High Sierra (Warner Bros.) (1941)

INEXPENSIVE MAILING CARD MT. WHITNEY IN HIGH SIERRA MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA — 14,495 FEET HIGH — WHERE POLICE STAGED ALL-NIGHT HUNT FOR **‘MAD DOG" EARLE, NOTORI OUS KILLER IN “HIGH SIERRA.” Message on reverse side reads: ‘Mad Dog” Earle, dangerous desperado trapped on the highest peak in the High Sierra mountains. Trapped only because Man can climb no higher! Is this the end of the most dangerous criminal since Dillinger? See Warner Bros.’ action-thriller, “High Sierra,” starring Humphrey Bogart and Ida Lupino at the Strand Theatre. (Signed) THE MANAGER. Mat of scene available. Order “High Sierra Mat 201B”—30c—from Campaign Plan Editor. IDENTIFY ‘MAD DOG’ EARLE You've probably thought of using the “Raffles” gag. “Desperado” answering a publicized description tours main thoroughfares and stores of town. Persons identifying “Mad Dog” Earle get guest tickets on the spot. Cooperating stores feature the search in their newspaper ads and offer prizes. FILM AS COURT ‘SENTENCE’ Get municipal judge or magistrate in juvenile cases to “sentence” first offenders to see the picture for the object lesson it teaches of what happens to lawbreakers. The loyalty of the dog in this film cues a contest for the best “Dog Story.” Working with your local Kennel Club and Humane Society arrange a dog show open only to mongrels. Prizes for smartest, smallest, etc. Theatre attendant leads dog around town with theatre copy on its back. If the pup is trained to do tricks so much the better. Tie-up with local pet shops for windows and co-op ads. and around Your Theatre... (REDDER ERRGRRORR ERED RRR ERRRROR EDR DRRRERERR ERO RBRRRRRER CURR RRRRERRREGRRRRRGRRSRREBRRDRRERRRRRREBD SUCEECCOD OOOH EGCEOD OOO RE EERO RO GREGREECU DTCC EEEEER DODDS RD DETDR ORD EERERCODC ODOR EROEREOEOCOUTNEEEREBS r-UP NO. Z... CODDORRDODEREROD EGR UEEUCRUUUEOCRROURUREDUOOOCUDOUDURUCCEROUOUUEROCURODUDREDECOSDDDADDOCORDCOUDSRCORDURORRRSCORGOORCQUROCOQRRDDOSUREDODDCCOUUGGROGROGUUUNDOSDRDDUNCCORDDCOUDOUROHOCCCOQUEQEEQQORDDDOCGORDRNDDOCROQUOUNUEUCOQORNORERDQQGRROCRCOOUQUUNUUCEROD ® Current Feature Strand Film Climax is Manhunt—2 Miles Up They’ve cornered Humphrey Bogart, “the last of the Dillinger mob,” 12,000 feet up on the breath-freezing heights of Mt. Whitney. That’s ten times as high as the Empire State Building. Bogey is “Mad Dog” Earle in Warner Bros.’ “High Sierra,” which is now showing at the Strand. A sheriff’s posse of 100 armed men is in pursuit. Their guns blurt as they catch fleeting glimpses of the leg-weary fugitive. Bogey replies with a Tommygun, with stacatto stabs of fire as he makes his last stand. “It won’t be long now,” radio announcer Sam Hays is telling the world over his portable “mike.” “Anything can happen. This crowd is here to be in at the kill and it looks like they aren’t going to be disappointed.” Bogart is running up a slope while the Sheriff’s posse, deployed along a wavering front, snipes at the sheer face of the mountain. He runs unevenly. He is wounded. Rocks and uneven grades make an impossible terrain. Bogart is half-way up the mountain side by now and the posse is close behind. The fugitive fires his Tommy-gun occasionally. Showers of dust and pebbles mark his hits while the posse takes cover. He goes down for a minute, then rises and by a superhuman effort scales that last grade boulder. He’s safe for the moment on the big rock lodged between two towering cliffs. It’s an empty victory, though — that last refuge is a blind alley. It has only one entrance, one exit. He can pick off attackers one at a time if saws approach that narrow defile, but he cannot leave without exposing himself to fatal fire It’s dusk now and night is seeping through the canyons. But this contest is not the sort that ends in a stalemate. The sheriff is talking now to a marksman who has a strangelooking gun with _ telescopic sights. He’s nodding his head, going up a dark highroad to a distant height — going to an unknown destination. The searchlights are smiting the big rock. The fugitive looks tiny, helpless — like a fly. “Come on down, Earle,” the Sheriff is calling, “It’s your last chance.” “T’m not coming down,” comes the defiant reply, “come and get me, you rats.” The searchlights play, come to rest on the grotesquely small figure up there on the rock, safe for the moment. The silence is so complete that even the rustle of the pine needles in the high, dry mountain air seems sinister. There is a shot. The sound echoes in the high stillness. The body crumples, rolls down the mountain side. A girl — his girl — screams and his pet dog lets out a wail. The body crashes to a stop at the edge of the precipice. Humphrey Bogart has played the last great scene of his thrilling new film “High Sierra.” BIOGRAPHIES In BRIEF HUMPHREY BOGART—His superb mastery of gangster roles have made him the screen’s No. 1 villain ever since his screen appearance as the killer, Duke Mantee in “The Petrified Forest.” . Off the screen, however, he is a well-bred fellow who talks out of the front of his mouth, not tne side, and has never been arrested, not even for speeding. . . . Born in New York City, on Christmas Day. ... His father was a physician, his mother an artist. . . . Attended private schools in the city. . . . Served in the Navy during the first World War, then broke into the theatre, by a back-door process which included working as office boy and finally stage and business manager for Alice Brady... . Played many types of role on the stage but it was “Petrified Forest” that first won him wide recognition and brought him to Hollywood. . . . He’s currently playing one of the first starring roles of his career as “Mad Dog” Earle in “High Sierra.” * ae * ® IDA LUPINO—had to fight a long hard battle to convince the powers that be in moviedom that she could play something besides the sweet ingenue roles they were always casting her in... . For a time it was a losing battle, but she eventually won out when she proved herself in “The Light That Failed.” ... Role in that picture was a woman of the streets, and she played it to perfection. . . Since then she has been hailed as one of the screen’s top dramatic stars for her work in such pictures as “They Drive By Night,” and her most recent “High Sierra.” . She’s a native of England, fourth generation of a famous theatrical family... . Is married, most happily, to screen star Louis Hayward. * * * * ARTHUR KENNEDY—AII the breaks seem to have come the way of this lean-faced, blue-eyed and blonde young actor. . .. Born in Worcester, Mass., descended from a pioneer family, he considers his luckiest break being born an American. .. . Getting over a boyish yen to be a jockey, young Kennedy specialized in drama during his four years at Carnegie Tech. . . . Out of school, he got a job with a Shakespeare reportory group, which eventually came to the N. Y. World’s Fair. . . Several small roles in important Broadway productions. . . A hit in Ethel Barrymore’s play “International Incident” caused him to be rushed to Hollywood. . Played James Cagney’s brother in “City For Conquest” and clicked with critics and audiences. ... Next came a featured role as an apprentice gangster in “High Sierra.” * * x * JOAN LESLIE—was just two years old when she started entertaining the public. . . . She’s now sixteen, 100% Irish, and on her way to a brilliant screen career, having just completed her first major film role, “High Sierra” for which she has received rave notices, . . . The third of three sisters, she joined them on the stage when she could barely walk. ... When vaudeville started to wane, she turned to radio and became a mistress of ceremonies. . She then came to Hollywood with her mother and father to see what the third medium of entertainment held in store for her. . She signed a contract, first with M.G.M. and then with RKO but nothing happened. . Then she signed with Warners. Was immediately cast as the sympathetic country girl in “High Sierra,” currently showing at the Strand Theatre. Feature story covering Raoul Walsh biography on page 12 13