Four Daughters (Warner Bros.) (1938)

JEFFREY LYNN la kaj — played we ROSEMARY LANE __ Her voice makes her the most talented of the _ sisters. ew gey .Am nor ‘serious as — "Although sisters! | loveble qualities, money ond social postion seem more important to at _ ‘felix. Deltz — played by JEFFREY LYNN: : 29 — A composer of music of the Gershwin type. Possessor of a personality that makes it feasible that all four sisters should fall i in love with him. Mickey Borden—played by JOHN GARFIELD About Felix's age. An orchestrator. Careless in dress. His humor is ironic. His demeanor sardonic. He doesn't think Well of himself or of the world, Poverty has done the trick. Ben Crowley — played by FRANK McHUGH _ Forty-five and the popular conception of the American Babbitt—But like most Babbitts, likable. Ernest — played by ...... DICK FORAN Young, shy, inarticulate, but persevering. Mrs. Ridgefield — played by VERA LEWIS Just your neighbor and mine. PRODUCTION STAFF Directed by Michael Curtiz * Screen Play by Julius J. Epstein and Lenore Coffee + From Cosmopolitan Magazine Story by Fannie Hurst « Music by Max Steiner + Musical Director Leo F. Forbstein Photography by Ernie Haller, A.S.C. + Film Editor Ralph Dawson Sound by Stanley Jones °* Dialogue Director Irving Rapper Art Director John Hughes * Gowns by Orry-Kelly. . Directed hy Michael Curtiz Fisy dy duties A Systel. NS-JOWN GARFIELD JEFFREY LYNN DICK FORAN resented hy WARNER BROS. Pictures, ine. 24-SHEET —— SEE PRICES ON BACK COVER ‘Four Daughters’’ Coming to Strand, Based on Famous Fannie Hurst Novel “Four Daughters,” the Warner Bros. picturization of a famous story by Fannie Hurst, will open at the Strand Theatre on Friday. A moving tale of four devoted sisters who fall in love with the same man, the film has one of the most unique casts in motion picture history. Given stability by the presence of such tried and true performers as Claude Rains, May Robson, Frank McHugh and Dick Foran, the cast is made remarkable by a couple of striking circumstances. First, it marks the only time in motion picture history when three sisters not only played important roles in the same picture but were, in fact, cast as sisters. They are, of course, the Lane girls, Priscilla, Rosemary and Lola. The fourth sister, incidentally, is played by Gale Page, who is said to fit beautifully into the Lane ensemble. The Warner studio also chose this vehicle to introduce simultaneously two of the most prom ising young actors it has ever presented in its long history of star-making. They are Jeffrey Lynn, tall, handsome and charming—a promising candidate for feminine-heart palpitator No. 1., and John Garfield, already famous on the Broadway stage as a young character actor. Lynn plays the captivating youth with whom the sisters all fall in love. He, however, shows a clear preference for the youngest, played by Priscilla Lane, The announcement by Priscilla of her engagement to Jeffrey is a sad blow to the other three girls but one from which they manage to recover easily, especially since they are all so devoted tu Priscilla that no question of jealousy is involved. All seems to be going smoothly until the day that Jeffrey and Priscilla are to be wed. It is then that a down-at-the-heel musician, played by John Garfield, tells Priscilla that her oldest sis ter, portrayed by Gale Page, is Country of origin U.S. A. Copyright 1938 Vitagraph, Inc. All rights reserved. Copyright is waived to magazines and newspapers. deeply in love with Jeffrey and is broken-hearted over the impending wedding. The bond between the oldest and the youngest of the girls is so deep that Priscilla cannot bear to be the instrument of her beloved sister’s unhappiness. Acting upon a sacrificial impulse, she runs away only a few moments before her scheduled wedding to Jeffrey and marries Garfield. This starts the chain of circumstances which make the story of “Four Daughters” a rich and human experience. And while the mood is sometimes that of tragedy, it has many gay and light-hearted moments, and it ends, indeed, on a note of uproarious comedy. The Fannie Hurst original was fashioned into a screen play by Julius J. Epstein and Lenore Coffee, and the production was directed by Michael Curtiz who recently made history with “The Adventures of Robin Hood.” Mat 302—45¢ “FOUR DAUGHTERS” AND THEIR BOY FRIEND — Jeffrey Lynn (center), new screen “find”, walks away with the hearts of (left to right) Gale Page, Priscilla Lane, Rosemary Lane and Lola Lane in “Four Daughters”, the film version of a famous story by Fannie Hurst, coming to the Strand.