Five Star Final (Warner Bros.) (1931)

mM CINEMATIC JOLT 2 EDWARD G. ROBINSON REACHES HIS GREATEST HEIGHT IN HIS LATEST AND GREATEST STARRING VEHICLE Cut No. 36 Cut goc Mat rsc George E. Stone and Edward G. Robinson in a scene from “Five Star Final” at the Theatre. Marian Marsh, H. B. Warner, Frances Starr And Many Other Notables Support In “Five Star Final,’’ Now At Strand (Review Featuring the Cast) That the interpretative genius of Edward Robinson is most |'ti in evidence in his third screen appearance, was the unanimous opinion of the distinguished audience that greeted him last night at the of the sensational Broadway tage: mteY by low /@ltzenkorn. Mr. Robinson plays the part of Randall, managing editor of a scandal sheet. . Hating the hypocrisy around him—he is torn between what he conceives to be his duty to his employer—and compassion for the stage play of the same name by Louis Weitzenkorn, which was one of last year’s sensations on Broadway. Mervyn Le Roy shows fine understanding in his direction. “Five Star Final” is great entertainment Young Mervyn Le Roy | Creates Another Robinson Hit (Biography June 15, 1931) Mervyn Le Roy who directed Edward G. Robinson in the phenomenally successful “Little Caesar” again directs him in “Five Star Final,” |another First National production which comes to the Theatre Though barely out’ of the twenties Mr. Le Roy is acknowledged to be one of the most resourceful directors in the industry. Born in San Francisco, he was educated in the Oakland schools, and came at an early age with his parents to Hollywood. He was for a number of seasons in vaudeville, entering pictures in 1923, with Paramount. He later came to Warner Bros. as a gagman, soon becoming a director. Among his pictures are “No Place to Go,” “Harold Teen,” “Oh Kay,” “Ritzie Rosie,’ “Flying Romance,” “Naughty Baby,” “Broadway Babies,” “Hot Stuff” “Little Johnny Jones,” “Playing Around,” “Show Girl in Hollywood,” “Numbered Men,” “Too Young to Marry,” “Top Speed” and “ Little Caesar.” Mr. Le Roy is the husband of Edna Murphy, screen star. DIRECTOR HIDES MIKE IN TELEPHONE MOUTHPIECE (Advance Reader) “Five Star Final” the First National melodrama of newspaper life starring Edward G. Robinson, and coming to the iciaee 6 gee oe next, ec 3 a scene in which a eJr r-managing sditor “~" Jnes to why suuv Is a = a way which apparently leaves place in which to conceal the micro phone. The resourceful director, Mervyn Le Roy, for the first time in the talkies, built it into the mouthpiece of the telephone. A superb cast supports Mr. Robinson, in the Louis Weit most forceful work in brd Bis Week You'll love him! FINAL with EDWARD G. ROBINSO You'll hate him. He has caused more feminine tears than any character in screen history! See This Great Hit — At Least Once! Cut No. 15 Cut goc Mat 10c LADY NICOTINE RULES | “Five Star Final” Filmed IN “FIVE STAR FINAL” (Advance Reader) Edward G. Robinson, star of “Five Star Final” the First National melo drama of newspaper life which comes LOsab hi Once eg See ee SS Pheatres i535 cee ss next, uses one of the props which always seem a part of his screen characterizations —the b? », “Little Cae Om, “Aaa »py-go-luexy gamb: 4 i Money” was eternauy puffing and so is Randall, managing editor of the seandal sheet in “Five Star Final.” Mr. Robinson does his “Five Star Final,” which offers him a role both pany. On New Fast Negative (Advance Reader) The thrilling sequences of “Five Star Final,” the First National melodrama of newspaper life starring Edward G. Robinson, which comes to the ee ee next, was filmed entirely on the new “fast”? negative invented by the Eastman Kodak ComDir ‘or Mervin Le P wus body concerned that the new film catches impressions sixty percent faster—which means with less light —than any medium he had yet used. The cast was able to work on sets which were not heated to the uncom fortable temperature that previously necessitated suspension of work every quarter hour. Woman's Soul Stripped Bare— and Crucified by Her Crim son Past! He made her secret his business because it sold more newspapers! helpless victims of the circulationboosting policy. It is the Townsend affair which finally drives him to the point of casting aside his pretended brutality. His speech in resigning the job and denouncing the system is one of the finest pieces of acting we have ever seen on stage or screen. and more. Put it on your list of plays zenkorn play, which afford him his that must be seen. most dynamic role, dynamic and human. Mervyn Le Roy directed. The Townsends have been twenty years wed and their pretty daughter, Jenny, is to be married—when the “Gazette’ sleuths uncover the fact that Jenny’s mother, before her marriage, had killed a man. Though the fact had been known to her husband, also that the deed -was in self defense —the paper publishes the facts, drives the parents to suicide and all but ends the life and happiness of the girl. The ill-fated parents of the girl are played with poignant sincerity by H. B. Warner and Frances Starr. The girl is portrayed by beautiful Marian Marsh. The youth whose marriage to her is temporarily prevented by the disclosures, is played by Anthony Bushell, while his protesting parents are depicted by David Torrence and Evelyn Hall. All the hodge-podge of newspaperdom is in evidence and comedy is not lacking. Ona Munson is the peppy sob sister, Boris Karloff the professional news-getter who disguises himself as a minister, to get the confidence of the Townsends. George E. Stone gives one of his consistently fine performances as Ziggy Feinstein, circulation stuntman. Robert Elliott and Purnell Pratt are assistant editors, continually hounding everybody for more sensational copy, and Oscar Apfel is cast as the owner of the paper, a hypocrite whose ruthless exposures are all done with much prating about morality. Aline MacMahon and Gladys Lloyd are secretaries of distinctive types, and young Harold Waldridge makes much of the copy boy. ROBI H. B. WARNER MARIAN MARSH ANTHONY BUSHELL GEORGE E. STONE FRANCES STARR ONA MUNSON — ROBERT ELLIOTT Cut No. 21 Cut 80c Mat aoc NOW SHOWING STRAND B’way at 47th Street oe “Five Star Final” is based on the Page Nine