Here Comes Carter (Warner Bros.) (1936)

HERE COMES CARTERS PUBLICITY Annoying The Neighbors Ross Alexander and Glenda Farrell go in for some “operatics” while making “Here Comes Carter!”, now showing at the Bie EA at SEES) NO Theatre. No doubt they’re singing some of the songs from the picture. Its Harry Seymour, dialogue director, who is obliging with the very excellent piano playing. Mat No. 201—20c Glenda Farrell Refuses To Clown Off Film Set But Friends Expect Lead in “Here Comes Carter!” To Be Always Wisecracking ‘“‘You must come to my party tonight, honey. And be sure and think up some funny things to say. Dinner will be at eight.’’ When Glenda Farrell, now appearing at the First National picture, Theatre in the ‘“‘Here Comes Carter!’’ is requested to attend a party or a reception of some kind, she is usually asked in the above manner. When she arrives she is led into the center of activities and told to be funny. This irks the comedienne in no uncertain terms, for, as funny as she is on the screen, she dislikes the idea of carrying her particular brand of humor into her private life. She is naturally timid and hates the idea of being a “show off” of any type. “If I could just be myself at parties I’d be a lot happier,” says Glenda, “but they won’t allow me. I’m Glenda Farrell, the hardboiled, wise-cracking little moll of the screen, and if I don’t play the part in private life, I immediately become a social outeast. “They expect me to answer every query with ‘Oh, Yeah!’ I am supposed to insult other guests with flippant remarks, spill soup in their laps, say ‘dese’ instead of these, have a screamingly funny answer for any question, wear gaudy dresses, and chew gum when I’m not talking —which is hardly ever. “It never seems to enter their heads that after doing this all day in a picture I would like to act like a normal person in my off hours. They would never think of asking a Shakespearean actor to act out his favorite scene from ‘Hamlet.’ Yet they never hesitate to ask me to keep them rolling on the floor with up-to-date wisecracks and funny stories. “When I try to be myself and appear as a normal, fairly intelligent female, they think I’m putting on an act and accuse me Page Fourteen of being upstage. Such is the reward of being a screen comedienne.” Glenda has the role of a wisecracking secretary in “Here Comes Carter!” She is cast as a flippant person who knows all the answers and when to give them. “And when my friends see the picture,’ says Glenda, “they’ll say: ‘Oh, there’s Glenda Farrell again. We must ask her over for dinner some night real soon. She’ll be so much fun for Uncle Herman and his rheumatism’.” Miss Farrell is the rival of Anne Nagel for the love of Ross Alexander in “Here Comes Carter!” which combines hilarious comedy with thrills. Craig Reynolds, Hobart Cavanaugh, George E. Stone, Joseph Crehan and Dennis Moore are also in it. Music and lyrics are by M. K. Jerome and Jack Scholl. William Clemens directed the picture from the screen play by Roy Chanslor, based on a story by M. Jacoby. Thinks Nursing Makes Good Movie Training Nursing is excellent training for acting, according to Anne Nagel, currently teamed with Ross Alexander in “Here Comes Carter!”, the First National picture now showing: at the........ theatre. Anne ought to know, for she studied nursing at Notre Dame Academy in Boston. Glenda Farrell Throws Scare In Ross Alexander Ross Alexander went through a harrowing experience in a scene for “Here Comes Carter!” the First National picture which CODES LO stNO ger sear teae theatre The shot involved Glenda Farrell’s handing two pills to Ross, who was lying wounded in a hospital. Glenda arranged a “rib” with Director William Clemens, so the director did not stop the scene as he was supposed to do when the pills had been received. The camera rolled on while Ross looked at the pills. Always good at ad-libbing, Ross stalled, complaining to Glenda that he didn’t like to take pills. Glenda wouldn’t help him out and Clemens didn’t say “Cut.” So Ross swallowed the pills. When the director ended the scene, Alexander jumped out of bed, yelling: “What was in those pills?” The helpful Miss Farrell pronounced various long medicalsounding words and ended up by saying that they were chemical dynamite and would probably send the star to a real hospital bed. It took Director Clemens’s assurance that the pills were really nothing but bread erumbs to quiet Alexander. In “Here Comes Carter!” which combines hilarious comedy with thrills, Alexander plays the role of a radio scandal columnist who is put on the spot by gangsters because the gossip he ‘reports isn’t to their liking. Others in the cast include Anne Nagel, Craig Reynolds, Hobart Cavanaugh, George E. Stone, Joseph Crehan and Dennis Moore. Music and lyries are by M. K. Jerome and Jack Scholl. William Clemens directed the picture from the screen play by Roy Chanslor, based on the story by M. Jacoby. Glenda Farrell’s Home Similar To Movie Sets “What a beautiful room! It looks just like a movie set!” Such ig the remark generally made by the average visitor to Glenda Farrell’s North Hollywood home. Glenda’s rooms are furnished in exquisite taste, the furniture and works of art being copies of similar objects used in dressing the sets in which Glenda has worked. When Miss Farrell sees a particularly attractive decorative piece on her set she checks with the property man or rental department and finds out where it came from. Then, if a like piece is obtainable, Glenda secures it for her home. Glenda igs playing the role of a wise-cracking radio secretary in the First National picture, “Here Comes Carter!”, now showing atthe. ose a eae theatre. Actor Gives Bellboy Chance On Stage George E. Stone, who has an important role in the First National picture, “Here Comes Carter!”, now showing at the...... theatre, got his start as an actor while working as a bellboy in the Lambs Club, New York. The Lambs, an aggregation of actors, was frequented by the outstanding stars of the day. One of them, William Desmond, took a shine to Stone and engaged him. The boy has been going great guns ever since. GLENDA FARRELL Making her stage debut at the age of seven as Little Eva in “Unele Tom’s Cabin,’ Glenda Farrell has been in theatricals ever since, with occasional pauses when a youngster for educational purposes. Born in Enid, Oklahoma, she spent most of her life in a trunk before she began her film work. She was a member of the Brissac Stock Company of San Diego, the Morosco Company of Los Angeles and the Aleazar in San Francisco. From there she went to Broadway where she played in many successes. Her last stage role “Life Begins,” and she lected by Warner Bros. to play the same part in the picture. This brought her a long term contract. was in was Sse Her more recent pictures include “The Law in Her Hands,” “Snowed Under,” and “Miss Pacific Fleet.” Her current production is “Here Comes Carter!”, which=comes tosuhes. jee es theatre one ve. Glenda Farrell Wears Spinning Top Hat Glenda Farrell, who plays the role of a wise-cracking secretary in, the First National picture, “Here Comes Carter!”, which COMPOSI MUON CNO%arec, hae: theatre OMG carer ess , has a new style in millinery. She introduces a hat that resembles a spinning top. It’s made of mulberry-colored crepe, small and close-fitting as a skull-cap, and has a whirl of matching net that cireles about first into a tiny front brim, and then upward around her head until it finishes in a high point on top that Glenda ealls “ridiculous but utterly chic.” Carter Is Here In “Here Comes Carter!’’, Ross Alexander is a radio reporter whose revelations makes Hollywood’s face turn red. This merry tale of gags, gats, and gals is Oty CNG: eer en ee Theatre. Mat No. 101—10c ROSS ALEXANDER Born in New York City, July 27th, 1907, Ross Alexander attended the Brooklyn Model School and Erasmus Hall. At sixteen he went on the stage, playing stock in Boston, Mass., and later in Louisville, Ky. His first Broadway play was “Enter Madame.” Ross Alexander Mat No. 106 —10c He made his bow on the screen with “Gentlemen Are Born” and recently played in “Hot Money,” “Brides Are Like That,” and “Captain Blood.” His current production is “Here Comes Carter!”, which comes to COM ets ae theatre on... ts ANNE NAGEL Anne Nagel was born Anna Dolan in Boston, Mass., Sept. 20, 1915, but changed the Dolan to Nagel, the name of her stepfather, a well known producer of technicolor featurettes. Later she changed the “a” to “e” in her Christian name on the advice of a numerologist. Anne Nagel Mat No. 108 —10c After graduating from Notre Dame Academy in Boston, she joined the Shubert Players and appeared in the musical comedies. In 1935 she went to Hollywood with her father, appearing in a number of films under his direction. Her more recent pictures are “Hot Money,” “China Clipper,” and her current film, “Here Comes Carter!”, which comes to LLNS) ae ae theatre on si.. .< iss CRAIG REYNOLDS Craig Reynolds exemplifies another local boy making good, he having been born at Anaheim, Calif., near Hollywood. He attended grammar school in Los Angeles, where he was a member of the football, baseball and tennis teams. After graduating from high school he turned to the stage, making his debut in the Drama Art Workshop, a little theatre of Los Angeles. His picture career started with Evelyn Knapp in “Perils of Pauline,” a serial. Reynolds’ more recent pictures include “Guns of the Pecos,” “The Golden Arrow,” and “Times Square Playboy.” His current production is “Here Comes Carter!”, now showing at the....... Theatre.