Ex Lady (Warner Bros.) (1933)

ADVANCE PUBLICITY your 1st story Bette Davis Awarded Stardom in “Ex-Lady” As a glowing tribute to her suecessful work in motion pictures during the past year, Warner Bros. studio has elevated Bette Davis to stardom and provided her with a vehicle which is the last word in modern stories. It is “Ex-Lady,”’ which Comes: tO tReS ee ee ae ee ROS CPG: ON Sse ek a The manners and morals of New York’s artistic set are depicted in all the modernity of today’s and tomorrow’s ideas, rather than borrowing on the material of yesterday. In the title role, Miss Davis enacts the part of a modern = girl, frank and sinC.626 WO wants her romance unfettered by the conventions of marriage. The part of her sweetheart is GENE RAYMOND played by Cut No. 1 Gene RayCut 15¢ mond, blonde Mat sc star of stage and sereen. The struggle between today’s and yesterday’s ideas and codes, and their conflict with the careers of the young people provide some unusual mix-ups and a spicy plot that provides intriguing material for the vivacious new star. The story is set against the background of New York’s artist colony with its colorful, Bohemian atmosphere, and it shifts in sequence to casinos and night elubs in Havana. Contrast of locale is added to con“ asv-ui types and ideas, iis pro Jing moving brilliance to this hour of entertainment. A finely cast group of players appear in support of Bette Davis and Gene Raymond. Important parts are played by Frank McHugh, Monroe Owsley, Claire Dodd, Kay Strozzi, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Alphonse Ethier and Bodil Rosing. The picture is based on the ultramodern, iconoclastic story by Edith Fitzgerald and Robert Riskin, and was adapted to the screen by David Boehm. It was directed by Robert Florey. your 2nd story Bette Davis’s Pilgrim — Forbears Would Not | Okay “Ex-Lady” Role Bette Davis, who is Bostonese from the tips of her pink toes to her very blonde head, having been descended from a long line of New England ancestors, would give those same Puritans a shock that would make them turn over in their graves if they could see her in the Warner Bros. picture, “Ex-Lady,’ ‘which Opens-a2t the: se Theatre on For Bette plays the title role, an alluring young woman who prefers to take her romance without the restraining ties of conventional marriage. And being a modern young woman herself, Bette has a sympathetic understanding for the character, although not going to the extent of living the part in real life, having but recently taken a husband. “But,” said Bette, “no matter what our individual opinions are about marriage, it is impossible to condemn a character that is so sincere and frank as the girl in the story. I can understand perfectly the girl’s desire to live a full life and her longing to be free to grow and develop her own individuality. She is an exceptional girl and allowances must be made for genius which is hampered by ordinary restrictions.” Page Two your 3rd story Strong Gast Selected To Aid Bette Davis In First Starring Role Because “Ex-Lady,” a Warner Bros. picture coming to the Theatre on Bee i eee , is Bette Davis’ first starring vehicle, an exceptionally strgng cast was assigned to support her. Bette herself has had an excellent preparation for a stellar role, having risen from small parts to the leading feminine roles in her more recent pictures including “Parachute Jumper,” “The Cabin in the Cotton,” “The Dark Horse” and “90,000 Years in Sing Sing.” Gene Raymond was assigned the leading maseuline role opposite Miss Davis. Raymond has had a wide stage experience, having been starred on Broadway in many productions, including “Cradle Snatchers” and “Young Sinners.” He has done notable work in pictures, especially in “Ladies of the Big House,” “Red Dust” and “Forgotten Commandments.” Frank McHugh who has been appearing in important roles in many recent Warner Bros. pictures, ineluding “Life Begins,” “Parachute Jumper” and “The Mystery of the Wax Museum,” was given a semihumorous part, while Monroe Owsley, noted for his work in “Hat Check Girl,” “Indiscreet” and “Ten Cents a Dance” is the heavy. Claire Dodd, well known on both stage and sereen, plays the second feminine lead and Kay Strozzi, a newcomer in pictures, having played in but one previous picture, has a vamp role. Miss Strozzi is a famous stage player, however, having long been under contract to the Shuberts and_playing leadin, feminine relas opposite Lionel Atwill. ; Others in the cast are all old troupers, both of stage and sereen, and include among others, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Alphonse Ethier and Bodil Rosing. “Ex-Lady” is a lively romantic drama delving into the ideas of modern youth on love and marriage. your Ath story Star Takes Dark Hubby But Picks Blond Hero When It Game To Films When Bette Davis chooses a husband, which she did recently, she likes ’em dark. So Harmon Nelson, Jr., the husband, is a brunette. But when it comes to choosing a leading man, that is something else again. When Bette was consulted in regard to her leading man for her first starring picture for Warner Bros., “Ex-Lady,’ which comes to the are Theatre on SES Se one ee a , She said she wanted a blond. So Gene Raymond was selected. Not entirely because he was a blond, by any means, for his talent is well known, and he had starred in pictures long before Bette had reached that enviable stage. But Bette wanted a blond and got him, which makes rather a unique team for “Ex-Lady,” for Bette is the blondest of blondes herself and seldom is there a picture with the male and feminine leads both blondes. Just why she preferred a dark husband and a light leading man Bette wasn’t just quite sure herself, although she said: “T wanted something unusual. I have never seen the combination in a picture before and I believed it would be fine to have something unique and distinctive for my first starring picture. Don’t you think it is a spiffy idea?” In the picture Bette is Raymond’s sweetheart in an unconventional love affair, although the pair are afterwards married, much against her wishes. your 5th story Gameness Brings Star Role In “Ex-Lady” As Prize To Bette Davis Bette Davis is as game a little star as ever stepped before the footlights or the screen cameras. In fact it was this gameness that was the deciding factor in winning for her the title role in the Warner Bros. picture, “Ex-Lady,” which comes to the Theatre on The studio had been giving Bette more and more important roles, and finally she was assigned to the leading feminine role opposite Douglas Jr. “Parachute In the midst of the pro Fairbanks, in Jumper.” duction she was stricken with appendicitis and ordered to the hospital. But Bette would not go. She knew that it might. hold up the picture indefinitely and cost the company many thousands of dollars. So, true to traditions, she insisted that the work continue. She would not give up until the last seene in which she appeared had been “shot.” This added to the severity of the operation, but after a short rest Bette came up smiling and peppier than ever. Such gameness could not go unrewarded and she was given a new starring contract with her first part the title role in “ExLady,” which is a sparkling drama dealing with the ultra-modern girl’s idea of love and marriage. ai ha, an eB | your 6th story Beite Davis Is Newest Star To Gome To The oo Se Theatre “Ex-Lady,” the Warner Bros. picture which comes to the ......... Theatre on , brings a brand new star to the sereen in the person of Bette Davis. Not that Bette is not well known to the picture public, having had leading roles in many pictures. But “Ex-Lady” marks her exit from leading roles into the firmament of the stars. That she gives a good account of herself in the stellar role as an ultra-modern girl who flouts the conventions of marriage to lead her own life would be indicated from her talented work in past performances. Miss Davis has risen from small bit parts in two short years in Hollywood. Previously, however, she had had some stage experience, and it was while playing with Richard Bennett on Broadway that her talent was noted by Hollywood producers. She was engaged to play in “Bad Sister,” and later sereen-tested by Warner Bros. for the ingenue role opposite George Arliss in “The Man Who Played God.” Her work in that picture was so/ excellent that Warner Bros. gave her a contract and began to push her ahead in increasingly important roles until she was finally elevated to stardom when barely out of her teens. Her present picture is based on the story by Edith Fitzgerald and Robert Riskin, which is a lively romance dealing with an up-to-date angle on the problem of love and marriage. The story was adapted to the screen by David Boehm. Gene Raymond has the leading masculine role opposite Miss Davis, while the others in the cast are Frank McHugh, Monroe Owsley, Claire Dodd, Kay Strozzi and Ferdinand Gottschalk. The picture was directed by Robert Florey. Bette Davis and Gene Raymond as they appear in the popular “ExLady” now playing to huge crowds at the Strand Theatre. Cut No.3 Advanee Star Of “Ex-Lady” Uses His Last Name First When it came to deciding on a stage name Gene Raymond, who plays the leading masculine role opposite Bette Davis in the Warner “Ex-Lady,” which Theatre , just turned Bros. picture, comes to the on his real name around. That is he uses his first name for his surname and something that sounds similar to his surname for his first name. He was christened Raymond Guion, but changed “it” for stage purposes because no two people ever pronounced it the same. “The nearest they came to it was something that sounded like Gene,” he said. “So I decided to adopt that as my first name and use my first name for my last.” Fiery Kay Strozzi Is Featured In “Ex-Lady” Kay Strozzi, who plays the vamp role in the Warner Bros. picture, “Ex-Lady,” now showing at the Ae Pe ee Theatre, is back in Hollywood after an absence of several years. She played in pietures in the silent days and then deserted the screen for the stage where she was under contract for with the Shuberts. Recently she returned to play in the talkies. her first picture and “Ex-Lady” her first leading roles “Captain Applejack” was second. Bette Davis has her starring role in “Ex-Lady.” ‘Ex-Lady’ Mirrors Many Discontented Couples “ (Bx-Lady’ true-to-life is the most human, picture I have ever played in,” says Bette Davis of the Warner Bros. picture, which comes p , to the Theatre on Bar ee a “There must be thousands of young couples like Helen — the character I portray — and her husband, proud of their love for each other, suspicious of marriage at the start as a worn-out, obsolete institution, and experimenting with all kinds of substitutes, only to reach the conelusion that marriage is still better than anything that hag been invented to take its place.” SHORTS Cut 30c Mat roc Current Bette Davis Weds And Solves Family Mixup Bette Davis, starring in the Warner Bros. pieture, “Ex-Lady,” which Theatre has solved Opens-atthe ss 0 on the age old problem of keeping two families close enough together to be companionable and yet far enough apart to get along. Bette with her mother and sister when she suddenly decided to get married. She solved the housing + was living in Hollywood CEA. fence. They have a community kitchen but otherwise the houses are separate institutions. Bette Davis Finds New Use For Navajo Gift The Mexicans have nothing on Bette Davis, who has the stellar role in the Warner Bros. picture “ExLady,” now showing at the ....... Theatre. One of Bette’s friends returned from Mexico, bearing among his souvenirs, a serape, a striped blanket worn ag a coat, with an opening in the center through which the wearer sticks his head. Bette cut a hole in an Indian blanket, and now uses it as a serape. “Ex-Lady” Learns ‘Art’ From Studio Chef Bette Davis took her first cooking lesson in order to earry out a scene in the Warner Bros. picture, “ExLady,” which comes to the Theatre Pa ee Tae i OR var EE Sa ad es ie eR A Yt next. <= Bette never had time to practice cooking, but a scene in her latest starring vehicle requires that she fry eggs. She was given instructions in the art by the studio chef before making the scene. ‘Ex-Lady’ Features Gay Seabrook, Radio Star Gay Seabrook, who is well known to radio fans for her popular skit, “The Grown-Ups,” can now be botk seen and heard. She has a part in the Warner Bros. picture, “ExLady,” starring Bette Davis, which is now showing at the Theatre.