Captured! (Warner Bros.) (1933)

Margaret Lindsay share the leading “Captured” Sets New High In Film Epics! A Picture You'll Long Remember | Leslie (Review) GermanPrisonCamp,Locale Of Amazing Love Story Leslie Howard, Fairbanks Jr., and Paul Lukas Get Everything Out of Their Powerful Roles VER so often a motion picture producer comes thru with a new theme in cinema entertainment that at once sets a new ‘‘style’’ for other producers to follow. In this respect Warner Bros. have shown the way with such memorable films as ‘‘T Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang,,’’ ‘‘Silver Dollar’’ and the more recent successes which once again changed the style ‘again in your mind. namely, ‘‘42nd Street’’ and ‘‘Gold Diggers of 1933.’’ It is quite evident that Warner Bros. aim to keep up this precedent. With their new production ‘‘Captured!’’ which was enthusiastically received by last night’s audience at the Strand Theatre, these modern pioneers of new motion picture themes have given the screen another unusual production which contains all the elements of stark drama and pulsating action, topped only by a love story that springs from the lives of its triangled characters right to the heart. “Captured!” is a big picture in every sense of the word—big from a viewpoint of being entirely different from anything you have seen —big because of its superb cast of three great male stars and one of the most talented and _ beautiful newcomers to the screen. It is indeed absorbing entertainment—screen fare that will linger with you for a long, long time—a picture you'll live over and over Leslie Howard Great When you start fanning about great screen stars, we know you are going to include the performance of Leslie Howard, who with Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Paul Lukas and roles, in “Captured!” Howard is indeed a master of his craft, who surpasses everything he has done before with his characterization of the Victoria Cross Officer, madly in love with his unfaithful wife. Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., makes the most of his unsympathetic role as the soldier who stole the love of his best friend’s wife. He is thoroughly believable and gives a grand performance, while Paul Lukas, is going to add thousands of admirers to his already large following by his keen, sympathetic work as the kindly but efficient Commandant of the German Prison Camp. Margaret Lindsay, looking prettier than ever, carries off her role with charm and assurance. When you go to see “Captured!” you may go expecting to see the unusual, It is an adaptation from the story “Fellow Prisoners” by Sir Philip Gibbs, Britain’s great war correspondent and author. The main drama of “Captured!” concerns the love and lives of three people, Captain Allison—played by Leslie Howard at his best; Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., as Lieutenant Digby, a life long friend of Captain Allison and secretly in love with Allison’s wife played by the charming Margaret Lindsay. Vivid Scenes “Captured!” does not alone hold you with its love plot. There are the awe-inspiring spectacles which hold you spell-bound through the scenes in which thousands of officers and men of the allied armies are held as prigoners of war in a German prison camp behind the Hindenburg Line. These scenes have been created with vivid, yet artistic realism, but only serve as a background for the love-plot. It is in this part that Paul Lukas as Commander Erlich does his best work yet seen on the screen. The thrilling climax to the picture should not be overlooked. Here is a fine example of expert directorship; however, lest we spoil your enjoyment, we will refrain from describing the action. Roy Del Ruth, the director has indeed, ex “CAPTURED” BRINGS YOU FOUR GREAT STARS! A cast of 2000 is headed by the four incomparable stars seen above in the duced by Warner Brothers and now showing at the we find Leslie Howard, English favorite; Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., popular young star; eran of many triumphant roles; and beautiful Margaret Lindsay whose performance in marks her as among the screen’s greatest. CURRENT SHORTS Make-Up Experts Were Kept Busy Making Scars The Warner Bros. make-up department was kept busy for more than a month making sears for Allied prisoners in a German prison camp for scenes in “Captured!” now showing at the Every morning, at least half of the 200 extras used as prisoners, had to be made up with the scars and wounds they wear during the picture. Some of these were saber and bayonet slashes across the face and others scalp wounds. Arms, hands and legs also had to be bandaged and patches put over eyes. It took a corps of men two hours each morning to prepare the players for their work. Leslie Howard, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Margaret Lindsay and Paul Lukas head the all star cast in the picture which is based on a novel by Sir Philip Gibbs. Roy Del Ruth directed. celled himself in the masterly handling of the big scenes as well as the numerous other intricate parts of “Captured!”. The entire cast, individually and collectively play their roles with clear understanding. The fine supporting cast consists of Robert Barrat, Arthur Hohl, William LeMaire, all fine character actors. Special credit should go to the camera men for some of the most striking night photography that has been brought to the sereen. Leslie Howard’s Rest Is Three Hours at Polo Leslie Howard, who is one of the all star cast of players in “Captured!” the Warner Bros. picture, NOW at the. sats s-: Theatre, takes his recreation in strange ways. The work on the German prison camp set for the production was so strenuous that he demanded time for rest. It was given him, so he borrowed a polo pony and rested by chasing a ball across the polo field for three hours without a letup. This exercise served him instead of rest, and he shortly returned to his work with added zest and pleasure, much to the surprise and wonderment of his fellow-stars and workers. Out No.34 Out 45c Mat 1ic Margaret Lindsay Only Plays at Being English Margaret Lindsay who has the leading feminine role of an English girl in the Warner Bros. picture “Captured!” a powerful love drama _| laid in a German prison camp, now Ser a oe Theatre, always speaks with a decided Eng showing at the lish: accent. She was reputed to have been born in,London, but now repudiates it. She admits Dubuque, Ia., as her birthplace, although she did play on the stage in London for some time. “Captured!” a thrillingly dramatic story by Sir Philip Gibbs, carries an all star cast, including Leslie Howard, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Paul Lukas. Ex-German Guard Plays Same Role in ‘Captured!’ While looking for a man to play the role of a guard in the German prison camp picture, “Captured!” the Warner Bros. casting office found that they had on their list of actors a man who had been a guard during the war. The player is Hans Yetter, ex-Sergeant in the Kaiser’s service. He plays in support of Leslie Howard, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Paul Lukas and all star cast, in this picture based on the novel by Sir Philip Gibbs, now Bt Ae enc eres Theatre. Theatre. (Opening Day Story) Howard Heads Large Cast in ‘“‘Captured”’ at State Advance Reports Hail Picture as Powerful Love Drama Laid in German War Prison Camp APTURED!’’ which advance reports indicate to be one of the most important pictures of the year to come out of the Warner Bros. studio, is said to be a powerful drama with an unusually strong love tale that is laid in the German Military Prison Camps during the World War. It opens today at 16 ee Theatre with Leslie Howard, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Paul Lukas and Margaret Lindsay playing the stellar roles. Although most of the action takes place in the prison camp, the strength of the story is said to lie in the unusual triangle involving Howard, Fairbanks and Lindsay who is married to Howard but discovers she loves Fairbanks. Both men are fellow prisoners in the same camp. Vivid dramas of love, hate, jealousy, despair and even madness among the hundreds of men incarcerated : behind the German lines, are climaxed by a most sensational denouement when Howard, as the Victoria Cross officer, discovers his wife and friend’s unfaithfulness. A spectacular delivery of all the prisoners engineered by Howard, his solution to his live problem, and his deed more daring than that for which he won his decoration, are just a few of the highlights that are said to make “Captured!” remarkable entertainment. The produceers, who have already given us such _ outstanding screen fare as “I Am A Fugitive From a Chain Gang,” ‘42nd Street,” “Gold Diggers of [0533525 Ei hee Working Man,” and “The Little ;RSLIE HOWARD Giant,” considOut No. 6 er “Captured!” Gut 15¢ Mat 5e as the strongest es great pictures. Robert Barrat is cast as the prison camp commandant. Margaret Lindsay, the young actress who made such a sensational hit in “Cavalcade,” has the role of the girl Monica, with whom both Howard and Fairbanks are in love. Other players in the extensive cast of “Captured!” are Arthur Hohl, John Bleifer, Philip Faversham, Frank Reicher, Joyce Coad, William LeMaire and J. Carroll Naish. new dramatic triumph proReading from ‘left to right, Paul Lukas, vet“Cavalcade” Ist day of run Film Jobs Easier to Land by Staying Far Away From Hollywood The best way to get into the movies to to stay away from Hollywood. [he movie industry is peculiar in that best results are obtained when she mountain goes to Mohamet. It worked out in the case of John Bleifer, a young Russian actor who zame to America several years ago with a traveling troupe. Ultimately he came to Hollywood to try and srash the movies, but after a few months, he gave up and returned to New York. While playing in the stage production of “Clear All Wires” on Broadway, he was given a contract to play the same role on the screen. Warner Bros. seeing his excellent work in this picture engaged him to German Milkmaid in “Captured!” Is Irish Joyee Coad, who has one of the two feminine roles in the Warner Bros. picture, “Captured!” now showing at the Theatre, was selected for the role of a German peasant girl, because she looks the part. In reality she is of IrishFrench descent, born in Cheyenne, Wyo. She is one of a set of triplets. Margaret Lindsay has the other feminine role in a cast of more than 200 males, headed by Leslic Howard, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Paul Lukas, Arthur Hohl and Robert Barrat. Arthur Hohl Proficient dramatic picture of theis—year—lb__ brutal ~— With Cockney Dialect Arthur Hohl, while born in Pittsburgh, has mastered the Cockney dialect so thoroughly that Leslie Howard, an Englishman, who is playing with Hohl in the Warner Bros. picture, “Captured!” now showing at HG. oe eects Theatre, asked him how long he had been in America. Hohl has the role of a Cockney soldier in a German prison camp and his language would do credit to a London Eastsider. He also used a cockney dialect for a previous picture, “The Narrow Corner.” play the part of a Russian Officer in “Captured!”, Sir Philip Gibbs’ thrilling novel of love and adventure in a German prison camp, which is now on the sereen of the Theatre. The same method has spelled movie success for many of the present Hollywood luminaries. It is a quicker and surer route than coming to Hollywood unbidden. “Captured!” carries an all star cast with Leslie Howard, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Paul Lukas, Margaret Lindsay and Arthur Hohl in the leading roles. Page Nine