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

Barbara Stanwyck and Otto Kruger in a scene from “Ever in My Heart,” Warner Bros. picture now at Strand. Cut No.14 Out 30e Mat10c “Ever In My Heart’ Players Mend Boy's Broken Heart Ronny’s Grief At Loss of Kammy Assured After Separation Had Produced Touching Realism HE screen may have lost a grand puppy dog actor, but just so long as the cast in ‘‘Ever in My Heart’’ were able to mend a little boy’s broken heart, Hollywood is satisfied. And thereon lies a tale. Ronny is a four year old screen player and Kammy is a four months old daschund who recently made his debut in the movies. Both play important parts in the Warner Bros.’ picture, ‘Ever In My Heart,’’ starring Barbara Stanwyck. It was a matter of mutual love at first sight when the youngster and puppy first met at the Warner Bros. studios in North Hollywood. Ronny impulsively hugged the tiny black dog and beamed as only a happy boy can beam, while Kammy| Both Ronny and Kammy worked nearly wagged his short, stubby tail| together nearly a week, and with off. each passing day the two grew fond In the screen story Ronny is the| er of each other. Every minute son of Barbara Stanwyck and Kam-| away from the cameras found them my is the child’s pet. Everything | together, playing and romping on was working out very well for Di-! the spacious lawn of the New Eng rector Archie Mayo, who had worried during the production of the picture as to whether the boy and dog would register a natural affection on the screen. SEEN IN STANWYCK’S “EVER IN MY HEART” AT STRAND | Out No. 12 land cottage which was their screen home. At night they separated reluctantly. Then one day Ronny arrived at the studio eager for his elongated playmate. But Kammy’s work was through, and Ronny was told that the little fellow wouldn’t be back again. The youngster was disconsolate. After a trying morning, Ronny did his big scene in the afternoon. He was the son of a German professor in America at the outbreak of the World War. As stories of atrocities were reported, Ronnie, whose father had gone back to Germany to join his country’s army, was subjected to more and more cruel treatment from other boys. That coming on top of his separation from Kammy, proved more than little Ronny’s heart could bear. He broke under the barbs of the script’s dialogue, thus adding to realism of the picture. Ronny didn’t fool anyone, however, for they knew that the War, soldiers, patriots, Huns and even the sinking of the Lusitania meant nothing to the boy. The loss of Kammy was the real reason for his grief. Barbara Stanwyck, realizing this, whispered a few words to Director Mayo, who in turn whispered to his assistant. Minutes later a telephone call was made to a certain kennel that specialized in motion picture dogs. Ronny’s work in the picture was finished that day. As he manfully said good-bye to Director Mayo, Barbara Stanwyck, Otto Kruger, Ralph Bellamy, Ruth Donnelly and the other members of the cast, Barbara Stanwyck grinned. “Ronny,” she said, as she gave him a big hug, “I think there is a little present for you in the back seat of your mother’s ear. It’s from all of us who think you're pretty much of a swell guy. Now, you'd better run along and see if you like igs A few seconds later, Kammy was being tightly hugged in the arms of the little trouper, as he valiantly tried to wiggle his joy. Cut 60c The friendship between boy and Mat 20c Loss Added Realism War Posters Dug Up For Barbara Stanwyck’s Film Kruger Buys Mountain To Preserve Its Trees Otto Kruger, who has the leading masculine role opposite Barbara Stanwyck in the Warner Bros. picture, ‘‘Ever In My Heart,’’ which comes to the theatre on ERR nT EE » is a lover of trees. He studied forestry at University of Michigan and was a forest ranger before becoming a stage and screen star. While working on his current production he learned that all the trees were to be cut down on a mountainside adjoining his New Jersey estate. He wired hig attorney immediately to purchase the entire mountain to preserve the trees. What is probably the most extensive private collection of World War posters, many of them the work of celebrated artists and illustrators, is owned by the property department at Warner Bros. studios. The collection numbering around 300 posters were dug up for use in Barbara Stanwyck’s latest starring picture, “Ever In My Heart,” Barbara Stanwyck Meets Chorus Pal On Her Set It’s not so far from Broadway to Hollywood. Barbara Stanwyck, while working on her latest Warner Bros. production, ‘‘Ever In My Heart,’’ which comes to the theatre on familiar face in the script girl on the set. Inquiry developed that the new script girl was Virginia Moore with whom Barbara had played in the chorus of Shubert’s musical show, ‘Gay Paree,’’ back in 1926. Friendship was immediately renewed. Honeymoon House And Lawn Built On Stage For ‘Ever In My Heart’ They built a model home on one of Warner Bros. sound stages, which could have been used exactly as it stood as a display for young home seekers, It was used as the honeymoon cottage in Barbara Stanwyck’s latest picture, ‘‘Ever In My Heart,’’ which opens at the Theatre, MOX SS sicvcacscescnscissessess . Usually the rooms for such a picture are set up separately. Often enough they are on different sound stages. But the house which Barbara Stanwyck and Otto Kruger occupy is a unit. Kitchen, dining room, living room, downstairs bedroom, bath, hallway—all opening off one another, and a garden and terrace. -—_ Studio Manufactured New England Flowers An old fashioned New England garden with its riotous coloring was grown, or rather constructed, on the Warner Bros. lot for a scene in Barbara Stanwyck’s latest starring vehicle, “Ever In My Heart,” which comes to the Theatre on Because it was impossible to find all of the New England flowers in Southern California with its semi-tropical climate, the garden was made with artificial flowers which photograph more realistieally than actual flowers. In the garden will be found in profusion roses, larkspurs, hollyhocks, asters, flag lilies, petunias, daisies and zinnias. dog forms one of the most touching sequences in a picture of rare beauty and tremendous pathos. “Ever In My Heart” is said to be Miss Stanwyck’s finest emotional production with an entirely different characterization from any she has portrayed before. Otto Kruger is Miss Stanwyck’s lover and husband. Bertram Milhauser wrote the screen play from a story by Beulah Marie Dix and Milhauser. Dog Aristocrats Seen In Stanwyck’s Picture The Hooplestein family is now on the screen. The Hooplesteins are blue ribbon dachshunds from the California Eastbrook kennels, and aristocrats of aristocrats among dogs. It happened that in Barbara Stanwyck’s latest starring vehicle for Warner Bros., ‘‘Ever In My Heart,’’ which comes to the theatre OS eee ee , three daschunds of various ages were needed to represent one dog at various ages. So the Hooplestein family was engaged. Barbara Stanwyck Noted For Home Mission Work Barbara Stanwyck, who has the stellar role in “Ever In My Heart,” a Warner Bros. picture which opens at the Theatre, has really never given up her early desire to become a missionary. She studied to become one, but was compelled to get something to do when left an orphan. As she was a talented dancer she got a job in a night club and rose to stardom on the stage and later in pictures. She never expects to become a foreign missionary now, but Barbara practices missionary work at home as score of families in Los Angeles can attest. She is always aiding the needy but will never tell about it. Sometimes, however, the families who have been recipients of her kindness do. Page Seven