Frisco Kid (Warner Bros.) (1935)

RISCO P48 ee | 2 Geel. eee Lovely Lady DT sR A IO EE That the ‘‘vicious fifties’’ also contained much of beauty, is proven by Margaret Lindsay in the role of a San Francisco belle whose love reclaimed James Cagney in ‘‘ Frisco Kid,’’ which comes WO ANOS ore ccs DUCOITESON icone ce Mat No. 103—10c Cortez Is Best Dressed Villain In “Frisco Kid” Ricardo’ Cortez, the suave villain who bears the reputation of being one of the screen’s_ bestdressed men, wears a costume of early day San Francisco in ‘“Frisco Kid,’’ the Warner Bros. production which comes to the ea oe WHOALEO ON castes but he hasn’t by any means surrendered his sartorial championship. On the contrary, he is adding to his laurels. Playing the role of proprietor of a notorious Barbary Coast gambling house, and friend of the star of the production, James Cagney, Cortez is by far the most elegantly clad player on the set. His principal costume includes black trousers with a satin stripe up the sides, frock coat, waistcoat of heavy ribbed silk with the shirt boasting frilled pleats on the bosom, frilled cuffs folded back over the sleeves of his coat, high winged collar and a black satin bow tie which is wrapped twice around the neck before being knotted. To top off his get-up, Cortez wears a huge emerald ring on the small finger of his right hand, a large diamond horseshoe stud on his shirt, cuff links to match the stud and a gold watch chain. “fT couldn’t begin to equal it in modern costume,’’ Cortez remarked. Ricardo Cortez with James Cagney m ‘* FRISCO KID’? at the Strand. Mat No. 107 10¢ ‘‘Frisco Kid’? is a dynamic drama of San Francisco in the days when vice and crime were rampant and the vigilantes represented the only potent law. James Cagney heads the cast which includes~ besides Cortez, Margaret Lindsay, Lili Damita, George E. Stone, Donald Woods, Barton MacLane and Joseph Crehan. Page Sia Guns Tested To Protect Actors Of “Frisco Kid” Because they were determined to avoid any possibility of accident, executives at Warner Bros. decreed that all ancient firearms used in ‘‘Frisco Kid’’ must be examined by experts before given to the actors to handle. Dwight Franklin, nationally recognized authority on arms and armors, personally inspected every gun picked for use in the picture to make sure that it held no forgotten powder charge. Many old guns from his own large collection and others borrowed from local collectors, were used in the film, a tale of San Francisco in 1854, now. showuie a6 the207.2... enc Theatre. The guns were so old as to be unfamiliar weapons in the hands of men not antique arms experts. ‘‘Tt took almost as much courage to be on the firing end of some of those guns as it did to be in front of them, when a full charge was fired,’’ said James Cagney, who heads the cast in this story of San Francisco’s notorious Barbary Coast when the noose of the vigilantes was the only check on robbery, rioting, arson and murder. Others include Margaret Lindsay, Ricardo Cortez, Lili Damita, George E. Stone, Donald Woods, Fred Kohler, Robert MeWade, Barton MacLane and Joseph Crehan. Lloyd Bacon directed the picture from the sereen play by Warren Duff and Seton I. Miller. Ricardo Cortez Puts Distinetive Touch In Picture Ricardo Cortez, who has the heavy role in the Warner Bros. production, ‘‘Frisco Kid,’’ now showing at the <.:..,.......... Theatre, only smiles when he sees a coinflipping gangster stroll across the screen. He feels he has been paid a sincere compliment. Cortez invented the coin-tossing business years before it was employed in * **Searface.’? When Cortez observes a ‘‘naughty but nice’’ type of sereen villain, he gains no little satisfaction from the thought that he was the first to play that sort of film character. He introduced such a villain in ‘‘The Maltese Faleon.’? When a gangster ‘‘burps’’ on the screen, Cortez smiles, knowing that he ‘‘burped’’ long before a burp was called a ‘‘burp.’’ In ‘‘Special Agent’’ he made his character role distinctive by constantly wearing a pair of gray suede gloves. His latest idiosyneracy is in his current picture, ‘‘Frisco Kid,’? a tale of San Francisco’s Barbary Coast in the 1850’s. Cortez, in the role of a polished gambler, added a touch of dandyism to his ‘‘swell’’” costume, by wearing frilled shirt cuffs, starched to turn back over his coat. It lends a quaint air to the rough gambling hall, patronized by miners, sailors, crooks and women of the demimonde, particularly as his adorned hand always rests close to a loaded derringer. And there are dozens of other pieces of business in various films. developed by Cortez and copied by innumerable screen villains. James Cagney heads the cast of ‘“Frisco Kid,’’ while others inelude Margaret Lindsay, Lili Damita, Donald Woods, Barton MacLane and George E. Stone. Lloyd Bacon directed the picture from the sereen play by Warren Duff and Seton I. Miller. Leaps In Sea To Get Autograph Of Cagney There are seemingly no limits to what an autograph hound will do to get the signature of his favorite movie star. But the story James Cagney tells tops them all. Jimmy was taking a short vacation on his yacht just after finishing work on the Warner Bros. production “Frisco Kid,” which comes to the Theatre on Catalina Island he hailed a fisherman in a rowboat. “How are they biting?” he called. The man stood up and gazed at Jimmy. Suddenly he tumbled overboard, seemingly having lost his balance. “Help!” he yelled as he sank. Jimmy leaped overboard and held the man up until his crew pulled them in. “Sorry to bother you,” said the fisherman, “but I just wanted your autograph.” Jimmy turned red. But his indignation quickly gave way to a grin. He autographed one of his photos. “And that,” said James, “is no fish story.” With Dinner At $15 Cagney Takes Glass Of Water Jimmy Cagney is glad he wasn’t a resident of San Francisco during the days of the gold rush and the vigilantes. The star of the Warner Bros. melodrama ‘‘Frisco Kid,’’ now showing at the acces: Theatre, seated himself, while filming the picture, at a dining room table on a set representing San Francisco’s once-famous International Hotel in 1854. Rehearsing the scene, he ran his eyes over the menu handed him by a waiter. His eyes widened and he whistled sharply. ‘‘What is this, a gag?’’ he demanded, pointing to the menu and turning to Director Lloyd Bacon. ‘What do you mean?’’ Bacon replied. ‘‘Vuisten,’’ Cagney directed, then read in his sharp, stacatto delivery: ‘* ‘Dinner $15 per plate. Choice of consomme or vegetable soup. Fresh vegetable salad, ete. A la carte. Ham and eggs, $2.50. Choice of fresh vegetables, side orders, $1 per plate, ete.’ Are those prices real money or movie money??? ‘‘Real money, Jim,’’ Bacon informed the actor. He reached into the script clerk’s desk for a history of San Francisco and handed it to Cagney. There, under the heading ‘High food prices prevailed’’ he saw a sample menu of the International Hotel from which the film menu was copied. “‘T’ll take a glass of water,’’ said Jimmy. ‘Frisco Kid’? is a_ thrilling drama of the western frontier in the ’50’s. The loeale of the story is San Francisco’s notorious Barbary Coast, then, and until the earthquake many years later, the world’s most dangerous habitat of underworld characters. Cagney plays the role of a sailor who fights his way to boss of San Francisco’s notorious Barbary Coast at a time when the noose of the vigilantes was the only eheck on robbery, rioting, arson and murder. Others include Margaret Lindsay, Ricardo Cortez, Lili Damita, George E. Stone, Donald Woods, Fred Kohler, Robert McWade, Barton MacLane and Joseph Crehan. The screen play is by Warren Duff and Seton I. Miller. Vigilantes Turn Out Gay Togs For Film Hanging Twelve hundred vigilantes in flowery waistcoats and top hats, black sombreros, gay frocks and rough mining clothes of another generation, took possession of Warner Bros. studio for a night for a scene in ‘‘Frisco Kid,’’ now showing at the ................ Theatre. Accompanied by their womenfolk in hoop skirts and crinolines, the men came to carry out an old time California custom—that of hanging a couple of objectionable citizens and putting the torch to a notorious den on Barbary Coast. The macabre scene is a highlight in ‘‘Frisco Kid.’’ Four motion picture cameras mounted on scaffolding filmed the seething, howling mob as it overflowed replicas of several blocks of old San Francisco’s waterfront, armed with ugly bayonetted rifles and lurid yellow torches. A crew of several hundred electricians, grips, property men, wardrobe and make-up workers, assistant directors, were on the scene. But these were augmented by such a crowd of curious sightseers, the scene being taken in downtown Los Angeles, that police and firemen were called to keep order. Shooting of the scene began at six o’clock in the evening and was not completed until four in the morning. James Cagney heads the cast of this thrilling drama of the lawless but picturesque days of San Francisco in the early ’50’s. Others include Margaret Lindsay, Ricardo Cortez, Lili Damita, Donald Woods, Barton MacLane, George E. Stone and Robert McWade. Lloyd Bacon directed the piecture from the screenplay by Warren Duff and Seton J. Miller. In GrippingNew WarnerF ilm| Jimmy Cagney Grows Taller In Making Picture James Cagney has grown half an inch taller. He discovered this, much to his surprise, when he was working on the Warner Bros. picture, ‘‘Frisco Kid,’’ which comes tos theese. esc MAGA tre ON. s For years Jimmy has been exactly five feet nine inches tall in his bare feet. But when he stepped under a measuring rod on the set it registered five feet, nine and a half inches. He attributes his increased stature to the fact that he trained intensively for his last two pietures, ‘‘The Irish In Us’’ ana ‘¢Briseo Kid.’’ His training included a daily JAMES CAGNEY im ‘““RRISCO KID”’ at the Strand. Mat No. 109 § 10¢ one-hour program of calisthenics, many of the exercises being of a stretching nature. Harvey Parry, who has been Cagney’s trainer for several years, also said the stretching exercises were probably responsible for the increase in height. Cagney heads the cast in ‘‘Prisco Kid,’’ a story of San Francisco’s notorious Barbary Coast when the noose of the vigilantes was the only check on robbery, rioting, arson and murder. Others include Margaret Lindsay, Ricardo Cortez, Lili Damita, George E. Stone, Donald Woods, Fred Kohler, Robert MeWade, Barton MacLane and Joseph Crehan. Lloyd Bacon directed the picture from the screen play by Warren Duff and Seton I. Miller. James Cagney and Lili Damita will come to the .........0.ccce Theatre on Te atest: Seen in what is heralded as the greatest of Cagney’s five big 1935 hits, ‘‘ Frisco Kid,’’ a story of the Barbary Coast in the vicious fifties. Mat No. 204—20c¢