Fifty Million Frenchmen (Warner Bros.) (1931)

Are You Using The Anagram Service In All Warner Bros. Press Sheets? Look ’em Over! Helen Broderick Recreates Stage Role in Gay Film (Biography as of Jan. 15, 1931) Helen Broderick, who plays the peppy American girl who wants to see Paris inside and out in “Fifty Million the Warner Bros. Technicolor comedy special now at the Frenchmen”, and Vitaphone Theatre, started her career as a chorus girl with Jeanne Eagles. Jeanne, who considered herself the greatest actress in the world, had nothing on Helen, who maintained she was the greatest comedienne in the world. Jeanne chose the field of drama, Helen followed her love for comedy. Helen Broderick was born in Philadelphia, Pa.. Her first stage appearance was as a chorus girl in “The Girl Question”. Among her recent Broadway stage shows are “Oh, Please!” wth Beatrice Lillie, “Nifties of 1923” with William Collier, “Puzzles of 1925” with.-Elsie Janis, “Mama _ Loves Papa”, “As You Were” and “Fifty Million Frenchmen”, Miss Broderick is five feet seven inehes tall, weighs one hundred and twenty-eight pounds, and has blonde hair and gray eyes. ODD WAGER MADE} How Screen Clown IN HURRICANE» PARIS COMEDY (Advance Story) A bet is a bet and the loser pays with grace no matter if the wager, forces him to roll a peanut down a car track with his nose. One of the strangest bets ever made is between two friends in “Fifty Million Frenchmen,” the Warner Bros. and Vitaphone Technicolor. comedy sensation which comes to the Theatre next. The wager was that the hero can live in Gay Paree without a sou for two weeks, during which he is to marry the loveliest girl there. The amount to be won or lost is $50,000. William Gaxton and John Halliday in their roles in “Fifty Million Frenchmen” make this unusual wager which provides the motive for many hilariously funny scenes and snappy dialogue. Claudia Dell enacts the girl over whom the bet is made. Olsen and Johnson, Charles Judels, Nat Carr, Vera Gordon, Helen Broderick, Lester Crawford and others complete the all-star cast of this comedy production which is laid in Paris. Joseph Jackson wrote the screen play and dialogue from the picturization of the Broadway stage hit. Lloyd Bacon directed “Fifty Million Frenchmen.” An American Girl Has Paris Topsy-Turvy. And Thousands saw it yesterterday and they’re still FRENCHMEN Ee (Can’t Be Wrong ) OLSEN & JOHNSON Maniacs of Mirth WILLIAM GAXTON Star of the stage show. HELEN BRODERICK Who panicked ’em on Bway. CLAUDIA DELL and JOHN HALLIDAY to complete one of the greatest all star casts. . Lawhundas Ut UILYQia “waa, = ‘ aaa ‘ [) ee o—hustea. that,,rai) purss®Stuce fel Paid Back Friends Practical Joke Olsen and Johnson Now at Theatre in “Fifty Million Frenchmen,” Retaliate (Feature Story) Those who venture to play practical jokes on Olsen and Johnson, those maniaes of monkey business, are apt to find themselves in the proverbial peck of trouble. The funny boys have a way of turning the tables which leaves the would-be jester in a tough spot uttering a loud ery for help. Olsen and Johnson, who-are in the all-star cast of “Fifty Million Frenchmen,” Warner Bros. Vitaphone farcecomedy in Technicolor, now at the Theatre, site one particular instance in which they made a practical joker to swear off for good. while you TOUR through the DELIGHTS of PARIS ea, 2S ' MILLION | FRENCHMEN 4 As good as a vacation in Paris. All the sights and Gel. Smiatr—— piest, concoction _ that Paris or America ever~ ~ saw. Takes you to Harry’s New York Bar, the Cafe dela Paiz, Zellie’s, the horse races at Longchamps. It happened when the popular entertainers were playing on the stage. A friend sent a lavish dinner up to their dressing room. The waiter ecarried a note bespeaking the donor’s compliments and expressing the wish that the dinner might be enjoyed. Both Olsen and Johnson ate heartily but as they finished and were about to place their fingers in the silver finger bowl, the waiter promptly presented them with the check for $30. The friend was only fooling. This is how they got even. That same night, they hired a man to paint the entire exterior of the friend’s jewelry shop a gaudy green, placed a phoney advertisement in the morning paper, and ordered a new sign for the doorway. When the jeweler arrived at his shop the next day he was greeted by £_ nel: advertisement, and saw a new sign on his establishment which read: “Under new management. Olsen and Johnson.” The screen comedians received a hurried telephone call from the jeweler pleading to let him off. It is for such reasons as this that Olsen and John son are never bothered any more by Chateau Madrid, Montpractical jokers. : “Fifty Million Frenchmen” ~ is marte, to the high spots and adapted for the screen from the low dives of the Capitol of Broadway footlight hit of the same name. Joseph Jackson, Al Boasberg and Eddie Welch did the sereen play. Lloyd Bacon directed. The cast of this frisky farce also includes William Gaxton, John Halliday, Helen Broderick, Claudia Dell, Lester Crawford, Nat Carr, Vera Gordon, Charles Judels, Carmelita Geraghty and many others. Joy. A hundred million Americans can’t be wrong! Cut No. 8 Cut 4oc Mat roe OLSEN & JOHNSON William Gaxton John Halliday Helen Broderick Claudia Dell — Based on sensational Broadway comedy by Herbert Fields A WARNER BROS. & VITAPHONE ALL TECHNICOLOR PRODUCTION “FIFTY MILLION FRENCHMEN” IS LAUGH SENSATION (Advance Story) All Moods of Paris In Peppy Comedy Claudia Dell in “Fifty Million Frenchmen’’ Three of the screen’s most prominent writers collaborated in the ereating of the screen play and dia logue of “Fifty Million Frenchmen,” the Vitaphone Technicolor comedy special which comes to the Theatre. 3. Joseph Jackson, Al Boasberg and Eddie Welch are the three authors responsible for the talking film adaptation of the N. Y. stage hit by Herbert Field. Jackson holds the record for having written more talking scenarios than any other screen playwright, while Boasberg and Welch are listed among the cinema’s most capable writers of comedy dialogue. “Fifty Million Frenchmen” depicts the hilarious adventures of American innocents abroad, with Paris as the colorful background. Olsen and Johnson, William Gaxton, John Halliday, Helen Broderick, Claudia Dell, Lester Crawford, Nat Carr, Vera Gordon, Charles Judels and others complete the cast. Lloyd Bacon directed for Warner Brothers. laughing! Cut No. 25 Cut 40c Mat soc Page Eight (Current Story) Both the high spots and low spots of Paris are depicted in “Fifty Million. Frenchmen,” the Vitaphone Technicolor comedy special in which Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson head the all-star cast now at the Theatre. Many of the scenes of this frisky French farce take place in the world famous Ritz bar, Zelli’s Cafe, and at well known race tracks about Paris. Other scenes of the comedy occur in little known Parisian dives and haunts of apache underworld characters. William Gaxton, John Halliday, Helen Broderick, Claudia Dell, Lester Crawford, Nat Carr, Vera Gordon, Charles Judels and others complete the all-star cast of “Fifty Million Frenchmen” which was adapted from the Broadway stage hit of the same name. Lloyd Bacon directed for Warner Brothers. (Advance Story) Claudia Dell, the San Antonio beauty, who won success in London and New York, has the ingenue role in “Fifty the Warner Bros. comedy which comes fosthen 23 eae Theatre next. She is the girl who is pursued through Paris by a young American millionaire who has wagered that he can woo and wed her, without money, in two weeks’ time. William Gaxton plays the pursuing lover. The nuttiest nuts of nutland, Olsen and Johnson are in the cast as well as John Halliday, Helen Broderick, Lester Crawford, Nat Carr, Vera Gordon and hundreds of extra players. “Fifty Million Frenchmen” is filmed entirely in Technicolor. Lloyd Bacon directed. Million Frenchmen”