Dangerous (Warner Bros.) (1935)

“Helping her is like shaking hands with the devil—the worst luck of all!” | | Ae Aig Bette Davis Names Men Who Can Make Love Best Likes Method of Franchot Tone Who Is Her Lover in “‘Dangerous” Few actors can make screen love convincingly ! ‘“Words’’ are the stumbling block, in the opinion of Bette Davis, who heads the all star cast in the Warner Brothers drama, ‘‘Dangerous,’’ which comes to _ the MOR. a bi a aera Theatea-0u. -. io ee ‘In the silent days, love scenes attained great popularity and length,’’ the actress said, ‘‘but in talking pictures they are becoming fewer and fewer because of the great difficulty in handling them properly. “With the addition of dialogue, the elusiveness of love which should have been tender with enchanting distance was tossed right into audiences’ laps. Self conscious actors would stumble over something intended to be very serious and beautiful. “There are five actors whom I believe combine dialogue and action with sufficient adroitness to make these important scenes completely believable. Each one is a different type of lover and handles the scenes with a distinct method which suits his personality.” George Brent, Bette thinks, has found the secret of making love light-heartedly. “Very few couples in love indulge in high sounding phrases when talking,” continues Miss Davis. “They usually kid each other. George’s sense of humor always crops out to make romantie sequences seem natural. However, his undercurrent of seriousness makes them completely sincere. “Through restraint, Franchot Tone, my lover in ‘Dangerous,’ has attained honesty. He never exaggerates but tones his actions down. By letting audiences imagine his feelings, he more nearly approximates the feeling attained in silent pictures.’ Charles Boyer is another of her choices. “His continental fervor gives him more leeway than American actors in saying the tender and passionate words of love in front of a camera,” she explained. “James Cagney, in his hard, tough roles, handles love scenes of that type better than any other actor on the screen. Even when he is playing a quiet and restrained part, picture goers can feel his power.” The Light That Lies DORE REL ELIOR. He Found Her Dangerous Franchot Tone Takes Singing Lessons Franchot Tone, playing in the Warner Bros. production, “Dangerous,” which comes to the REA en See theatre ony oes spent half of his lunch hour every day during the filming of the picture taking singing lessons. His teacher is Senor Morando. The actor is not trying for roles in any of the great number of musical pictures which Hollywood studios are now making. He still prefers dramatie roles. He sings merely for his own amusement and has been taking the lessons more as self-discipline. John Eldredge has the role of Bette Davis’ unwanted and unloved husband in the Warner Bros. picture “Dangerous” which opens SA OSH (Kes Sat a eae TR6Gtes0Nse Ae ect , Mat No. 2083—20c “Dick Powell best personifies the young fellows in love with the girl around the corner. His combination of shyness and cocksureness is believable. “Dangerous” is a dramatic story of a beautiful and brilliant actress who wrecks the lives of those she contacts and finally her own. Bette Davis has the part of the actress with Franchot Tone playing opposite her. Others in the cast include Margaret Lindsay, John Eldredge, Alison Skipworth, Walter Walker and Richard Carle. Alfred E. Green directed. One look into the eyes of Bette Davis, and Franchot Tone joins Leslie Howard, of “Of Human Bondage” and Paul Muni of “Bordertown” in succumbing to her fatal attraction. This time it’s in the Warner Bros. picture “Dangerous” now playing at the a oeNae hn eS i. OR Theatre. Mat No. 206—20c Superstition Of Actors Is Hokum Says Miss Davis Bette Davis has the role of an actress haunted by a jinx in the Warner Bros. picture “Dangerous,” now showing at the........ theatre, but she only laughs at them in real life. The least superstitious actress on the sereen, she pays no attention to the complicated rote of theatrical superstition. She whistles in her dressing room when she feels like whistling. Broken mirrors only bother her because she is thrifty, not because of seven years bad luck. The jinx in the picture only indirectly attacks the character she portrays. It is directed at those with whom she comes in contact. Shows in which she is starred, fail. Her leading man dies on the night of an opening. Men she knows commit suicide or go bankrupt. Soon producers grow afraid of her and won’t sign her. But it’s just in the picture to Bette Davis. In real life she labels superstition as hokum. “Dangerous” igs the dramatic story of a beautiful and brilliant actress who wrecks the lives of those who love her by her own selfishness and ambition. Finally her own life is wrecked, but she is rescued from the gutter and again proceeds to ruin those with whom she comes in contact, until she is awakened to the wrong she is doing in a startling and unusual climax. In the cast with Bette are Franchot Tone, Margaret Lindsay, Alison Skipworth, John Eldredge and Dick Foran. Alfred E. Green directed the picture from the screen play by Laird Doyle. Margaret Lindsay Still Harassed By Stagefright Young Star Now in “Dangerous’”’ Suffers Fear Despite Her Experience If there is one single quality which motion picture audiences identify with Margaret Lindsay, it is ‘‘poise.’’ The fan mail of the actress, now playing in the Warner Bros. picture, ‘‘Dangerous,’’ which comes to the........... theatre Bie , bears this out. Letters from young and old alike, pour in from every quarter of the earth, asking her how to capture this elusive quality which they say she has. “T can’t answer them. Poise is something which I don’t have,” the actress surprisingly answers. “Whatever calmness or selfsufficiency I may display is purely superficial. Beneath it all, I am as self-conscious and nervous as any of these girls who write to me asking how to gain poise. “The first few days on a new picture before I become accustomed to it really give me the ‘jitters.’ This is real stage fright. “T don’t like to talk too much since I dislike saying something that I don’t mean or that would perhaps embarrass someone else. Whatever superficial poise which the actress had, she thinks is due entirely to dramatic training. Only when the boards of a stage are under her feet does she feel complete self-assurance, but this training has taught her how to mask her feeling when off stage. Posture, voice control, and the other things she learned are really responsible for this quality which others call poise. “It isn’t though,” the actress wistfully concluded. In “Dangerous,” Miss Lindsay plays the role of a society girl with perfect poise. The picture is a dynamic drama taken from the life of a beautiful and brilliant Broadway actress. There is an all star cast which includes Bette Davis, Franchot Tone, Miss Lindsay, John Eldredge, Dick Foran and Alison Skipworth. Alfred E. Green directed the picture from the story and screen play by Laird Doyle. Actress Likes Medium Length Cocktail Gown Although a new tendency toward shorter skirt lengths in eocktail dresses has been seen from time to time, Orry-Kelly, Warner Bros. stylist, has shunned it in making such a gown for Margaret Lindsay in “Dangerous,” which comes to the....... theatre on isc aar ae “T like a cocktail skirt a little longer than a street dress, and a Margaret Lindsay in “Dangerous” little shorter than a dinner dress, but only for a daytime affair, when I must appear on the street going to and from the party,” said Miss Lindsay. “For more formal occasions, or when one is entertaining at home, the cocktail dress should be long.” Miss Lindsay, playing hostess at a cocktail party in the film, wears a long gown of brown silk, shot with gold threads to make it glitter. Miss Lindsay has the role of a wealthy society girl in “Dangerous,” a dynamic drama taken from the life of a beautiful and brilliant Broadway actress. There is an all star cast which includes Bette Davis, Franchot Tone, Miss Lindsay and John Eldredge. As The Artist Sees Her Pen portrait of Bette Davis, star of the Warner Bros. drama “Dan gerous” in which the charming young star has her greatest emo tional role. It is now playing at the. Theatre. Mat No. 202—20c Page Fifteen