God's Gift to Women (Warner Bros.) (1931)

— Don’t Neglect The Sales Value Of Your Lobby. Use Our Suggestions For Frames And Banners! “GOD’S GIFT TO WOMEN,” RIOTOUS PARISIAN FARCE, FEATURES FRANK FAY, BROADWAY’S FINEST COMEDIAN (Prepared Review Playing Up the Story) ‘*God’s Gift to Women,’’ which opened at the Theatre last evening, was received with uproarious approval by the huge first-night audience. is so absolutely his own, subtlety, as Toto, the man the Frank Fay, whose suave humor gives a performance of amusing ladies simply can’t resist—the gay young-man-about-Paris who can’t resist the ladies. The producers have provided Toto with a bevy of beauties which are as irresistible as pretty ladies can be—among them being Laura La Plante, Joan Blondell, Louise Brooks, Margaret Livingston, Yola D’Avril, Ethlyne Claire, Nena Quartaro. Hazel Howell and the gay and supple Sisters G. Toto, surrounded by his friends and lady admirers, in a scene of gayety, with tumblers tumbling and jazzboys jazzing is in a Parisian eafe when he spies Diane, with her father and a friend, who does not like Toto’s all-conquering campaigns with the girls, and blackens him in the eyes of Diane’s father, but only piques Diane’s interest in him. By all sorts of clever ruses Toto manages to meet her. He almost loses her when Tania, a former sweetheart, arrives—but manages to regain her—and to win over her father with the understanding that Toto for six months see no women at all, and that he consult a doctor. Toto’s doctor puts him on a rest cure, and insists that even one kiss is apt to be fatal, on account of a heart condition. Toto agrees. Lady-loves flutter in to nurse the patient and to fight with each other for possession of him. At this emmoment, Diane sends word that she is departing, and desires one last fervent kiss. Toto, faced with this problem of life without his inamorata, or death with her kiss—heroically makes all preparations for his early. demise—and sends for her! What happens must be seen to be appreciated—and it is but one of an hundred mirth provoking moments in the play. Beside the star and the galaxy of beauties many of the sereen’s best players take part in the show. Among them are Charles Winninger, Arthur Edmund Carewe, Alan Mowbray, Tyrrell Davis, Billy House, Armand Kaliz, Charles Judels, Eddie Lambert, Murray Smith, Jacques Venaire, Douglas Gerrard. Michael Curtiz directs with rare skill. herrascing Satirists Of Love On Screen, Happily Married In Reality (Current Story) “God’s Gift to Women,” the Warner Bros. French farce, starring Frank Fay, now at the Theatre, satirizes love and fidelity after the manner of the sophisticates, though in reality the principals are happily married. Frank Fay who portrays the most modern of Don Juans, is the husband of Barbara Stanwyck, beautiful star of stage and screen. The hospitality of their Hollywood home is shared by many friends, who, whether ultra-modern or Victorian, are impressed with the old-fashioned sincerity of their regard for each other. Laura La Plante who is the feminine lead in “God’s Gift to Women” is the wife of William A. Seiter. Michael Curtiz, the celebrated director of the picture, is married to Bess Meredith, writer of screen stories. Joe Jackson who did the screen play and dialogue in collaboration with Raymond Griffith, is married to Ethel Shannon, and so far as society knows, none are eontemplating Reno. The list of weds and newlyweds might be indefinitely extended. Your Pep! Pep is the life of this industry. ‘‘God’s Gift to Women” is full of it. Frank Fay just oozes it! The big cast adds tons of it to the story. If you can get some of that pep into YOUR campaign, you'll bust your house records wide open! Pep up, boys. Pep up! His Prancing Steed Sported a Toupee And False Tail) “God's: Gift to Women” Player Recalls Past Mishap in Circus (Current Story) Charles Judels, droll comedian of many films who appears as a conscientious undertaker in Frank Fay’s latest Warner Bros. production, “God’s Gift To Women,” now at CHO Soke eee es Theatre, presents a unique claim to fame. Judels asserts that he was once the rider of the only horse that ever wore a toupee. This was many years ago when Judels was a member of a troupe headed by the magician, known as “The Great Lafayette.” The horse, advertised as a rare Arabian beauty, worth a countless sum of money, was always the object of admiration wherever they went. People would gaze with awe at its flowing mane and regal tail—but that all came to an end in Columbus, Ohio. As was the showman’s custom in those days, the troupe paraded through the town prior to their performance. The streets were slippery, the horse fell—and lost its false mane and tail. There was no show that evening. The company immediately left town, closely followed by clatter of tin cans. In this show, too, Judel had to take eare of the man-eating lion— “the most ferocious in existence.” According to his contract, Judels insists that he had to chew the lion’s food,-for the animal was so old and decrepit that it had only one tooth—and that ached. Judels appeared with circuses, road shows, in vaudeville and in New York musical. productions before coming to Hollywood. His splendid work in “Captain Thunder’ and “Life of the Party,” and especially in “God’s Gift to Women” reveal that his trouping experiences have sharpened, rather than dulled, his sense of humor. God’s Gift to Women” presents eighteen featured players. EYES MIGHT DECEIVE HIM Hollywood Learns: To LAURA LAPLANTE ..ethe one the doctor said “No Touch.” LOUISE BROOKS ...so warm she blistered! YOLA D’AVRIL ...alive with a 112 degree temperature Here’s the Paris you don’t see on postcards! of the life of Europe’s most famous lover! called him. ... BUT ris LIPS TELL! This man was a connoisseur of women..an expert, a judge, a critic, a specialist! Here is Don Juan..a mod<ern Don Juan who merits the title Intimate details Learn why they FRANK FAY LAURA LA PLANTE JOAN BLONDELL YOLA D’AVRIL sie eee panos Z ie, : Mie A Warner Brothers Vitaphone Production DIRECTED BY MICHAEL CURTIZ THE HOME OF TEE VETAPHONE Cut No. 21 Cut goc Mat roc Our Funniest: Comedian In| Ladies Loved Him Almost As “God’s Gift to Women” (Advance Reader) Frank Fay, noted Broadway master of ceremonies, reputed to be the most individual of comedians, comes aR oe ee nextito the sos 2c ok Theatre, according to the announcement. of Manager®. cj.2. fo. ea Mr Fay plays the part of a gallivanting millionaire of Paris, whose conquests among the ladies are legion. His doctor finally warns him that one more kiss may prove fatal, but like the bold-hero he is, he elects to take the osculatory salute, come what may. Many of the noted beauties of the screen are in the large cast. “God’s Gift to Women” is the jazziest, jolliest French farce of the year. Michael Curtiz directed. .| Theatre Much As He Loved Himself (Advance Reader) Frank Fay, as Toto, young-manabout-Paris, “God’s Gift to Women,” the Warner Bros. production which comes to the in so many ladies in his entourage that he doesn’t know what to do, unless he ditches some of them, which he Yowll roar at which he gets into, and out of. Many beauties of the screen play the roles of the sweethearts of Toto. “God’s Gift to Women” is guaranteed to entertain any and everybody. Michael Curtiz directed. does with deftness. the complications Anticipate Paris In Designing Of Gowns “God’s Gift to Women’”’ Now Theatre Has Gorgeous Style Show Earl Luick, designer of fashions at the Warner Bros. Studios is responsible for the gorgeous creations worn by the many screen beauties to be seen now at the ............ Theatre where Warner Bros. “God’s Gift to Women” is now showing. Asked how he could anticipate Paris styles by at least a year Mr. Luick said: “Hollywood no longer has to look to Paris for style dictation .as was the case only a few years ago. The world in general and Paris in particular looks toward the American film for the newest and most striking. “A great many of my designs are based on rumor” he declares. “If I hear that Paris is expecting to cut necks in a certain manner the next year, or are contemplating using trimming in certain places with certain furs, I do not wait until the fashion really comes in. I at once design them for pictures which are shortly to be in production. Thus, by the time Paris actually decrees such styles, our film is on the market. “The many ultra fashionable screen beauties featured in “God’s Gift to Women” resulted in the ereation of evening gowns, wraps and lingeries for every representative type of woman.” The cast includes Laura LaPlante, Joan Blondell, Margaret Livingston, Yola D’Avril, Ethlyne Clair, Louise Brooks, Nena Quartaro, Hazel Howell, and the Sisters G., as well as Charles Winninger, Alan Mowbray, Arthur Edmund Carewe and Billy House. Michael Ourtiz directed. Laura LaPlante Tells What She Thinks Of Fay As Screen Lover Lead in ‘“God’s Women, Now at Theatre Talks of Star Gift to (Short Feature) Laura LaPlante, feminine lead in “God’s Gift to Women,” the whimsical French farce, presented by Warner Bros. with Frank Fay as the star, now showing at the ..... Theatre, says that the Fay is quite different from the many screen lovers she has known in her screen career. “He is sophisticated beyond any of the others and yet he maintains the most delightful sense of humor through it all. He is always alive —sparkling. Never mechanical. He has the art of lovemaking down to a science—or I might say an art. When it is necessary to take a scene over, he:usually manages to give a new twist to each situation which makes him rather difficult to follow. “He brings the oldest of human emotions up to the minute—and all with such an individual angle that it is often hard for the people in the cast to keep from showing the amusement, which audiences everywhere have felt at his stage and screen portrayals!” Beside Miss LaPlante the cast includes many other famous screen beauties including Joan Blondell, Louise Brooks, Nena Quartaro, Yola D’Avril, Margaret Livingston, Ethlyne Clair, Hazel Howell and the Sisters G. Michael Curtiz directed. FUN FOR EVERYONE “God’s Gift to Women,” the Wa ner Bros. production starring Frank Fay and featuring many of the most famous screen beauties—and now showing at the ........... Theatre, contains laughs for everybody in town. It recounts the antics of a suave philanderer of gay Paree. Michael Curtiz directed. Page Sev