Hells Kitchen (Warner Bros.) (1939)

CURRENT PUBLICITY—‘‘HELL’S KITCHEN”’ 19 Margaret Lindsay Wears Chic Business Girl’s Ensemble In New Film By HELEN WALTER No $10,000 motion picture wardrobe ever caused more discussion than the comparatively inexpensive one that dark-eyed, lovely Margaret Lindsay wears in the Warner Bros. film, “Hell’s iKtchen,”? which is currently showing at the Strand. Mat 216—30c MARGARET LINDSAY Plays the feminine lead in “‘Hell’s Kitchen,” now at the Strand. Margaret, portraying the role of | the material are caught with a big a teacher in a boys’ shelter home, supposedly has a very small income, however, it was Designer Milo Anderson’s contention that the dresses smartly regardless of the size of her income. He finally won the supervisor of the picture and the director over to his way of thinking and designed several smart ensembles for Miss Lindsay, any one of which could be duplicated fur $25. A coat, which can also be worn as a-dress, is made of a smooth brown wool fabric and has wide lapels, which are stitched in gold thread and come together to form a plastron. All accessories are brown except for gold suede gloves, a gold chiffon ascot scarf and a gold felt fez, anchored to her head by a coarse, matching snood. Any smart girl could whip up a black crepe dress such as Margaret wears in one scene. Its claim to individuality is a set of gay print panels which come down from the shoulders, form a deep V-neckline, meet at the waistline where wide flaps of black crepe snap over them, and continue to the hemline. The only jewelry accent is a single strand of inexpensive pearls. Another dress of deep moss green crepe is simply draped from one shoulder where the folds of educated business woman | epaulette of beaten gold. A heavy gold chain is suspended from this to the other shoulder. A fourth dress, of wine alpaca, is:polka-dotted in white and is plainly styled with high, unaccented neckline. The stunning point to this dress is a long-sleeved Eton jacket of white wool with one huge pocket detailed with very large initials made of appliques of the dotted fabric. A ‘‘hanky’’ of the alpaca also peeps out of the patch pocket. é Every girl knows how practical it is to have a sweater and skirt outfit which can be worn with polo coat and beret. Margaret has such an outfit for one change and the cost is negligible. * The sixth ensemble in Milo’s business girl wardrobe consists of a bright wool print made with bloused bodice, square shoulders, and long slim sleeves. With it goes a tailored black broadcloth coat and all accessories are black. The interesting thing to note about each of the costumes is that they are all versatile and can be worn in many different ways according to the occasion. And Designer Milo Anderson still maintains the smartest fashion group in the world is composed of American business women. Wants To Be Himself! Just as Frankie Burke is trying to break away from the label “Cagney imitator,”” some sad news comes to him about his original screen test at the Warner Bros. Studio. The test got him the part of Cagney as a boy in “Angels with Dirty Faces,” and his work in that and other films won a longterm contract. However, it is now being shown to the unwary, in professional circles, as a gag. With an elaborate verbal buildup about what a laugh the spectator is going to get out of a film test Cagney made when he first came to Hollywood, the one made of young Burke is screened. In its present shape it runs for many minutes before the person viewing it becomes aware he is being duped, and that the lad isn’t James Cagney. “Now what chance have I got to let people forget about how I came into pictures?” mourns Hranikier: | “i can’t. help ity at 2 look like Mr. Cagney, and idolized him so when a young kid that I developed some of his mannerisms.” Frankie has an important part, along with the “Dead End” Kids, in Warner: Bros.’ “Hell’s Kitchen,” which is the current attraetion at the Strand Theatre. New Motto: ‘Say It With Gloves’ “Say it with boxing gloves” has become the motto of the “Dead End’ Kids, with the full sanction of Warner Bros. That means of settling disputes as a substitute for noisy verbal bickering or more dangerous bare-fist and rough-andtumble encounters was first advocated by Mushy Callahan. The former welter champ, now a studio employee, plans to rig up a portable ring with standard ropes and padded canvas floor, and keep it, with some boxing gloves, beside all sets on which the famous Kids are working. Pending other permissions, Lewis Seiler, directing their latest picture, “Hell’s Kitchen,’ gave his consent to the plan. Any marks the boys might get from regulation boxing gloves, he opined, wouldn’t interfere with the parts they were playing. Director's Neighbors His Critics Favorite crities of Director Lewis Seiler’s films, he declares, are his non-professional neighbors. Seiler thinks everybody in pictures is too close to his work, and necessarily: too much concerned with details. So he turns to folk who know nothing about films except as fans, for advice. “Crime School,” one of his biggest hits, profited by a piece of advice from one of his helpful neighbors. Several families who live near the Seiler home are his critical board. Their ages range from eight to eighty, and their tastes, the director thinks, are thoroughly representative. “T’ll not give their names, because they suffer enough as it is,” he declared. “I read scripts to them, try out gags, take them to see rough cuts and previews.” Seiler is thinking about getting projection and sound equipment and fixing up a small picture theatre in his home chiefly for the purpose of letting his critics see “rushes.” His latest picture is “Hell’s Kitchen,” the Warner Bros. melodrama with the “Dead End” Kids, Ronald Reagan, Margaret Lindsay and Stanley Fields in the cast, currently showing at the Strand Theatre. The script was tried out on his neighbors, and heartily approved with minor suggestions for, change. Fields Looms As New Star Walter L. Agnew is about to become a film star. The reason the fact isn’t generally known is because the Agnew cognomen was dropped by Stanley Fields, the big, comical character villain, years ago. Only the other day, the “Dead End” Kids found it out. Few people in Hollywood knew that Fields was a stage name. Stanley, the Kids, Ronald Reagan and Margaret Lindsay are together in the Warner Bros. film, ‘“Hell’s Kitchen,” now showing at the Strand Theatre. Billy Halop and Bobby Jordan chanced to see Fields’ real name on an old newspaper cut in the actor’s dressing room, and bothered him until he confessed. As for Fields’ proximity, Director Lewis Seiler thinks “Hell’s Kitchen,” which he directed, will do the trick for Fields. Not alone, but as a capper for a remarkable run parts, such as the dominant ones he played in “Blackwell’s Island,” “Algiers,” and the currently showing “The Kid from Kokomo,” a prizefight comedy. of fine picture. e (Use this material in toto for a column or reprint as herald backing up reverse side with 2 column ad.) THINGS | NEVER KNEW About The (Mat 112—15c) hate Lode ASO P ste. lot as “Kid Muni.” Warner Bros. ‘Dead End’ Kids That BOBBY JORDAN youngest of the famous sextette has the longest and biggest theatrical, radio and film career behind him. Before he was six, he was a regular on the “Peter Batchelor” program. Then he played a gabby tenement brat in the Broadway productions of Elmer Rice’s “Street Scene,” and a series of other BroadWay engagements, before he went into “Dead End,’ and became a member of the celebrated gang. Bobby was born in New York, and attended the famed Professional Children’s School. Pet hobby is tinkering with motors. Present ambition is to see his name in lights in every theatre in the country — with top billing, of course. 5 GEO Ga Chiba” § is known around the He’s a very scholarly fellow who is attacking his Hollywood career as though it were a college course. He wants to do every type of role, including romantic juveniles, but hopes to “major” in strong character roles. As “head man” in the “Dead End” gang, it is usually his job to supply the more serious element. The son of a prosperous New York lawyer, Billy also attended the Professional Children’s School, and has played several roles apart from his “gang” since coming to Hollywood. ROR VK (Mat 117—I15c) (Mat 111—15c) That GABRIEL DELL... hard-boiled Kids, the That LEO GORCEY ... toughest-looking of the “Dead End” Kids is also the smallest, and the best business man. Although he comes from a family of actors, he was a plumber’s. assistant when he tried out for a part in “Dead End.” His sudden ascension to fame as an actor was pretty bewildering to him, but he finds that he likes the work about as well as he liked plumbing, and it pays much better. Tough as he looks, his only vice is driving his car a bit faster than the law allows. Business intrigues him and he has almost doubled his film earnings by shrewd investments. Ts the only one of the boys who’s in love. 2 coe Pet Re ae is the fistic champ of and in the opinion of “Mushy” Callahan, the studio trainer, has all the makings of a professional fighter. Dell didn’t pick up his fighting ability on any “Hell’s Kitchen” street corners in New York, as might be imagined from seeing him on the screen. His father is a well-known physician and Gabriel’s training has been of the gymnasium variety. A voracious reader, with a special fondness for Shakespeare, he shame-facedly defends himself by pointing out that Gene Tunney likes him, too. actor is Jimmie Cagney, because says Gabriel: “He can lick his weight in wildcats” and act, too. (Mat 113—15c) That BERNARD PUNSLEY .. gang, wants to be a bacteriologist. owes his acting career to that ambition. It happened like this: the boy saw a microscope he wanted badly, but it cost $480, so he appealed to his cousin, a theatrical agent, to help him find some kind of a job at which he could earn the money. The job turned out to be one of the roles in “Dead End’—you know the rest. his success in Hollywood hasn’t swerved his ambition in the least. He still spends all his spare time fiddling around with test tubes, petri dishes and agar cultures. He’s a confirmed punster, despite the punishment he suffers from the other boys every time he pulls one of his puns. His favorite (Mat 114—15c) KK kw * That HUNTZ HALL ... is not nearly so “dippy” as his anties in the movies would make you think. He got the role of “Dippy” in “Dead End” beeause of the very vacant expression he can assume at will. But like the other boys, he knows very well what he’s about, and what he wants to get out of life. Coming from a family of sixteen children, Huntz has known what poverty means, and hopes never to know again. Before he came to Hollywood, he wanted to be a civil engineer. Now he wants to be a producer, because the producer is boss in the motion picture business, so that seems to him like the best spot. Until he can attain that position, however, he means to stick close to acting. xk & & . chubbiest of the In fact, he However, (Mat 116—15c)