Dark Hazard (Warner Bros.) (1934)

Ad vance Features Little Giant.’’ son’s case. picture, though he divorced one to marry the other. Otherwise and elsewhere, the First National star has been the perfect loser in affairs of the heart. Even when he apparently wins, he loses. In his pictures, he is always marrying the wrong woman, or losing the right one to a luckier man. And in his latest picture, “Dark Hazard,” which comes to the............ sibtieh spec BEG OR isin 5 sccecsecansnnr ey Robinson still runs true to form. When his irresistable urge for gambling in any form causes his wife played by Genevieve Tobin to run out on him for another man. Robertson is the best meaning fellow in the world in “Dark Hazard,” yet he simply can’t keep his promise to quit gambling. In “I Loved A Woman,” his last picture before “Dark Hazard,” Eddie was still more unlucky in love. He married Genevieve Tobin, daughter of a fellow meat-packer, Mat No. 4 Page Four Scores Triumph in’ Dark Hazard” FERAL SOATEST LL EI IOS EIEN. SEES SEELEY AIEEE NEL BEI DE IEE EIRENE, ttdward G. Robinson, star of many successes returns to the lists again, this time as the central figure in W. R. Burnett’s intriguing tale of dog racing, “Dark Hazard.” The First National picture, made from the best-selling novel of the same name, will open its run at the Strand Theatre next Wednesday. The star is supported by Genevieve Tobin, Glenda Farrell and other prominent stars. Edward G. Robinson Proves Unluckiest Screen Lover Loses Genevieve Tobin in “Dark Hazard’’ Just As He Loses Love in Every Other Picture DWARD G. ROBINSON is the most consistently unlucky lover that the sereen has ever seen. Maybe his record for romantic failure as a motion picture hero isn’t an absolute 100% —after all, he did win Mary Astor at the finish of ‘‘The But that’s only the exception which proves the rule in RobinPerhaps ‘‘Silver Dollar’’ can be counted as another one, for he had two women who were devoted to him in that only to find her a cold, self-satisfied, uncongenial companion. Then he met Kay Francis, as a dazzling young opera singer, fell madly in love with her—and ultimately discovered that she merely used him as a stepping-stone to success and fame. It’s the same story ,right back through the line of Robinson pictures. In “Tiger Shark,” the girl he marries falls in love with his best friend, the first mate of his vessel. In “Two Seconds,” Eddie is rooked into a marriage with a woman who sees him only as a meal ticket, and he goes to the chair for killing her after he has found her to be unfaithful. Even as the Chinese hero of “Honorable Mr. Wong,” Robinson fared no better. His little almondeyed bride had an affair with the man she really loved soon after her marriage to Robinson. In “Five Star Final,” Robinson was blind to Aline MaeMahon’s adoration of him. Price 10c And in “Little Caesar” he was too much of an egoist to be in love with any woman. Robinson takes his ill-luck in love on the screen with philosophical resignation. “On the screen or on the stage, it’s often better to be the one who loves and loses,” he said: in discussing his mishaps as a motion picture lover. “There’s more drama in the man who loses, for one thing, and he’s sure to get more of the audience’s sympathy. Besides which, I’m not the gallant lover type. ’m no Romeo or d@’Artagnan or Monsieur Beaucaire. “The roles that I feel most at home in are those in which the} character is using his brains, think| ing hard all the time, matching his wits with opponents and adversar| ies, human and otherwise and, win-| ning or losing, goes down fighting. | I’m perfectly content to play the characters that I have been identi Popular Blonde Screen Star fied with, and leave “sheiking”’ to the rest of the field,” “Dark Hazard” is based on the popular novel by W. R. Burnett, author of “Little Caesar,” in which Robinson made his first sensational screen hit. It has for its theme the inconquerable passion for gambling of a most sympathetic character who wouldn’t harm anyone but himself with the colorful setting of a greyhound racing track. Others in the east include Genevieve Tobin, Glenda Farrell, Gordon Westcott, Hobart Cavanaugh, Willard Robertson and Emma Dunn. Alfred E. Green directed the picture | Glenda Farrell reaches a new peak of achievement in ““Dark Hazard,” from the sereen play by Ralph| Edward G. Robinson’s latest starring vehicle, coming to the Strand. Mat No.14 Price 10c Block and Brown Holmes. “Dark Hazard” Written By Author of “Little Caesar” Edward G. Robinson Again Starred in Story by W. R. Burnett Who Wrote His First Smash Hit ISTORY repeats itself, but it doesn’t often repeat itself within as short a space of time as in the case of W. R. Burnett, celebrated Amer ican novelist, and Edward G. Robinson, equally celebrated First National movie star. Only about three years ago a novel from the pen of a then unknown writer made him famous overnight. That novel was ‘‘Little Caesar’’ and the author was W. R. Burnett. ‘‘Little Caesar’’ made screen history as sensationally as it made literary history. First National bought the motion picture rights to the novel and east for the title role Edward G. Robinson, then a newcomer to motion pictures, though well known in the Broadway theatre. ‘‘ Little Caesar’’ made Robinson a star. It started a cycle of gangster pictures, but none that could compare with it. This year another novel from the pen of W. R. Burnett leaped into the best-selling class. ‘‘Dark Hazard,’’ though completely different in characters and plot from ‘‘ Little Caesar’’ caught the public fancy as completely as Burnett’s earlier work had done, and the producers predict ‘*Dark Hazard’? in picture form will duplicate the sensational sereen success of ‘‘Little Caesar.’? And here history began doubling on its own tracks. First National again bought the sereen rights to ‘‘Dark Hazard’’—and singularly enough, selected Edward G. Robinson to play the stellar role in this colorful drama of a well meaning but inveterate gambler who loves animals, racing mankind and gambling too much to retain the love of the wife he adores. With the same producer, star and author that made ‘‘Little Caesar’’ one of the sensations of talking pictures collaborating on the production of ‘‘Dark Hazard,’’? one can look forward to an unusual picture, as being the result. When ‘‘Dark Hazard’’ has its premiere at the 25035. san8 theatre HAVER <1 paseo eine ir pala cr ,» Edward G. Robinson will be seen in a role that is a distinct departure from both his earlier characterizations and his more recent ones. This time he is neither an underworld king, nor a captain of industry. ‘‘Buck’’ Turner, the character played by the star, is a born gambler, following Lady Luck wherever she leads him, broke one day, rolling in wealth the next. The picturesqueness of horse racing is intermingled in ‘‘Dark Hazard,’’ with the newer thrill and glamor of the greyhound tracks, now a popular field sport in America, England and Australia. The title ‘‘ Dark Hazard,’’ has been named after the champion greyhound racer ‘‘Dark Hazard,’’ belonging to Robinson and which much of the Stars of Strand Sensation drama, thrills, pathos and romance of the picture revolves. An exceptionally able cast was chosen to interpret the story with Robinson. Genevieve Tobin, who |made such a decided hit as the neg lected wife in Robinson’s last picture, **T Loved A Woman,’’ plays the part of Marge Turner, Buck’s wife. Glenda Farrell, one of the best known First } National featured players, recently seen in such pictures as ‘‘Bureau of } Missing Persons,’’ ‘‘Havana Widows,’’? and ‘The Keyhole,’’ has the colorful role of Valerie, Buck Turner’s flippant former flame who turns up at a most unopportune moment after he has married another girl. Other important roles are played | by Robert Barrat, who will be remembered in ‘‘Lilly Turner,’’ ‘‘] Loved A Woman’? and ‘‘The Kennel Murder Case’’; Gordon Westcott, who has recently appeared in such successes as ‘‘The World Changes,’’ ‘*Pootlight Parade’? and ‘‘The Working Man’’ and Hobart Cavan| augh in the role of Marge Turner’s ne’er-do-well brother. Alfred E. Green, one of Hollywood’s ace directors had charge of this Edward G. Robinson picture. Edward G. Robinson and Genevieve Tobin in a scene from “Dark Hazard,” latest First National hit, coming Wednesday to the Strand. Mat No. 9 Price 10c Neer nnn ree rer SSS SSS SSP SSS cS ree