Harold Teen (Warner Bros.) (1934)

MERVYN LEROY, ACE COMEDY DIRECTOR, MAKES ANOTHER KING-PIN LAUGH HIT! A First National Picture Pictured Review of “Harold Teen” “S’long Lil’l Lambs Lettuce. See you in Covina if grandpop gives me enough money to go to Covina High _School.” for you, big boy, ‘goon this campus. With a smile on his face, but a tear in his eye, Harold ‘Teen (Arthur Lake) bids good-bye to his sweetie, Lillums Lovewell (Mary Brian) who is leaving for Covina High School. Harold looks forward to a _ dreary future on the farm, but his grand-pop. (Jack Duffy) gives him enough money to follow: Lillums into Covina » High. LOEWS STATE ee DIRECTION~ WEST COAST THEATRES ING, tial a secret fraternity: & ywOo A\ENTRANCES Mary Brian as “Lillums” Lovewell, All that her name implies... and then some. Arthur Lake as “Harold Teen,’ the rube freshie who becomes a high-school hero. The last word in “what every high-school co-ed should have.” Cut No 3. Cut 65¢. Mat 15. Alice White as “Giggles,” the high-school vamp. A combination of vim, vinegar, pep and paprika. Made for the big teens and little teens; the seventeens and seventy-teens, and for all the grandpops and grandmas who ever attended a sweet sixteen party! Seven rollicking reels of youthful romance. Adaptation by Tom Geraghty From Comic Strip by Carl Ed. with ARTHUR LAKE — MARY BRIAN LUCIEN LITTLEFIELD — ALICE WHITE Hedda Hopper — Jack Duffy — Jack Eagan Directed by Presented by MERVYN LEROY ROBERT KANE An ALLAN DWAN Production A FIRST NATIONAL PICTURE —_—————————————————————————aaaOOOO*Sva>—m'] “Lookit the rube! Hey, where did you get that trick slicker? Back to the farm small-time stuff don’t On the campus, Harold and his sloganized slicker is ridiculed by the classy collegiates. He is rescued from his humiliation by Giggles (Alice White) who sees a poten sheik in this rube freshie. her influence Harold is made a member of Giggles’ confidence in Harold’s personality was not misplaced. He’s In The Movies Now!. hot! Through prayer. JOHN HELD, JR. SIZES ’EM UP! Calls Arthur Lake and Mary Brian Most Youthful Lovers on the Screen ——— a ‘ing pair of lovers ont — the description ofArtat, Lake and Mary Brian who are featured in the First National comedy ‘ ‘Harold Teen,’’? by John Held, Jr. The obervation was made by the celebrated artist following a visit to the studios at Burbank during the filming of the ‘‘Harold Teen’? comes to Theatre beginning picture. viene eRe Be aoe Pe et ee they have never met. ‘¢Harold Teen’? is based on the comic strip originated by Carl Ed and now appearing daily in more than 300 newspapers. Lake plays the title role of Harold and Miss Brian is his ‘‘sweetie’’ Lillums. Others in the supporting cast include Lucien Littlefield, Alice White, Jack Duffy, Jack Eagan, William Bakewell, Lincoln Stedman, Hedda Hopper, Virginia Sale, Ben Hall and Frances Hamilton. Mervyn LeRoy directed the film. NOW ALICE WHITE DOES THE LAUGHING Alice White, who figures prominently in the cast of First National’s feature screen offering at the SAR. «ei Theatre, ‘‘Harold Teen,’’ was once a stenographer in a film studio. She thought she could act. Everyone laughed—but Alice, who persisted until they gave her a test, just to keep her from bothering them—is a success! A Firat National Cut No. 4. Cut 35c, Mat roc. Directed by Mervyn LeRoy “Watch me, boy Drag; formerly the Lindbergh hop, the latest thing in dances. Whoopece! His own ice-cream concoction a “sedunke sundae” soon becomes..as popular as himself. And the “Harold Teen Drag,” his own dance creation is a Harold is also a star.on the football team and the final answer to every co-ed’s But his popularity soon leads him into difficulties. Giggles says, “T saw ey WEB | s! The Harold Teen Hey, hey, get walked raving sensation. last reel in type. Oh, Harold, w ride in your You know, your tin lizzie means more to me than any Rolls Royce I've ever him first, he’s mine,” looks on broken heartedly. So it goes with these modern collegiates. to see how it ends. action and suspense crammed ‘into the Alice Lake, Alice White and Great Cast Score in “Harold Teen”’ Arthur Lake and. Alice White d > eteleteterere ceROaIRASNOS SSNS ont you take me for a Leapin’ Lena tonight! home from! while poor Lillums But you ought There’s so much that it’s really too long to tell Besides, it would-rob you of a lot of big thrills! Cut No. 25. Cut $1.00. Mai 200. Cut No. 18. Cut goc. Mat roc. (PREPARED REVIEW) Perhaps the main attraction of ‘‘Harold Teen,’’ which opened yesterday at the youthfulness. Harold, the irrepressible country boy _. Theatre, is its freshness and takes the city high school by storm, fills us with a longing once more to play ‘‘one old cat’? and joining the ‘‘gang’’ in some sort of mischievous prank. There are few who do not wish they could live their youth again and ‘‘Harold Teen’? comes nearer to that than over anything yet devised. The picture is based on Carl Ed’s newspaper comic strip of the same name and contains all of the char. acters made famous by that noted cartoonist. Tom Geraghty, who is given credit for the screen story, has elaborated on many of Ed’s most laughable situations to an extent that rocks the house with mirth. The title role is played by Arthur Lake, who gives the outstanding performance of his career and one that should go far toward making him one of the screen’s most popular comedians. The leading feminine role—that of Lillums—is played by Mary Brian; while Alice White in a ee the part of Giggles, the school vamp, is great. Others in the superbcast include Lucien Littlefield, Jack Duffy, Hedda Hopper, Ed Brady, Jack Eagan, Frances Hamilton and Fred Kelsey. ‘¢Harold Teen’’ was directed by Mervyn LeRoy and produced for First National Pictures by Robert Kane. Cut No. .5 Cut 35c. Mat roc. 5 Page Seven