Love Begins at 20 (Warner Bros.) (1936)

“LOVE BEGINS AT 20” PUBLICITY (Lead-Off Story) Strand Books Hilarious New Comedy Drama “Love Begins at Twenty,” the new First National production which “comes <:to: there. 47-5.) theatre: On... ee , 18 said to be one of the most hilarious comedy romances of the _ present show season. The original play by Martin Flavin, introduces some of the most original angles imaginable to which have been added sparkling dialogue and treatment by the screen writers, Tom Reed and Dalton Trumbo. Warren Hull and Patricia Ellis have the romantic roles. Their path of true love has been blocked by Patricia’s mother who scorns Warren, the handsome grocery store clerk. The mother is played by Dorothy Vaughan who bosses Hugh Herbert, her henpecked husband and _ other members of the family, and everlastingly throws up to them that she has wasted her life by not marrying a mythical Harold MeCauley whom she endows with all the virtues of the manly sex. The redoubtable Hull finally manages to straighten things out and leaves for his honeymoon, after tipping the poor little squashed out Hugh to be a man for onee and assert himself. He hates to do it, but he manages to get up courage to put his feet on the parlor table and blow tobacco smoke right into his wife’s best curtains. He knows he has heard the last of Harold MeCauley, who is Robert Gleckler, playing under the character name— of Mugsy O’Banion. Others in the cast inelude Mary Treen, Anne Nagel, Arthur Aylesworth, Saul Gorse, Henry Otho, Max Wagner, Tom Brower, Milt Kibbee and Tom Wilson. Frank McDonald directed the picture. (Opening Day Story) ‘Love Begins At Twenty’ Coming to Strand Today Warren Hull and Patricia Ellis, who appeared in “Fresghman Love,” are teamed again as the romantic lovers in one of the most fascinating and _ hilarious comedy dramas of the _ year, “Love Begins at Twenty,” the new First National production which! comes ‘tovthes. 4. ee theatre today. The picture, however, although primarily romantic comedy, is not without its thrills, for a band of desperate bandits hold up a bank, rob citizens and shoot up a town. Eventually they are apprehended by the two lovers, who walk off with a handsome reward as their married dot. It all starts off with a henpecked husband and his rabbitlike friend drinking so much hooch that they become veritable lions, especially at their lodge where the henpecked husband tweaks the nose of his boss, whereupon he is both fired and arrested, but not before one of the bandits, whose trail has been getting too hot to be ecomfortable has slipped some _ stolen bonds into the lining of his coat. Besides the two romantic leads the cast includes Hugh Herbert, Hobart Cavanaugh, Dorothy Vaughan, Clarence Wilson, Robert Gleckler, Mary Treen, Anne Nagel and Arthur Aylesworth. Frank McDonald directed the picture from the screen play by Tom Reed and Dalton Trumbo, based on the play by Martin Flavin. Page Six Ma’s The Boss---BUT! Hugh Herbert as the hen-pecked and finally rebellious husband— Patricia Ellis (left) and Mary Treen as his daughters and Dorothy Vaughan (right) as his wife—in “Love Begins at Twenty,” the First National picture which comes. to the__.---...Theatre Mat No. 202—20c Film Fans Think Warren Hull Is Finest “Kisser” Although he is still a comparative newcomer to the screen, Warren Hull, romantic lead in “Love Begins at Twenty,” the First National picture which COMOS :LOGH .a eee ee theatre Cpilaee | 2 ee , declares that the majority of today’s motion picture leading men are pretty sad lovers when it comes to kissing. Hull thinks a screen kiss is one of the most important features of any picture, superceding, in fact, intricate bits of action or extremely clever dialogue. To prove this he cites his fan mail which has grown to considerable proportions since he made his cinematic debut. Most of the letters compliment the actor on his osculatory powers. They come from _ shopgirls and debutantes alike, and some go so far as to gay he is “the best kisser they have ever seen on stage or screen.” “T think Patricia Ellis is the most lucky girl in the world,” wrote a young lady in Baltimore. “After watching you kiss her in a scene in ‘Freshman Love,’ I should think she would give it all up and rest on the laurels of that final kiss.” Hull can give no explanation as to why his kisses attract so much attention among feminine fans around the country. He thinks, however, that most leading men think of a kiss as just a kiss, and nothing more. As for himself, he tries to make it the big scene in the picture. “Romance,” he says, “is what the fans want, and I think they should get it above all other things.” Patricia Ellis, by the way, is not “resting on the laurels” of Hull’s fervent kiss in “Freshman Love.” The young leading lady is again teamed with the actor in “Love Begins at Twenty.” This picture is a hilarious comedy drama based on the play by Martin Flavin. Others in the east inelude Hugh Herbert’s “Whoo! Whoo!” ~ To Be Patented Some day in the near future the United States Patent Office is going to receive a stronglyworded document from no _ less an inventor than Hugh Herbert, Warner Bros. comedian, now appearing in “Love Begins at Twenty,” the First National picture which comes to the........ CLSATRO Oleh. eae en. After several years of attempting to invent rubber fenders for automobiles and humane mousetraps with three room apartments for the unfortunate rodents, the movie comedian has perfected something with which he can approach the patent attorneys with a straight face. It is his pet screen expression. Herbert’s “Whoo! Whoo!” is now as famous as Joe E. Brown’s Tarzan-like cry. It is typically Herbertesque, and the comedian intends to keep it so. The patented expression idea came to Herbert after he found out that several radio comedians were using the very same yelp of anguish over the air. Hugh sat for hours by his radio, literally frothing at the mouth as other comics used his expression. The next day Herbert had his expression recorded on a record. This he will send to Washington to patent (or copyright) both the sound of his voice and the words themselves, if possible. “Love Begins at Twenty” is a hilarious comedy spiced with thrills and romance, based on the play by Martin Flavin. Besides Herbert the cast includes Warren Hull, Patricia Ellis, Hobart Cavanaugh, Dorothy Vaughan, Clarence Wilson, Robert Gleckler and Mary Treen. Frank McDonald directed the picture from the sereen play by Tom Reed and Dalton Trumbo. Hugh Herbert, Hobart Cavanaugh, Dorothy Vaughan, Clarence Wilson, Robert Gleckler and Mary Treen. Frank McDonald directed the picture. (Review ) ‘‘Love Begins At Twenty’ b Is A Sparkling Romance Film Filled With Hilarious Laughs and Unique Situations One of the liveliest romances of the year was shown at Pea ee Cosi eee ee ae theatre yesterday for the first time locally. It was entitled ‘‘Love Begins at Twenty.’’ The ridiculous antics of Hugh Herbert, Hobart Cavanaugh and other comedians in the cast were extremely funny, while Warren Hull and Patricia Ellis furnished the romantic episodes that kept the younger element of the audiences agog with interest. Not that it is all romance and comedy, however, for there are plenty of thrills in the picture when a band of bank bandits go on a rampage and attempt to shoot up the town. It remains for the lovers to capture the desperadoes in one of the most unique situations imaginable. Hull is a young grocery clerk, who is persona non grata with his fiancee’s mother, a rampant and sentimental old busy-body who thinks nobody is good enough for herself—she does not include her family in her caleulations— except a somewhat mythical Harold McCauley she has known in her youth and whom she personifies as the ideal of all manly virtues, though she has not seen him in more than twenty years. Worms have been known to turn, and Hugh Herbert, the henpecked husband and Hobart Cavanaugh, his friend, each take one drink too much, and things begin to happen. Herbert pulls his boss’s beard and lands inthe hoosegow with the desperadoes. But the youthful lover engineered his own wedding and got his father-in-law out of jail. He also instilled the man with enough backbone to walk right into the front parlor and blow smoke into his wife’s curtains. Hull does a fine piece of acting, although the radio singer never resorts to song. Miss Ellis also is excellent as his spunky bride. Herbert and Cavanaugh as Pat Ellis Spent 3 Days Washing Dishes for Film Patricia Ellis, who lives in a Hollywood hotel and never has to bother with washing the dishes or doing other domestic duties, got her fill of such work during the first three days of production on the First National comedy-romance, “Love Begins at Twenty,” which comes to the theatremone «cu or ess The opening sequence in the picture called for Pat, in the leading feminine role, to enact a dish washing scene with Warren Hull. Because of the length of the sequence, and the necessity of the camera catching it from all angles, the actress did nothing but wash and dry dishes for almost three full days. When it was all over, Pat estimated that she had washed a total of 350 dishes, and the property man reported that out of this number she had only broken seven. A pretty good record for a novice at the game. Miss Ellis and Warren Hull enact the romantic leads in the picture which is a hilarious comedy drama based on the play by Martin Flavin. Others in the east include Hugh Herbert, Hobart Cavanaugh, Dorothy Vaughan, Clarence Wilson, Robert Gleckler and Mary Treen. Frank McDonald directed the picture from the screen play by Tom Reed and Dalton Trumbo. the henpecked husband and _ his mousey friend are screams in themselves, neither ever having done better comedy work. Dorothy Vaughan is excellent as the virulent housewife who has a yen for the long lost Robert Gleckler, who proves to be Mugsy O’Banion, leader of the desperadoes. Frank MeDonald has done a fine piece of direction, bringing out all the humor of the original play by Martin Flavin. Lovebirds! Patricia Ellis and Warren Hull —juvenile leads in the First National comedy “Love Begins at Taventye now aether 2 Theatre. Mat No. 101—10c Actor Couldn’t Eat His Pet Turkey Hugh Herbert, who has the leading comedy role in the First National comedy-romance, “Love Begins at Twenty,” now showing Sifoust hippies a. co 0 theatre, is suffering the penalty of personally naming each individual turkey that has grown up in his backyard coops. One Sunday Mrs. Herbert brought in a large stuffed bird to the dinner table. Hugh smacked his lips and started to carve. Suddenly he peered more closely at the fowl. “Why, isn’t that Jake?” he asked. Mrs. Herbert admitted that the bird was Jake. Hugh put down his carving tools and left the table. Gets Punch Drunk on Orange Juice Warren Hull, currently enacting the leading male role in the First National comedy-romance “Love Begins at Twenty,” which COMER: itOethlie: .2.y 3 eee theatre OMe et eects , drinks a quart and a half of orange juice every day in the year. The actor takes the liquid to the studio in a thermos bottle, drinking the juice between scenes of the picture on which he is working. He says he gets a real punch out of it.