Gentlemen Are Born (Warner Bros.) (1934)

(Prepared Review) Dramatic Story Of Life After College Scores Strand Hit So many problems confront the new college graduate of these days, and those problems are so close to the average family, that the First National production, “Gentlemen Are Born,” which had its local premiere at the ............. Theatre yesterday, might well have been taken from the experiences of individuals known to most of those who have witnessed it, and who were profoundly impressed by the picture. Robert Lee Johnson, the anthor, has written a thrilling drama, for which First National Pictures has furnished a cast of sterling film players. Franchot Tone, who has the leading role, is supported by three of the finest actresses on the sereen, Jean Muir, Margaret Lindsay and Ann Dvorak. None of them have ever been seen in finer roles or have given better performances. Jone, who portrays a poor boy whose ambition is to become a newspaperman, is in love with Margaret Lindsay, in the character of a wealthy society girl. Miss Lindsay’s part calls for deep emotional acting and she rises to these intense scenes with the genius of a real artiste. Tone gives a human, finished and thoroughly sympathetic rendition of his role. Jean Muir portrays the sweetheart, and later the wife, of Tone’s college chum, Ross Alexander, who, although a well known Broadway leading man, is making his screen bow in this picture. Ann Dvorak, contrary to her usual roles, has a tragic part. She is the screen wife of another of the college chums, but this one cannot fit himself into conditions as they exist. She gives an outstanding portrayal of the girl whose life is beset with tragedy. Nick Foran, former Princeton football star, has this part. It is his initial picture, as it is that of Robert Light, the fourth member of the quartette whose brilliant prospects and hopes go glimmering in a financial crash. Others who do excellent work in important roles are Charles Starrett, Russell Hicks, Arthur Aylesworth, Henry O’Neill, Addison Richards, Marjorie Gateson and Bradley Page. Alfred E. Green, one of First National’s ace directors, has welded the picture into a finished entity and brought out the dramatic situations and comedy relief with unusual skill. The theme song, “When You Call the Roll, Alma Mater,” was written by the famous song team of Ir ving Kahal and Sammy Fain. Eugene Solow and Robert Lee Johnson are credited with the sparkling screen play. First National has scored again with this picture, which is recommended to everyone who has not forgotten, or who still retains, the aspirations of youth. Tone Only Graduate Of 4 Film College Boys Only two of the cast of “Gentlemen Are Born,” the First Na tional production dealing with college graduates and their struggles in after-college days, are college men or women themselves. Franchot Tone, in the leading tole, is a graduate of Cornell. Nick Foran, who has the role of an ex-football star, went to Princeton for two years and gave up college to make a career for himself. “Gentlemen Are Born” comes TONG; 5... ser Theatre on .......... with an all star cast, which ineludes Jean Muir, Margaret Lindsay and Ann Dvorak. Page Four ROBERT FANT LIGHT Grr. 6ft JEAN : MUIR HAS HER OWN FIVE YEAR PLAN 4 TO END, WITH A SAVING OF A COOL q ara oh By MIL | $ 1 « Mat No. > BELIEVES IN HUNCHES aI 16 y One MALE LEAD OF ‘GENTLEMEN ARE BORN: SPENDS HIS SPARE TIME -(OF ALL THINGS’ ) LOOKING AT MOTION PICTURES / ARGAR M ET . LMS AMY SINCE ONE KEPT HER AT HOME ONE NIGHT SO SHE COULD SCARE AWAY A VISITING BURGLAR! 13-—20¢e New College Song For “‘“Gentlemen Are Born” Rousing college songs will be heard in the First National picture, “Gentlemen Are Born,” which comes to the .................. THEATTOGON nani scse ; These include catchy, familiar airs and one song especially written for the production by the famous team of song writers, Sammy Fain and Irving Kahal. The new song is titled “When You Call the Roll, Alma Mater.” It is the theme song and is sung by a male chorus of college boys, and again by Ross Alexander and Jean Muir when Franchot Tone and Margaret Lindsay, lovers who have quarrelled, have finally made up. Margaret Lindsay Still Has Stage Fright Margaret Lindsay, who plays the role of a stockbroker’s daughter, in the First National production, “Gentlemen Are Born,” which comes to the ............. Theatre=on< sha, , confesses that she has a feeling closely akin to stage-fright, every time she starts a new picture. “Tt wears off after a day or two,” explains Margaret, “but while it lasts, it’s as painful as a sprained ankle.” There is an all star cast in “Gentlemen Are Born,” ineluding besides Miss Lindsay, Franchot Tone, Jean Muir and Ann Dvorak. Four Male Film Leads All 6 Feet Or Over Whether by accident or design, every one of the four actors playing the quartet of college graduates who start out to make their fortunes in the First National production, ‘‘Gentlemen Are Born,’’ which comes to the .............0..0000Theatre: on: acs... ..., is six feet in height or more. Franchot Tone and _ Robert Light, each of whom measures six feet exactly, are the infants of the four in stature. Ross Alexander is 6 feet 1% inches in height. Nick Foran, ex-football player and red-headed New Jerseyite, stands six feet two and a quarter inches in his socks. Gets 2 Film Roles As First Assignment Ross Alexander, the clever Broadway juvenile now under contract to Warner Bros., was given two pictures at one time While working in the First National as his first assignment. picture, “Gentlemen Are Born,” which comes to the... Theatre on , he was also playing in “Flirtation Walk” with Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler. Jean Muir Always Keeps Diary Ever since she learned to write, Jean Muir, who has the leading feminine role opposite Franchot Tone in the First National pro duction, “Gentlemen Are Born,” which comes to the ..................... Theatre On o.5).0i....5 , has kept a diary. She has them all with her now, stacks of ordinary school! notebooks, filled from cover to cover with her own story of her own life. Jean Muir Doubts Her Own Beauty Jean Muir has an inferiority complex on one subject. Despite the fact that Hollywood photographers have stated that she has the most perfect camera face of any actress in the film colony, she is unable to convince herself that she is beautiful. She wants to believe it and has adopted a novel method of trying to convince herself. She stands in front of a mirror for five minutes every morning and repeats over and over again: “You are beautiful, Jean. You are perfectly beautiful.” Her friends, while somewhat amused, are also eagerly awaiting the outcome of the experiment. Miss Muir has the feminine lead at present opposite Franchot Tone in the First National picture, “Gentlemen Are Born,” which comes to the Theatre on College Youths In Stirring Drama At .... Theatre Today Three distinet romances, although woven together in the same plot, are unfolded in the First National production, “Gentlemen Are Born,’ which comes tozthe=c.: meses Theatre today. The story, by Robert Lee Johnson, is a thrilling drama with plenty of lighter comedy touches and gay music, including familiar college songs and a new air written by the famous song team of Sammy Fain and Irving Kahal, entitled, “When You Call the Roll, Alma Mater.” The picture treats of the adventures and love affairs of four college graduates who encounter tremendous difficulties that make for intensely dramatic situations in their lives. There is an all star cast headed by Franchot Tone and three leading ladies, Jean Muir, Margaret Lindsay and Ann Dvorak. Miss Lindsay has the romantic lead opposite Tone in a love tangle that nearly ruins both their lives. The two other romances are between Tone’s pal, a part played by Ross Alexander, and Jean Muir, and Ann Dvorak and Nick Foran, the latter the third of the college quartet. The fourth member of the quartet is played by Robert Light. Other talented members of the cast inelude Charles Starrett, Russell Hicks, Arthur Aylesworth, Henry O’Neill, Addison Richards, Marjorie Gateson and Bradley Page. Alfred E. Green directed the production from the sereen play by Eugene Solow and Robert Lee Johnson. Stars Of Strand Film Franchot Tone Has 3 Leading Ladies In Latest Picture Franchot Tone has three leading ladies in the talented all star cast of the First National production, “Gentlemen Are Born,” which comes to the ies Theatre ON 5c They are Jean Muir, Margaret Lindsay and Ann Dvorak and their roles are of almost equal importance. In this picture, which concerns the adventures of four college boys struggling for a place in a disorganized world, Miss Lindsay plays opposite Tone. Her wealth and his poverty cause many a rift in their path of love. Jean Muir has the role of _ sweetheart and later the wife of Tone’s college chum while Ann Dvorak is the sweetheart of still another chum. Tone, who made such a sue cess in “Sadie McKee,” “The World Moves On,” “The Girl from Missouri” and other pictures, has one of the finest roles of his career in “Gentlemen Are Born.” Ross Alexander, Nick Foran and Robert Light are making their film bows in this picture although they are well known Broadway players. Other noted players in the cast include Charles Starrett, Russell Hicks, Arthur Aylesworth, Henry O’Neill, Addison Richards, Marjorie Gateson and Bradley Page. Alfred E. Green directed the production from the screen play by Eugene Solow and Robert Lee Johnson, based on Johnson’s original story. As handsome a pair of screen lovers as you’d want to see. Franchot Tone and Margaret Lindsay, who have the romantic roles in “Gentle men Are Born” the First National drama now playing at the Theatre. This dramatic insight into the tragedies and little comedies in the lives of four college graduates, boasts a strong cast including, Ross Alexander, Jean Muir, Ann Dvorak and Nick Foran, besides, of course, the two pictured above. Mat No, 6—20c