost Squadron,” ‘She Had to Say Yes,” “Laugh and Get Rich” and “Danger Lights.” =a) ALAN DINEHART Alan Dinehart was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, but moved to Butte, Montana, with his family when a youngster. Attended the University of Montana, but left school to join a stock company in Butte. Played in stock in Chicago, then in the David Belasco production, “The Girl of the Golden West,” on Broadway. Later he appeared in “Silent House,” “Applesauce,” “The Marriage Bed,” “Lawful Larceny” and “The Meanest Man in the World,” | which latter he also wrote. | He went to Hollywood in 1931 and entered picture work, in which he has been both an actor and director. His most recent pictures are “Lawyer Man,” “Street of Women,” “The Trial of Vivian Ware,” “Disorderly Conduct,” “Bachelor’s Affairs,” “Wicked” and “Washington Merry-GoRound.” You will tind it advisable to file these biographies for use in future newspaper items and for various lobby displays which you will use on this and other pictures. Page Twenty-three