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

Ann Harding’s Kindness Gave Ted Newton Start If it hadn’t been for Ann Harding, young red-headed Theodore Newton, who has an important role in the Warner Bros. mystery drama, ““From Headquarters,’’ which comes t0O2 the 4:3... at eee Theatre on Biol ee ea Ea » probably would still be pleading with production heads and easting directors for an initial theatrical role, Upon graduation from Princeton University, he determined to become an actor, but he failed to arouse any enthusiasm among the Broadway showmen. Then one day he chanced to meet Ann Harding in Philadelphia. She detected a vital quality in the red-thatched lad and recommended him to the manager of the Hedgerow Theatre. Newton got his start and rose rapidly. After a series of New York successes, Warner Bros. signed: him for picture work. © Trick Cutbacks Build Power of Police Drama ‘From Headquarters,’’ the Warner Bros. murder mystery drama, which..comes. to the *....¢....0.0.5...-:.0c000ES eae ee , Was ‘“shot’? in that newest of Hollywood shooting fashions. By this method, part of the story is told lingually and graphically through a spectator. It is a highly effective way to make a crime picture, for it allows for the rapid ecut-backs which are so often necessary in telling a swiftly-moving story. George Brent and Margaret Lindsay have the leading roles. Cohan Rated Ted Newton As Best Juvenile Actor Theodore Newton, the young redheaded actor, not so long ago graduated from Princeton, is rated by George M. Cohan as the most promising juvenile in the theatrical field. And George should know for Ted played with him a year in ‘‘ Elmer the Great,’’ before he took up screen work. He is now playing an important role in the Warner Bros. mystery murder drama, ‘‘From Headquarters,’’ which comes to the MG ce Theatre “ON enste George Brent Started To Be Newspaper Man If George Brent, featured in the Warner Bros. mystery drama, ‘‘ From Headquarters,’’ which comes to the agi. <. aR HeAtre—ON = ..5;: ceeccce ens were not a successful screen player, he would undoubtedly still be a newspaper man. That is the trade his father practiced in Dublin and he himself tried it for a time just after he left Dublin University. When George came to America, he was about to take it up again when the chance came to turn actor. He decided to try it out and has been at it ever since. In spite of his defection, the Brent family still supports the newspaper tradition, however. Peggy, George’s sister, is the wife of Victor Watson, well-known journalist, now managing editor of the Chicago Herald and Examiner. Hugh Herbert Master of 12 Different Dialects Hugh Herbert, who plays a_ bail bondsman in the Warner Bros. pic ture, ‘‘From Headquarters,’’ which OPCNS “<At=-the —.... seis es Theatre lige Senos Roe ese » modestly admits that he is probably Hollywood’s most proficient dialectician. Herbert in his time admits to having had to learn to speak fluently in plays and _ pictures in all of the following dialects: Chinese, Japanese, French, Jewish, Italian, Irish, Scotch, Portuguese, Mexican, German and Swedish. Brent and Gable Film Stars, Old Stage Pals A few years ago two young actors sat back-stage in a Broadway theatre and swapped hopes of their respective futures. They were Clark Gable and George Brent. If they could have foreseen the future, their minds would have been put at ease, but they also would have missed lots of fun. Both have earned stardom in the space of a few short years, and George Brent now has the leading role in ‘‘From Headquarters,’’ the Warner Bros. picture, which comes to ERGs. See se gee Theatre on “Does This Belong to You?”’ Mat No.7 a 3 Seat, George Brent questioning Dorothy Burgess in an effort to get to the bottom of the puzzling case which confronts him in “From Headquarters,” Warner Bros. absorbing police story .now at the ............ ole Theatre. Also in the cast are Margaret Lindsay, Robert Barrat, Eugene Pallette and Henry O'Neill. Price 10c Shorts Tense Moment in Strand Hit i ae Margaret Lindsay and George Brent, in a scene from “From Headquarters,’ Warner Bros. thrilling police story, coming to the ............ Soe ee Theatre on .......................08 Brent, as Lieut. Stevens, solves two baffling murders one of which involves his sweetheart, Miss Lindsay. Modern methods of crime detection play an important part in this “different” detective story. Mat No. 4 Price 10c George Brent, Screen Actor, Is Camera Shy George Brent, who is playing the role of Lieut. Stevens in the Warner Bros. production, ‘‘From HeadQuarters,” NoOw=at the ......4.,086. aes Theatre, dislikes having portrait studies made of himself by camera, despite the fact that he makes his living as a motion picture actor. ‘<Tt’s just because I’m so used to the fluidity and continuous motion of pictures,’’ said Brent, in explaining his aversion to portraits, ‘‘that I could never be satisfied with a set, posed photograph. They always look stilted and foreed. I feel as uncomfortable in front of a portrait camera as the poor chap who is having his picture taken for the first time.’’ New Brent Film Shows Scientific Police Work Two schools of police investigators are revealed in the new Warner Bros. mystery drama, ‘‘From MHeadquarters,’’ now showing at the ............... Theatre. Eugene Pallette, as Sergeant Boggs, is of the old school, a cocksure, blustering, strong arm cop who believes in the third degree. His method is to arrest the suspect first and prove his guilt afterward. In diametrical opposition to this method, George Brent, as new type of police officer, believes in making sure of his ground before making an arrest. He follows the latest scientific police methods in pinning a crime on the criminal, Miss Lindsay Training Sister For the Screen Margaret Lindsay, Warner Bros. featured lead in the mystery drama, ‘From Headquarters,’’ which is now yee A ts a aeepees aa eee eter Theatre, is training her sister, Helen, for the screen. Helen worked as stand-in for Miss Lindsay in her current production and took lessons in the histrionic art at the same time. 7 Barrat’s Yearning For Crime Roles Satisfied Robert Barrat, cast in an important role in ‘‘From Headquarters,’’ the Warner Bros. picture now showWa these ee oe Theatre, has wanted to appear in a mystery melodrama ever since he came to Hollywood and the first oppertunity came in this new crime story. There have been plenty of assignments for him since he arrived last winter on the Warner Bros. lot, but until the job of leading heavy in ‘<From Headquarters’’ came along, there were no mysteries. This craving for the mystery school of drama is explained by the fact that Barrat’s first outstanding stage success was registered in the Mary Roberts Rinehart thriller, ‘<The Bat,’’ in which he played for a full year on Broadway. Margaret First Lindsay To Enter Stage Career Margaret Lindsay, petite young screen star, is one of Hollywood’s few who has not descended from a long line of theatrical folk. In fact, there has not been a professional performer in the Lindsay family that she knows of. Margaret, who has the leading feminine role in “From Headquarters,” the Warner Bros. picture, now at the ................ Theatre, crashed into fame on her own individual efforts. Eugene Pallette Scion Of Stonewall Jackson Eugene Pallette who plays the role of a dumb brutal Police Sergeant in the Warner Bros. picture, ‘‘ From Headquarters,’’ now at the............... Face oe Theatre, is a descendant of the famous Confederate General Stonewall Jackson on his mother’s side of the family. He has a number of Stonewall Jackson relics in his home that he wouldn’t part with at any price. Page Seven