Law of the Tropics (Warner Bros.) (1941)

PUBLICITY (Lead Story) ‘Law Of The Tropics’ Dramatic Love Story Coming To Strand “Law of the Tropics,” a dramatic love story set in the slumbrous atmosphere of a tropical rubber plantation, will open at the Strand Theatre next Friday. The film has a very fine cast, featuring Constance Bennett and Jeffrey Lynn in the starring roles with Regis Toomey, Mona Maris and Hobart Bosworth in support. Lynn, in the role of a young rubber planter, is informed while on his way to meet his fiancee from the United States, that she is already married. He stops off in a waterfront dive to forget his troubles and he meets a singer, played by Constance Bennett. She listens to his tragic story and consents when he asks her to marry him and return to the plantation as the girl he Mat 102—15c Constance Bennett and Jeffrey Lynn had set out to meet. Unknown to him, the reason she consents so readily is because the police are on her trail for a crime she had committed in New York. At the plantation she finds that trouble still dogs her in the form of a detective who has traced her to her present home. Jeffrey and Constance have really fallen in love and she is in a dilemma as to whether or not she ought to confess to her crime. Things happen so swiftly and so surprisingly, that it would be unfair to reveal any more of the story. Ray Enright directed “Law Of The Tropics” which was adapted for the screen by Charles Grayson from a book by Alice Tisdale Hobart. Actor A Natural In Detective Role Tom Jackson, who is a special investigator in his off-screen life, has taken a leave of absence from his official duties to return to the screen to play a detective in “Law of the Tropics” at Warner Bros. Jackson learned to be a detective by portraying one on the stage and screen for 14 year's. He gained fame on Broadway by being the first actor to portray a detective without wearing a black derby hat and chewing a cigar, which, up to that time, had been virtually badges of office for stage detectives. He will return to his duties after completing his movie detective role in the film coming to the Strand Theatre on Friday. Jeffrey Lynn Has ‘Arms Full’ In New Film At Strand Bashful Jeffrey Lynn, they call him, but he manages to figure in more love sequences than almost any other young Warner Bros. player. He had his hands full with one such scene recently on the set where “Law of the Tropics” which opens Friday at _ the Strand, was being filmed. His hands were full of the situation, that is, and his arms were full of Constance Bennett. Miss Bennett was very affable about the whole matter. After all, she is an actress and Lynn is an attractive young man. In “Law of the Tropics” they were man and wife and Jeffrey had just come home with good news about a promotion. Connie met him on the porch of their tropical home. They kissed briefly and then he told her of his good fortune. Something in her look indicated that she knew about the promotion, had known about it before he did, but she didn’t give the secret away. Instead she threw herself back into his arms. Jeff proved that, when neccessary, he can “take it.” He didn’t blush, he didn’t back away, he just stood still and took it, returning kiss for kiss, hug for hug and ecstatic look for ecstatic look. He seemed to enjoy it. He said later he did, with a deferential bow in the direction of Miss Bennett. Director Ray Enright, who is usually a little hesitant himself in a love-making situation, was very highly pleased. ‘Law Of The Tropics’ Thrill-Film Features Fierce Jeffrey Lynn and Craig Stevens had a movie fight that lasted seven days. Their battle, a scene for Warner Bros.’ “Law of the Tropics, which is now at the Strand Theatre started on a sound stage set representing the interior of an office of a South American rubber plantation. So intense was their exchange of blows that both fighters Joan Madison Jim Conway Tom Marshall Alfred King, Sr. .............. Bag aes Alfred King, Jr. ..........0...000.0000..0.. Hotel Clerk Capt. of River Boat Bartender Tailor Fist Fight knocked each other to the front porch of the office bungalow. Lynn was knocked into a chair, did a complete somersault, and landed on his back. Stevens, jumped on Jeff. They rolled over eight times. Director Ray Enright then said, “I’m sorry fellows but we’ll have to do it once more. Near the end of the fight you both rolled out of the picture.” CAST CONSTANCE BENNETT JEFFREY LYNN Regis Toomey Mona Maris Frank Puglia Thomas Jackson pea ane rain eae Paul Harvey Teas sate aR eee Er eR ee Craig Stevens Roland Drew. Charles Judels Cliff Clark Rolf Sedan qe PRODUCTION Directed by RAY ENRIGHT Screen Play by Charles Grayson; From a book by Alice Tisdale Hobart; Dialogue Director, Jo Graham; Art Director, Charles Novi; Sound by Robert B. Lee; Gowns by Damon Giffard; Director of Photography, Sid Hickox, A.S.C.; Film Editor, Frederick Richards; Makeup Artist, Perc Westmore. Running Time—76 mins. SYNOPSIS (not for publication) Jim Conway (Jeffrey Lynn), who works on a South American rubber plantation, leaves to meet a girl from the United States whom he is to marry. On the way he receives a wire telling him that she is already married. He stops off at a waterfront cafe where he meets a singer, Joan Madison (Constance Bennett) and pours out his troubles to her. He asks her to marry him and return to the plantation using the name of the girl who he was supposed to wed. She consents because she is a fugitive from justice, but their marriage of convenience turns to one of true love. When the police catch up with her, Jim says he believes her to be innocent and they return together. EXPLOITATION TROPICAL LAW FOR ‘TROPICAL NIGHT’ TROPICAL EXPRESSIONS QUIZ Get the picture off to a big start with a "Tropical Night’ Here's a novel contest, built around expressions familiar to showing conducted under the Law of the Tropics. Laws: the tropics, which you can use for throwaways or which your editor might want to brighten up his classified ad page. ConLAW: All ladies attending "Tropical Night'’ at the Strand Theatre arene ae ” i shall receive one (1) Spanish fan. testants are asked to match up expressions for correct mean LAW: All men attending "Tropical Night’ at the above mentioned ings. Guest tickets go to winners. Quiz: theatre shall receive one (I) pith helmet. (You can get paper | Sea the haack |. in from jungle or plantation for short helmets at local novelty store.) vacation 2. tramp 2. United Fruit Liner LAW: ''Maté" shall be served all patrons in lobby of aforesaid the3. banana boat 3. person who has spent twenty years atre. (Maté is a South American soft drink available at local in the Tropics 4. tropical 4. let's do it tomorrow pores 5. banana fleet 5. a little balmy : j " aie 6. manana 6. broke, without money and job LAW: Prior to the screening of "Law Of The Tropics," there shall be 7. tropical tramp 7. person who has spent ten years in held a song fest featuring all popular South American tunes. (Contact music dealer about this.) 8. out of the bush 8 9. bamboo American re the Tropics jungle worker from the States person who has spent fifteen years in the Tropics U. S. Navy's Central and South American patrol ships LAW: The manager shall cause and/or carry out tropical atmosphere in and around the theatre. He shall dress up the lobby with palms and bamboo. Theatre staff shall be dressed in tropical clothing. Theatre front and marquee shall be fitted accordingly. 10. typical tropical tramp ‘10. CORRECT ANSWERS LAW: South American dance contest, featuring the conga and 1 and 6 6 and 4 rhumba, shall be held in conjunction with "Tropical Night." ape Late Appropriate prizes, donated by authorized merchants of (name hanks 9 and 8 of city), shall be awarded the winning contestants. 5 and 10 Feature these laws on 40" x 60" frame display in lobby or This idea is also adaptable for a ''Did You Know That..." out front. Copy headline: Strand Theatre's ‘Tropical Night’ feature. Copy outline: Did You Know That in the Tropics "on Show Conducted Under the Law of the Tropics. Tie-in line: She Lived ... And Loved .. . By This Law: The Night Is Made For Love, the Dawn For Vengeance! That Was Her "LAW OF THE TROPICS." Add billing. the beach" means to be broke, without money and job; etc. Last item reads: Did You Know that "LAW OF THE TROPICS," starring Constance Bennett and Jeffrey Lynn, opens at the STRAND THEATRE on (playdate).