Fireman, Save My Child (Warner Bros.) (1932)

Your FollowUp Campaign L. day of run Surplus Comedy Left After Filming New Brown Picture The offstage comedy during the making of ‘Fireman, Save My Child,” the new Joe E. Brown First National picture now at the Theatre, amounted to enough to make another full length feature, according to despatches from the Burbank studios. The incident furnishing most of the offstage laughs was the burning of a pickling works. Everything on that particular set went wrong at once with humorous results. Lloyd Bacon, the director, was unable to distinguish paid extras from the crowds which gather to see the studio-planned fire. An assistant-director did his best to ‘‘help’” the scene-taking by steering two carloads of people away, when they really belonged in the action. Then the fire hose refused to work. No water issued forth from the nozzle in spite of the fact that it was turned on full force. The hose was abandoned for a moment, by which time the water had suddenly begun to spout, drenching every one for a hundred feet around. It was finally captured with much difficulty. These and numerous other incidents, such as the refusal of the wind to blow smoke from the fire across the camera lens when that was earnestly desired, have been collected by one of the cast. He claims he is going to write a comedy with these offstage occurrences as foundation. Supporting Joe E. Brown in ‘‘Fireman, Save My Child,’’ as well as in the ‘comedy of errors,’ are Evalyn Knapp, Lilian Bond, Guy Kibbee, Richard Carle, George Meeker and Andy Devine. of 2 nd day of run Joe E. Brown’s Home Town Reproduced In Latest Hit Holgate, Ohio, the small town in which Joe E. Brown, star of ‘“‘Fireman, Save My Child,’ First National picture now at the was born, was reproduced on the studio “‘lot’? of Hollywood for the picture. The script of the picture called for a small middle western town. When advised of this, Brown insisted on permission to supervise the planning of the ‘‘Fireman, Save My Child’’ sets. He worked in cooperation with the studio’s art director, Anton Grot. Brown insisted on every detail, to everyone’s wonder. On completion of the set, the Page Eight j puzzle was solved by Lloyd Bacon, director, who found Joe Brown at the side of the ‘‘town,”’ quietly scanning an old tintype of WHolgate’s main street. Bacon noticed that the streets, the firehall, the town square with its ancient cannon and war relics, in fact, all of the details, were the same. Brown pronounced the job good and smiled expansively, as only Joe E. can. Supporting Brown in the “Fireman, Save My Child’’ cast are Evalyn Knapp, Lilian Bond, Guy Kibbee, George Meeker, Andy Devine, Richard Carle, Walter Walker and a large personnel of major and coast league baseball players. The story and adaptation were written by Robert Lord, Ray Enright and Arthur Caesar. Prd day of run ‘Fireman, Save My Child” Director Son Of Frank ‘Lightnin’ ” Bacon Lloyd Bacon, director of ‘‘Fireman, Save My Child,” the new Joe E. Brown comedy for First National Pictures which is now at the......... Theatre, is a son of the late Frank Bacon, beloved star of ‘“‘Lightnin’,’’ which once set long-run records in the major cities of the country. Bacon, the director, has a long record of service with stage and screen, and believes that his latest directorial effort has the same type of “‘it’’ possessed by “‘Lightnin’ ’’ and other successes which enjoy public favor over a long period of years. He admits that the human equation cannot be plotted beforehand, but adds that as far as it is possible to judge, ‘Fireman, Save My Child’? has the necessary ingredients. In Bacon’s words, ‘‘ ‘Fireman, Save My Child’ has novelty of treatment of a surefire theme: the likable country boy making good in the big city. It has a surefire comedian in Joe E. Brown. It is carefully and comically worked out as to details of story, cast and setting. Everything is in its favor.’ The cast supporting the Bacondirected Brown picture includes Evalyn Knapp, Lilian Bond, Guy Kibbee, Richard Carle, George Meeker, Walter Walker, Andy Devine and a score of famous major and coast league baseball players. Mn day of run Featured Player In ‘‘Fireman, Save My Child” Hides Behind Spectacles George Meeker, featured in the new Joe E. Brown starring vehicle ‘‘Fireman, Save My Child,’ a First Natianal picture which is now at the eee Theatre, although one of Hollywood’s handsome juveniles makes every effort to hide his features in public, Meeker has crisp blonde hair of the type particularly liked by the ladies. He pastes it down flat and dyes it darker than its natural color, hating it as he did when a schoolboy. In addition to dyeing his hair, Meeker dons heavy horn-rimmed glasses to hide his features. Meeker’s first piece of work for the films was the role of Henry, the bullying fiance of ‘‘Strictly Dishonorable.’”’ The premiere audience searched everywhere for him, but he had already shyly escaped through one of the theatre’s side exits, accompanied by Barbara Weeks, 1931 Wampas Baby Star. Meeker’s second role is in ‘‘Fireman, Save My Child,’’ which in addition to the “Strictly Dishonorable” role has definitely established him as one of the year’s ‘‘finds.”” His previous dramatic experience included important roles in recent Broadway productions. ; Others featured in ‘Fireman, Save My Child’? are Evalyn Knapp, Lilian Bond, Guy Kibbee, Richard Carle, Andy Devine and Walter Walker. Lloyd Bacon directed. oD th day of run Famous Comedy Writers Unite On “Fireman Save My Child” Robert Lord, Ray Enright and Arthur Caesar, three of Hollywood’s most famous comedy writers, united their efforts in producing “Fireman, Save My Child,” Joe E. Brown’s latest starring vehicle for First National Pictures, now at the........ Theatre. The three writers have been associated with Hollywood comedy production for several years. Of the three, Caesar is probably best known to the public at large because of the unusual antics he performs and his “gags,” which are reported by the press from time to time. Caesar is also an inveterate polo enthusiast, without portfolio, neither playing nor owning the requisite ponies. According to advance reports, the three wits have turned out Joe E. Brown’s funniest vehicle. The star is supported by a large cast, including Evalyn Knapp, Lilian Bond, Guy Kibbee, Richard Carle, Andy Devine, George Meeker, Walter Walker and a full complement of two _ baseball teams made up of famous coast league and major league players. Lloyd Bacon directed Save My Child.” “Fireman, Current Readers Popular ‘“‘Kid Players” In “Fireman, Save My Child” Dickie Moore and Georgie Ernest, two Warner Bros.-First National featured children players, take parts in “Fireman, Save My Child,’ in which Joe E. Brown is now starred at the eeees ote Theatre. They, with Junior Coughlan, are the leaders of a group of boys who | chase the fire engine to every fire and follow Joe Brown about as the local hero. They thoroughly enjoyed both fire and baseball scenes. Wandering Pup Last Addition To “Fireman, Save My Child’”’ Cast The last addition to the cast of “Fireman, Save My Child,” First National picture starring Joe E. Brown at the Theatre, was a small brown mongrel pup. According to west coast advices, this performer casually wandered on to the set one day, promptly fell in love with Joe E. Brown and refused to be dismissed. He tagged along at the star’s heels wherever he went. Finally heroic measures were resorted to. He was picked up and deposited outside the studio gates. Within half an hour, he had returned to his *twork.”’ Joe E. Brown, the cast and its director, Lloyd Bacon, decided that they would accept the pup as a cast member, as long as he refused to be evicted. He is to be seen fondly following Brown to fires and baseball games. Andy Devine, former football player who scored a hit in “The Spirit Of Notre Dame,” christened the pup “Notre Dame’ after his (Devine’s) alma mater. King Of Sluggers As Umpire In “Fireman, Save My Child” Mike Donlin, one time king of sluggers and a fielder with the New York Giants, appears as an umpire in the new Joe E. Brown starring picture, “Fireman, Save My Child,” a First National production now at the Bits ee ee eT Theatre. The cast of the picture also includes a number of other well-known baseball players, among them Frank Shallenbach, ace pitcher of the Hollywood team of the Pacific Coast league. Joe E. Brown himself once played major league baseball with the New York Yankees. And It’s News When Joe Brown Pays To Open His Mouth! Joe E. Brown, wide-open-faced star of First National Picture’s latest comedy, ‘‘Fireman, Save My Child,” coming to the Theatre next reversed the usual process of having people pay to see him open his mouth. While in New York Joe went to see a doctor who asked Joe to open his mouth and say ‘Ah!’ Joe did so and meekly paid the specialist’s fee of $25. After he left the office, he remembered that audiences throughout the country paid thousands of dollars to see his open-meouth antics. His acrobatic training as a youth has come in handy in permitting him to kick himself.