I Like Your Nerve (Warner Bros.) (1931)

——PLAY UP THE COMEDY ANGLE! CAMERA SLATE IS REPLACED BY NEW |DOUG. FILM HAND PUNCH ‘(Practical Short Feature—Plant in = ie No. 2 Paper) ~~ An economy that saves many miles of motion picture negative each year has been put into effect at the three Warner Bros.-First National studios Not alone is the new system a money i in Hollywood and Burbank. saver; it is a time-saver as well. By it the “camera slate” is eliminated entirely, thus saving the work of one man, the time of an electrical ~ erew, and no small amount of eleectrical energy, plus the waste of much raw stock. The new system was used first in Douglas Fairbanks, Jr’s. new First National picture, “I Like Your Nerve,” which opens at the EXIT “SLATE BOY” The camera slate, as universally used in Hollywood since the very start of the industry, was a small black frame, approximately one foot square, on which were grooved slots to hold interchangeable numbers. These numbers, painted white on small black cards that fitted into the slots of the frame, were changed for each new scene, and were photographed at the start of that scene by having the “slate boy” (generally camera assistant) hold the board at eye level in front of the camera while the cameraman himself turned the erank. The reason for this careful system was to give the studio laboratory a record of the footage it handled, both in developing and printing. Ex_ actly the same thing happens (to Ane. a_homelv eomnaris; Pos .0Us when. alae” shirt is sent to the laundry. The slate numbers at the start of every scene were its laundry mark, to save loss and confusion in a place where thousands of short lengths of film are handled daily and nightly. Approximately ten to twelve feet of film negative went through the cameras each time the slate was exposed. Obviously this film, as far as the picture itself was concerned, was wasted. TAKES Now PUNCHED Under the new Warner-First National system the cameramen number their film at the beginning of each new “take” by punch marks, using hand punches that are the chief tool-of-trade of every railroad conductor throughout the country. Instead of cutting neat little round holes, squares or stars, these film punches are in series from numbers one to nine, with an odd one for the decimal zero. To use them the Warner cameramen pull a short loop of negative from the magazine of their cameras, punch the picture, sequence, scene and take numbers on an inch or two of celluloid, close their cameras and are ready for work with a minimum loss of time, labor and raw stock. Loretta Young is leading lady in “fT Like Your Nerve.” The east includes Claude Allister, Andre Cheron, Henry Kolker, Edmund Breon, Boris Karloff and Luis Alberni. William McGann directed. Doug, Junior Falls Heir To Mantle Of Wally Reid (Advance Reader) Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. will be seen at the... =... Theatre: .:.... next in “I Like Your Nerve” his second First National starring vehicle, in which he is supported by Loretta Young. In this picture, according to many critics, he fills the niche once occupied by the late Wallace Reid, as the daredevil driver of fast motor cars—a type of romantic role which hasn’t been seen in the cinema-since Wally Ried’s unfortunate demise. The Fairbanks role, a brisk combination of Robin Hood and D’Artagnan, presents a new phase of the talent of the young sereen favorite. FAIRBAR IR He fights! He jumps! He’s here! He’s there! The kind of a role you’ve al ways wanted Doug Jr. to play. with LORETTA YOUNG A FIRST NATIONAL VITAPHONE HIT. Cut No. 2 Cut 20¢ Mat sc Loretta Young Likes Golf As Bobby Jones Pupil (Advance Reader) Loretta Young, who will be seen at cth@oca se Theatre next in support of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. in “I Like Your Nerve,” his second First National picture— has become a golf enthusiast, and spends all her, spare time at the Los Angeles Country Club. Her friends date her ardor for the sport from her appearance in the Bobby Jones series of golf shorts, entitled “The Brassie,” in which she received instruction from the hero of the turf both before the camera and between shots. “IT Like Your Nerve’’ Gives Doug, Jr. His Finest Role (Current Reader) “ The man who photographed Douglas Fairbanks senior in “Till The Clouds Roll By,” “The Molly-Coddle,” “The Mark of Zorro,” and other early Fairbanks successes directed Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. in “I Like Your Nervé,”’ new First National picture now showing at the Theatre. The man who thus communicated some of the technique of the father into the present efforts of the son is William McGann, a veteran of the Hollywood studios, who is declared to have made in “I Like Your Nerve,” one of the fastestmoving romances of the motion pic | ture year. Housewarming Held Breeziest In House-On-Wheels S Joan Gives Doug, Jr. (Current—Plant 3rd Day) Such a unique ceremony as a housewarming for a house-on-wheels was held while “I Like Your Nerve,” the new First National picture starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr, now at the Sa Theatre, was in production in California. Housewarming ceremonies were held on Stage Hight at the First National studios when Douglas, Jr., threw open the doors of his newly completed portable dressing room, one of the most elaborate aids to comfort of its sort in Hollywood. The dressing room, mounted upon wheels so that it may be pulled from stage to stage, is a miniature mountain cabin in that it is made of unfinished pine planks, with a peaked roof of brown-stained shingles. In size it is about as large as a piano van. The interior, of course, is a single room with built-in dressing table and a built-in couch along the opposite wall. In the end farthest from the door is a clothes press, with racks for shoes. Electrical connections provide light and energy for water heaters and a coffee percolator. The trick cabin provided young Doug between-scene luxury during filming of his current First National picture, “I Like Your Nerve,” in which he is starred with Loretta Young in support. The dressing room it may be added, was not Doug’s idea. It is a gift from his wife, Joan Crawford. The cast ineludes Claude Allister, Andre Cheron, Henry Kolker, Edmund Breon, Boris Karloff and Luis Alberni. William McGann directed. Young Doug-Kidnaps Fair Loretta In Latest Film (Current Reader) Loretta Young now knows the thrill of being kidnapped as the result of her work in “I Like Your Nerve,” new First National picture now=showing atthe. = Theatre. In it she is foreibly abducted by the star, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. in a story filled with action, romance, and adventure in gequence after sequence of well-built suspense. The picture was directed by William McGann, former cameraman for Douglas Fairbanks Sr., and a master of the Fairbanks technique. Movie Men Work Magic In “I Like Your Nerve” Sets (Current Reader) Motion picture technicians worked another modern miracle for “I Like Your Nerve,” new Doug Fairbanks Jr. and Loretta Young picture now showing. at: the 35. 5G Theatre. Almost over-night they constructed at the First Naional studios in Burbank, Cailfornia, a mythical Central American republic, complete with palaces, highways, frontiers, cities and villages—and with a populace supplied by the casting office. The story is that of a dynamic young American who wages a one-man counter-revolution to save a worried finance minister and incidentally to win his daughter. Young Doug His Own Stunt ‘Man In “I Like Your Nerve’ (Advance Reader) Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., who will be seen at the Theatre next in “I Like Your Nerve,” his second First National starring vehicle, employs no double to do the hair-raising stunts with his high-powered car in the whirlwind scenes of the picture which portrays the adventures of a rich young American in a Central American love-chase. Loretta Young is the object of his reckless devotion. Others in the cast are Claude Allister, Andre Cheron, Henry Kolker, Edmund Breon, Boris Karloff and Luis Alberni. est Story of the Year! DOUG. k% DOUG JR. and LORETTA YOUNG the most-adorable love team--onthe...screen. FAIRBAN H e furns a nation topsyturvy to wina beautiful girl! Cut No. t1 Cut goc Mat roc Claude Allister Creates | Sais An Cc hollv Wrhaany . -& : ta calluses (Current Reader) Claude Allister, featured comedian in “I Like Your Nerve,” the new First National picture now playing Sh AR@sere =o ace ea eS ; Theatre, never has played other than the role of an Englishman on stage or screen. Generally his Englishman has been of the awe-stuck Cholly type but sometimes a Cockney character such as he played in “Three Live Ghosts”. One of his best roles was in the Lubitsch production, “Monte Varlo.” In “I Like Your Nerve” he is featured in support of Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Loretta Young plays lead. New Camera Stuff In “T Like Your Nerve’”’ (Current Reader) A new technique in motion picture production had to be devised for filming of many of the sequences of “I Like Your Nerve,” the First National pieture starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. with Loretta TOung, ow at the <5 os 5 Theatre. Many of the scenes were made in motor cars, racing along the smooth highways of a mythical Central American republic, and this entailed the use of new camera and microphone mounts to record the thrills of the rapid action. “I Like Your Nerve” is pronounced by critics to be the best Doug Fairbanks Jr. picture to date. Doug, Jr. Supported By Clevx@eonle In Hit _ (Current Reader) A east of extraordinary talent plays in support of Douglas Fair .banks Jr. in “I Like Your Nerve,” the First National picture now show ING GS bNO =< ane res Theatre. Claude Allister, the monocled Englishman; Andre Cheron, French farceur; Henry Kolker, veteran of the American stage; Boris Karloff, famous as Gallagher of “The Criminal Code’; Edmund Breon, Ivan Simpson and others are prominently featured. Lovely Loretta Young plays lead. The picture was directed by William McGann, one-time cameraman for Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. Doug Junior, As A Matinee Idol, Gets Odd Mash Notes (Current Reader) Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. who will be seen atthe oi ees eae Theatre next in “I Like Your Nerve,” his second First National starring vehicle—is also appearing on the legitimate stage in Los Angeles in “The Man In Possession,” a play which he partly produced. He is said to have received, among many letters, a unique mash note after each performance, for a period of several weeks. Investigation finally divulged the author of the flaming epistles to be his witty wife, Joan Crawford. In “I Like Your Nerve,” Fairbanks is supported by Loretta Young. : ee There’s nothing in the world like a FIRST NATIONAL TRAILER for box-office results 4 : Snappiest, Fast-“