Going Wild (Warner Bros.) (1930)

Your Newspaper Campa C et ee “Going Wild” Boasts Ee Six Comedians Even Venus Blushes When * Joe E. Brown Makes Love! oceees Joe E. Brown Heads Cast. Ona Munson, a Newcomer, In Leading Feminine Role (Advance reader with a play on comedy cast) The greatest comedy cast of the year was assembled for “Going Wild,” the First National and Vitaphone production which comes to the Theatre on One comedian is usually enough in but First National has been generous and provided half a a picture, dozen! Joe E. Brown, who has become the foremost comedian in pictures since the advent of the talkies, heads the list as the star of the production, and is credited with having given a funnier performance than he did in the comedy riot, “Top Speed.” Frank McHugh, who caused plenty of laughs in “Bright Lights,” “The Toast of the Legion,” “Dawn Patrol,” “The Widow from. Chicago,” and “Top Speed,” plays a highly entertaining part as an inebriate (ten dollar word for a drunk) in “Going Wild.” Laure Lee, who made her debut in “Top Speed,” also plays the feminine comedy lead in “Going Wild.” A newcomer, from the New York musical comedy stage, is Ona Munson, arms around a girl. Roar while soar with With record. , ! With engine missing — brains in a ee whirl — hands on the joy stick — 1 JOE E. BROWN : through the dizziest non-stop laughing bog LAWRENCE GRAY et JOE E. BROWN FUNNIER THAN Ona Munson, Lawrence Gray In Supporting Cast of Film; Thrills and Hilarity (Prepared~ Review featuring story over cast.) A hilarious comedy of airplane anties is “Going Wild,” starring Joe E. Brown, which opened yesterday at the Theatre as a First National and Vitaphone feature. Funnier than “Top Speed,” Brown’s greatest comedy achievement to date, “Going Wild” is a sure-fire audience entertainer, and left yesterday’s audi ence with scarcely a laughless moment, despite the fact that such romantic characters as Walter Pidgeon, hailed as the screen’s most romantic lover, and Lawrence Gray, who was Gloria Swanson’s leading man in a number of pictures, are also in it. Brown plays the role of a “boomer” newspaperman, broker and on his way to Florida, paying his fare by playing poker.» He is mistaken for a famous aviation author with the same initials, and finds the band turned out to meet him at the station. Does he take it big? Well, you know Joe E. Brown! aay oom you Se we we ee ee The only hitch in it is that, after he poses as the famous aviation authority, he is called on_to.flv.r-cxfast and tricky plane in a ceedingly race. How he does it is a riot of com . . U : who is not only beautiful but has one] OQNA MUNSON—WALTER a ear pea edy, the details of which it would be of the best singing voices in pictures. : & unfair to tell here. But if you want She is well trained as a comedienne PIDGEON — LAURA LEE ee Meee to learn how to~ fly—in “practical because Eddie Buzzell is her husband! mk : y demonstrations—in a _ single apartWalter Pidgeon, whose perfor: Vk ment, see this picture! ali been tinge” ms THEATRE NAME \ vank MaHnawh «af aamct £6--~7 in “9 while en a1 diay _.» wloria Swanson’s .» «lan in a number of pictures, plays opposite Miss Munson. Johnny Arthur is also in it, as are Fred Kelsey, Sam Cantor, May Boley, and many others °* comedy note. Wil| liam A. Seiter, who was responsible Fl in for many of Colleen Moore’s greatest successes, directed the picture In Bed Will Make A Pilot Of Joe E. Brown ACE STUNT FLIERS PROVIDE THRILLS (Current story; flying feature) (Current Reader that includes a highlight of the story as well as the cast) A squadron of the trickiest airA new method of learning to fly planes on the Pacific coast was as-|has been discovered by Joe E. Brown, sembled for the filming of “Going : t demonstrated at Me fhe: First Nafional.and Vilasb a ; : oe Me neatre, phone comedy, starring Joe E.|*he ---Brown.-now.at—the 4.5 2s starred in “Going Wild,” the First Theatre. National aviation comedy. In most cases for motion pictures biplanes resembling in general type those used in the world war, are sere a employed. Generally Travelairs are for a famous author of an aeronautiselected. eal story. He is practically forced But “Going Wild” features a|by his deception into flying a plane strictly modern race between two fast Of course he never See TeSy Visnes,,, apd "all oF the had flown before, but it is up to him planes around the field and in the ae : air had to be of the latest type. Fast | t® pretend that he is a second Lindmonoplanes, and tiny, speedy biplanes, | bergh, so he sets out to learn what super-sensitive to any touch on the] he can about the controls. controls, were obtained for the air antics of this picture, which is said to be one of the most hilarious com-| Tropes in such a manner that he can edies which has come to the screen|sit at the foot with the handle of for some time. The plot concerns}, yaeuum cleaner as the “Joyce pens ees ar apenas se gieber Stick,” and an aviation book as his authority on aviation. Many of Holly: wood’s foremost stunt fliers, including | guide. Frank Clarke, ace trickster of the air,|into all of the necessary positions were employed in making “Going| called for by stunt pilots. This is Wild.” one of the many hilarity-provoking Laura Lee, Walter Pidgeon, Frank | moments in “Going Wild.” McHugh, Lawrence Gray, and Ona| The scene is incorporated into the Munson are among those in the cast. | picture for comedy purposes, but Joe really does know something about flying. He learned from Laura Lee, the comedienne who is in the supporting cast of “Going Wild.” Miss Lee holds a limited pilot’s license, having taken instruction and soloed in the East before going to Hollywood to enter pictures. Others in the cast include Ona Munson, Lawrence Gray, and a host of stunt flyers. William A. Seiter directed. In one sequence of the picture Joe is a newspaper man who is mistaken in an air race. He rigs up a Murphy bed with He swings himself around Page Four Cut No 9 Cut goc Mat toc 210 Lines amusing role as a tipsy hotel pro prietor in “Going “""'2.” Laura Lee, ~ -jthe sensation of “Top Speed,” plays opposite Brown, while Ona Munson, a new arrival from the New York stage, gives a great performance opposite Lawrence Gray, who is Brown’s “nal. Walter Pidgeon is the opposing aviator to Brown. The airplane race at the close of the picture is a riot that won’t be soon forgotten. Miss Munson is not only very beautiful, but has a fine musical comedy voice. The picture was directed by William A. Seiter, from the story by Humphrey Pearson. Funny Sort of Pet Johnny Arthur, who plays “Going Wild” at the a unique pet. It is a pet turtle. keep it’ from roaming from home he has it fastened to a post by a long wire, attached through a hole in its shell. It hibernates in the woodpile in winter, and exists on rose petals in summer. STARS OF “GOING WILD” Cut No 11 Cut 30¢ Mat 10c in Lawrence Gray, Ona Munson and the inimitable Joe HE. Brown in ‘‘Going Wild.’’ <A First National and Vitaphone picture current at the Theatre. It’s an aviation comedy as you probably guessed from the title. WILD NO ROW, Cut No. 23 Cut 20c Mat 5c Old Timer Fred Kelsey, who plays the role of a hard-boiled train conductor in KG on pe Wald ate NG een in point of service in motion pic of split-reel comedies. leading sereen, and one of the best Theatre, is one of the oldest actors tures. He started in the early days EVER IN “GOING WILD,” FIRST NATIONAL’S FLYING COMIC HIT Funny Feller — e Joe E. Brown in “Going Wild” Cut No 15 Cui rsc Mat 5c Joe E. Brown Ex-Pro Ball Player and Clown With N. Y. Yankees, St. Paul and Ohio SandLot Nines (Interesting si° 7 See Joe HE. Brown,-- Wild” which is now showing Theatre, is not only o: the > comedian comics of the stage, but has other talents. For one thing, he is an accomplished acrobat. His first stage work was as a boy acrobat in a small, and very badly paid troupe. From that he went into baseball, and for some years was a semi-pro and professional ball player around his home town of Toledo, Ohio. He eventually landed with the St. Paul club of the American association. His clowning as well as his ball playing proved quite an attraction, and for that reason he was eventually signed by the New York Yankees, as much as an amusement attraction as a ball player. He later returned to the stage, and for years was in vaudeville, and in such musical comedies as “Lif iter”? and “Twinkle Twinkie.” In “Going Wild,” a hilarious comedy of aviation, he is supported by an excellent east, ineluding Walter Pidgeon, Ona Munson, Laura Lee, Frank McHugh, William A. Seiter directed for First National. and many others. Was Knight Of Grip Before Law rence Gray spent several years as a entering pictures travelling salesman on the Pacifie coast. He first entered the movies via the business manager route. His first role was opposite Betty Bronson in “Are Parents People,” and then he played several leads opposite Gloria Swanson. He is now appearing in “Going Wild” at the Theatre.