Central Park (Warner Bros.) (1932)

ADVANCE PUBLICITY your Ls story Nationally Known N.Y. Park Locale For ‘Central Park’”’ “*Central Park,’’ a First National picture, featuring Joan Blondell and Wallace Ford, has been scheduled as the coming attrac 116t At the. eS Se Theatre neste —. 25 It is unique in that it catches a cross section of the variegated life that pulses daily through New York City’s great playground. It has caught the spirit and the vivid coloring of its cosmopolitan life and emblazoned it on the screen in a glowing romance. Central park has buried in its bosom more secret romances, more hidden tragedies, probably than any spot in the world. They are of daily occurrence. Ward Morehouse, famous New York dramatie critie and columnist, Wo 6h} Ss watched the flow of life through its gates year after year, has chosen to set forth one of its most thrilling love affairs, one that comes so near to tragedy. There is a bigness in the production, with its panoramie view of passing events, comparable only with that of “Union Depot,” “Grand Hotel” and “Life Begins.” Like these pictures the entire action takes place in a single central location, and all within the space of twenty four hours. It takes a boy and girl, broke, ~—~-nded, hungry, and weaves abont saa JOAN BLONDELL in “CENTRAL PARK” Cut No. 6 Cut 15¢ Mat sc , anamof Crooks. Bi outcasts and wealthy merrymakers, that make up an ordinary lifetime of stirring events. Its breath taking thrills are said to include a battle with an escaped lion, a hunt for a lunatic keeper, a thief chase, a kidnaping, a shooting and other exciting incidents. Joan Blondell and Wallace Ford have been teamed together for the your 2a story “Central Park” Shows New Screen Team In Blondell and Ford A new motion picture team comes to the screen with Joan Blondell and Wallace Ford as the featured players of an unusually. strong cast in the First National picture, “Central Park,’ which opens at the Sass a oe THEAEEOL ON cin coc No more ideal characters could have been selected to play together in the leading roles of this picture, which is packed with thrills and romantic interest. Both Miss Blondell and Mr. Ford, in their days of trouping have undergone the exact experiences of the characters they represent. That is, both have been stranded and broke in their varied careers before they attained to substantial success, just as it happens to the boy and girl in the picture. Others in the cast include such sterling names as Guy Kibbee, Patricia Ellis, Henry B. Walthall, Charles Sellon, Spencer Charters, John Wray, Harold Huber, De Witt Jennings, Holmes Herbert, Henry Armetta and Willard Robertson. The story all takes place in New York’s great playground from which the picture title is taken, and was written by the famous New York dramatist, Ward Morehouse, who also wrote “Big City Blues.” It was adapted by Mr. Morehouse and Karl Baldwin and directed by John Adolfi. first time, in roles for which they are unusually well fitted, having lived the parts, in reality. For both, in their years of touring with road shows, have been stranded, and left penniless and alone. No one could sympathize with the characters they portray better than they. Other important players in the east include Guy Kibbee, Henry B. Walthall, Patricia Ellis, Charles Sellon, Spencer Charters, Harold Huber, John Wray, De Witt Jennings and Holmes Herbert. The scenes, for the most part, were taken on the ground which they represent, a company having been sent to New York for that purpose. The scenes in which the lion appears, however, were taken on the Warner Bros. Ranch in North Hollywood, where a section of the Park was reproduced for picture purposes. This was made necessary because the lion was required to run wild through the scene and with the throngs of people passing in and out of the New York park, it would have been utter folly to release a half-tamed lion that might revert to type at any moment. Earl Baldwin, also familiar with his Central Park, collaborated with i AT : ci a em OE eae ee irected by ae your ord story All “Gentral Park” Action Takes Place Within Single Day Like “Union Depot,” “Grand Hotel” and “Life Begins,” all of the action of the First National picture “Central Park,” scheduled to open Sb thee a ee Theatre NOX on. ee ee , takes place in one central location. The place, as the title indicates, is the great playground situated in the heart of New York City. All of its thrilling drama, its exciting scenes, its comedy and its romance, take place also in twentyfour hours. It begins with the meeting of a boy and girl, broke and stranded and hungry, on a bench in a shaded nook. in the park. It carries the spectator to an exciting episode at a hot dog stand, through the zoo from which a fero-. cious lion escapes, to the famous park Casino, and through the roadways and bypaths in a mad thief chase. Joan Blondell and Wallace Ford head an unusually strong cast of players which includes Guy Kibbee, Patricia Ellis, Henry B. Walthall, Charles Sellon, Spencer Charters, John Wray and Harold Huber. The story was written by the famous Broadway dramatic critic and columnist, Ward Morehouse, who has spent years in and around Central Park. He has hit upon a romantic phase of park life with which the famous playground is teeming. His story picturizes with thrilling intensity the heart throb of life that daily surges through its confines. The sereen play was handled by Mr. Morehouse and Earl Baldwin and directed by John Adolfi.. nS eet Wallace Ford and Joan Blondell in “Central Park,” the new First National picture, which, according to reports will offer a novel idea’ in movie drama. Guy Kibbee will also be seen in the cast of the film, scheduled to open at the... on Cut No.5 Cut 3o0c Mat roc your Mn story Lots Of Excitement In “Central Park” oo “A man’s battle for life with an enraged lion in its cage, a panic on a ballroom floor when the ferocious beast leaps into ,the midst of the dancers, a chase for the escaped animal in the darkness of a park forest, are among the exciting incidents said to make “Central Park,” a First National picture, coming to scree a eae teeta Theatre on Rea er ir ees ,; one of the most thrilling dramas ever depicted on Two animals from the Selig Zoo were used for the scenes in the picture which features Joan Blondell and Wallace Ford, one Jackie, an intelligent and tractable lion that could be depended on to follow directions, and the other Tamar, a ferocious beast that had to. be watched by its keepers every second lest it tear one of the players with its great claws. The lion sequence not only carries a thrill but is an important development in the highly romantic plot in which a boy and _ girl, stranded and broke in the big city, accidentally meet and become sweethearts. The story is one of the many life romances that are born in Central Park, New York, and which Ward Morehouse, Broadway columnist, has seized upon to weave a thoroughly modern and entertaining drama. The sereen play was adapted by Mr. Morehouse, himself, and Earl Baldwin. There is a strong supporting cast which ineludes Guy Kibbee, Patricia Ellis, Henry B. Walthall and Charles Sellon. It was directed by John Adolfi. your D th story Why a Tiny Cut Kept Joan Blondell From Continuing Work A company of players, to say nothing of a temperamental lion, who lashed its tail impatiently, was kept waiting for more than an hour because Joan Blondell cut her finger. It was during the taking of a scene in “Central Park,” the First National picture which opens at the Sot eee Seige NOALLO next It was just a tiny cut, but Malvin Koontz, the lion trainer, noticed Miss Blondell had her hand wrapped in a handkerchief as she was about to enter a wire enclosure in which she was to take part in an act with a lion. Discovering that the finger was bleeding, he immediately sent your Git story “Gentral Park” Has Costly Background “Central Park,” the First National picture, featuring Joan Blondel] and Wallace Ford, which comes to the BS ee at eo ae Theatre on Se depen ee , has what is probably the most costly natural background, as well as a beautiful and romantic one, of any picture produced. That is the great playground of the New York metropolis, which lies in the very heart of Manhattan MOC eee ee RR thousands of dollars the front foot. The original cost of the 843 acres, when the park was laid out in 1857, was but $25,000,000, but now the ground alone, exclusive of its many buildings, museums, its water works and its zoo, as well as the costly relies, is estimated at several billion dollars. It is an ironical fact that the original purchase price of the entire island of Manhattan was but $24, a case of liquor and some beads. For this price the Manhattan Indians gave up their hunting grounds to the Dutch. The park is as beautiful and romantic as it is costly, a meeting place for lovers, for rich and poor, for crooks and honest folk. It is with one of these romances, one that is a near tragedy, with which Ward Morehouse, New York columnist, is concerned in his story, which he has written with the understanding of one who has lived and worked in and around the park for many years. There is a strong supporting cast which ineludes Guy Kibbee, Patricia Ellis, Henry B. Walthall, Charles Sellon, Spencer Charters, Harold Huber, John Wray, De Witt Jennings and Holmes Herbert. The picture was adapted by Mr. Morehouse and Earl Baldwin and directed by John Adolfi. hae her to the first aid station for an air-tight collodion bandage. Ordinarily no attention is paid to small cuts, but Tamar, a savage lion from the Selig Zoo, becomes unmanageable at the smell of blood, according to his keeper. _ The lion scene is but one of a score of thrilling incidents in the picture which is a modern romance set in the background of New York’s famous playground. It was written by Ward Morehouse, Broadway columnist, and _ celebrated dramatic critic, and adapted for the sereen by Mr. Morehouse and Earl Baldwin. There is an unusually strong cast which includes. besides Miss Blondell and Mr. Ford, Guy Kibbee, Patricia Ellis, Henry B. Walthall, Charles Sellon, Spencer Charters, Harold Huber, John Wray, Holmes Herbert and De Witt Jennings. It was directed by John Adolfi. 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