California Mail (Warner Bros.) (1936)

“CALI FORNIA MAIL” ee Pee ea Se ee Western Films Best Road To Stardom, Says Foran Singing Cowboy in “California Mail” Gives Advice to Movie Aspirants The best advice to aspiring starlets, according to Dick Foran, Warner Bros. “Singing Cowboy” is: “Go Western—gal Go Western!” He believes that Western films are the finest possible training for the motion picture careers of untried girls because of the fine experience they give. “They learn that making pictures is no picnic,” he stated. “They learn how to get up at 5 o’clock in the morning to be ready to shoot on location at 7:30. “They find that it is really possible to go to sleep at : : 8 P. M. withDICK FORAN out dire con Mat No. 108—10c sequences. It is necessary to be in fine physical condition for the gruelling work and Jong hours required to make ‘horse operas.’ “Dialogue which can be studied and rehearsed during extended sessions on the ‘white collar’ pictures has to be memorized on the run without benefit of protracted rehearsals. “Knowing that retakes — steal precious time, they get the mental Linda Perry Pretty Miss Perry, leading lady with Dick Foran, the Singing Cowboy, in “California Mail’’ the new Western drama with music now playing at the.......... Theatre, has made such rapid progress in pictures she is called “Lucky _Linda”’ by her friends. Mat No. 106—10c Foran Sings Twice In His New Western Two popular songs with a Western background were written for Dick Foran in his latest picture for Warner Bros. “California Mail”, which comes to the................ GRAMS Be = OM ateass uy ceccesecessoactscisests M. K. Jerome and Jack Scholl wrote the music and lyrics. Foran, the “Singing Cowboy”, sings “Ridin’ the Mail” as a Pony Express rider bringing in his mail sacks and “Love Begins at Evening”, a love song, at a square dance held in the small western town. Others in the cast of the film, directed by Noel Smith, are Linda Perry, Eddie Cobb, and Milt Kibbee. Flicks Horsefilies With 10 Foot Whip Dick Foran, the “Singing Cowboy”, who is starred in Warner Bros. new Western melodrama “California Mail”, which comes to Phere ek Stace, "PRENRELE ON seccccteecss sss ; is an expert with a bull-whip. He has been taking instructions and practicing with the long whip for months and can now flick flies from his horse at a distance of twelve feet with the lash of the ten-foot whip and not hurt the horse. Page Two attitude that things should be done correctly on the first try.” Several of the girl graduates from the “western college” have already progressed rapidly. Anne Nagel was given the feminine lead opposite Ross Alexander in “Here Comes Carter!” as a result of her work in “Guns of the Pecos”. Paula Stone, the heroine of two Foran films, worked up steadily to more important parts. Linda Perry, the leading lady in his current feature, “California Mail”, which comes to the.............. *BNCALTE=Ol nee: , has won added esteem in the eyes of Warner Bros. executives because of the competent manner in which she handled her first part. The young actress, a_ recent graduate of the University of California at Ios Angeles and a resident of Hollywood for most of her life, was signed by the studio after the casting director saw her picture in a radio magazine and asked her to take a test. It proved successful and she was given her first real part in the Western and others are shortly in store for her. Foran, meanwhile, is quite content to continue with his Western films while his leading ladies change from picture to picture. He much prefers his boots-andsaddles to the white-tie-and-tails of drawing room dramas. He'll take his receptive audiences of. youngsters in preference to the more sophisticated grown-ups. And he'll also take the steady weekly check of a Western star in preference to the precarious popularity of a romantic leading man. “California Mail” is a thrilling Western drama with music. 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 lyrics are by M. K. Jerome and Jack Scholl. Dick Foran sings “Ridin’ the Mail” and “Love Begins at Kvening”’. Dick Foran's War Drum Wakes Up The Cops Dick Foran, singing star of Warner Bros. Western film, “California Mail”, now showing at the SR Ree Theatre, has a collection of Indian war paraphernalia the prize item of which is an Apache war drum which can be heard for miles when tapped lightly. So menacing is the beat of this ancient drum that several radio policemen invaded his Hollywood apartment when the small son of his landlord started to thump it during Foran’s absence. Bold Hero af the Bad Lands Dick Foran, the Singing Cowboy, shoots, sings and rides his battle scarred way to stardom in “California Mail”, the Warner Bros. melo drama of pony-express-riding days in the Wild West which comes to UNG aie eis ea ee TPReGYE SOM e 2.25 ee a Mat No. 207—29c Linda Perry Masters Many — Old Dialects for the Air Linda Perry has a fascinating hobby, which is helpful in her work. It is collecting accents. Miss Perry, who is playing the Warner Bros. picture, “California Mail’, now showing at the Seo Ss ee Theatre, at present is proficient in twenty dialects. But she is learning more all the time. She does it by visiting the ee foreign quarters of Los Angeles, patronizing restaurants there and listening closely to conversation. Phen she goes home and practices until she has the dialects mast LINDA PERRY Mat No. 109—10c ered. She uses them in her radio work, which she does in addition to her film work at Warner Bros. studio. For the radio she is required to portray, frequently, the roles of as many as three different people on one program. Miss Perry has the feminine lead in “California Mail’, a_ thrilling Western drama with music, star BIOGRAPHIES Diek Foran Dick Foran was born in Flemington, N. J., June 18, 1910. After attending Mercerberg Academy and Hunn Preparatory School he entered Princeton University, where he was a star on the football, baseball, la crosse and_ ice hockey teams. He was also a member of the Princeton Dramatic and Glee Clubs. : After finishing at Princeton he went to work for the Pennsylvania Railway, and was sent to California. While there he was given a screen test and a contract, his first picture being ‘Stand Up and Cheer”. His pictures include “Guns of the Pecos”, ‘“‘Trailin’ West’, ‘‘Earthworm Tractors”, “Public Enemy’s Wife’’, “The Big Noise’, ‘“‘The Golden Arrow”’, “Treachery Rides the Range’, ‘The Petrified Forest’, “Song of the Saddle’, ‘‘Dangerous”’, ‘‘Shipmates Forever’, “Gentlemen Are Born’’, ‘‘Lottery Lover’, and ‘Moonlight on the Prairie’. His current production is “California Mail’, which comes to the eit aerestnieckorecins Theatre ON..........cccccscscseesse Linda Perry Linda Perry is that rare specimen of the human species who was born in Hollywood and was never inside a motion picture studio until she entered the portals of Warner Bros. to sign her contract. She always was interested in dramatics, but looked more to the stage than films. At the University of California at Los Angeles she majored in dramatics, but as she found no stage opening when she graduated, tried radio work, where she took small parts in dramatic sketches. Her picture in a radio magazine attracted the attention of a Warner Bros. executive who asked her to make a screen test. This she passed with flying colors and was awarded a contract. Her first role was that of the ingenue in ‘‘Two Against the World’’. She is now playing the feminine lead opposite Dick Foran in “California Mail’, which comes to the Shier ncussatgtpeccs TENGatTe:ONsinl...c.aceoras ring “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 lyrics are by. M. K. Jerome and Jack Scholl. The songs sung by Dick Foran are “Ridin’ the Mail” and “Love Begins at Evening”. Guy's Brother Turns To Films The newspaper business lost a budding publisher when Milt Kibbee decided to follow in the acting footsteps of his older brother, Guy. While Guy was already a successful actor, Milton was growing extremely tired of working in their father’s publishing house in Oklahoma. He wrote to Guy, explaining his troubles, and Guy immediately sent for him and got him started in the show business. Now Milt also works for Warner Bros. studio, where Guy is one of the featured comedians. He has an important role in Dick Foran’s new Western, “California. Mail”, which comes to the... Theatre . College Bred Indians Playing In Movie “My, how times change,” may be just a bromide but Dick Foran realized the truth of it when he talked to six Indians with whom he had a running fight in a scene from the Warner Bros. Western, “California Mail”, now showing at Lo eeeer gy eee Theatre. Four were college graduates, one a practicing lawyer and another was an enterprising real estate broker. When times are a bit dull they work in pictures. Starlet Holds Up Film By Losing Her Shoe Until she gets back in modern dress, Linda Perry will not indulge her habit of taking her shoes off between scenes. “T’ve lost one of my shoes,” she wailed to the assistant director one day as he called her for a scene in the Warner’ Bros. Western, “California Mail”, which comes to UL yee pee Theatte Oni.) .nance. with Dick Foran in the stellar role. After a frantic search she found it, hidden between her second and third petticoats. Upon request from the harried director who didn’t want to hold up production while his feminine star looked for her shoes, she will keep them on her feet hereafter. Actress Thrilled By Stage Coach Ride Linda Perry has not yet had the opportunity to fulfill her suppressed desire—to ride on _ the back of a hook-and-ladder fire engine without being stared at. But during the production of the latest Warner Bros. Western, ‘“‘California Mail’, now showing at the ier ssssseeesneeeee LHeatre, She did something which she said was a pretty good substitute: A scene called for her to ride on top of a rolling stage coach as it raced along a mountain road. She enjoyed it greatly and nobody stared at her, for it was all part of the day’s work. Dick Foran, the “Singing Cowboy”, is starred in the film. Linda Perry Leads A Double Life Linda Perry, heroine of Warner Bros. Western “California Mail’, starring Dick Foran, which comes POE DNC cicic-sescccesssce TNEALTE ON: .<ccsesssiees = led a double life during the production of the film. By day she worked in the picture and at night acted in radio dramatic skits over a Los Angeles station, She uses her real name, Ann Tobin, in her air work. Foran's Mail Sack Relic of Old West The mail sack Dick Foran carries in the new Warner Bros. Western “California Mail’, which COMES £0 ENC pina): gn aegscaseesnies Theatre DLE eee ors rare » belonged to a distant relative who was an executive of the old Wells Fargo Express company, and is now the property of Dick’s father who sent it to Hollywood to the “Singing Cowboy”. Dick Foran Dick Foran, the Singing Cowboy, plays his most thrilling role as big Bill Harkness, pony express rider in “California Mail’ the ' Warner Bros. Western now showing at the............0.......008. Theatre. Mat No. 110—10c