Gentlemen Are Born (Warner Bros.) (1934)

Thrilling Drama of Life After College Coming to Strand What the stark realities of life do to the hordes of young men who, filled with high hopes and confidence, are poured forth from colleges and high schools every year, forms the theme of a most powerful drama of life today, the First National production “Gentlemen Are Born,” which will be the feature attraction at Che’ oi agai Theatre beginINO tae Ser ates To adequately present this unusual drama, First National has provided an equally unusual cast of young film stars. Franchot Tone, who has the leading role, is assisted by Margaret Lindsay, Jean Muir and Ann Dvorak, three of the screen’s outstanding actresses. Ross Alexander, Nick Foran and Robert Light, all leading juvenile actors of the Broadway stage make their film debuts in this picture, and reports from Hollywood indicate that they will be screen stars of tomorrow. The story, written by Robert Lee Johnson, shows four college chums, each of whom is sure he is destined to success when he leaves college. One intends to be a great newspaper man, another is to be a great architect; the third, a nationally famous college foot-ball star is confident that-he-will-make_ a record as a coach, and the fourth is to follow in his wealthy father’s footsteps. Fate takes them in hand and does things to them. Of the men, one dies a felon; another breaks physically and spiritually when his father, unable to withstand the financial crash commits suicide. The other two defy fate. The picture, however, is not all tragedy. No sweeter romances can be imagined than those enacted by Tone and Margaret Lindsay and Alexander and Jean Muir. Ann Dvorak, contrary to the usual roles in which she is east, has a tragic part as the wife of Nick Foran, the one member of the quartette who is unable to cope with present day conditions. There is plenty of humor, touches of light comedy and music ineluding an original college song written for the production by Sammy Fain and Irving Kahal. Alfred E. Green directed. Aad: So. Ends | Jean Muir Gets A Thrill Answering Letters From Fans Some day, perhaps, tall, blonde Jean Muir, one of the most promising candidates for ultimate stardom on the Warner Bros. First National studio roster, will turn all her correspondence over to a social secretary. In the meantime, however, she gets a thrill that she would not part with, out of doing all her own correspondence — and it is voluminous for so young an ac JEAN MUIR Mat No.8 10¢ tress — on her own portable typewriter with her own capable fingers. Few of her friends at the First National studio realized Jean’s prowess as a performer on the typewriter until, one day, she brought her portable to the sound stage where she was engaged in making The First National production, “Gentlemen Are Born,” which comes to the ....04...4.4.--PWeatre= Ones vir. s nce Between scenes she set up the little machine and proceeded to dash off letter after letter to various correspondents in the East, with an accuracy and speed that would have done eredit to any graduate of a business college. She explained that she learned typing when a child. “Gentlemen Are Born” is a thrillingly dramatic story by Robert Lee Johnson. It pictures the romance and the struggles of four college boys in their battle for suecess in life. There is an all star cast which includes besides Miss Muir, Franchot Tone, Margaret Lindsay, Ann Dvorak, Ross Alexander and Nick Foran. Alfred E. Green directed the production from the screen play by Eugene Solow and Robert Lee Johnson, based on Johnson’s original story. Special music was written for the production by Fain and Kahal. Four years of happy, carefree college days come to an end, and these eager graduates are sent out into the world to put their college degrees to the third degree. Incidentally, that’s the theme of First National’s ““Gentlemen Are Born’ the new drama at the Theatre. The four cap-and-gowners, reading from the left, are Robert Light, Franchot Tone, Nick Foran and Ross Alexander. Mat No. 4—20c¢ Ann Dvorak One of Hollywood’s Most Versatile Players Ann Dvorak, who has one of the leading roles in the First National production, “Gentlemen Are Born,” which comes to the ein ee ee EDD OAUTORON seus. 5.585013 is one of the most versatile of the younger actresses in Hollywood. Besides working brilliantly at her chosen profession, Ann had made a reputation for herself as a dancer before she became an actress. She is an enthusiastic amateur bacteriologist, and she is no mean composer of songs. The other day, on the sound stage at the First National studios, Ann departed from a rule that she rarely broke, and at the request of her fellow players, played and sang one of her own compositions. When it was finished, the applause and the demands for an encore were insistent, and only the announcement from the cameraman that the set was ready for the next scene prevented Ann from complying with the requests of her audience. “Gentlemen Are Born” is a picture of romance and thrills, treating of the battle of four college boys for success. There is an all star cast which includes besides Miss Dvorak, Franchot Tone, Jean Muir, Margaret Lindsay, Ross Alexander and Nick Foran. Special music and lyrics were written for the picture by the famous team of Fain and Kahal. Alfred E. Green directed from the sereen play by Eugene Solow and Robert Lee Johnson, based on a story by Johnson. Franchot Tone’s Hobby Is Looking At Picture Shows Franchot Tone’s favorite hobby is looking at motion pictures. That may sound like a sea captain spending his holidays at the docks, watching the boats come in. Nevertheless, it’s true. To Tone it is as much a part of his job to know the pictures that are being produced as it is to play his own part in a pieture to the best of his ability. Heading the quartet of college graduates whose fortunes form the story of the First National production, “Gentlemen Are Born,” which comes to the Theatre on .., Tone has no illusions about his status as a motion picture actor. His keenly analytical mind is constantly seeking ways and means to improve his mastery of cinematic acting. He reasons that not the least important of these ways is to study the best examples of acting and direction he ean find in contemporary sereen productions. “Gentlemen Are Born” is a picture of romance and thrills, treating of the battle of four college boys for success. There is an all star cast which includes besides Franchot Tone, Jean Muir, Margaret Lindsay, Ann Dvorak, Ross Alexander and Nick Foran. Special music and lyrics were written for the picture by the famous team of Fain and Kahal. Alfred E. Green directed from the sereen play by Eugene Solow and Robert Lee Johnson, based on a story by Johnson. Triumvirate Jean Muir, Robert Light and Ann Dvorak appear in First National’s ““Gentlemen Are Born.” now at the .................. Theatre. Mat. No. 1—-10c Margaret Lindsay Practices Screen Role In Roadster While working on a picture, Margaret Lindsay can be seen every day driving along the thoroughfares between her home and the First National studio in North Hollywood, gesticulating and talking animatedly, though she is alone in her trim roadster. That is Margaret’s favorite method of rehearsing her part. “Unquestionably DTve already been put down as a wild lunatie MARGARET LINDSAY Mat No.2 10¢ by bewildered motorists,” laughed the charming brunette actress on the set one day during the making of “Gentlemen Are Born,” which comes to the Theatre on. ...... “ve done it ever since I came to Hollywood. It doesn’t in the least interfere with my driving, and I’ve found it a grand way to make sure that I know my scenes for the day. I do my serious studying at night during the making of a picture, and then dismiss it from my mind until I find myself in the car the next morning.” In “Gentlemen Are Born,” Miss Lindsay has the role of a wealthy society girl who is in love with a struggling reporter. The picture is filled with dramatie thrills, based on the story by Robert Lee Johnson, and depicts the battle of four college boys to succeed. There is an all star cast which includes besides Miss Lindsay, Franchot Tone, Jean-~ Muir, Ann Dvorak, Ross Alexander and Nick Foran. Alfred E. Green directed the picture from the screen play by Eugene Solow written in collaboration with Johnson. Film Colony Let Able Actor Gool His Heels a Year When Ross Alexander, one of the cleverest young actors on the New York stage, left Manhattan last year, his friends were posi tive that he would click imme diately in pictures. He left amid a wave of good wishes, under contract to a leading Hollywood studio, almost certain to be given big rolés at once. At least, that’s what he thought! For months, he sat around waiting to be put to work. His salary check came in every week—he had a beautiful home —everything but a role. For some odd reason, Ross Alexander, who had been starred on Broadway, was left strictly alone in Hollywood! He admits that he was a bit irked at times—but he decided that if a film company wantea to pay him for being idle, he wouldn’t complain. After all, he had worked pretty steadily for some years, and would consider Hollywood just a well-earned vacation. But finally a First National executive, remembered his stage work, bought his contract. He was immediately placed in “Gentlemen Are Born,” which comes LOe tN, seh crs: Theatre on ....::.. , In this picture he plays one of the four college boys, whose adventures form the theme of the story. There is an all star east which includes besides Alexander, Franchot Tone, Jean Muir, Margaret Lindsay, Ann Dvorak and Nick Foran. Alfred E. Green directed from the screen play by Eugene Solow and Robert Lee Johnson, based on Johnson’s original story. Jean Muir Says She Won’t Deny Age Jean Muir, who has the leading feminine role in “Gentlemen Are Born,” the First National picture which comes to the .......... Theatre.on =.....2...0... , is one young woman who does not intend to lie about her age—ever. “Ym twenty-three,” she says, “and I don’t care who knows it. I don’t want to be called eighteen, and I don’t want it said that I’m in the ‘early twenties.’ ’m twenty-three. Ten years from now I’ll be thirty-three. I’m not ever going to lie about my age.” Young Love Franchot Lindsay are the young lovers in **Gentlemen Are Born’ First National’s drama of our college lads who try to buck the world. Mat No. 5—10c Tone and Margaret Page Three