Fog Over Frisco (Warner Bros.) (1934)

The light and dark of it. Blonde Bette Davis and Margaret Lindsay of the brunette locks are sisters in “Fog Over Frisco,” the First National thriller coming to the Strand. Others in the cast are Lyle Talbot, Donald Woods and Hugh Herbert. Mat No. 17—20e “‘Fog Over Frisco’ Thrilling Mystery And Romance Film A melodramatic murder mystery thriller comes to the .............000.. “NCR ELS: ON. sxscc7..c5/:-a eae. , under the title of ‘‘Fog Over Frisco,’’ with Bette Davis, Donald Woods, Margaret Lindsay, Hugh Herbert and Lyle Talbot in the featured leads. This First National picture, based on the story by George Dyer, is an exciting tale of adventure, revealing the operations of a band of international bond swindlers, who do not hesitate at murder in carrying out their gigantic operations. The story centers about San Francisco, in the homes of the fashionable society folk and along the water front on the Embarcadero, which is the scene of a thrilling chase after kidnapers and a lively battle with a band of crooks. Exterior scenes were made by the company on location at the Golden Gate city. Bette Davis, playing a heavy for the first time in her life, is one of the leaders of the swindlers, although she is the daughter of a wealthy ‘bond broker. Other important members of the band include Lyle Talbot, vice president of the bonding house, a weakling to whom Bette is supposedly betrothed: and whom she bends to her will; Douglas Dumbrille, the master mind, secretly married to Bette ‘and who later slays her when: his fancy turns to another; and Irving Pichel, a go-between, who is also slain by the master mind. _ Donald Woods and Margaret Lindsay have-the romantic: leads, furnishing a lively romance in what is otherwise a story of thrills and fast action. Both, however, are a part of the action,. Miss Lindsay, the sweet young. halfsister of the crooked Bette being kidnaped and spirited aboard a yacht, while Woods is the young reporter who smashes the gang and rescues the fair Margaret with whom he is deeply in love. Hugh Herbert, as a_ picture snatcher, furnishes no inconsiderable amount of comedy relief while Arthur Byron, Henry O’Neill and Robert Barrat have important roles as the bond broker, his partner and a secret service operative respectively. Others in the cast, which is an unusually large and talented one, include Alan Hale, Gordon Westcott, Charles Wilson, Charles Minjir, William Demarest, Douglas Cosgrove, William Davidson and George Chandler. Page Ten Bette Davis Plays ‘Heavy’ Lead First Time in Her Life For the first time in her screen career, Bette Davis is cast as ‘*heavy.’’? She’s not at all sure she would like to remain one, but as a change she admits it has been interesting. This sudden transformation from ‘ingenue’ and leading lady to a screen ‘‘menace’’ takes place BETTE DAVIS in “Fog Over Frisco” at the Strand. Mat No. 3 10e¢ in ‘‘Fog Over Frisco,’’ the First National mystery melodrama, which comes to the ..............c0 Theatve. ON, ~a0--acseiuact kee » Many sequences of the picture were shot in the fabled city of San Francisco itself. ‘“Menace’’? repeated Bette, when. questioned. about. the -rele. ‘“Menace isn’t half the word for it! In ‘Fog Over Frisco’ I don’t just stop at being mean and catty and unprincipled, I go the whole way. I’m hand in glove with the underworld, and I wouldn’t hesitate at murder.’’ Of course in such films as ‘‘Twenty Thousand Years in Sing ‘Sing’’ and ‘‘Fashions -of 1934,’’ Bette didn’t precisely represent ‘the ‘‘better element’’ of the community. In the first she played a gangster’s moll, in the second a ‘‘style thief.’’ But ‘‘Fog Over Frisco’’ makes her a really ‘desperate character’ for the first time. ‘*And,’’ Bette adds, ‘‘it is rather a relief from: the muchwronged heroines I’ve so often had to play.’? ‘“Fog Over Frisco,’’ based on the story by George Dyer, concerns the operations of a band of international bond swindlers, of which Bette is one of the leaders. Others in the cast include Donald Woods, Margaret Lindsay, Lyle Talbot, Hugh Herbert, Arthur Byron, Robert Barrat and Henry O’Neill. William Dieterle directed the picture from the screen play by Robert. N. Lee as adapted by Lee and Eugene Solow. New Pair of Film Lovers Launched in ““Fog Over Frisco’’ Warner Bros. have launched another team of Screen lovers in Donald Woods and Margaret Lindsay. Recently it was Dick Powell and Ginger Rogers in “Twenty Million © Sweethearts.” Before that it was James Cagney and Joan Blondell, who made their first hit together in “Sinner’s Holiday” and have played opposite each other many times since. Woods has but recently joined the Warner Bros. staff of featured players, having been selected for his brilliant work on the stage. He was first placed in “As The Earth Turns.” Then he was chosen to play the romantic lead opposite Miss Lindsay in “Merry Wives of Reno,” a lively comedy in which these two play their parts straight. So well did they work together that they were immediately teamed again as the screen lovers in “Fog Over Frisco,’ which COMES f0-T00s 5. ca Theatre OND sss hee ee The two make a striking pair of lovers in the picture, Woods being tall, dark and handsome, and Miss Lindsay, petite, slim and beautiful. It is expected that they will be continued to be cast as the romantic team in future pictures. “Fog Over Frisco” is a thrilling mystery drama concerning the operations of a band of international swindlers, in which Bette Davis, as a beautiful and wealthy society woman is one of the leaders. Others in the cast include Lyle Talbot, Hugh Herbert Arthur Byron, Robert Barrat, Henry O’Neill, Irving Pichel, Douglas Dumbrille and _ others. William Dieterle directed the picture from the screen play by Robert N. Lee. Real Facts on Lyle Hollywood Talhot’s Name Now Revealed The true story of a_ grandmother’s devotion is revealed in the life of Lyle Talbot whose latest First National picture is ‘‘ Fog Over Frisco,’’ now showing at the rs eee Theatre. He was born Lysle Henderson. His father was known throughout the middle west as an actor who toured the smaller towns regularly under his own name, J. Edward Henderson. Lyle’s mother died while the boy was still a baby. His grandmother, his mother’s mother, then adopted him, giving him her married name of Talbot to use as his own. Thus he became legally, Lysle Talbot. Lyle’s grandmother’s name, before her marriage, had been Hollywood. When it came time for Lyle to start his own theatrical career he thought for a time that he would take his grandmother’s maiden name as a stage name and be known as Lysle Hollywood. He changed his mind, however, and went out with his first carnival troupe as Lysle Talbot. He used this name until he came to Hollywood when he dropped the ‘“s’? in the first name and became Lyle Talbot. Lyle has a heavy role in ‘‘ Fog Over Frisco,’?’ a melodramatic mystery thriller concerning the operations of a band of international bond swindlers. Others in the cast include Bette Davis, Donald Woods, Margaret Lindsay, Hugh Herbert, Arthur Byron, Robert Barrat and Henry O’Neill. Wil liam Dieterle directed the picture. Large and Imposing Array of Talent in “‘Fog Over Frisco’’ A large and imposing array of talent is listed among the names of the cast of the First National picture, ‘‘Fog Over Frisco,’’ which comes to the ............ccc0 PhedtMe ONLae nee hese Bette Davis, who recently played the leading feminine roles in ‘<Jimmy, the Gent,’’ ‘‘ Fashions af: c1984?*: and “* The Big Shakedown’’ heads the cast in the role of a polished villainess, her first heavy part. The romantic leads are enacted by Donald Woods and Margaret Lindsay. Woods is a comparative newcomer to the screen, having played in but two pictures prior to ‘‘Fog Over Frisco,’’ namely ‘fAs the Earth Turns’’ and ‘“Merry Wives of Reno.’’ He had had, however, a brilliant record in stock and on the Broadway stage. Miss Lindsay is the young lady who sprang into meteoric fame on the screen with ‘‘Cavaleade,’’ following that with such successes as “*Merry Wives of Reno,’’ ‘‘From Headquarters’’ and ‘‘The House on 56th Street.’? Lyle Talbot, recently seen in ‘*Registered Nurse,’’ ‘*Heat Lightning’’ and ‘‘Mandalay,’’ divides honors in the heavy roles with Douglas Dumbrille, who will be remembered for his work in ‘“Harold Teen,’’ ‘‘Journal of a Crime,’’ ‘‘Hi, Nellie! ’’ and other pictures. Hugh Herbert, Arthur Byron, Robert Barrat, Henry O’Neill and Irving Pichel, noted for their strong characterizations both on the stage and screen, all play important roles. Still others in the cast include such talented players as Alan Hale, Gordon Westcott, Charles Minjir, William Demarest, Douglas Cosgrove, William Davidson and George Chandler. The picture, which is a melodramatic mystery thriller based on the story by Goerge Dyer, concerns the daring operations of a band of international swindlers with a prominent society woman as one of the leaders. William Dieterle directed the picture from the screen play by Robert Lee, the adaptation being by Lee and Eugene Solow. Stars of Strand Thriller “‘Fog Over Frisco’’ Mystery Drama, at .... heatre Today “Fog Over Frisco,” a First National mystery thriller, opens at theses see theatre today, with Bette Davis, Lyle Talbot, Donald Woods, Margaret Lindsay and Hugh Herbert in the featured roles. The story by George Dyer deals with the operations of a band of LYLE TALBOT at the Strand in First National’s “Fog Over Frisco”’ Mat No. 2 10¢ international bond swindlers with headquarters in San Francisco whose thefts are on a gigantic seale, with murder left in their wake. Their labyrinthian net work reaches from the highest society, with its beautiful and brilliant women in their employ, down through the _ speakeasies with thugs to carry out such rough work as murder and kidnaping. The picture is said to be one of fast action, full of suspense and with thrill following upon thrill. In addition to its melodramatic features there is a lively romance to give the production _ a touch of love interest. — Bette Davis heads the large and talented cast in the role of one of the leaders in the swindling game, a society woman who eventually disappears and _ is found to have been slain by her secret husband, the master mind of the band. Donald Woods and Margaret Lindsay, a new romantic team, are the screen lovers, Woods in the role of a star reporter who runs down the crooks and rescues the kidnaped Margaret who has been spirited aboard a yacht in the bay. Others in the cast include Talbot in a heavy role, Hugh Herbert, Arthur Byron, Robert Barrat, Henry O’Neill, Irving Pichel, Douglas Dtmbrille, Alan Hale and Gordon Westcott. They look all set for a moment of romance. Lyle Talbot and Bette Davis, in a scene from “Fog Over Frisco,” the new First National picture at the Strand. Others in the cast include Margaret Lindsay, Donald Woods and Hugh Herbert. Mat No. 14—20e