Fugitive in the Sky (Warner Bros.) (1936)

FUGITIVE IN THE GRY PUBLECHTY « Just Nine Dollars Saved Jean Muir From Failure Lead in ‘Fugitive in the Sky’? Was Going Home When Money Was Gone Nine dollars was all that stood between Jean Muir and failure three years ago—nine crumpled dollars which she had hidden under the paper lining of the right, top dresser drawer. The left top dresser-drawer contained about the same amount, but that didn’t belong to Jean, but to her room mate. The two girls had had some eighty dollars each when they rented the room and started on their daily tour of the New York casting offices. They had taken the money out, a dollar at a time, until just nine dollars was left in Jean’s savings. Now—as everybody knows— Jean is earning many times that amount a day in pictures, the latest of which is Warner Bros “Fugitive in the Sky,” which is showBO ete Lis 1... seen Theatre. The room the two girls occupied at the time was the cheapest in the big New York Y.W.C.A. building and it was at the back of the building, close by the kitchens. : “The end of the nine dollars meant disaster,” says Jean. “I had agreed to give up my stage ambitions if I could not make a financial go of it without the help of my family. It meant that I would go to live with my parents and become a librarian’s assistant for my mother. “T had worked very hard for more than two years, and that nine dollars was all I had to show for it!” But the mills of the gods were grinding. Several times in the previous months Jean had been able to add temporarily to her stock of cash by playing extra roles in pictures filmed in and around New York and she had aroused interest enough in the Warner Bros. studios in Brooklyn to have a test made of her. But nothing came of it for weeks, Then came the morning when she counted the little pile of money and found that it contained just nine dollars. Then— a telephone call from the Warner Bros. offices was relayed to her. She thought it meant another extra job and she knew that she must manage to find better clothes than she had if she was to acecpt the offer. So she took her time in answering the call, The interview, when Jean did get there, was short and to the point. “They want you out in Hollywood,’ she was told. “They’ve seen that test. When can you leave?” Jean thought of the nine dollars. “My expenses —” she began. “They’ll be paid.” Jean was too astonished to appear eager. “Tm very tired,” she said. She could have added, hungry. “Can I—can I go out by boat, through the canal, and get a little rest?” “Yes, you can do that.” “All right,” said Jean, “I'll leave whenever the boat does.” That’s all there is to the story, except that when Jean reached Hollywood some four weeks later and reported to the studio for work she still had the nine dollars. They formed the foundation of Jean’s growing savings account — that lucky nine dollars. Jean now has the leading role in “Fugitive in the Sky,” playing the part of an air-hostess in this melodramatic mystery thriller with a murder in the clouds. She is featured with Warren Hull. Others in the cast are Carlyle Moore, Jr., Howard Phillips, Winifred Shaw and Mary Treen. Nick Grinde directed the production. Jean Muir Gets a Strange Proposal Proposals to movie stars are every day occurrences, but few of them are as unique as Jean Muir’s recent offer of marriage from, a fan. The letter was three pages long and so ambiguous that the actress had to puzzle over it several times before she finally realized the writer was proposing to her. The letter was received while Miss Muir was playing in Warner Bros. “Fugitive in the Sky,” now showing at the............ Theatre. Trailing The Killer! Spencer Charters (left), Warren Hull and Jean Muir, after the mysterious murders on the storm-driven plane, track the slayer to his hideaway, in a thrilling scene from “Fugitive in the Sky,” the Warner Bros. melodramatic romance of death, daring and devotion. “Fugitive in the Sky” is now showing at the__Pe hoa Theatre. Mat No. 201—20c Gangsters Give Actress Month Pay for Singing Winifred Shaw, who has a prominent role in Warner Bros. “Fugitive in the Sky,” which comes: to. the... .......; Theatre on at Sah , told this one on herself between scenes during the production of the film. One night in Atlantic City, said the ex-torch singer, I was singing in a night club when four tough-looking mugs walked in. They took a table and called me over. Sing “Ten Cents a Dance” and keep on singing it until we tell you to stop, said one of them. How much do you get for a week’s singing? I was asked. I told him one hundred and fifty dollars a week. He peeled off a month’s sal ary. That’s. sfor? Ten, = Cents va Danee,” he said. I heard you sing it in that “Simple Simon” show with Ed Wynn. I didn’t have nothing better to do, so I took a run down from New York to hear you sing it again. Miss Shaw is one of the passengers in an airplane when a murder is committed in the air in “Fugitive in the Sky,” a melodramatic murder mystery drama by George Bricker. Jean Muir and Warren Hull are featured. Others in the east are Gordon Oliver, Carlyle Moore, Jr., Howard Phillips, Mary Treen and Gordon Elliott. Nick Grinde directed. Jean Muir Rehearses Before Long Mirrors Jean Muir, who has the leading feminine role in the Warner Bros. mystery thriller, “Fugitive in the Sky,” which comes to the Theatre on rehearses before a mirror. Pawns Of Fate Caer Warren Hull and Jean Muir in “Fugitive In the Sky,” Warner Bros. thrilling murder mystery of the air, which comes to the Nae LEO COENe ON 5 Mat No. 103—10c THE STORY Terry Brewer (Warren Hull), a reporter, goes to the Los Angeles airport to say goodbye to the girl he loves, Rita Moore (Jean Muir), air hostess. He sees G-Man Mike Phelan (John Litel) among the passengers and thinking he is on the trail of a criminal, decides to go along. When the plane pauses in New Mexico, Mrs. Tristo (Nedda Harrigan), a _ passenger, buys a hunting knife from an Indian. Late that night, as the plane is soaring several thousand feet in the air, a shadowy figure approaches the sleeping Ramon Duval (Gordon Elliott) and plunges a knife into his heart. Phelan assumes charge of the situatiin and starts to question the passengers. Wanda Terrell (Howard Phillips), who is Killer Madsen in disguise, holds up Phelan and announces that he will run the show. He orders Pilot Bob White (Gordon Oliver) to head the plane toward Evansville, Ind., his home town. Rita, preparing coffee, puts a powerful sleeping potion in Killer’s. But he is sus Killer, annoyed, knocks out Pilot White while Martha droops under the influence of the drugged coffee. Rita takes charge of the controls. A heavy dust storm has clogged the motors which are running very erratically. White comes to just before the motors die and brings the plane to a landing in the worst of the storm area. Killer quits the plane alone, but soon afterward the other occupants: leave. They all end up in the same farmhouse, where Killer keeps everyone covered with his gun. In the morning Killer forces White and Terry to go with him to the plane to repair the motors, so that he can continue his flight. While pretending to start the machinery, Terry sends a radio message telling of their plight. In the meantime Rita has procured a shotgun from the farmer and followed the trio. She orders Killer to throw up his hands, but he grabs Terry and holds him as a shield. Terry pretends to faint, then grabs Killer by the leg and throws him. There is a fierce scuffle in which White is shot and wounded, but Killer is eventually knocked cold. Phelan and a group of officers, who had heard the radio message, arrive and take Killer into custody. Phelan also arrests Mrs. Tristo. He has penetrated her disguise and discovered that she is the former sweetheart of the murdered man, having killed him for double-crossing her. Terry radios the story to his paper and at a word from Rita also asks the anouncement of their engagement. THE-CAST Rita Moore _. Se ea re ee Terry Brewer Bob White ___ Johnny Martin Killer Madson . Autumn Day Agatha Ormsby... Mike Phelan... Ramon Duval.-__...Charles Holmberg .......... Mrs... Tristo— Kid Gouch__. SPEC oe Ronald DeWitt Steve Fanning ............ Henry Staeger—_.........--Martha Staeger Dave Brandon.........--..-- oo Se Jean Mann CS Ae PE Bee) Warren Hull et Gordon. Oliver __...........Carlyle Moore, Jr. __-------e--------Howard Phillips _._............Winifred Shaw te Mary Treen Lo ee ONE Leek _.........Gordon Elliott Sues Gordon. Hane _..........-Nedda Harrigan 22 +_john ‘Kelty, Joe Cuningham oot eee 2 on: Barclay. oo ee alles boy, _........Spencer Charters Lillian Harmer _.........Tom Jackson PRODUCTION STAFF Director pote tne 8 ersten. pee oe ee ely eee Story and screenplay by. —.-.-.____-~ Photocrapnya py ee ee Slee. See ee Pulm Editor SD RES 8 Sn ie a nd ca ee eee abate, ORE Art Director. Gowns:.by)— 222 Special photographic effects by —-..-----. nea __..........Nick Grinde Be he a ee eee George Bricker eA Ate De ae Oa Ted McCord, A.S.C. _..Frank Dewar ja EE AS Ted Smith OFFICIAL BILLING Warner Bros. 25% Pictures, Inc. present 5% “FUGITIVE IN THE SKY” 100% with Jean Muir—Warren Hull 15% Gordon Oliver—Carlyle Moore, Jr.—Howard Phillips Winifred Shaw—Mary Treen 40% * * Directed by Nick Grinde 25% * * A Warner Bros. 10% Picture 10% Printed in U.S.A. BIOGRAPHIES Warren Hull He was born in Gasport, New York, which is near enough to Niagara to hear the roar of the falls. He attended Rochester University and New York University, selling vacuum cleaners in between terms and working in his dad’s factory. He got his first singing job at twentyone with the Shuberts, singing in musical comedy. He was on the stage for some time and then turned to radio. Warner Bros. signed him up to sing and then turned him into a_ dramatic actor, although executives say his singing is merely postponed. At school he was noted for his track work, baseball and basketball and as soloist on the glee club. He is nuts about ice cream and watermelon and eats them by the quart and crate. He eats only two meals a day, however, skipping lunch. He is interested in politics but says he has no time for hobbies although he owns an airedale and a Packard. He has dark hair and light blue eyes, is five feet, eleven inches tall and weighs one hundred and sixty pounds. His current Warner Bros. picture is ‘Fugitive in the Sky,’’ which comes to the See Theatre on. , —.. Jean Muir She is Scotch and her real name is Jean Muir Fullarton. She used the full name on the stage, but dropped the last when she began her picture career. She was born in New York City though the Clan Fullarton still listens to the pibroch in the Scottish Highlands. She attended Dwight School in Englewood, New Jersey, where she excelled in baseball and dramatics. She first wanted to be a surgeon, but couldn’t stand the sight of blood—So she went to Paris to study to become a teacher. Returning to America when a member ‘of her family was taken ill, she met John Drinkwater who induced her to join his company which was about to tour America. So she became an actress. After making a hit on Broadway and then nearly starving to death, she turned to Hollywood and picture work and has been at it ever since, except for a few months when she established a “‘Little Theatre.”’ Miss Muir is five feet, seven inches tall and weighs one hundred and _ twenty-five pounds. She has honey-colored hair and a fair complexion. Her favorite sports are tennis and basque. Indoors she plays Russian Bank. Her current picture is Warner Bros. “Fugitive in the Sky,’’ which comes to the: .-:.. .". Theatre~ on Page Three