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

THIS PRESS SHEET OFFERS REAL, START NOW AND DON’T STOP HES THE BEST GIFT OF ALL! Some women want Some — jewelry. clothes. But this every woman craves! ponent of masculine ‘“‘It’’! Awakening that all-powerful ‘“‘urge’’! Put on the screen for the girls to admire and the men to imitate! CONTINUOUS ‘ PERFORMANCE money. Others man’s First ex what with FRANK FAY AND THIS BEVY OF HOLLYWOOD BEAUTIES LAURA LAPLANTE-JOA LOUISE BROOKS — YOLA D’AVRIL ETHLYNE CLAIR /-MASTBAUM | Cut No. 11 Cut 60¢ Mat r5c ¥ Fa ¥ : NBLONDELL—-| Something new at last! A hero who could have had a million _ kisses but didn’t dare take ONE! A Warner Bros. & Vitaphone Comedy Hit! POPULAR PRICES MOWBRAY MAKES HIS Alabama Beauty In TALKIES DEBUT AS PARISIAN BUTLER (Biographical Story March 1, 1931) It was immediately following the World War that Alan Mowbray got the leading role in “The Cinderella Man” in which he toured his native England. He recently won praise for his work on the Los Angeles stage as the king in Shaw’s “The Apple Cart.” His next achievement was ‘the directing and staging of “Porgy.’ He starred in the Belasco production of “Topaze.” His first talking picture role is the butler in “God’s Gift to Women,” the Warner Bros. French farce starring Frank Fay, now at the Bane aye Theatre. : Mr. Mowbray is six feet tall, weighs one hundred and sixty-five pounds and has dark brown hair and blue eyes. He was born in London. Globe-Trotter At 12 French Farce Here’ Blonde Beauty Makes (Biographical Feature, March 1, 1931) Ethlyn Clair of Talladega, Alabama, was so interested in amateur theatricals during her school days " artistic that she decided upon an— career and finished he? schooling at the National School of Fine and Applied Arts in Washington, D. C. Her first screen opportunity came when Universal sent her to Hollywood to appear in a series of comedies written around Mr. and Mrs. Newlywed and their baby. While with Universal she appeared in a number of features and serials, and later in “The Pride of Pawnee,” and “Hey, Rube” for F.B.0. She is now to be seen at the Theatre in “God’s Gift to Women,” the Warner Bros. production starring Frank Fay. Miss Clair is five feet four inches tall, weighs one hundred and ten pounds and has auburn hair and brown eyes. She is married to Ernest Westmore. Your Program Portraits Laura LaPlante in “GCod’s Gift to Women” Cut No. 22 Cut 15¢ Mat sc the is romantic “God’s Gift To Women” hilarious Warner’ Bros. farce due here next Page Eight Frank Fay in “God’s Gift to Women” Cut No. 23 Cut 15¢ Mat 5c The famed owner of the title “Broadway’s Favorite Son,” star of the comedy riot “God’s Gift To Wonten2 coming next yey 8 er Hollywood Her Home (Biographical Feature, March 1, 1931) Though Joan Blondell, who plays the part of Fifi, one of the many sweethearts of the gallivanting hero of “God’s Gift to Women,” the Warner Bros. production, now at the Theatre, was born in New York City, she was twelve years old before she spent a birthday in her native land, for the reason that her parents were troupers, her father being the famous “Katzenjammer Kid.” It was in an act in which the whole family took part that Joan made her first stage appearance. Joan was in the early teens when her family returned to America and she joined a stock company at After several months she came to New York to take part in “Tarnish.” This was followed by She then appeared in “The Trial of Mary Dugan,” “My Girl Friday,” “Maggie the Magnificent,” “Sporting Blood” and “Penny Arcade.” Her initial sereen appearance was in Warner Bros. Holiday.” Later pictures are “My Past,” “Tllicit” and “Other Men’s Women.” Miss Blondell is five feet four inches tall, weighs one hundred and eighteen pounds. She has ash-blonde hair and gray eyes. Her favorite sports are swimming and tennis. Dallas, Texas. a season in the “Follies.” “Sinners’ Spirit Of St. Louis Radiates Beauty In Gay Parisian Farce Laura La Plante bead in “God’s Gift to Women’’ at Theatre (Biographical Feature, March 1, 1931) That the Spirit of St. Louis is evidenced in other ways than flights overseas is proved by the presence of the radiant Laura La Plante, a native of that famous city, as feminine lead in “God’s Gift to Women,” the French farce starring Frank Fay, now showing at the .. Theatre. Laura La Plante might almost be called a native of California, for she was very young when her parents took her there and it was while at the San Diego high school that she decided that her love for the fiddle must lead her onto the concert stage. .A bit in a picture while on a summer vacation, changed her ambition, and a part in OChristie’s “Bringing Up Father” series, clinched the argument. A picture with Charles Ray and another with Colleen Moore brought about a contract with Universal which covered eight years, and gave her experience in comedies, Westerns, serials and features. At the end of this time she made up her mind to play only the sort of parts she liked. She recently appeared on Pathe’s “Lonely Wives.” Her latest is Warner Bros. “God’s Gift to Women.” Miss La Plante is five feet four inches tall, weighs one hundred and ten pounds and has blue‘gray eyes and blonde hair. She is the wife of William A. Seiter, Warner Bros. director. DP *s4DIcraA aT OMA WT FARDIAN DUN JUAN FRAMED AS VICTIM OF THE KISSING BUG Frank Fay and Many Screen Beauties Come to Theatre in ‘God’s Gift to Women’’ (Advance Story) An apparently unsolvable problem confronts Frank Fay in his latest Warner Bros. comedy, ‘“God’s Gift to Women,’ which comes to the Theatre next. ‘After deciding to give up his old life as a rampant Don Juan for the sake of the girl of his heart he is told that he is the victim of heart disease—that the only cure is rest and that even one kiss will kill him. Just at this point, the girl in question decides that she does love him after all and begs him to kiss her. This situation forms the climax of this hilarious comedy which was written by Frederick Hazelitt Brennan, based on the play “The Devil Was Sick” by Jane Hinton. His quandary as to whether to live for love or die for it is one of the uproarious sequences of “God’s Gift to Women.” The large cast includes Laura La Plante, Joan Blondell, Charles Winninger, Alan Mowbray, Yola D’Avril, Louise Brooks, Arthur Edmund Carewe, Margaret Livingston, Charles Judels, Nena Quartaro, Hazel Howell, Billy House, Ethlyne Clair, and the Sisters G. STARTING FRIDAY Funniest, Frenchiest Farce of the Talkies FRANK FAY, Laura LaPlante, Joan Blondell and seven gor geous girls. Cut No. 16 Cut 20c Mat 5c | movies. appearing Jovial Billy House Makes Big Hit Here In Support Of Fay (Biographical Feature, March 1, 1931) Big Billy House, wearing the smile that won’t come off, is now to be seen in Warner Bros. French farce “God’s Gift to Women,” starring Frank Fay, at the Theatre. Mankato, Minnesota was Billy’s birthplace, though Oklahoma and Texas were his stamping grounds till he ran off with a earnival and then took to the circus. He invaded Broadway in 1926 when he was in the early thirties. He was seen in vaudeville for several years and finally reached the Palace, mecea of all vaudevillians. Several musical shows were enlivened with his huge roly-poly comedy, his best work being done in the Shuberts’ “Lucky Girl.” As a laugh-maker Billy House is what Broadway ealls a natural. From Medicine Shows To Modern Talkies With Winninger (Biographical Feature, March 1, 1931) When Charley Winninger ran away with a medicine wagon, Athens, Wisconsin, gasped. His folks had been musicians, generations of them, but none of them had trouped with wagon shows and wandering circuses. Charles did, however, for many years. His first Broadway musical show role came in 1909 in “The Yankee Girl” at the Herald Square Theatre. He had a prominent part in the stage production of “The Show Boat.” Six years later, when he was thirty-one he took a fling at the in Summer _ Bachelors,” “The Canadian,” “Fighting Caravans,” “The Westerners” and “God’s Gift to Women,” the Warner Bros. picture now at the Led aOR ET Theatre. Mr. Winninger is five feet six inches tall, weighs one hundred and sixty pounds and has blue eyes and gray hair. He is the husband of Blanehe Ring and the _ brother-inlaw of Thomas Meighan. “God’s Gift To Women”’ Director, a Cosmopolite (Current Reader) Michael Curtiz, who direeted Warner Bros. French farce, ‘God’s Gift to Women,” starring Frank Fay, and now at the Theatre, was formerly an actor and director in his native Hungary and in Germany. He spent much time in Paris and so is eminently fitted for direction of “God’s Gift. to Women,” the scenes of which are all laid in the City by the Seine. CAREWE AGAIN PLAYS DOCTOR TO FAY (Current Reader) Arthur Edmund Carewe who ap pears as the disturbing physician in “God’s Gift to Women,” the Warner Bros. French farce, starring Frank Fay, played a similar part in another Fay talking picture, “The Matrimonial Bed.” A huge cast including many screen beauties and comedians supports Fay in “God’s Gift to Women,” which is now at the Theatre. “Apple Cart’”’ King Makes Talkies As Butler (Advance Reader) Alan Mowbray, the English actor who is famous on Broadway for his work as the king in Shaw’s “The Apple Cart,” “Porgy,” “Topaze” and others, makes his talking picture debut as the butler of Frank Fay, who is starred in Warner Bros. hilarious French farce, “God’s Gift to Women,” which comes to the ..... ee hiae ae. Theatre. .6 so. % ce NOt.