From Headquarters (Warner Bros., 1933) (1933)

> MITEHT Kea lures FREAK -FACTS! . ropent BARRAT WHO FIRST APPEARED IN PICTURES NINE MONTHS AGO HAS APPEARED PROMINENTLY ~ THE UL S.A. WAS aven HERBERT wHose APOLOGETIC TITTER : 1S HEARD IN FROM HEADQUARTERS WAS CO-AUTHOR OF UGHTS OF NEW YOR _4y bly BEFORE SETTING OUT FOR FOR SEVERAL YEARS A SAILOR a BEAUTIFUL YOUNG SCREEN STAR LIKES TO PLAY OLD LAOY ROLES. THE FIRST ALL TALKING PICTURE MADE iM A PICTURE-AMONTH EVER SINCE. Mat No. 22. Price 10c. Margaret Lindsay Selected For Swift Rise to Stardom Brilliant Young Lead in “From Headquarters” Attracts Attention As Unusual HO, among the younger players who have risen to screen prominence during the past year, has the best chance of becoming a really great star? That question was asked recently at a Hollywood party, where the favorite indoor sport is picking future stars and 9? talking ‘‘shop. Four men joined the conference, argued the question from many angles, and arrived at an unanimous conclusion that was accepted by many others. The four men were a director, a sound technician, a writer, and a press agent—a cross-section of film life, no one will gainsay, that knows pictures from the ground up. : And their choice for truly great stardom was Margaret Linlsay. This actress, who attracted attention for her performance “Cavaleade,” in which she posed as an English actress in an allEnglish cast, has been seen in only a few prominent parts—in “Voltaire,” “Private Detective 62,” “The World Changes,” and now opposite George Brent in the Warner Bros. picture, “From Headquarters,’ now showing at the Theatre. But— “She takes direction perfectly. She has the divine spark,” said the director. in “She has the most beautiful, low, resonant voice and perfect diction anyone could ask for,’ said the sound expert. “She has depth, background, and intelligence. Give her a character to portray, and she grasps the inner meanings, all the subleties, of the script,” said the writer. “And finally,” concluded the press agent, “she has beauty, fire, poise, all the things needed to ‘put over’ that, she knows what it’s all about, and she cooperates.” The capacity to learn, to grow, to improve, the saving grace of Page Siz humor to give her balance, and the ability to wear clothes, were but a few of the other qualities mentioned in this professional analysis of Margaret Lindsay. In “From Headquarters,” the young actress, who is a dark-haired, dark-eyed, beauty of twenty-three years, one of the greatest chances of her career so far, to show her talent for dramatic characterization. Accused of murder, the necessity to shield another sealing her lips, and the man who loves her foreed to cross-examine her and try to elicit a confession from her because he is a lieutenant of police, she is placed in a position that calls for all the best of the qualities her admirers attributed to her. That she gave a superlative performance was acknowledged by critics after having seen the preview of the picture. “From Headquarters” is a thrilling and baffling double murder mystery with the colorful setting of police headquarters of a metropolitan city showing officials in all their activity in chasing down assassins. It is a realistic presentation of modern police methods in crime detection written by two hard has ‘|boiled police reporters, Robert N. Lee and Peter Milne, based on an original story by Lee. There is a large and talented : ‘|east in addition to the two leads @ new screen personality. Added to/ ang includes Eugene Pallette, Hugh Herbert, Dorothy Burgess, Theodore ‘| Newton, Hobart Cavanaugh, Robert Barrat, Henry O’Neill, Ken Murray and Murray Kinnell. William Dieterle directed. Scientific Police Work Seen In ‘‘Headquarters”’ “From Headquarters,’ the novel Warner Bros. mystery drama, which is now showing at the Theatre—illustrates many of the scientific methods used by police in the unearthing of clues. Among them is the microscopic detection of clues in blood-stained handkerchiefs —the reading of invisible markings and writings by the aid of ultra violet rays, and the ballistic studies. which establish beyond a shadow of a doubt whether a bullet has been fired from a certain pistol and how far from the gun the victim was at the time the pistol was fired. Due to these scientific methods the police have been able to do away with the brutal third degree methods of obtaining confessions and in a large measure remove much of the air of “circumstantial evidence” from a majority of homicide cases. Heading the large cast of “From Headquarters” are George Brent, Margaret Lindsay, Eugene Pallette and Hugh Herbert. “Ballistics” Plays Big Part In New Picture “From Headquarters” the Warner Bros. detective picture which is now TP 11s ea ee ae aed i So OAT Theatre —hbesides its thrilling story and strong cast headed by George Brent, and Margaret Lindsay, illustrates the important part now played by “ballistics” in the tracing of persons guilty in homicide cases. “Ballisties” is the science which deals with the impact, path and velocity of projectiles—forces operating on a bullet during its flight—and the forces operating in the bore of the gun behind it. “From Headquarters” which is said to be the most sensational detective story of the season, actually shows how the modern day police experts go about their work in tracing the gun from which a murderous bullet has been fired. Margaret Lindsay Seen In Fifth Picture Role Although already widely known for her screen portrayals, Margaret Lindsay, featured in “From Headquarters,” at the Theatre, has appeared in only five films to date. In these films she appeared opposite the greatest of Hollywood’s most celebrated stars—Leslie Howard, George Arliss, William Powell and Paul Muni. Nerves Betray Prisoners in Modern Surprise Rather Than Third Degree Brutality Revealed As Scientific Method in “From Headquarters” NE of the most important rooms in a modern police headquarters is the waiting room. Suspects against whom there is not enough evidence for an arrest, if merely requested to call at headquarters, and then left to themselves for a sufficiently long time, are often easy victims of catch questions cleverly prepared for them, whereas, if allowed to rush into the questions without a proper interim of waiting and worrying, they are much more difficult to trap. This was filming of the Warner Bros. picture now showTheatre, when visiting police officials com revealed during the “From Headquarters,” ing at the mented on the accuracy of scenes depicting this “wait.” So with the third degree room. So slight a thing as the raising and lowering of a window blind suddenly has often frightened a confession out of a hapless victim. Not everything in a police headquarters is done by brutality. On the contrary, it has been discovered that brutality is the least likely way to get the right answer. ; It is the nerves, and again the nerves, that the police work on constantly in a police headquarters. Beginning at the booking room, when a prisoner is brought in, idle packages of cigarettes left lying around often have nerve-wracking noises inside them. In the bull pen, where all prisoners are herded together, “stools” and other prisoners are often set to catch unwary victims in unguarded talk. Even in the cells, alarms, sudden visits, the turning on or off of the lights, all are important in helping the police learn the identity of guilty criminals. ,But not all the offices and rooms of a police headquarters are de Featured Players in “From Headquarters” voted to working directly with pris oners or suspects. full of clerks, complete radio broadcasting rooms, a telephone exchange office, Large general offices a teletype room, jailers’ offices, reporters’ rooms, chemists’ laboratories, autopsy rooms and many others had to be built as settings for “From Headquarters,” which, in the _ picture, represent the New York Police headquarters of today. “From Headquarters” is a murder mystery drama filled with thrills It opens with the slaying of a millionaire Broadway playboy who has been mixed up in blackmail plots and several clandestine love affairs, and follows with and suspense. a second slaying. right in police headquarters while the detectives are searching for the criminal. Besides its mystery angle, the picture shows the inner workings of a metropolitan police force in the modern scientific method erime. of unravelling There is a strong cast headed by George Brent and Margaret Lindsay, the supporting players including Eugene Pallette, Hugh Herbert, Dorothy Burgess, Theodore Newton, Hobart Cavanaugh, Robert Barrat, Ken Murray and Murray Kinnell. William Dieterle directed the picture from the screen play by Robert N. Lee and Peter Milne, based on the story by Lee. George Brent, Margaret Lindsay and Eugene Pallette are the principals in “From Headquarters,” War ner Bros. absorbing story of modern crime detection, currently showing at the Theatre. Brent, as Police Lieut. Stevens, solves two baffling murders, one of which occurs in police head quarters. Miss Lindsay plays the part of Brent’s sweetheart implicated in one of the killings. in the cast are Hugh Herbert, Robert Barrat and Henry O'Neill. Mat No.6 Price 15¢ Others