California Mail (Warner Bros.) (1936)

RIDIN’ TO FAME IN THE BEST OF THE WEST WARNER BROS.’ : LINDA PERRY MILTON KIBBEE TOM BROWER JAMES FARLEY "ED COBB Directed by NOEL SMITH WARNER BROS.’ CAMPAIGN PLAN (Lead-Off Story) Singing Cowboy Coming Soon In Wild West Film Another exciting romance of the Wild West is unfolded in the new Wesner=Pros. melodrama, “California Mail”, which comes to the srSeshbedae ccebes Theatre on................. With Dick Foran, the “Singing Cowboy” as the star. The picture is said to be crammed with thrills, including Indian battles, gun fights with highway bandits, dare-devil riding and a dramatic stage coach race in which one vehicle is hurled over a mountain cliff. The story is laid in the period that marks the end of the pony express riders and the coming of the stage coach when bad Indians still roamed the hills and prairies and vied in villainy with organized gangs of white robbers. Foran has the role of one of the last of the pony express riders, who naturally turned to the new method of passenger transportation and mail carrying, the stage coach. Rivals in business are the Banton brothers, one of whom is also the suitor of the girl Foran loves. The role of the heroine is played by beautiful Linda Perry, a comparative newcomer to Hollywood, who has showed marked ability as an actress. Foran sings two _ melodious Western songs—‘Ridin’ the Mail” and “Love Begins at Evening”— written especially for the picture by M. K. Jerome and Jack Scholl, famous for their ditties of the West. Others in the cast are Edward Keane, Ben Hendricks, Wilfred Lucas, Cliff Saum and Gene AIsace. Noel Smith directed the production from the screen play by Roy Chanslor and Harold Buckley. Foran Makes Silver Inlaid Saddle Dick Foran, star of the Warner Bros. Western melodrama, ‘California Mail”, which comes to the SS Be "DPHERETE= ON ssissscncst esses is the proud owner of one of the most beautiful saddles ever made for a Western star. It was designed and executed by himself. Foran’s hobby is leather work, which he learned from one of the cowboys who worked with him in his latest pictures. The saddle leather is elaborately carved and inlaid with silver ornaments. He has a leather shop with complete equipment in his ranch home in Saugus. It took him six months to complete the saddle. A UCATFZ = rf Best of the West It takes more than bullets or bullies to stop Dick Foran from carrying Uncle Sam’s mail through the bad lands where guns mean more than postage stamps. Above is Dick, the Singing Cowboy, mussing up Ed Cobb, who portrays the leader of a gang of mail robbers in “California Mail’, latest of Warner Bros. Western dramas with music that OPONS QUANG .25 6s co spn senianc Stee UREGIC. ON es Mat No. 206—20c Singing Cowboy Does Some Fancy Shooting In Film Dick Foran has improved upon the old. marksman’s exploit of shooting a hole through the ace of spades. He had ‘a cowboy help him in a secluded canyon, where scenes were being filmed for the Warner Bros. picture, “California Mail’, which comes to the............... Theatre pa. ot ee The assistant, a trick roper, swung his lariat in a loop over his head. A handkerchief was tied to the loop, circling rapidly as the roper increased his speed. When it reached its maximum speed, Foran fired three times making ribbons of the handkerchief as it made three successive turns. “California Mail” is a new Western melodrama with music starring Foran, “The Singing Cowboy”. Others in the cast are Linda Perry, Ed Cobb, Milton Kibbee, Tom Brower, James Farley and Edward Keane. Linda Perry Is Taught Buck And Wing By Expert When Linda Perry had to learn a buck and wing dance for the Warner Bros. Western “California Mail”, which comes to the................ PIG AETE Ol): .s.ske0s<eccscsea0sce , she had the best possible teacher. On the set as an extra at the time was Lulu Beeson, world’s champion buck and winger, who gladly consented to teach the young actress some of the intricacies of the step. Miss Beeson won the Richard K. Fox medal in 1903 in the Police Gazette contest at Tammany Hall and has never been defeated since. Although advanced in years now and retired from active competition, she can still hold her own at any dance. She has also been a headliner in vaudeville and in the Shubert musical shows in New York. Miss Perry has the feminine lead in “California Mail’, a thrill w «: ~’:einee ee ' a ray Po. <i (Opening Day Story) Dick Foran At Strand Today In Western Drama Dick Foran, the “Singing CowDOV" Opens AU ENE.s...-cecces0e-s Theatre today in Warner Bros. new Western drama with music, “California Mail”. Foran not only plays the stellar role but sings two catchy Western songs written by M. K. Jerome and Jack Scholl—‘Ridin’ the Mail” and “Love Begins at Evening”. The picture is said to be packed with dramatic thrills, in which the star plays the role of a pony express rider who battles Indians and white highway robbers to deliver the government mail. He is in love with a beautiful young girl, but has a deadly rival in the keeper of the general trading station, whom Foran suspects of being in league with the stage coach bandits. Foran drives against his rival in a stage coach race, the winner of which is to be given the mail contract. He loses because his opponent has loosened a bolt in his coach, hurling the vehicle and horses over a steep cliff. He is again framed when a Jone bandit, riding Foran’s horse, holds up a coach and kills the father of the girl he loves. In jail and threatened with being strung up by vigilantes, he makes a daring escape and sets out to prove his innocence. He stages a fake shipment of gold and lets his rival know about it. Then he, with a posse, catch the bandits red handed. In a dramatic gun fight in which the crooked suitor uses the girl he has pretended to love as a shield against the bullets of the posse, he is finally overpowered and slain. Foran effects the rescue of the girl and the romance which has been broken by suspicion, is renewed. Linda Perry, a lovely young actress who entered pictures by the way of radio, has the leading feminine role. Others in the cast are Ed Cobb, Milton Kibbee, Tom Brower, James Farley, Ben Hendricks and Wilfred Lucas. The picture was directed by Noel Smith from the screen play by Roy Chanslor and Harold Buckley. ing Western drama with music, starring “The Singing Cowboy”, Dick Foran. Others in the cast are Ed Cobb, Milton Kibbee, Tom Brower, James Farley and Edward Keane. Noel Smith directed from the screen play by Roy Chanslor and Harold Buckley. Music and lvrics are by M. K. Jerome and Jack Scholl. Cowboys Spank Star In Western On His Birthday Dick Foran had a real wild Western birthday party during the production of Warner Bros. picture, “California Mail’, now showTEPSSE A Pea a herr crt Theatre. When all the cowboys working in the film learned that it was “The Singing Cowboy’s” birthday, they hatched a conspiracy. As soon as Noel Smith, the director, announced that shooting was finished for the day on location at Placerita Canyon, they surrounded Foran, while emitting blood-curdling whoops. After roping and hog-tieing him, they brought out a huge paddle which they got from the property man and gave him the regulation number of thwacks. Soon a chuckwagon rolled up, campfires were built, and Foran had his birthday dinner, with sizzling steaks as the entree, far from the bright lights of Hollywood. “California Mail” is the latest Western melodrama starring the “Singing Cowboy”. Others in the cast are Linda Perry, Ed. Cobb, Milton Kibbee, Tom Brower, James Farley and Edward Keane. The screenplay is by Roy Chanslor and Harold Buckley. Music and lyrics are by M. K. Jerome and Jack Scholl. Prairie Love Dick Foran, the Singing Cowboy, has a new film sweetheart. She’s Linda Perry and they are now winning hearts in “California Mail’, the new Warner Bros. Western at the................ Theatre. Mat No. 107—10c