Cry Wolf (Warner Bros.) (1947)

“CRY WOLF’ FLYNN-STANWYCK TEAM Still No. 666-72 ERROL FLYNN and BARBARA STANWYCK look down from a balcony of the old mansion in a scene from “Cry Wolf,” the Warner Bros. adventure drama now playing at the Strand Theatre. MAT No. 2D (Advance Reader) FLYNN COMING IN “CRY WOLF’ Warner Bros.’ “Cry Wolf,” forthcoming romantic melodrama starring Errol Flynn and Barbara Stanwyck, begins a local engagement Friday at the Strand Theatre. Others prominent in the competent supporting cast include two screen newcomers, Geraldine Brooks and Richard Basehart, as well as Jerome Cowan, John Ridgely, Patricia White, Rory Mallinson and many more. The screenplay by Catherine Turney, based on Marjorie Carleton’s widely read novel, “Cry Wolf,” was directed by Peter Godfrey for producer Henry Blanke, with original music by Franz Waxman. (Opening Day) STRAND OPENS CRY WOLF Errol Flynn and _ Barbara Stanwyck share stellar billing in Warner Bros.’ “Cry Wolf,” new drama of love and suspense, which opens tonight at the Strand Theatre. An _ excellent company of supporting players includes screen newcomers Geraldine Brooks and Richard Basehart, as well as veteran performers Jerome Cowan, John Ridgely and Helen Thimig. Produced by Henry Blanke, “Cry Wolf” was adapted for the screen by Catherine Turney from Marjorie Carleton’s novel of the same name and was directed by Peter Godfrey. Franz Waxman contributed the original music. (Geraldine Brooks Reader) Starlet Also an ‘Angel’ Twenty year-old Geraldine Brooks, who plays an important featured role in Warner Bros.’ forthcoming “Cry Wolf,” is a very modest young lady. Geraldine, a member of the Theatre Guild on Broadway before Warner Bros. signed her for pictures, quickly endeared herself to the “Cry Wolf” studio crew but modestly wondered if it was personal popularity or the fact that she owns 5% of the stage hit, “Oklahoma.” It seems that, as part owner, (albeit a fractional one) Geraldine is an excellent source for tickets to the perpetually sold-out show. “Cry Wolf,’ which co-stars Errol Flynn and Barbara Stanwyck, opens Friday at the Strand. Errol Flynn Sets Up Fund for Sea Study On a recent cruise through Mexican waters aboard his yacht, The Zaca, Errol Flynn, who is currently co-starring with Barbara Stanwyck in Warners’ “Cry Wolf,” at the Strand, became interested in the study of certain rare specimens of marine life. The star now hopes to set up a fund for further research in the field and promises more details about it soon. Opportunity Knocks Thrice for Stanwyck If it were true that opportunity knocks but once, Barbara Stanwyck would not currently be eo-starring opposite Errol Flynn in Warner Bros.’ exciting new film drama, “Cry Wolf,” now at the Strand. Two separate opportunities fell through before the actress, on a third chance, won her first screen assignment in a picture entitled “The Locked Door.” PUBLICITY (Errol Flynn Feature) Flynn Fights in Film But in Different Way Errol Flynn, who usually does battle on the screen with the florid aid of sword or gun, in elaborate costume befitting the particular period portrayed, does a brand new switch in Warner Bros.’ “Cry Wolf,” currently at the Strand Theatre. And although the star is still stalwartly meeting danger headon, it should be noted that he is now engaged in a new kind of combat which he tackles in a remarkably different manner. In the first place, in “Cry Wolf,’ the Warner drama in which he co-stars with Barbara Stanwyck, Flynn is dressed in contemporary civilian clothes for his role as a leading scientist and guardian of a contested estate. The film’s action takes place in a vast Massachusetts country estate replete with stately old mansion, stables, outlying cottages and rolling hills. At night, unseen terror abounds. Mysterious sounds are heard and death stalks the broad halls. Miss Stanwyck who, against her will, falls in love with the dashing Flynn, believes him part and parcel of all the strange happenings and inasmuch as he cannot reveal the truth, he is under suspicion throughout most of the film. How he fights a blind fight against an overpowering enemy and_ eventually emerges victorious to claim the love of Miss Stanwyck, forms the basis of one of the most exciting melodramas to come from Hollywood in a long while. In addition to the two stars, “Cry Wolf” boasts an excellent company of players, including screen newcomers Geraldine Brooks and Richard Basehart, and veteran actors Jerome Cowan, John Ridgely, Helene Thimig and many more. Based on Marjorie Carleton’s novel of the same name, “Cry Wolf” was adapted for the screen by Catherine Turney. Peter Godfrey directed for producer Henry Blanke. The film’s original music was composed by Franz Waxman. (Richard Basehart Feature) Red Ants Harass Actor When screen newcomer Richard Basehart went before a motion picture camera for the first time in Warners’ “Cry Wolf,” he had to play a love scene with Barbara Stanwyck, who co-stars in the film opposite Errol Flynn. The script called for the pair to confront each other in a sylvan glade. Action began as_ they leaned against a live oak tree, transported from its home in the hills to a Warner Bros. sound stage, for that purpose. When the scene was completed, seasoned trouper Barbara Stanwyck addressed Basehart solicitously. “Were you nervous?” she inquired, “T certainly was — and am,” the young man replied. “I feel as if I have something crawling all over me.” | DRAMA ON STRAND SCREEN Still No. 666-6 Miss Stanwyck looked — and gasped. “You have!” she exclaimed. “Ants!” The ants, it developed, had come with the tree. Richard Basehart is the young man who, as a star of the Broadway stage, was signed by Warner Bros. from his role of Lachlan McLachlan in “The Hasty Heart.” Dick hails from Zanesville, Ohio. First reporter, then radio announcer and surveyor, he had, nevertheless a yen for the stage. On the spur of the moment, he drove all night for try-outs at the Hedgerow Theatre in Philadelphia, was accepted and stayed for four years before his debut on Broadway. There he played in “Counterattack,” “Hickory Stick,” and “Othello.” BARBARA STANWYCK and Richard Basehart in a tense moment from “Cry Wolf,” the Warner Bros. adventure drama coming Friday to the Strand, Basehart is a Hollywood newcomer in his first role. MAT No. 2E