Cry Wolf (Warner Bros.) (1947)

“CRY WOLF’”’ PUBLICITY Still No. EF-478 ERROL FLYNN plays the male lead in Warner Bros.’ “Cry Wolf” which comes to the Strand Friday for a week’s engagement. MAT No. 1E Geraldine Brooks Impersonated Katie Geraldine Brooks, the talented young Broadway actress who plays an important featured role in Warner Bros.’ “Cry Wolf,” the Errol Flynn-Barbara Stanwyck starring film now at the Strand, learned her impersonation of Katherine Hepburn from an authority on the subject— Katherine Hepburn herself. That both teacher and pupil were well matched in ability was later proved by the acclaim with which Geraldine was greeted when she performed her impersonation so successfully in ‘Follow The Girls.” Miss Hepburn taught Geraldine to imitate her while the star was entertaining at New York’s Stage Door Canteen and Geraldine was acting as a junior hostess. The two are considered to look much alike, exclusive of the impersonation. Following her inital Broadway success, Miss Brooks was signed by Warner Bros. and was quickly cast in two pictures, “Possessed” and “Cry Wolf.” In the latter she plays Julie, youngest member of the strange Demarest household. (Geraldine Brooks Readers) (Richard Basehart Readers) (Barbara Stanwyck Readers) YOUNG ACTRESS SARTORIAL WHIZ MISS STANWYCK WEARS SLACKS IN 9-FOR-I FROM STAGE IN “CRY WOLF Geraldine Brooks, the young Broadway actress who won tremendous critical acclaim for her performance in the Theatre Guild’s production of ‘The Winter’s Tale,” and who was subsequently signed by Warner Bros. for an important dramatic role in that studio’s forthcoming “Cry Wolf,” is an angel. This is a matter of fact, incidentally, and not solely an editorial opinion. To be exact, the twentyyear-old actress owns five percent of the musical hit, ‘“Oklahoma.” Her interest was a present from father Jimmie Stroock, New York theatrical costumer. “Cry Wolf,” in which the talented youngster plays an important featured role, stars Errol Flynn and Barbara Stanwyck and opens at the Strand Theatre Friday. Still No. G-B-3 LOVELY NEWCOMER from the Broadway stage is Geraldine Brooks, who plays the leading supporting role in “Cry Wolf,” the Warner Bros. adventure -drama starring Errol Flynn and Barbara Stanwyck coming to the Strand on Friday. MAT No. 1G PRODUCTION IN INITIAL ROLE Richard Basehart is the name of the young man whose good fortune it is to make his screen debut as Barbara Stanwyck’s bridegroom in Warner Bros.’ “Cry Wolf,” opening Friday at the Strand. There is, however, one slight hitch to his good fortune. Although the part is “showy” from the point of view of acting ability, sartorially speaking it is quite another story. In fact, young Basehart is called upon to meet his screengoing public for the first time in nothing more elaborate than a pair of old flannel slacks and a sweat shirt. But the astute Warner Bros. ingeniously make it appear as if he is the owner of a wardrobe more elaborate than those of the picture’s costars, Errol Flynn and Barbara Stanwyck, combined. The paradox arose during the filming of “Cry Wolf,” when search was conducted for a way to establish his character and personality, as well as his past life, before he actually appears in the picture. The problem is solved by the camera accompanying Barbara Stanwyck’s glance into a six-foot long closet packed solidly with Basehart’s business and sports suits, riding clothes, and formal attire. Flynn and Basehart Fight Fast For Girl Although Errol Flynn and screen newcomer Richard Basehart fight for the hand of Barbara Stanwyck in Warner Bros.’ current drama at the Strand, “Cry Wolf,” actually the two men appear together in only one scene in the entire picture. Even in this scene, “together” is hardly descriptive, as Basehart no sooner makes his entrance than he knocks Flynn cold before the star has time to speak. The scene that follows, played by Miss Stanwyck and Basehart, takes place with Flynn lying unconscious on the floor. “Cry Wolf’? marks Basehart’s first screen appearance. READERS KISSING SCENE Five kisses for the price of one await alert moviegoers who visit the Strand these days where Warner Bros.’ “Cry Wolf,” the Errol Flynn-Barbara Stanwyck starring film, is now playing. In the suspenseful story of love and terror, Errol Flynn gets to kiss his lovely co-star only once in the entire picture. To give full value, therefore, director Peter Godfrey had the kiss photographed in a variety of ways, totalling five in all. They are as follows: a long shot; a very close close-up, centering on the kiss; a close-up from the right, centering on Flynn; a close-up from the left, centering on Miss Stanwyck; and an overhead shot of the tops of both their heads. Still No. 666-511 STARRING PAIR of “Cry Wolf,” Warner Bros. adventure drama now at the Strand, consists of Errol Flynn and Barbara Stanwyck. The action of the gripping film takes place on a country estate. MAT No. IF Still No. BS 410 BARBARA STANWYCK plays the feminine starring role opposite Errol Flynn in Warner Bros.’ “Cry Wolf,” an adventuredrama with much mystery and romance. The film opens a week’s engagement on Friday at the Strand Theatre. MAT No. 1D Star Wears Own Ring For ‘Cry Wolf Scene The wedding ring Barbara Stanwyck wears in Warner Bros.’ “Cry Wolf,” in. which she currently co-stars opposite Errol Flynn at the Strand, is her own property. The star explains that, while she does not subscribe to the superstition that it’s bad luck to remove one’s wedding ring, nevertheless she believes no good will come from wearing any except the one husband Bob Taylor presented to her. The ring is a narrow yellow gold band, inset with tiny, square-cut rubies désigned by husband Bob himself. First Scene Longest For ‘Cry Wolf? Stars Barbara Stanwyck and Errol Flynn set new records for themselves in the first scene the duo play together in their initial costarring picture, Warner Bros.’ “Cry Wolf,” now at the Strand. Each star learned seven full pages of dialogue for the scene, the longest sequence either has ever been called upon to commit to memory for any one take. Not ‘Nature’-al The old truism that nature isn’t always. sufficiently naturallooking was particularly applicable to the trouble encountered during the filming of country scenes for Warner Bros.’ Cnty. -Wolt;” the Errol Flynn-Barbara Stanwyck starring picture that comes to the Strand on Friday. Advance tests of the deep green, oak-covered hills at Providencia Ranch, where the scenes were to be filmed, revealed that the even tone of grass, underbrush and trees appeared on film as a perfect but paintedlooking backdrop. Director Peter Godfrey therefore ordered transplanting of five truck loads of golden privet to that area, thereby achieving a more varied and natural-looking countryside. “Cry Wolf” was adapted from the novel by Marjorie Carleton. 6 Mat No. 1A Errol Flynn Queen B’s Chair Director Peter Godfrey had Barbara Stanwyck’s set chair redecorated especially for her just before filming began on Warners’ “Cry Wolf,” the romantic drama in which the actress is currently co-starring opposite Errol Flynn at the Strand. The set chair is now white with a maroon canvas seat and back. The whimsical designation of “Queen ‘B’” replaces the erstwhile, and more prosaic, “Miss Stanwyck.” Won ‘Variety’ Vote Richard Basehart, who is currently making his screen debut in an important featured role in Warner Bros.’ “Cry Wolf,” the Errol Flynn-Barbara Stanwyck starring film now at the Strand, was voted the most promising young actor of the year in Variety’s annual poll as a result of his outstanding performance last season in the Broadway production of “The Hasty Heart.” Basehart came to Broadway from a Philadelphia stock company, the Hedgerow Theatre. Crack Riders Idle The two most expert horsemen on tines se Clary: Wolf” set during the picture’s filming rode nothing more spirited than the cam. era truck, while Erro] “@# No. 1B Flynn and Barbara Barbara StanStanwyck wyck, the film’s co-stars, and newcomer Geraldine Brooks, who plays an important featured role in the drama, had to gallop their horses for days over the Providencia hills. Director Peter Godfrey’s first job, at the age of 15, was with a circus. His particular assignment included leaping onto horses’ backs, and riding them, in a standing position, as they galloped around the ring. Monte Blue, who plays the part of the gatekeeper in “Cry Wolf,” was once a driver in the chariot races for Ringling Bros. Circus, and later was graduated into the daring category of standing bareback-rider. No Talking Scene In its first week of production, Warners’ “Cry Wolf,” the Errol Flynn-Barbara Stanwyck starring film now at the Strand, set what is probably the longest shooting record of continued silence in a talking picture since the coming of sound film more than twenty years ago. Not one word of dialogue was spoken throughout the entire week of shooting. The action thus filmed takes place, supposedly, in the wooded hill country of Massachusetts, on a wild, stormy day. Geraldine Brooks, talented young screen newcomer, is seen riding a black horse at break-neck pace, jumping hedges and bushes, then racing a car along a narrow dirt road. Recognizing the passengers in the car, the actress spurs her horse into a gallop and goes off in the opposite direction to hide in the tall brush cloaking the trunks of the great oak trees. On screen, the entire week’s shooting transpires in a matter of a few minutes, but it turns out to be one of the most effective sequences of the film, immediately establishing its mood. Now Respectable Jerome Cowan made his fame and fortune playing screen villains from the time he originally came to Hollywood from the Broadway stage, back in 1936, to do comedy. Cur rently, however, Cowan is, at long last, playing the enviable role of an upstanding citizen and Senator, brother to Errol Flynn, in Warner Bros.’ “Cry Wolf,” now at the Strand. The suspense-drama, which co-stars Errol Flynn and Barbara Stanwyck, also offers prominent supporting roles to two Broadway stage recruits, Geraldine Brooks, formerly of the Theatre Guild, and Richard Basehart, who won critical acclaim as the young Scotsman in “The Hasty Heart.” Cowan appeared recently in another Barbara Stanwyck starring film, “My Reputation.” Mat No. 1C Jerome Cowan