Each Dawn I Die (Warner Bros.) (1939)

BRIEF ITEMS —"“EACH DAWN I DIE” Mat 208—30c¢ Jane Bryan promises to stand by, as James Cagney is taken off to prison. Scene is from “Each Dawn I Die,” currently at the Strand. "Twas A Long Time Between Kisses Jane Bryan worked in the opening scenes of ‘‘ Each Dawn I Die,’’ the Warner Bros. prison drama starring James Cagney and George Raft, which is now showing at the Strand Theatre. Then she had au five week vacation while the company did scenes in the prison settings. Reporting back to the set finally, she had Assistant Director Frank Heath introduce her to Cagney as a gag. Cagney, however, came right back with: ‘‘Oh, yes, I remember you. You’re the girl I kissed in the courtroom,’’ Joe Downing Suffers Many Film ‘Deaths’ The stage play ‘‘Dead End’’ made Joe Downing what he is today, one of the most sinister villains in the acting profession. It also made it impossible for him to survive a motion picture. He has been ‘‘killed’’ in almost every fashion conceived by the fertile imaginations of the scenarists, in the two years he has been im films. Next to the last time Downing worked in a picture with James Cagney he was shot in a telephone booth. That was in ‘‘ Angels With Dirty Faces.’’ His latest picture with Cagney is ‘‘Each Dawn I Die,’’ now showing at the Strand. In this one he is stabbed in the back in a prison auditorium. Jail Lures Actor Joe Downing says he now knows it’s true that criminals always go back to their old haunts. Joe, after being discharged from the “Each Dawn I Die” prison at the Warner Bros. Studio, showed up on the set each day to watch James Cagney and George Raft work. The prison picture is the eurrent attraction at the Strand Theatre. Became A Habit After he had finished ‘‘ Each Dawn I Die,’’ the Warner Bros. picture now showing at the Strand Theatre, and was out of prison, James: Cagney amused himself by breaking rock for a walk at his new Beverly Hills home. Maybe it was habit. Reporter At Last James Cagney, who once aspired to be a newspaperman, plays his first reporter role for the screen in Warner Bros.’ ‘‘ Each Dawn I Die,’’ which is currently showing at the Strand Theatre. His too capable job of reporting, incidcntally, lands him in the ‘‘pen.’’ Absolutely no pun intended! Job Applicant Had Right Background Film Director William Keighley was selecting “types” to play convicts in Warner Bros.’ prison feature, “Each Dawn I _ Die,” which is now show:ng the Strand Theatre, and there were twice as many applicants as there. were jobs. Finally Keighley completed his roster and told the other men they could go. “Wait a minute,” objected one lantern-jawed chap. “You mean I can’t have a job? Why I spent five years in stir, working on them twine mill machines. Don’t a man’s background mean anything to you movie people?” Jory Is Patron Of Cagney Art Included in what Victor Jory calls his ‘‘Cagney Collection’’ is the first and last pen and ink sketch James Cagney ever sold. Cagney, who sketches as a hobby, allowed one of his drawings to be auctioned off at a charity benefit in San Franziseo eight years ago. Jory was in the audience and bought it. Now Jory has a new sketch in his ‘‘Cagney Collection.’’ It’s one of himself as the character he played in Cagn2y’s iatest Warner Bros. film, ‘‘Each Dawn I Die,’’ which opens next Friday at the Strand Theatre. His role is that of a crooked politician. Extra Didn’‘t Want To Waste His Time Film extras are sometimes hard to please. Five hundred of them were paid to file into a prison auditorium setting at Warner Bros. Studio to see the opening of a movie for scenes of “Each Dawn I Die,” which itself is now showing at the Strand Theatre. As they trooped into the auditorium, one of them turned to Frank Heath, the assistant director. “What's the picture you’re showing?” he asked. "Wings of the Navy’,” replied Heath. “Shucks,”’ said the extra, “ve seen that. Why couldn’t it have been ‘Dark Victory’?” Cagney And Ratt Wardrobe Twins If Hollywood’s male stars felt the same way about wearing identical outfits as feminine celebrities do, there would have been more than prison riots in Warner Bros.’ ‘¢BWach Dawn I Die,’’ which is eurrently showing at the Strand Theatre. James Cagney and George Raft, the co-stars of that film, were wardrobe twins in all the scenes they played together. Through most of the picture they were dressed in convict suits of shapeless gray wool. Later, they were taken out of prison to attend court and for those scenes they wore plain black suits, exactly alike in style and eut. Even their tan shirts, black string neckties and plain, square toed black shoes were identical. Far from minding it, however, the two stars enioved the situation huvely, and made it a point to go to luneh together in the famous Warner Bros. studio Green Room in their identical costumes. Gets Paid For His Postman’s Holiday Ceeil Luskin, Los Anveles court bailiff, has one advantage over postmen who take wa'ks on their days off. He gets paid for voing to court—in the movies—on his free days. Lusk’n, who’s the reeular bailiff in the superior court of Judge Thomas Ambrose, served as technical advisor for courtroom scenes of ‘‘Fach Dawn I Die.’’ the Warner Bros. prison film starring James Cagney and George Raft, which is scheduled to open next Friday at the Strand Theatre. Mat 204—30c Up-and-coming Warner Bros.’ starlet Jane Bryan plays the feminine lead opposite James Cagney in “Each Dawn I Die,” at the Strand. [21] Mat 206—30c Killer vs. killer! James Cagney and George Raft clash in “Each Dawn I Die,” now at the Strand. George Bancroft referees. Ratt Wanted Chance To Team With Cagney Professional jealousy in the movies isn’t what it used to. be. Once upon a time, and that not so long ago, top flight stars objected bitterly to sharing laurels. The first co starring and all-star productions saw many explosions of temperament. In contrast, the stars of today welcome an opportunity to team talents. One of the factors that influenced George Raft to sign with Warner Bros. for ‘‘ Each Dawn I Die,’’ now showing at the Strand Theatre, was the chance to co-star with James Cagney. Mother's Stand-In Is Her Daughter Most unusual star and stand in combination in Hollywood is the mother and daughter team of Emma and Dorothy Dunn. Emma Dunn, one of the sereen’s lead:ng character actresses, played James Cagney’s mother in ‘‘Kach Dawn I Die,’’ and her daughter Dorothy, served as her stand-in during the production. Dorothy is the daughter of Miss Dunn and Harry Beresford, well known stage and screen actor. She took her mother’s name when Miss Dunn and Beresford were divorced years ago. When her mother was starring on the New York stage, she played small roles in several of her productions. Dorothy, who has ambitions to follow in her mother’s footsteps, is using the stand in job as dramatic training. Acts And Advises William Buckley, civilian supervisor of the Minnesota State prison’s twine mill, came to Hollywood on leave of absence to act as technical advisor on Warner Bros.’ new drama, ‘‘Each Dawn I Die.’’ Then he was drafted for an acting role in the James Cagney-George Raft starring picture, and played a convict in the same sort of twine mill he supervises at the Minnesota penitentiary. The picture shows many scenes during which the twine is actually manufactured and Buckley was pressed into service as an actor so that he could operate one of the more complicated machines which couldn’t be entrusted to amateurs even for the length of a scene. Stars Have Namesake James Cagney and George Raft have a new namesake back in Stillwater, Minn. William A. Buckley, an official of the state prison at Stillwater, came to Hollywood to serve as technical advisor for Warner Bros.’ ‘‘Each Dawn I Die,’’ now playing at the Strand Theatre, which stars Cagney and Raft. While there he received a wire announcing the birth of his first grandson. ‘‘Congratulations,’’ Buckley wired right back, ‘‘name him James George.’’ Curfew Postpones Bancroft's ‘Death’ It was almost six o’clock in the evening and the prison riot for Warner Bros.” ‘‘EHach Dawn I Die’’— now showing at the Strand Theatre, had been raging all day long. Came the close of a thundering secne in which Ed Pawley, leader of the rioting ‘“eonvicts’’ thrust a pistol into George Bancroft’s middle and roared: ‘‘Here’s where you get yours! ’? ““Okay,’’ called Direetor William Keighley, ‘‘we’ll stop there. After he’s survived this long I think we should let him live till morning, ’? Cagney A Bystander At Fight For Once For the first time in his entire screen career, James Cagney stood by one day recently and watched a sereen fight without mixing in it. George Raft, Joe Downing and John Wray did the punch swinging. It happened in a prison brawl scene on the set of ‘‘ Each Dawn I Die,’’ the Warner Bros. film now playing at the Strand Theatre. Raft swung on Downing. Wray, playing a guard, mixed in. Cagney remained a spectator. He had to, because the script was written that way. And he said it was one of the hardest scenes he ever had to play. It made him restless. Has Noted Family Emma Dunn has added James Cagney to a screen family that ineludes such stars as Bette Davis, Gary Cooper, George Raft, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Lawrence Tibbett. She played Jimmie’s mother in ‘‘EKach Dawn I Die,’ now showing at the Strand. The fact that Miss Dunn has played George Raft’s mother — the picture was ‘‘The Glass Key’’— rather confused the parental situation on set of ‘‘EHaeh Dawn I Die.’’ Raft is co-starred with Cagney in the Warner Bros. pieture. Both stars called her ‘‘ma.’’ Even Spiders Fooled Darn clever, those movie cobweb spinners. They did such a good job with creating the webs which hang from the pillars of the prison twine mill setting of Warner Bros.’ ‘Each Dawn I Die,’’ now playing at the Strand Theatre, that real spiders were fooled into taking over the work and even adding to them. Serving Long Term Life is just one jail house after another for Paul Hurst, who drew another prison. hitch in Warner Bros.’ ‘‘ Hach Dawn I Die,’’ which is currently showing at the Strand Theatre. Hurst hasn’t missed a prison picture in fifteen years, hence spends most of his working hours behind bars.