Goodbye Again (Warner Bros.) (1933)

CURRENT PUBLICITY LAUGHS GALORE IN NEW STRAND HIT \ WARREN WILLIAM, JOAN BLONDELL and GENEVIEVE TOBIN share honors in the great comedy hit “Goodbye Again,” now playing at the Fine Arts Theatre. out there’s one big laugh after another. Out No.7 Out45c Matiic From the opening sequence to the fade Put it down on your “must see’ list. (Opening Day Stery) ‘Goounye Again’ Fast Comedy Drama, Opens Today at. ... Theatre “The Love Life of a Successful Author” might well be the sub-title of “Goodbye Again,” First National breezy version of the New York stage comedy -success which opens {FLOg 1] TR ato Hot 1s peer eerste Wen ooreee SCT ES Theatre. Not that Kenneth Bixby, creator of best sellers and lecturer on literature to women’s clubs, is a Don Juan. Quite the contrary. Except for the few usual romantic flurries that may be allowed to any man, Bixby’s reeord is above reproach until a sweetheart of his college days, who in the meantime has married a prosperous business man, turns up and decides that she and Bixby were meant for each—othox_aui along. Something has to be done, Julia decides, to rectify the error. She is quite sure that she was the original of the heroine of one of his most popular novels. She is certain that Bixby has been eating his heart out for her, all these years. And she has made up her mind to repair the wrong she has done him by throwing herself at his head. The fact that Bixby has no such idea makes no difference. Julia sets out to compromise herself and Bixby so thoroughly that a divorce from her husband will be inevitable. And Bixby, making the mistake of thinking he can talk or shock her out of her determination, plays into her hand and, before he realizes it, has Julia’s entire family, including her bewildered husband, at | tant roles. his heels. The straightening out of the tangle falls upon Anne, Bixby’s.secretary, who understands both the author and his lovelorn campus sweetheart better than either of them understand themselves. The fun grows faster and more furious as the hilarious story moves from Cleveland to Albany, with many of the most amusing situations taking place in a Pullman drawingroom. An exceptionally able cast keeps the story moving at a swift pace. Warren William is the author, Joan Blondell has the role of Anne, his secretary. Genevieve Tobin is the day-dreaming romantic Julia, Helen Chandler is seen as Julia’s sister. Wallace Ford, Hugh Herbert, Ruth Donnelly and Ferdinand Gottschalk are admirably cast in other imporMichael Curtiz directed the production. (Prepared Review) “Goodbye Again” a Lusty, Highly Spiced Comedy Hit AUGHTER in every degree, from the snicker and the chuckle to the full-lunged guffaw that shakes the diaphragm and sends vest buttons bouncing down theatre aisles, greeted First National’s comedy drama screen version of the big Broad way stage success, ‘‘Goodbye Again’’ last evening at the Theatre, where the picture had its premiere with Warren William, Joan Blondell and Genevieve Tobin in the principal parts. “Goodbye Again” is a welcome change from the drab realism of many modern pictures and the audience lusitly manifested their appreciation of the new note in entertainment. Refreshingly different in plot, and sailing along saucily under a strong breeze of smart dialogue, the picture is a laugh-tonic for young and old alike. When an author of best sellers finds one of his most popular heroines coming to life suddenly in the person of an old sweetheart of his college days, who has grown tired of her conventional businessman husband, and is ready to come back to “the only man who ever understood her,” what is a poor author to do? There may be several answers to that, but Warren William in “Good Page Four bye Again” does practically everything an author—or any other gentleman in his right mind, for that matter—should NOT do. And thereby, of course, hangs the hilarious tale that follows. The more he tries to show Julia the error of her ways, the more securely she weaves the net of her entanglements around the hapless man. Eventually a cross-country chase develops, with Julia tucking herself away in the adjoining compartment of her victim’s Pullman ear, to the scandalization of her family, and then turning up in his hotel room in Albany, after a pursuit that has led her all the way from her Cleveland home. By this time Julia’s husband and her family are-not only ready to give her up to author Bixby; they practically demand that he “do right by their Nell.” Anne, Bixby’s secretary, and the girl with whom he is really in love, is so thoroughly exasperated with him that she, too, is ready to throw him at the other woman’s head. Finally, however, much against her better judgment she decides to extricate him from his romantic jam, and the manner in which she does it, aided by Bixby himself, is even funnier than anything that has gone before. Warren William makes a comically pathetic figure of a celebrated author, who is a lion in literary fields but a lamb among the ladies. Genevieve Tobin contributes a delightful study of the lovelorn Julia, a survival of mid-Victorian days. Joan Blondell as Anne, the longsuffering secretary and sweetheart of the philandering Bixby, is charming and piquant. Julia’s family are vividly typed by Hugh Herbert in the role of the husband, Helen Chandler as sister Elizabeth and Wallace Ford as Elizabeth’s fiance, lawyer Westlake, who is all for settling the scandal out of court. Michael Curtiz has directed “Goodbye Again” with an eye to every comedy value and implication. The result is a confection as spicy and subtly daring as anything that has come across the screen this year. Ist day of run Helen Chandler Has Kept Up With Three Separate Vocations Helen Chandler, who has a prom inent role in the First National comedy drama, “Goodbye Again,” TOWING eee 0s fo shasgan wetness Theatre, is known as the “three-in-one girl of Hollywood.” Not quite twenty-four years old, she is a well known actress on both the stage and screen. She is a poetess of some note, having published several slim volumes since she first began writing at the age of fifteen. And she is the wife of Cyril Hume, famous novelist. How Helen finds time to do all three jobs, and do them well, is a matter of amazement to her friends. She herself believes that the solution lies in her ability to keep her three selves separate, while she sets aside a fourth fanciful “section” of her mind to retire into for solitude and meditation when affairs of the world become too pressing. The “Marriage versus Career’ conflict, she contends, can always be reconciled in this way, but it takes plenty of hard work and boundless energy. A delicate blonde girl with an elfin, wistful face, Helen is perhaps best known on the screen for her characterizations as Ann in “Outward Bound” and as Nikki who wore the red shoes so she could walk faster, in “The Last Flight.” In “Goodbye Again,” she is associated with an unusually notable cast, headed by Warren William, Joan Blondell and Genevieve Tobin. 2nd day of run Blondell’s Husband Was Head Cameraman for ‘‘Goodhye Again’’ Likened much to the postman who takes a hike on his day off, or the his shore leave on a park lake, was Joan Blondell’s sticking around the First National lot when not working, to watch the shooting of “Goodbye Again,” now showing at the Theatre. After her own work was through for the day, she stayed until the entire company and crew were dis sailor who spends suddenly acquired habit of missed. But there was wasn’t the attraction of Warren William, or Wally Ford or Hugh Herbert or any of the all-star cast of “Goodbye Again” that kept Joan waiting. It was George Barnes, the camera man, at whom Joan is constantly casting loving glances. George is her husband, whom she married such a short time ago, that both are still thrilled to be in each other’s company. “Goodbye Again,” in which Joan has the leading feminine role, is an hilarious comedy drama based on the successful New York play by George Haight and Allan Scott, and adapted to the screen by Ben Markson. Other feminine stars in the cast are Genevieve Tobin, Helen Chandler and Ruth Donnelly. Michael Curtiz directed. a reason and it 3rd day of run Warren William Has No Time to Partake of Hollywood’s Fun Warren William may be a heart palpitator and dashing debonaire man-about-town in the estimation of his film fans, but as far as Hollywood’s social colony is concerned, he is considered a staid, sober, stay-athome, whose name rarely figures on invitation lists or in columnist’s reports of who was seen at gay night resorts. What Warren William does with his time is no secret to Hollywood— and that is why no effort is made to ask him out. His time is divided almost entirely between the studio and his hilltop home. The pictures which he makes come so closely on the heels of each other, that he does not find time for more than very brief vacations, and those not far from Hollywood. During the making of his latest First National comedy drama “Good bye Again,” which also stars Joan Blondell now at the ercise and workout to freshen himself up for the day’s work, then a bath and breakfast, landing at the studio just a little before 9 o’clock. Theatre, he confessed to the following daily routine: Up at 6.30 a. m. for a little ex At lunch in the studio dining room, he studies his lines for the afternoon’s work while he eats his meal. After dinner at home at night, he spends two or three hours studying his lines for the next day, glances through the daily papers or reads a book before turning in. When he is not working, he catches up on his reading and rest—and when all is said and done, he just can’t figure out how other stars find time for dances and parties. But then, Warren William has the hermit complex. William’s latest picture is a hilarious comedy drama based on the Broadway stage success and adapted to the screen by Ben Markson. In the cast with William are such noted players as Genevieve Tobin, Helen Chandler, Ruth Donnelly, Wallace Ford and Hugh Herbert. Michael Curtiz directed. 4th day of run Ruth Donnelly Likes Her Character Parts Better Than Leads “Do I mind playing a chambermaid in a hotel?” echoed Ruth Donnelly, who is doing a character role in “Goodbye Again,” the First National production of the successful New York stagé hit, now at the............0.... ere eats Theatre. “Not at all. I’m no dazzling leading lady, and I never expect to be a star. A character is a character to me, and I know that if ’'m asked to play it, whether it’s a chambermaid, or a secretary, or a newspaper woman, there’s a chance in the part somewhere for the kind of acting they know I can do. “My business is acting, after all,” smiled Ruth, “and I’d much rather be in just one scene that has a chance to be remembered than languish along as a leading lady who’s forgotten before the audience gets home.” Ruth Donnelly has been a valued member of the Warner-First National organization ever since her brilliant performance with Lee Tracy in “Blessed Event,” the role which she had previously created on the New York stage. “Goodbye Again,’ the hilarious story of a famous author’s tangled love affairs, is played by Warren William, Joan Blondell and Genevieve Tobin in the principal roles, with Ruth Donnelly, Hugh Herbert, Helen Chandler and Wallace Ford in colorful parts. Michael Curtiz directed the picture, which is an adaptation by Ben Markson of the stage success by George Haight and Allan Scott.