Hot Heiress (Warner Bros.) (1931)

Ona Munson Is A Wow In The Title Role. Bill Her Big And Note The Raves! into the heart of She broke the heart of stockbrokers but she couldn’t high-hat a low-brow in love! ds At See this rivetting Romeo climb ag thirty stories of steel girders— Juliette of Park Avenue! _ CAPH MAIN and MARK HE WORKS WITH RED HOT RIVETS! SHE WORKS WITH RED HOT KISSES! pei: a jazzy : —_ By Fields, Rodgers & Hart THE BEST SHOW IN TOWN The 4 = ut No. 10 Cut 60c, Mat 15c with BEN LYON—ONA MUNSON WALTER PIDGEON A First National & Vitaphone Picture Really Smart Clothes Extremely Plain Says Miss Ona Munson (Advance News) A type of expensive simplicity new to motion picture wardrobes characterizes the gowns Ona Munson wears in “The Hot Heiress,” the First National production in which she is featured with Ben Lyon, which comes to the Theatre Many of Miss Munson’s gowns for the picture were designed even before she arrived in Hollywood but immediately upon her arrival she insisted that they be changed. “Extremely tight-fitting gowns of the kind that are so frequently used in pictures are in my opinion anything but smart. Few well-dressed actresses wear that type of thing offscreen. Somewhere between being decked out like a Christmas tree and looking like somebody’s widow there’s a happy medium of good taste.” “Of course an actress must dress Inez Courtney’s Rise To Recognition Unusual (Biography as of Jan. 1, 1931) Inez Courtney, one of the clever to fit the character she is playing|¢st of talking screen comediennes, and since “I’m cast as an heiress in my current production I have an opportunity to wear really nice things. Really nice things do not have a preponderance of lace, frills and costume jewelry.” With the exception of an ornate negligee all Miss Munson’s clothes for “The Hot Heiress” are extremely plain and cut on straight lines. Miss Munson has an individual style which sets off the clothes she wears. LAST TIMES TODAY Cut No. 23 Page Four BIANLEY Broadway and Eighth Cut 40c, Mat 10c was born in Amsterdam, New York. She attended public school until she was fifteen years old when her father died. She had had no stage training and no theatrical antecedents but she decided that being an actress was the quickest and most pleasant way to financial independence. She and her mother set out for New York where Inez joined a vaudeville act called “Youthful Frolics.” After the act had folded up she returned to New York and became a chorus girl in “Snapshots.” Her next show was “Broadway World” in which she did a sister act with Gertrude MacDonald. More vaudeville and musical comedy followed until she received her first big opportunity playing one of the leads in’ “Good News.” Then came “Spring Is Here.” While in California on vacation she met an agent who persuaded her to take a screen test. One good part followed another in “Loose Ankles,” “Spring Is Here,” “Song of the Flame,” and “Bright Lights.” She has a typical role in “The Hot Heiress,” the First National picture now playing at the Theatre. Inez Courtney has never taken a dancing or singing lesson. She likes to read involved novels and never loses an opportunity to discuss them at parties. She collects pewter and etchings. “THE HOT HEIRESS” RIOTOUS ROMANCE OF YOUNG RIVETER AND PARK AVENUE BEAUTY Fast Moving Story With Excellent Cast Makes Film Sure Success (Prepared Review Emphasizing the cast) “The Hot Heiress,” the First National and Vitaphone offering now current at the Theatre, presents a delightful old-fashioned love story in a snappy, ultra-modern setting. The courtship of a _ struggling youth and a rich girl will continue to be interesting so long as people fall in love—and when that story is enacted by a brilliant cast, smoothly directed and beautifully photographed, the result simply can’t escape being capital entertainment and that is precisely what “The Hot Heiress” is. Big Ben Lyon is perfectly cast as Hap Harrigan, a steel riveter who falls in love with an heiress but still contends that a wife’s place is in her home a home furnished and maintained in keeping with her husband’s income. He wins his point when Ona Munson, as the heiress, drops her Park Avenue friends to cook corned beef and cabbage in the kitchen of a three-room apartment. Miss Munson, until recently a Broadway star, brings a captivating personality to the screen and makes an appealing heroine. Walter Pidgeon does good work as Clay, a social lion. It’s hardly fair to refer to the work of Inez Courtney and Tom Dugan, that ade * matched pair of comedians, dy relief,” because they 'y into every spot of the y just naturally seem aere. a and alker complete the porti_ _..aSt. Bright personalities, good acting, an interesting story and adequate direction combine to make “The Hot Heiress,” one of the season’s most decidedly worthwhile pictures. ONA MUNSON ROSE SENSATIONALLY TO TALKIE SUCCESS (Biography as of Jan. 1, 1931) Ona Munson, one of the reigning queens of musical comedy whose most important screen role is in “The Hot Heiress,” a First National production which comes to these =: Theatre next......... ; was born in Portland, Oregon, June 16, 1908. The family name is Wolcott but Munson was chosen for professional use. She received all her formal education at Miss Catlin’s private school in Portland where she specialized in English literature, dancing, and piano. Shortly after her fourteenth birthday she left Portland for New]? York to continue her study of danc-| % ing. Her professional debut was made with Charles King in “Love Letters,” an elaborate vaudeville act which toured the Keith-Orpheum circuits. She next originated a presentation of her own, “Ona Munson and Her Manly Revue,” which toured the same circuit for more than a year. Miss Munson, in company with her mother, traveled around the world after which they spent a year on the Riviera. She received her first musical comedy engagement in “No Other Girl,” when she returned to New York in 1924. Her outstanding Broadway successes were scored with singing and dancing roles in “No, No, Nanette,” “TipToes,” “Twinkle, Twinkle,” “Manhattan Mary,” and “Hold Everything.” She made her film debut in “Going Wild.” Miss Munson is married to Eddie Buzzell, comedian of stage and screen. She is fond of all sports except golf. Much of her leisure is devoted to dancing. NEW STAR In the title role of “The Hot Heiress” beautiful Ona Munson definitely establishes herself as a new screen luminary. She's currently at the Strand. Has Steel Background Much of the action in “The Hot Heiress,” the First National picture which has the featured spot on the bill atthe. .45-5 Theatre beginning ees , takes place on the steel framework for a New York skyscraper. Ben Lyon and Tom Dr ———<—— riveters, whil ar, Til-Assorted Romance “The Hot Heiress,” a First National and Vitaphone production now current at the........ Theatre, tells of the romance of a construction riveter and an heiress. Ben Lyon and Ona Munson enact the featured roles while the comedy assignments are ably handled by Tom Dugan and Inez Courtney. HOT NEWS! FIRE ON PARK AVENUE! A warmhearted debutante with smouldering eyes and scorching lips is burning up all the flaming youths from noblemen to nobodies! Come and meet A First National & Vitaphone Hit! ae ER A EP Cut No. 2 Cut 20c, Mat sc