Harold Teen (Warner Bros.) (1934)

Hal Leroy Bringing roses for his Lillums in “Harold Teen” now at the Strand Theatre Mat No, 10—10c¢ Leading Lady’s Dad Gave LeRoy Chance The fates have worked queer tricks with Patricia Ellis and Hal LeRoy. They met back in 1930 in Boston when Pat’s father, Alex. ander Leftwich, was producing ‘Tattle Tales’? and decided to give Hal his first chance in ‘‘ big time’? show. Four years later: Pat and Hal met at the Warner Bros. Studios, where the two were cast to play opposite each other in the picturization of the Carl Ed comic strip, ‘‘ Harold Teen,’? now siowime atthe: ...2-..208... Theatre. HAL LeROY—“Mr. Broadway,” “Vitaphone Daneing Series,” Noted on stage in “Strike Me Pink,” “Lattle> Tales,” “The Gang’s All Here.” ROCHELLE HUDSON — ‘Wild Boys of the Roady’ “Dr. Bull,’ “Mr. Skitch,” “Walls of Gold,” “Are These Our Children,’ “Hells Highway.” PATRICIA ELLIS — “Easy To Love,” “Convention City,’ “The World Changes,’ “Elmer the Great,” “Picture Snatcher,” “Central Park.” GUY KIBBEE—“Kasy To Love,” “Havana Widows, ‘“Conven tion Chin, “De World Changes,” “Footlight Parade,” “Gold Diggers of 1933.” HUGH HERBERT“ Fashions of 1934,” “College Coach,” “Con vention City,” “From Headquarters,” “FPootlight Parade.” HOBART CAVANAUGH —‘Jim my the Gent,” “I’ve Got Your Number,” “Mandalay,” “Convention= City,’ “Mi, Nellie.” “Dark Hazard.” CHIC CHANDLER “Blood Money,” “Melody Cruise.” EDDIE TAMBLYN — “Sweethearts of Sigma Chi,” “Flying Down to Rio,” “The Flood.” DOUGLAS DUMBRILLE — “Journal of «a Crime,” “Hi, Nellie!” “Heroes for Sale,” “The World Changes,” Killer,’ “Female.” CLARA BLANDICK —— “As the Marth “Turns,” “Ever In My Heart,” “Going Hollywood,” “Beloved,” “Charlie Greatest Case.” MAYO METHOT — “Jimmy the “Mind Reader,’’ “Registered Nurse,” “Vanity Street,” “Night Club Lady,” “Virtue.” RICHARD CARLE-— “Night of June 13,7 “Fireman Save My Child,” “One Hour With You.” CHARLES WILSON——“The Kennel Murder Case,” “Five “Got Your Number,” Lady,” “Footligitt “64 ‘ollege Coach,” “Lady Chan’s Gent,” “Gambling Prarie,’ Tamblyn Well Known In Musical Comedy Kddie Tamblyn, who enacts the role of **Shadow’? in the Warner Bros. picturization of the famous Carl” Id strip, ‘Harold Teen,’’ now showing at the , Theatre, is comparatively a newcomer to pictures, hay ing played in only three pictures, ‘“*The Flood,’’ ‘‘Sweetheart of Sigma Chi?’ and -‘‘Flying Down To Rio.’? The actor is well known, however, im musical comedy circles. His work is remembered on Broad News’? come way beenuse of ‘*Good and ‘Follow Thru.” Chic Chandler Has Long Stage Record Chie Chandler, cast as 6‘ Lilnes’ in the Warner Bros. sereen version of Carl Ed’s famous comie strip character, ‘‘Harold) Teen,’’ now Show. site thie: vo a Then tre, marks this as his third sereen role. He has already been seen im ‘* Blood ** Melody ¥ ° +? Cruise, Money’? and Back on Brondwiay, however, Chie is no novice, He proved sensation al there in the two plays, ‘*The Crreat Bound, ’’ Magoo’? and ** Ple:sure among others. In addition he has a long record of cireus and stock compiany performances to his credit. Pupils See Red Over Rival School Sign High school students in Vau Nuys, Calif., have long been tra ditional riyals in inter-scholastic competition with the Covina High School, One morning when they appeared on the school grounds, they saw in large letters before the main entrance, the — sign “Covina Tigh Sehool!’’ They were not only surprised but prepared to do battle until they learned Warner Bros. was shooting the picture, ‘Harold Teen,’? in whieh there is a “*Covina High School’? and the troupe, including Hal LeRoy, Roehelle Hudson and Patricia Ellis, were at the Van Nuys Eligh Schoo! for the filming of the school sequences, The picture comes to the Theatre on Rochelle Hudson is wearing a girlish frock of white organdy, with a contrasting tie sash of Double rows of off-the-shoulder: collar and deep flaring flounces of the skirt. The other gown is of smart black A touch of bright color is added with red buttons and a red patent leather belt. blue, as illustrated at left. gathered ruffles garnish the Sull HA 35. wool crepe. Sull HA 46, The two lovely girls above appear with Hal LeRoy in “Harold Teen.” the hilarious comic strip of the same name. Order Mat No. 26-—30c. This cut can be used in one, two Actor Makes Crack Golf Shot In Film Douglas Dumbrille, one of the best golfers in the cinema colony, had a chance toe prove it while playing in the Warner Bros, pieture, ‘Harold Teen,’’ which comes (Othe as. SaaS TheaLTO= ON esc: Roe Rea RR re ‘ Dumbrille was in a sequence which disclosed him on the golf course with Rochelle Hudson, the “*Tallums’’ of the picture. The particular required — that Dumbrille sink a putt of fifteen feet at the eighteenth hole and arrangements were “*fake’? the shot by having an invisible wire draw the ball into the cup. Dumbrille resented the reflection on his golfing ability, insisting that he be allowed to actually play the shot. He put the ball in the hole on the first try. scene made to Unknown Admirer Is Most Helpful Critic Rochelle Hudson, the ‘Lil lums’* of the Warner Bros, pieture, ‘‘ Harold Teen,’’ now show ing at the Theatre, Claims that she has the perfect movie fan. An unknown admirer in the Middle West has been writing Ro chelle fan letters for several years, commending or criticising her work. He has made innumerable helpful hints to the young actress and she regards his advice as quite valuable, Never revealing his identity, he recently started sending her lovels gifts, included in which were a beautiful modernistic gorgeous table lamp and other ex desk, a pensive tokens of his admiration. Hlis Jatest gift was black velvet lounging pajamas. Hal LeRoy Couldn't See Hollywood For His Dust Worked So Hard On ‘Harold Teen” He Had No Chance To Go Sight-Seeing AL LE ROY adimits that as a sight-seer he’s a dud. During the years when he was in school and the time he spent making a suecess in Broadway musical comedy, ae he kept a weather eve peeled’? at California. Krom his earliest days of geography the Golden State has interested him, fascinating him with the stories of its deserts. its mountains and—of course—its climate. Came the picturization of the famous Carl Ed comic — strip, “Harold Teen,” the Warner Bros. picture now showing at the... ee Theatre. A talent scout from the Warner Bros. Studios spotted Hal in “Strike Me Pink” during its very successful Broadway run and immediately he wired the studio. “Wave found the perfeet type for the ‘Harold Teen’ picture.” Hal LeRoy, when he heard he had been selected for the highly coveted role, was in high spirits. Friends crowded “Be sure to visit San Francisco,” one said. Another «admonished, “Don’t fail to take a trip to Yosemite.” A third about him. suggested, panel in the bodice. “Make certain you see Agua Caliente.” A former California resident said, “No trip to California is complete unless vou see the High Sierras.’ Secretly Wal smiled at the sugHe knew of all these places—and many more—besides. He had been planning for years to see them. Tle had read about it all—dreamed about it all hoped about it all. gestions, Hal hadn't, unfortunately, considered motion picture schedules. He arrived in the cinema-city early one morning. With speed typical of the picture business he was whisked from the railroad Patricia Ellis models the two-piece frock illustrated aboye. © The skirt is plaid while the black wool jacket is trimmed with a collar-like fringe edged scarf of the plaid. Still PE 323. On the right she is wearing an Orry-Kelly frock of navy shadow stripe crepe that shows a net jabot draped around the neck and drawn through a Large mother of pearl buttons are used to trim. Still PE 331. Warner Bros. filmisation of The picture is coming to the Strand on Thursday. | or three columns. Hal LeRoy Learned To Dance In Cellar Hal LeRoy, famous — stage dancer and star of ‘* Harold Teen,’’ Warner Bros. production, whieh comes to the Theatre on finding out what he could do with Tet eee eee began. HAL LE ROY star of “Harold Teen” at the Strand Mat No. G6 10¢ his nimble legs in the eellar of his home. He spent hours every day after school practicing there, with the family victrola and a dance mat as his only accessories. | Some of the dance steps for which Hal is most famous today he worked out between his mother’s preserves and the winter’s coal pile. These routines will be seen in a smashing climax of the picTure. station in a large sedan to the studio. There were make-up tests to be taken. There were costume fittings for the picture. There were photographs to be taken. There were story conferences to attend. There were seript re hearsals. The desert. The beaches. The mountains, The beautiful drives north, The jaunts to Mexieo on the south. He’d see ’em. He’d see it all. Catalina Island. Palm Springs. San Francisco. The whirlwind pace of the first few days, however, continued. Just as a letdown came about, the picture started. Surely, he thought, there would he spaces in-between the scenes when he could slip away for a peek ut some of those highly touted beauty spots. The first afternoon he was free from the cameras, special appointments with newspaper and magazine writers had to be kept. Interviews. Portrait pictures. There were fifty causes to prevent the trips he had planned. The actor’s first week in California sped by. Then the second week. His whole existence, even ifter this time, consisted in making the trip from his hotel to the studio, He didn’t, during his first few weeks in Hollywood, get to the nearby city of Beverly Hills. He didn’t see the beaches, eighteen miles away. Not once, during that time, did he get to downtown Los Angeles, a mere twenty minutes from his hotel. He couldn't even see Hollywood for the dust he made speeding from hotel to studio. He saw no deserts. He saw ne mountains, except at a great distance. Tle saw no resorts. Hal LeRoy was almost con vineed, finally, that Hollywood was comprised of two things, his room and the studio. Asked, at this stage of his sojourn, how he liked California, Hal gritted his teeth. Then, smiling blandly, he remarked, “California? I imagine Vd like it—if I could get to see it!” LeRoy does some of his famous dancing in this picture, a hilarious comedy drama, the charaeters of whieh are taken from the comie strip by Carl Ed. The story by Paul Gerard Smith, and Al Cohn is as exciting as it is funny. soeiee. LeRoy, famous dancer of the inusieal comedy stage, heads the cast which includes such well known players as Rochelle Hud son, Patrician Ellis, Guy Kibbee, Hugh Herbert and Hobart CavaWhile the picture is not ao musical naugh. there. are several spectacular numbers with musie and Ivries by Irving Kahal and Sammy Fain, Murray Roth = di reeted the pieture. Page Thirty-one