Dames (Warner Bros.) (1934)

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Herbert Hiccoughs All Day For Film And Can’t Stop It Hugh Herbert is the hiccough expert of Hollywood, but he is willing to relinquish the title to anyone who wants it. In the Hugh Herbert, Warner Bros.’ inimitable comedian, who clowns his way through “Dames,” the new musical hit, coming to the Strand. Mat No. 3—10ce Warner Bros. special musical “Dames,” now showing at the HSH Theatre, in which Hugh appears with Joan Blondell, Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, ZaSu Pitts, Guy Kibbee and others, Hugh plays the role of an eccentric millionaire who frequently suffers with hiccough attacks following nervousness or excitement. There was one day during production in which Hugh was required to hiccough from early morning to night and when he finally went home, he was a tired man. He didn’t want to ever hear the word “hiccough” again. He had been home only two hours when it happened. He had a real case of hiccoughs and a physician had to be called to end the attack. The picture is a hilarious musical comedy romance with spectacular numbers staged by Busby Berkeley, in which 300 beautiful girls take part. Music and lyrics were written by three teams of noted songsters, Warren and Dubin, Fain and Kahal, and Dixon and Wrubel. Ray Enright directed from the screen play by Delmer Daves, based on the stoty by Robert Lord and Daves. Page Six Powell and Keeler Are Again Paired As Screen Lovers Ever since were in their flickering stages, motion pictures movie teams have been popular. In fact, all true unions of movie players have been the result of public approval. One of the recent pairings of youthful personalities for the camera was that of Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler, Al Jolson’s wife. This couple made their film debut in the Warner Bros. musical, “42nd Street,” were together again in “Gold Diggers of 1933” and “Footlight Parade.” The movie going public voiced its approval of the screen lovers to such an extent that the combination was continued. Now they are co-starred with Joan Blondell in Warner Bros.’ mammoth musical, “Dames,” which comes to the ............000.. TPhoOatre ON... ahah The picture is a hilarious musical comedy romance with spectacular number staged by Busby Berkeley in which 300 beautiful girls take part. Others in the cast include ZaSu Pitts, Guy Kibbee, Hugh Herbert, Arthur Vinton and Phil Regan. Music and lyrics were written by three teams of noted songsters, Warren and Dubin, Fain and Kahal, and Dixon and Wrubel. Ray Enright directed from the sereen play by Delmer Daves, based on the story by Robert Lord and Daves. Genuine Oddities e Star Stories e Personal Notes As suggested in The Film Daily’s poll of motion picture editors Catchy Songs For ‘Dames’ Written By 3 Ace Song Teams Joan Blondell, Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler all display their singing abilities in the Warner, Bros. special musical “Dames,” which comes to the Behe h aot ist tee MHC AELG~ ONS re cstss cc ckace Joan sings “The Girl at the Ironing Board,’ a novelty song by Al Dubin and Harry Warren, and Dick sings “I Have Only Eyes For You,” in which Ruby Keeler joins in the mammoth Busby Berkeley ensemble number. The latter song is also from the ace-team of Warren and Dubin, who also composed the theme song “Dames.” The catchy air “When You Were A Smile On Your Mother’s Lips,” was written by Irving Kahal and Sammy Fain and is sung by Dick to Ruby in a Berkeley “trick” sequence. Joan is heard singing “Try To See It My Way,” in a theatre scene, and Dick Powell is also heard singing it in the sequence which takes place in the office of a theatrical producer. Phil Regan, “The Singing Cop” of radio fame, recently playing in pictures, sings, “Anything That’s Part of You” and this engaging tune was written by Morton Dixon and Allie Wrubel, writers of the “Try To See It My Way” number. “Dames,” which is a hilarious musical comedy spiced with romance, carries an all star cast which includes ZaSu Pitts, Guy Kibbee, Hugh Herbert, Arthur Vinton and others. JOAN NEVER WORKS INA : FILM WitHOuT WEARING THE TOTEMPOLE GARTERS ‘| SENT TO HER EARLY IN HER CAREER By ALASKAN INDIANS / 30 TONS OF STEEL WERE USED To CONSTRUCT THE MAGNIFICENT BYES | | FOR YOU'SCENE IN |4 “DAMES Ano MORE THAN G MILES OF STITCHES WENT INTO THE CHORUS GIRLS” COSTUM ee FREAK FACTS... . 5007 HIM FAVORITES WON FAME AS A NIGHT-CLUB GIRL BUT HAS ONLY BEEN INA NIGHT CLUB ONCE SINCE MARRYING AL JOLSON / WHO CAN PLAY ALMOST EVERY MUSICAL INSTRUMENT NEVER TOOK A LESSON IN HIS LIFE, 4 4 %, r™ SX’ Be ee 1 Eg ors LLL Ly fi dE These and a host of other popular stars are appearing in Warner Bros.’ latest musical, ‘‘Dames.’’, Mat No. 30—20c (Note: These items also may be written up as short program squibs and for local movie columns.) Ruby Keeler Holds Marital Happiness Above Film Career Other movie actresses in Hollywood may go on their merry way proudly flaunting their respective screen names as they submerge married names, but Ruby Keeler is different. She is, first of all, Mrs. Al Jolson. After that she is Ruby Keeler. Ruby Keeler, who has one of the stellar roles in the new Warner Bros. musical hit, “Dames,” now showing at the ................. Theatre, isn’t the girl who shouts from the housetops that she must maintain her individuality—that she has a career of her own to handle—that she fears her public will like her less knowing she is married. Ruby holds everything in life secondary to her husband’s happiness. Nothing in Ruby’s world would be worth sacrificing her wedded happiness for and she isn’t interested in taking risks, she says. On the Warner Bros. lot, Ruby’s modest little coupe is frequently parked outside the sound stage where “Dames” is being filmed. On the doors are tiny initials “R.J.”, and that is Ruby in real life—Ruby Jolson. “Dames” is a mammoth musical spectacle with novel num ‘bers created and staged by Bus by Berkeley in which 300 beautiful chorus girls take part. There is an all star cast which includes, besides Miss Keeler, Joan Blondell, Dick Powell, ZaSu Pitts, Guy Kibbee, Hugh Herbert and Phil Regan. Catchy airs were written by three teams of ace writers, Warren and Dubin, Fain and Kahal, and Dixon and Wrubel. Ray Enright directed from the screen play ‘by Delmer Daves, based on the story by Robert Lord and Daves. \ GRR SE Taey: Average Berkeley Cutie is Average American Beauty She is five feet, four and onehalf inches tall; weighs 118; has blonde hair and blue eyes. That description represents the physical appearance of the average girl among the 300 in the ensembles of Busby Berkeley in the Warner Bros. special musical Ruby Keeler, charming dancing star of Warner’s “Dames,” now at the Strand. Mat No. 14 10c “Dames,” which comes to the Saar y ‘PheahreOl <,.0 ens The weight and height measurements are actual, the color of hair and eyes being determined by percentage. There were, in a mathematical survey conducted, 54 percent blondes, 32 percent brunettes and 14 percent red-haired. A total of 56 percent had blue eyes, 30 percent were brown and hazel colored, and 14 percent were of greenish hue. She has finished high school and had two years of college,— the average Berkeley beauty. She is not only self-supporting, but contributes to the support of her family, a good proportion being the sole support of dependant relatives. She is from the middle west or the south, this mythical average miss, for “home town” lists disclose the greater number come from those localities. Miss “Average” is sincere in her work. She hopes to win suc cess in her career, but to her there is no glamor in her task. It’s her vocation. Getting ahead means hard work and she is willing to endure it. She yearns for stardom, but has no illusions about Cinderella stories. She knows that cinema “finds” are few and far between. This average girl gets lots of sleep. She knows the value of health and doesn’t dissipate. She plays bridge, knits or indulges in sound reading when on the set between scenes. She is happy, but’ not giddy. She is, when all is said, not only the average Busby Berkeley beauty, but the average American girl. The stars in the hilarious musical comedy, “Dames,” include Joan Blondell, Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, ZaSu Pitts, Guy Kibbee and Hugh Herbert. Ray Enright directed. Guy Kibbee eo3eR nt syenmescnaar Comedians come and go, but the down-to-earth, homespun type of comedy that Guy Kibbee revels in, will be popular forever. Guy is appearing in “Dames,” Warner Bros.’ new idea in musicals, coming to the Strand Theatre on Wednesday. Mat No. 11—10c