From Headquarters (Warner Bros., 1929) (1929)

VITAPHONE PR Scene from"From Headguerters” Starring Monte Bue-A Warner Bros “HAPPY” SMITH FINDS HIMSELF JUST THAT Production No. 1—Cut or Mat “FROM HEADQUARTERS” THE CAST “HAPPY” SMITH Gunnery Sergeant Wilmer Mary Dyer Senor Corroles “Buffalo Bill” Ryan Private Murphy Innocencia Spike Connelly O'Farrell : “Bugs” McGuire Fritz Hendricks Mayor MONTE BLUE Guinn Williams Gladys Brockwell Lionel Belmore Henry B. Walthall Eddte Gribbon Ethlyne Claire Pat Hartigan John Kelly Otto Lederer William Irving Pat Somerset Joseph Girard Story by Samuel Hartridge Scenario by Harvey Gates Director HOWARD BRETHERTON IMMACULATE MONTE BLUE APPEARS AS RAGGED HERO. Monte Blue, popular Warner Bros. | entered the country and goes through a series of terrible experi enees which would try of any man. star is said to give one of the outstanding of eareer in the new Vitaphone pro characterizations his the courage jundergo terrible hardships through | is about to leave with a party to jhunt for them, when Corroles brings to him the $5,000) that had been given to Happy. The latter, fear juny “FROM HEADQUARTERS'’— Warner Bros. Latest Vitaphone Talking Pictur. Vitaphone Stirringly Voices the ~ Melodramatic Love Story of — U. S. Marines In the Tropics SYNOPSIS OF VIVID STORY OF LEATHERNECKS IN TROPICS Under command of Major Evans of U. S. Marines have landed at the little town of San Marealo, on the coast of LatinAmerican Republie. Evans visits the American Vice-Consul, Senor Corroles. A party of Americans, including one woman, Mary Dyer, has been lost in the interior at the Rositn Mine, and Corroles tells the Major that “Happy” Smith, a soldier of fortune, is the only man who ean guide the rescue party of Murines the interior. Smith, aun American, has the country for many years, and CorInnocencia, is in Since the U. S. anchor in the has resumed the which made him nT party a into been in daughter, him. dropped roles’ love with warship harbor, Happy heavy drinking a derelict. Smith, in a saloon with four companion soldiers of fortune, excites the enmity of a party of Marines including Gunnery-Sargeant Wilmer. | He is eventually brought before the | Major, from whom he demands, and | finally receives, $5,000 for his. ser| |viees in the enterprise. Happy | istirts with six Marines including Wilmer, and soon after leaving the town they come upon the bodies of | Happy’s four adventurer friends, who have heen exeeuted for desertion from the “army” of a bandit “general” beease they did not receive their pay. The party loses three Marines in an attack by guerillas. Reaching the mine, they find that all the men in the lost party have been killed, while the woman has eluded the bandits and has sinee given birth to a child. She and Happy reeognize each other, and she soon -dies, after whispering her story to Sergeant Wilmer. As a result of the information received, Wilmer, who hates and has already come to blows | with Happy, places the latter under) arrest, but before the party starts! back to San Marealo makes his peace with him and expresses his admiration for the derelict. The! charge on which he has been placed under arrest is that nine years be| fore he stole company funds and | deserted from the Marines at Nor folk, Va. “Happy” and the three marines, | taking with them the baby which is sustained by the milk of a goat they have found at the ruined mine camp, start the return trip, and swamp fever, starvation and bad | water. Ryan is shot by guerillas and Murphy falls to his death in a swamp. A month having passed without news of the searchers, Major Evans ing that left it divided he might with the not return, Vice-Consul to be among the dependents of Marines who might be killed, Suddenly Happy and Wilmer, singing deliriously but still carrying the huby, come down the street. of the Village. had duction, “From Headquarters,” com to the Theatre on . in which he appears a dissolute soldier of fortune who has lived for many years in the tropics, fighting on whichever side would puy the most money for his services. Clad in a nondeseript uniform Appearing in support. of Blue jthis dramatic (Clair, Guinn Williams Brockwell, Joseph Girard, Belmore, Henry B. Walthall Gribbon, ' in Ethlyne Gladys Lione] Nidie Pat Hartigan, Otte Lederer William Irving, Pat Somerset and John Kelly. The production was and sporting several days’ growth directed by Howard Bretherton and of beard on his face, the immaen-|the original Story by Samuel Hart late Monte is a perfect pieture of | ridge was prepared for the a man who has lived too long an! by Harvey Gates, aimless life in the Tropies. Even-} Synehronic tually he comes in contact with the/and_ talking United States Marines who have! recorded by ing storv are as sereen accompaniment, sound. sequences are vividly Vitaphone, Later, Major Evans reveals to “Happy” that Mary Dyer had divulged — his Story to Wilmer. ‘Happy” was a Captain of Murines who had loved Mary Dyer. He had learned ‘ nine years before at Norfolk that her husband had stolen the company funds. To rrotect Mary’s happiness, he had soured and made it appear that he himself had stolen the money, Major Evans Intimates that the Marines will he glad to have “Happy” return to the organization, but “Happy” indicates that he will stay with Innocencia ind take care of Mary Dyer’s baby. | | Scene from ‘From Headquarters’ Starrin Morite B/ue-A Warner Bros Product‘on SOME SENORITA, I’LL SAY Production No. 2—Cut or Mat “BIG BOY” GETS NEW BUDDY ROLE Gunn (“Big Boy”) Williams, who a hit as the O’Brien the registered such of Warner Bros. has buddy George in “Noah’s Ark,’ has a prineipal supporting role in Monte Blue’s new Vitaphone picture, “From Headquarters,” which comes to the Theatre on : Williams plays one of Monte’s buddies in this production. In the cast are Henry B. Walthall, Gladys Brockwell, Ethlyne Clair, Eddie Gribbon and Pat Hartigan. Howard Bretherton directed. Lazy Charm All the lazy charm of a little vil ‘lage in the Tropics is shown in the Warner Bros. Vitaphone production, “From Headquarters,” starring Mon |te Blue, which will be at the Theatre for days, beginning on eee eee eeeeece So SS SSE SSsceocst oe Soi? from" From Headguerters Scene Production No. MONTE BLUE PLAYS American, cheerful, and a aman of excellent antece | discovered. | ticipated in a succession of stirring Vitaphone spectacle, | RMAC Starring Monte Hue GUERILLA WARFARE IN LATIN’ AMERICA | | } | a DERELICT ROLE In | NEW TALKING FILN | For nine years “Happy” Smith pparently dents, had been a derelict soldier of fortune jy the Tropics, taking part in the in terminable revolutions of the cou) try, and fighting on whichever ij would pay him the most money, His past was a mystery—but he was jy a part of the world where no ques tions were asked. And then the United States My rines landed, intent on protecting the lives of American citizens, and great change came over “Happy” Smith. He became _ intimately involved in their operations, and eventually the secret of his past was But in the meantime he had par. events which make of “From Head quarters,” coming to the Theatre on ee , Olle jof the most absorbing and exciting productions ever shown on the screen. This is a Warner Bros, Vita phone talking picture, and the addi tion of dialogue served vastly to inerease the dramatic power of the story. Monte Blue is the “Happy” Smith, |and other prominent roles are played by Ethlyne Claire, Guinn Williams, |Henry B. Walthall, Lionel Belmore Eddie Gribbon, Gladys Brockwell, Joseph Girard, Pat Hartigan, Wiliam Irving, John Kelly, Pat Somerset and Otto Lederer. Howard Breth erton directed from the story by Samuel Hartridge, adapted by Har vey Gates. Monte Blue’s Cast In “From Headquarters,” his latest Warner Bros. Vitaphone pro duction, Monte Blue is supported by a east which includes Ethlyne Clair, | Guinn Williams, Gladys Brockwell, Joseph Girard, Lionel Belmore, Het rv B. Walthall, Eddie Gribbon, and Pat Hartigan. It comes to the Sacpcd. a aT Theatre 0 er i i ie ee: eee: 1 eee Marines in the Tropics “From Headquarters,” the newet Warner Bros. Vitaphone production 'starring Monte Blue, coming to the | sare Cheam Theatre on ...:: ore cane , is a rousing story of the * 'U. 8. Marines in the tropics. Warner Byes Production SERS 3—Cut or Mat