Ever in My Heart (Warner Bros.) (1933)

(Review) Barbara Stanwyck Strikes At Heart Strings in Big Hit *“*Ever In My Heart’ Presents Star at Her Greatest In Most Emotional Role of Career T’S a new Barbara Stanwyck, a greater Stanwyck that amazes and plays on your heart strings in ‘‘Ever In My Heart,’’ her latest for Warner Bros. which opened yesterday at the Theatre. You can bring the family to see her in what is without doubt her greatest and most emotional role. The picture deals with the tender love life of a young New England girl and a German professor of chemistry whom she has married just prior to the outbreak of the World War, and the tragic outcome of their romance through indignities heaped upon them by former friends and relatives when patriotic feel ing ran high. Seldom has a picture reached such depth of feeling, such poignant pathos as does “Ever In My Heart” when two bruised and helpless lovers fight to hold their love in the face of a hostile world. Seldom has there been such a conflict of emotions as these two undergo when, after having been beaten at home, they find themselves face to face in an army encampment in France, one a canteen worker for the American army with friends and relatives at the front and the other a German spy information that will giving out send them to their death. Never has Barbara Stanwyck given such an outstanding performance as in this character role, as different from her former parts as daylight is from darkness. It is a far ery from the vamp in “Baby Face,” the convict of “Ladies They Talk About,” the gun moll of “Ten Cents A Dance” and “Illicit” to the delicately nurtured New England girl, but Barbara Stanwyck slips from the former roles into the latter with Ona Publicity the ease and grace of a consummate actress, clothing the part with the utmost feeling and power. Otto Kruger, comparatively new to pictures, but long famed on the Broadway stage, as the German professor of tender sentiment whose bewilderment at the sudden coldness of former friends eventually turns to bitterness and hatred, is superb in his role. His is a characterization that we look for in men like Edward G. Robinson and Paul Muni. He brings to the scenes in which he watches over his dying little son and in which he is torn from his wife a depth of pathos that rends the heart. The entire cast recruited from notable celebrities from both stage and screen, give splendid performances even to the bit roles. Ruth Donnelly, Laura Hope Crews, Frank Albertson, Donald Meek, Clara Blandick, Elizabeth Patterson and Harry Beresford, are outstanding in their work. Bertram Milhauser who wrote the screen play from a story by himself and Beulah Marie Dix has managed to combine dynamic action with beautiful romance, transferring the action without interfering with the plot, from a quaint and quiet New England village to the war swept front of France. War scenes are minimized, but tell dramatically, nevertheless, the story of behindthe-lines in the American sector. Direction was handled with feeling and sympathy by Arichie Mayo. Ist day of run Opening Day Story | Barbara Stanwyck|Barbara Stanwyck Opens in “Ever In My Heart” Tonight Hailed as Star’s Greatest Picture, Strand’s New Offering Is Based Upon Powerful Story Most Popular Star to Fit for Clothes Barbara Stanwyck, Warner Bros. star whose latest picture, ‘‘Ever In My Heart,’’ is now showing at the PORT cece isvsscsss+s » won an unofficial pop ularity contest recently when members of the studio wardrobe department were asked which player they took the greatest pleasure in costuming. While Kay Francis, Ruth Chatterton, Bette Davis and others whose reputations for smartness is world wide found plenty of boosters, it was Barbara Stanwyck who received the unanimous praise of the seamstresses, because, as one expressed it, ‘‘she’s so darn nice.’’ Pressed still further, they explained that while most stars insist on having some of their own, and often complicated, ideas carried out in their clothes, Barbara Stanwyck is the easiest to suit. Fitting time, often a difficult event in the studio wardrobe, becomes an actual pleasure when it is Barbara Stanwyck who to be fitted. Possessed of a naturally lovely figure that is easy to design gowns for, she stands still for hours at a time, never seems to get tired, and is always smiling. She places herself completely in the designer’s and fitter’s hands —and thanks them prettily when the task is done, is One of Barbara’s very best friends on the Warner Brothers-First National lot, is her personal wardrobe mistress, a gray-haired, vivacious woman named Mary, into whose ears the star has confided many secrets that greater and more prominent friends would feel privileged to hear. In ‘‘Ever in My Heart,’’ the actress wears a score or more of beautiful gowns designed for her by Ear] Luick. ‘¢Ever in My Heart’? is filled with touching pathos and powerful emotional scenes in which Barbara Stanwyck is at her best. It tells the stirring story of a young New England girl devotedly married to a German at the outbreak of the World War, torn between love of her husband and her country. Otto Kruger HAT has been hailed in Hollywood as Barbara Stanwyck’s most emotional picture in which her role is far remote from anything she has ever done before on the screen, will be presented tonight at the See (ES Bae See Theatre when ‘‘Byver in My Heart,’’ by Warner Bros. has its premiere. Tender romance and powerful drama are laid first in a quaint New England village then sweeps to the American sector in France after America entered the world war. Barbara Stanwyck plays the role of a sweet New England girl married before the war to a German professor of chemistry, who returns to his native land and joins their army, before we entered the conflict. ‘Ever in My Heart,’’ is said to carry the most powerful climax ever shown on the screen when the loving wife, as a canteen worker in France comes face to face with her husband as a German spy. Barbara Stanwyek’s work in this picture is said to be so outstanding, s0 real, so touching, that immediately upon BARBARA its completion, STANWYCK Warner Bros. re Out No. 18 signed her to a Qut15e Mat&e long term con tract. Her leading man, Otto Kruger, while comparatively new to the screen, has long been famous on the Broadway stage. He is the Edward G. Robinson, Paul Muni type of finished actor who is able to get the very most out of every role he plays. As the German professor wife of Stanwyck, subjected to snubs and social ostracism by her friends and relatives after the war started, he is said to give a most touching performance. Other celebrities in the cast include Ralph Bellamy and Ruth Donnelly. Archie Mayo directed. has the role of Miss Stanwyck’s German lover, while others in the cast include Ralph Bellamy, Ruth Donnelly, Laura Hope Crews and Frank Albertson. Archie Mayo directed the picture from a screen play by Bertram Milhauser which was based on a story by Beulah Marie Dix and Milhauser. 2nd day of run Movie Studio Used Airplane Draft to Produce Film Fire Fans who see the cheery fire burning in a fireplace in the Warner Bros. picture, “Ever In My Heart,” now showing at the .......... a, Theatre with Barbara Stanwyck in the stellar role, will hardly realize the trouble the producers experienced before it would burn. The cottage with the fireplace was built on one of the sound stages, and a sound stage is completely covered, top and bottom, with specially prepared and very thick sound absorbing material. So when the fire was started there was no outlet to the open air. The chimney wouldn’t draw and the studio filled with smoke. The studio fire chief finally solved the problem. He hooked up a long vent pipe with the fireplace and ran it up into the catwalks where the electricians manipulate the lights. An airplane propeller was then stationed so that it would blow a draft across the top of the pipe, sucking up the smoke from below. The scene takes place in a New England home, which is the honeymoon cottage of Barbara Stanwyck and Otto Kruger in “Ever In My Heart.” The story by Beulah Marie Dix and Bertram Milhauser is a romance of rare beauty. IN “EVER IN MY HEART” Ralph Bellamy proves himself a good sport when he finds that Barbara Stanwyck is going to marry another. Scene from Warner Bros. picture coming to the Cut No. 37 Cut 30c Mat 10c 3rd day of run Ruth Donnelly Is Busy Playing Four Roles at SameTime Ruth Donnelly, who has one of the important roles in arbara Stanwyck’s latest starring picture for Warner Bros., ‘‘Ever In My Heart,’’ now showing at the Theatre, worked in three other productions at the same time she was working in this picture, The four roles were highly diversified and required a complete change of costume for each. Besides that, while three of the pictures were being produced at the Warner stages in North Hollywood, one was ‘‘shooting’’ at their Sunset plant five miles away in Hollywood. Naturally schedules were arranged to give her time to go from stage to stage, but a chauffeur had to stand by to take her back and forth in quick time while a maid awaited her on each set to help in costume changes. **One of my difficulties, of course, was in keeping my lines straight for each picture,’’ said Miss Donnelly. ‘“But I found the greatest trouble in getting myself into the proper frame of mind for the widely diversified roles. To change from a prim New England maid in ‘‘Ever In My Heart’’ to the flashy wife of a Broadway producer in ‘‘ Footlight Parade’’ and then to a secretary in ‘‘Female’’ and back to a wealthy pleasure seeking matron in ‘‘Havana Widows’’ kept me on my toes.’’ Her current picture, ‘‘Ever In My Heart’’ is a powerful drama concerning the stirring romance of a young American girl married to a German at the time of the World War. Archie Mayo directed the picture from a screen play by Bertram Milhauser which is based on a story by Beulah Dix and Milhauser. Others in the cast include Otto Kruger in the leading masculine role, Ralph Bellamy, Laura Hope Crews, Frank Albertson, Elizabeth Patterson and Harry Beresford. 4th day of run ‘Ever In My Heart’ Extras Lunched On Food Used In Film Twenty loaves of wholewheat bread, sliced. Fifteen loaves of white. Twenty-three pounds of coffee. Two hams. Ten pounds of swiss cheese. Six cans of condensed milk. Fifteen cans of baked beans. Fifteen cartons of cigarettes .... The requisition slip read this way. It was the slip presented to the commissary at the Warner Bros. Studios when Director Archie Mayo started shooting the canteen scenes for “Ever In My Heart,” now at the Theatre. In these sequences, Barbara Stanwyck, Pat Wing and others are found behind a counter serving sandwiches, coffee and smokes to a lot of hungry rookies before they start for France. The scene is Camp Devens, Mass., and Barbara, heroine of “Ever In My Heart,” heads a canteen unit. The sequences behind the counter were shot during the morning. Noontime came. The base camp, where the scenes were made, was located more than a mile from the studio lunch room. “Will we need this stuff again this afternoon?” an assistant inquired of Mayo. “We're through with it,” said the director. The extras didn’t have to travel to the lunch room that steaming August noon. They were invited to step right up to the canteen. Whereupon one hundred men appearing in the roles of hungry rookies proved that they had been well cast. “Ever In My Heart” is a powerful drama written by Bertram Milhauser based on a story by Milhauser and Beulah Marie Dix. It concerns the tragic romance of an American girl and her German husband during the World War. Otto Kruger, famous stage star, plays the leading masculine role, while others in the cast include Ralph Bellamy, Ruth Donnelly, Laura Hope Crews and Frank Albertson. Page Five