Embraceable You (Warner Bros.) (1948)

PUBLICITY “EMBRACEABLE YOU” DANE CLARK and GERALDINE BROOKS, the new screen duo who appear in Warner Bros.’ dramatic story of a hit-run love, ''Embraceable You," coming next Friday to the Strand Theatre. Still 698-601 EMBRACEABLE YOU Mat 698-2C $.Z.SAKALL GETS WORKOUT S. Z. Sakall, featured in Warner Bros.’ hard-driving drama, “Embraceable You,” coming soon to the Strand Theatre, with Dane Clark and Geraldine Brooks starring, gets a heavy mauling in this film. Rod Rogers and Frederic Barest, play WARNER BROS. DRAMA ing strong-arm operators, give him the works in the tale. It was a tough scene to enact, especially because “Cuddles,” as he is known to his Hollywood friends, is just about the pet of every film in which he works. He suffered no ill effects however. DANE CLARK receives some sound advice from S. Z. Sakall in Warner Bros. swiftly-paced drama of the Big City, "Embraceable You," due next Friday at the Strand Theatre. Still 698-4 2 Mat 698-2A Three Luscious Beauties Grace ‘Embraceable You’ In Warner Bros.’ swiftlypaced drama, “Embraceable You,” due next Friday at the Strand Theatre, three of the studio’s most luscious actresses are assigned. Geraldine Brooks, who shares stellar honors, with Dane Clark in the drama of the Big City, hails from the Broadway stage, starting first in the musical “Follow The _ Girls,” where her impersonations had the front-row boys laughing in the aisles. there to the Theatre Guild banner, Miss Brooks forsook . the lighter side of the stage for more serious histrionics. She’s a vivacious brunette, with a sparkling smile and laughing eyes. And she owns a _ neat chunk of the smash musical, “Oklahoma” which goes to show she has brains up there too. Blonde Mary Stuart, another Graduating from | member of “Embraceable You,” is an expert designer on the side. In addition to creating distinctive interiors for her Laurel Canyon home, she also designs her own wardrobe. Mary hops from glamorous night club ladies on the screen, to the more sedate | brand of acting. Lina Romay, the cute little Latin actress, is the third member of the feminine trio in the Warner Bros.’ film. She first won recognition as warbler with Xavier Cugat’s band. She’s an expert linguist, sang most of her songs in Spanish when on the dance band circuit, but now has shelved this talent for a while, so she can show the public that there’s a vivid versatility in her personality. All three of | these beauties in a single film, promises much in the way of adding authentic appeal. New Film Duo Teamed In ‘Embraceable You’ A new film duo, Dane Clark and Geraldine Brooks, is presented in Warner Bros.’ swiftlypaced drama, “Embraceable You,” which comes to the Strand Theatre next Friday. It is a dramatic story of a hit-run driver who falls in love with his victim. Others in cast include: S. Z. Sakall, Wallace Ford, Richard Rober, Lina Romay and | Douglas Kennedy. Felix Jacoves directed the romantic drama, which Saul Elkins produced. Douglas Kennedy Due In ‘Embraceable You’ Douglas Kennedy, rated as one of the Warner Bros.’ most promising newcomers, appearing in “Embraceable You,’ due soon at the Strand Theatre, is owner of a rich baritone voice, and was signed as an actor when he visited a studio in search of a production job. He was in the Army for five years, rising from the rank of private in the Signal Corps to major in the Military Intelligence overseas. Relax, ‘Gerry’! Geraldine Brooks, newly elevated star to Warner Bros.’ banner, plays most of her role in the coming drama, “Embraceable You,” either propped up in a hospital bed, or resting on down-filled cushions. In the story, she is the victim of a hitrun driver played by Dane Clark, and the ensuing action requires her to relax mostly. Others importantly cast in the film are: S. Z. Sakall, Wallace | Ford, Lina Romay, Douglas Kennedy, Richard Rober and Mary Stuart. Felix Jacoves directed the production. Missed the ‘Car’! Dane Clark, star of Warner Bros.’ melodramatic film, “Embraceable You,” coming soon to the Strand Theatre, was wanted for the Broadway production of “A Streetcar Named Desire,” but film commitments forced him to pass up the prize-winner. (Column Plant) ———» This is Mary Stuart, the. girl who built her own house in a Hollywood canyon. She's the Strand "Embraceable currently on screen in You." Stull MS-10 Mat 698-1D —_—_—_———_> GLAMOUR RICHARD ROBER FROM STAGE Richard Rober, Warner Bros.’ newest screen menace, who appears in a featured role in the Dane Clark-Geraldine Brooks starrer, ‘“Embraceable You,” due | next Friday at Strand Theatre, was born in Rochester, New York. He was educated in the public schools there, and at the University of Rochester. Rober first took to dramatics while in college, but so gradual was the crystallization of his determination to follow this calling, that he does not even recall the decision which made him proceed. His career began professionally at the Lyceum Theatre in Rochester, followed by a seasoning period in stock in Toronto, Cape May, Concord, Newark and other spots. On Broadway, Rober has appeared with Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, Eddie Cantor and Maurice Evans. He also appeared in the Broadway production of “Oklahoma,” playing Judd, and later in the Chicago company of “Born Yesterday.” NOW AT STRAND ROMANCE follows the dramatic plot of Warner Bros.’ fast-moving drama, "Embraceable You,"' with Dane Clark and Geraldine Brooks co-starred. Now showing at the Strand Theatre. Still 698-30 Mat 698-2B