High Sierra (Warner Bros.) (1941)

‘High Sierra’ is Tops In Screen Excitement SU f-UP NO. 3... CAST D I Ty P Ss Mirena eee a Se ene Ida Lupino ee Pets Shey eyo seni ouis Mendoz3a..........0600 + orne tlde = & Ga» oO of Oo dubs ncetecpncae Humeniey, PROMS ee gee Donald MacBride aa Fr i Fhe r ZEB i Py RY BEX Te Tenet SAR em ree tee Ore Alan Curtis Mr, Bargh mam oeccccencsnne. Paul Harvey £07 HALE, ML nd a Re Arthur Kennedy Blond ear atta ne Se Isabel Jewell USAT Hi eran Peta tee en 9 AE eR Joan Leshe AlOCTROM i A ee. Willie Best ‘Doc’ Banto . Henry Hull Pawns. Se Spencer Charters Py ESS bee ae ie Henry Travers EOL eee CoN PRE PRG Ped Ogee George Meeker Y i f2 dL eee ae Jerome Cowan APE eas, ..Robert Strange Nits. BaUgh mame. cercrecsscceeennee Minna Gombell LOW IPrEVSON. Gk re .. John Eldredge POPULAR PRICE BOOK TIE UP FORE MN FONMET ..<.ciccs ebro Barton MacLane ANNOUNCER Nei ese Sam Hayes = PRODUCTION Directed by Raoul Walsh; Screen Play by John Huston and W. R. Burnett; From a Novel by W. R. Burnett; Director of Photography, Tony Gaudio, A.S.C.; Art Director, Ted Smith; Dialogue Director, Irving Rapper; Film Editor, Jack Killifer; Gowns by Milo Anderson; Sound by Dolph Thomas; Special Effects by Byron Haskin, A.S.C. and H. F. Koenekamp, A.S.C.; Makeup Artist, Perc Westmore; Music by Adolph Deutsch; Musical Director, Leo F. Forbstein. The peak of screen excitement is reached in “High Sierra,” the Strand’s new picture. Moving inexorably to his doom, “Mad Dog”’ Earle, as portrayed by Humphrey Bogart, is the enemy of all that is decent and good, defiant of every law on earth — except the High Sierras. He is a strange man, and his is a strange story that Window card illustrated at right was made by paste-up of book jacket and branch set still. In addition to eyecatching window material, here are some other exploitips for you: Dealer and theatre ads on book page. Lobby library through tie-in with book stores. Book awarded as prizes in all contests. Stills, posters, cutouts, for display in book stores. Lobby blow-up of page from book. Match text with stills. Dealers also feature Burnett’s other books ... “Little Caesar,” “The Iron Man,” “Dark Hazard,” “The Giant Swing,” “Goodbye To The Past,” “King Cole,” etc. with “High Sierra” taking up center of display. pet shop gift shop pipe TIE-UP STILLS READY FOR LOCAL STORES IDA LUPINO toilet articles fur jacket and millinery silver fox muff hat and mink trimmed coat HUMPHREY BOGART men's clothing sporting goods JOAN LESLIE crocheted sweater Set of ten “High Sierra TieUp Stills”—85c—from Campaign Plan Editor. Stickers or wraparounds on book jackets call attention to your showing. Book stores and libraries distribute bookmarks made up from one-column ad. From pages 2 and 3 pick up comments by Mark Hellinger, Raoul Walsh, and W. R. Burnett. Blow-up for lobby and front. Cost Exploitips Follow... | grips your interest with its powerful fascination. When the prison gates swing back to release Roy Earle, he is not yet a free man. First he must pay back the debt he owes to the mob leader who bought his pardon. Across. the continent he rides, past the little farms like the one he lived on as a boy. When he is truly free there will be such a farm for him. On the way he finds time to befriend a touring auto group, and old couple and their pretty, lame granddaughter, Vel Still IL68 ; Mat 110—15c » « Ida Lupino is poignantly dramatic ... ma with whom he falls in love. But at the mountain camp hideaway where he is to wait until it is time to pull the job that will free him, he is again the close-mouthed killer, ordering about the two young henchmen who have been assigned to him. His first order is that they get rid of Marie, the Los Angeles dance hall girl they have brought up to the hideout with them. Her spunk and _intelligence soon win him over, however, and he finds himself trusting her in preference to the men. Through the nerve-wracking period of waiting for the word to go down into the desert and hold up the rich resort hotel she is a comfort to him. The night comes, and Earle drives down the mountain, accompanied — against his better judgment by Marie and the little dog “Pard” who has attached himself to Earle at the camp. In the other car are the two henchmen. Coolly Earle, once again the desperado, pulls off the job and makes his getaway. The other men, however, accompanied by the hotel clerk, take a wrong turn, and crash in the darkness. The clerk is saved, however, and talks, putting the police on Earle’s trail. A hurried visit to Velma shatters his last dream. Recovered, she is engaged to be married _ to another man. Now there is only Marie, and he realizes at last just how deep her devotion is. They will get out of the country together. Then they find out that the police have a complete description of them both, so he puts her on an eastbound bus and attempts to make a getaway. His desperate flight is halted on one of the high mountain passes of California. Humphrey Bogart is magnificently at home as Earle, playing the role with such a sureness that the gangster comes sharply to life as a man you pity, hate, love and fear. Ida Lupino gives poignantly dramatic interpretation of Marie, that definitely ranks with the finest screen work of the year. Other standout performances are scored by sixteen-year old Joan Leslie as Velma, Arthur Kennedy and Alan Curtis as the two henchmen and Henry Travers. As in his recent hit, “They Drive By Night,” Raoul Walsh’s direction is superb throughout. W. R. Burnett’s novel, adapted for the screen by John Huston and Burnett himself, tells a story for which the screen is the perfect medium. In bringing it to the screen, Warner Bros. have contributed one of the most. exciting films of all time, a definitely must-see hit. © Comment Story STRAND'S FILM ‘HIGH SIERRA’ WIDELY PRAISED Since its opening yesterday at the Strand, “High Sierra,’ the new Warner Bros. picture co-starring Humphrey Bogart and Ida Lupino, has played to capacity crowds at each performance. Ha:g hd y favorable press reviews and_ enthusiastic wordof mouth have rapidly spread the news that Mat 104—15 ee 8 h a et PIC S ° 99 ide karate Hahei sid is top entertainment, packed with thrilling scenes and action. Stationed in the lobby after last night’s performance this reporter picked up the following salient comments from members of the audience: (List quotes and names). “High Sierra” is the story of “the last of the Dillinger mob,” one Roy Earle, played to perfection by Humphrey Bogart. Ida Lupino again proves herself one of the screen’s topnotch dramatic stars, and a sixteen-year old newcomer, Joan Leslie, makes a debut that promises a truly brilliant future for her.