I Married a Doctor (Warner Bros.) (1936)

PUBLICITY (Lead Off Story) Poignant Drama Of Marital Clash ComingToStrand A beautiful and brilliant woman driven from her home by a town’s intolerance is the theme of Warner Bros. new and stirring drama, “T Married a Doctor,” which comes LOE UN Css cxsstesase RNCAUNE= ON sesecesrerssctves Pat O’Brien and _ Josephine Hutchinson, who played together on the stage and were reunited in the film hit, “Oil for the Lamps of China,” are teamed together in the featured roles in “I Married a Doctor.” The story is based on the famous novel by Sinclair Lewis, which excoriates the hidebound bigotry of narrow minded small town folk who crucify a woman on the cross of gossip. It is said to be dynamic in its revelation of stultified passions; its biting wit and heart throbbing pathos. But it has plenty of comedy relief. Pat O’Brien has the role of a country doctor who marries a city girl and takes her to his small town home to live. While he is a kindly, jovial practicioner, his wife’s ways are a bit too radical to meet with his approval. Josephine Hutchinson Is _ the city bred wife who is unable to fit herself into the ways of the small towners, although at first the men folk take to her because of her beauty, wit and smart attire. Shut out of other activities she seeks the association of a young farmer lad with artistic aspirations. Although she has no thought of love, her only idea being to encourage the lad whom no one else understands, her motives are misunderstood. The boy becomes madly infatuated with her and she sends him away. When he is killed in an automobile crash she is blamed by the townfolk and flees to the city. But time works its changes and she and her husband are reunited. Ross Alexander has the role of the love-mad boy. Louise Fazenda has the comedy role of a Swedish maid, with Ray Mayer portraying her shiftless husband. Guy Kibbee and Olin Howland are small town merchants, ‘Thomas Pogue, a sanctimonious minister, Frank Rhodes, a banker, and Harry Hayden is the superintendent of schools. They are the chief exponents of the booster crowd of the village, while Margaret Irving, Edith Elliott, Janet Young, Gaby Fay and Dora Cement represent the gossiping busybodies and self elected purveyors of morality. Others in the cast include Robert Barrat, Alma Lloyd, Hedwiga Reicher, Grace Stafford, Willard Robertson and Sam Wren. Archie L. Mayo directed. She Tells All The startling secrets of the men in white are revealed by Josephine Hutchinson, the doctor's wife, in the Warner Bros. drama “I Mar ried a Doctor”, which opens at the So EeSatase ert TREAETE OM..000..000erererseseeee Mat No. 105—10c Page Twelve The Doctor She Married Pat O’Brien, who has the most dramatic and stirring role of his career in “I Married a Doctor’, which Opens at the..cscerecssessreresereserereserees Theatre (D1 gs ieatsoipndamigsenonba sth , is again teamed with Josephine Hutchinson, with whom he made the unforgettable film drama, “Oil For the Lamps of China’. Mat No. 204—20c (Opening Day Story) Stirring Drama Of Intolerance At Strand Today A stirring drama of small town bigotry and intolerance, the Warner Bros. production, ‘I Married a Doctor”, opens at the........seseree theatre today. The picture is based on a novel by Sinclair Lewis which caused a furor throughout the country by exposing the cruelties resultant from the attitude of self righteous small town people who judge others by their own narrow standards. It is said to be filled with pathos and tragedy and dynamic scenes, enlivened by romance, sparkling dialogue and comedy. Pat O’Brien and _ Josephine Hutchinson have the romantic leads, he being a country doctor who takes his city bred bride to his small home town where she immediately arouses a jealous and bitter antagonism among the women because their husbands and sweethearts are attracted by her beauty and wit. Unwittingly she creates a scandal by taking under her patronage a country youth with artistic aspirations. Encouraging his ambitions, she does not realize that he has become desperately infatuated with her, until he begs her to run away with him. The tongues of gossip, long wagging, clack with venom when the youth, mad with disappointment, is killed in a wild automobile ride. Believing everyone in town to be petty, mean, intolerant and cruel, she flees from her home and husband, returning to the city. But in a surprising climax she and her husband are reunited. There is a talented cast playing in support of O’Brien and Miss Hutchinson, which includes Ross Alexander, Guy Kibbee, Louise Fazenda, Olin Howland, Margaret Irving, Alma Lloyd and Robert Barrat. Archie L. Mayo directed the picture from the screen play by Casey Robinson, adapted from a dramatization of a Sinclair Lewis popular novel by Harriet Ford and Harvey O’Higgins. O’Brien Likes Audience While Making Movies If Pat O’Brien had his way, motion picture studios would throw their gates open to all visitors. The star of the Warner Bros. picture “I Married a Doctor”, believes that, instead of making the actors nervous, it would make them feel more at ease after they were accustomed to it. He advocates having grandstands built in certain stages which are adjacent to gates and outside walls. A sound proof glass between the visitors and the actors would eliminate any hazards from coughs and sneezes. It would take the pressure off studio officials who are subjected to a constant barrage of pleas for permission to visit the studio. A small admission price could be charged, he figures, with the proceeds given to charity. Meanwhile it would be of benefit to actors by giving them the opportunity to play before a living responsive audience instead of the impersonal camera and blase crew. “T Married a Doctor” is a powerful drama adapted from a bestselling novel by Sinclair Lewis. Besides O’Brien the cast includes Josephine Hutchinson, Ross Alexander, Guy Kibbee, Louise Fazenda, Olin Howland, Margaret Irving, Alma Lloyd and Grace Stafford. Archie Mayo directed. Film Stars Teamed Ten Years Ago The longest lived star combination on the screen today, in years if not in number of appearances, is Pat O’Brien and Josephine Hutchinson. The two played together ten years ago in “A Man’s Man” on the New York stage. Their current Warner Bros. picture is “I Married a Doctor’, now showing Db st NG scsncccasssescassonveqeeriatheatre. The two scored greatly last year in “Oil For the Lamps of China”. (Review) “‘f Married a Doctor”’ Is Gripping Story Of Life Pat O’Brien and Josephine Hutchinson Score In Warner Bros. Drama at Strand Once in a generation a book is written that directly effects the thinking habits, and even the lives, of a nation. Sinclair Lewis, the only American ever to win the coveted Nobel Prize for literature, wrote the best selling novel of married love which was adapted into the remarkable motion picture drama “I Married a Doctor” in which Pat O’Brien and Josephine Hutchinson scored a real success at its local premiere Ge Ue idee Theatre yesterday. The novel struck telling blows at provincialism of thought and life, at scandal mongering, and at warped and narrow vision. “IT Married a Doctor”, the film drama, does likewise. It has all the vigor, the thrilling romance, the action, and the humor that characterized the book. But it goes further — it makes the people sketchily described by Sinclair Lewis actually live—and while the spectator may laugh at them and their viewpoints, he laughs with a lump in his throat, for there is a poignant stirring quality in the effort of these small town people to find themselves that sets this picture entirely aside from ordinary film entertainment. The story is set in a small Minnesota town to which a country doctor has taken his city bred bride to live. The physician’s neighbors, particularly the women folk, always suspicious of strangers, are aroused to a high pitch of jealousy and hatred because the city girl’s beauty and wit attracts their husbands and sweethearts. She, in turn, gives them plenty to gossip about in flaunting her cityfied mannerisms and free and easy ways, and scandal reaches its height when she takes under her wing a country youth aspiring to be an artist and consequently much misunderstood by his own people. Petty insults and subtle cruelty pile up until a breaking point is reached in a smashing climax in which the youth, maddened over unrequited love, is killed in a wild automobile ride. Unable to stand the atmosphere longer, the young wife flees from her home and the husband she really loves. Time, however, softens the hearts of both the small town folk and the city bred girl. Pat O’Brien, usually seen in a fast talking, wise-cracking role, is cast in a vastly different characterization im this film, that of the slow speaking, good humored country doctor, and he shows his fine ability as an actor by creating for the character a genuine sympathy and understanding. Josephine Hutchinson, who plays opposite him, has a most difficult role as the young wife who is utterly impatient with the narrow lives and petty gossip of her neighbors. She gives the part a fine interpretation, and displays equal artistry in portraying tense emotional scenes and in the lighter moments. Ross Alexander is excellent as the somewhat neurotic youth with a complex for love and art, who is unable to stand up under the blow to his vanity when he discovers that the woman with whom he is infatuated really loves her husband. Guy Kibbee and Olin Howland, as small town merchants, Thomas Pogue, as a sanctimonious preacher and Harry Hayden, as the school superintendent who has a propensity to flirt with the fairer sex, all give fine portrayals of their roles, as also do Margaret Irving, Edith Elliott, Janet Young, Gaby Fay and Dora Clement as gossiping, self righteous villagers. Louise Fazenda gives an outstanding performance in a comic Swedish maid role. Others in the cast include Alma Lloyd, Robert Barrat, Grace Stafford, Ray Mayer, Hedwiga Reicher, Willard Robertson, Frank Rhodes and Sam Wren. Fine direction was given the production by Archie L. Mayo. The screen play was written by Casey Robinson, based on a dramatization of a Sinclair Lewis novel by Harriet Ford and Harvey O’ Higgins. Reunited In Film Drama e Pat O’Brien and Josephine Hutchinson, who were the stars of “Oil for the Lamps of China’, are again teamed in “I Married a Doctor”, the Warner Bros. picture based on Sinclair Lewis’ great novel of love and intolerance which opens at thé... aestbsteastasosteaks REGUL OO lisesccactsavsbescsacaancecess Mat No. 201—20c