Love Honor and Behave (Warner Bros.) (1938)

WAYNE MORRIS’ KID BROTHER BASKS IN REFLECTED GLORY Probably the most popular boy at a certain Los Angeles junior high school these days is 15-yearold Dick Morris. Lovely little school girls smile at him longingly and make no secret of the fact that they are willing, even eager, to have him escort them to various schooi functions —and to the movies. But the girls aren’t fooling Dick. He knows that it is not entirely his manly charm that makes him so popular. He knows that he is second best in their affections— they have a crush on his brother, Wayne (Kid Galahad) Morris, who is now starring in “Love, Honor and Behave,” the Warner Bros. comedy-drama now showing at the Strand Theatre. The big moment in Dick’s life is little Rosemary Cooper, whose beauty quite possibly may lead her to a screen career some day. They are constantly together. But Rosemary has her troubles, too, according to her mother, who recently heard her laying down the law to Dick. “Yes, I’ll go to the movies with you tonight—but on one _ condition,’ Rosemary told Dick. “I simply won’t go to see ‘Submarine D-1’ again, whether your brother is in it or not. We’ve seen it the last seven times we’ve been to the movies and that’s enough.” THEY SWAP SOCKS The day of socking women in the movies has not passed, as some current pictures prove. But the women are coming into their own—they dish it as well as take it. Priscilla Lane gets a beautiful black eye from Wayne Morris in “Love, Honor and Behave,” the Warner Bros. comedy-drama now at the Strand Theatre. But he gets just as pretty an orb from her. And by the way, what sort of a title is that for such doings? SHE’S A SCREEN MAMA Barbara O’Neil, young picture actress, has had the novel experience of being greeted as “mother” by several children in Hollywood, although she has never been married. In “Stella Dallas” she was the mother of Dickie Jones and in Warner Bros.’ “Love, Honor and Behave,” now showing at the Strand Theatre, she is the mother of Dickie Moore. She has had, she says, all the trials and tribulations of motherhood without actually being one. WAYNE’S NET SKILL Wayne Morris, working out daily on the tennis courts at Warner Bros. studio for his role in “Love, Honor and Behave,” the comedy-drama now on the screen at the Strand Theatre, showed such form and skill that various tennis top-rankers are endeavoring to make him take up the game professionally as a sideline to his screen career. But if the film public have anything to say about it, Wayne will keep on making pictures. In “Love, Honor and Behave” he’s co-starred with his best girl, Priscilla Lane. KEEPS MOVIE DIARY Priscilla Lane, pretty crooning actress who is co-starred with Wayne Morris in the _ current Strand comedy, “Love, Honor and Behave,” is keeping a diary of her career in pictures which she says she’ll put in a safe place for her grandchildren to read. So far she has appeared only in “Varsity Show” and “Love, Honor and Behave,” but she’ll be coming soon again in “Men Are Such Fools.” Page Fourteen BEI MIR BIST DU SCHON Mat 202—30c Means that you’re grand, Priscilla Lane, for the way you sing “Bei Mir Bist Du Schon” to that sweetheart of the screen (boy friend to you!) Wayne Morris, in that kiss-and-make-up movie romance, “Love, Honor and Behave” now showing at the Strand Theatre. Theyre Just Home Girls— Those Talented Lane Sisters Leasing of a house in the foothills at Encino, California, by Priscilla and Rosemary Lane, young movie sisters, recently, points up the fact that the women stars of today demand home life along with careers. Hardly dry was the ink on their contracts with Warner Bros. before the singing sisters set wheels in motion to obtain a home. Romance’ between Wayne Morris and Priscilla Lane received a temporary setback during the filming of “Love, Honor and Behave” at Warner Bros. studio when _ she telephoned him, said “Guess who” — which aggravates his pet peeve—and he hung up on her. It cost him a large bouquet of orchids, a_ five pound box of candy and a pair of theatre tickets to square things because he didn’t recognize her voice. They had specific ideas and an agent was employed to fill them. A home in the country, with plenty of ground, a swimming pool and a view of the mountains was their demand. And not too far away from their studio. Soon as it was found, Mrs. Cora Lane, mother of the two girls, arrived from New York. along with all the furniture acctimulated at their joint home there during the four years they starred in radio with Fred Waring’s Pennsylvanians. Today, Rosemary in overalls is occupied painting fences while vacationing after conclusion of “Hollywood Hotel.” Priscilla is busied with interior decoration after her starring work in “Love, Honor and Behave,” the comedy-drama which is now showing at the Strand Theatre. “We simply have to make a home,” says Priscilla. “A career alone isn’t enough. Think of going back to a hotel room or an apartment after you finish work. Why, it would be deadly. We need a place where we can put on old clothes and relax while cooking or working around at odd jobs.” In this, the Lanes follow a fashion universal among women stars today. They buy or lease homes at the earliest possible moment, and the hotel or apartment living of yesterday is a thing of the past. Priscilla Lane and Wayne Morris making love for the camera, Director Stanley Logan and “Love, Honor and Behave.” Mat 204—30c JOHN LITEL— HE'S THAT RARE THING A MODEST ACTOR! John Litel is an unusual sort of person for an actor. He is modest, unassuming and retiring. For instance, if you scan the biographical questionnaire he filled out when he assumed a contract at Warner Bros. studio you will find no reference to war service. But John Litel served with the French forces in the front lines during the World War. Served with distinction and was wounded and gassed. Litel, however, didn’t reveal those facts. A friend did. “Yes, I got a slight taste of gas in the war,” says John negligently in confirming his military service. “Wounded? Just a little clip on the ear is all.” During the filming of “Love, Honor and Behave,” in which he portrays Priscilla Lane’s father, it was as easy to get him to talk about himself as it would be to make a Sphinx break down and tell all. Making a highly successful debut on the stage at the age of 26 seemed of so little moment to Litel that he can’t remember how or why he happened to become an actor. The debut was made, however, with Grace George in George Bernard Shaw’s “Captain Brassbound’s Conversion” and he was definitely committed to a_ stage career after a number of years of experimenting with other vocations. He played in stock in all of the famous resident companies in the country and was a great success on Broadway in numerous hits. His entry into pictures was as unusual as his debut on the stage. In California to visit his mother, he was discovered by a Warner Bros. talent scout and offered a part in “Fugitive in the Sky.” He will be seen in “Love, Honor and Behave” which is now showing at the Strand Theatre. Wayne Morris and Priscilla Lane are the stars and Stanley Logan was the director. DOGGIE MAKES DEBUT Barbara O’Neil’s 4-year old Scotty, “Snooker,” makes his screen debut in Warner Bros. “Love, Honor and Behave,” in which his mistress is featured. Constantly with Miss O’Neil during filming of the romantic comedy, he never ruined a “take” and is one of few dogs permitted on a motion picture set at any studio. Wayne Morris and Priscilla Lane are co-starred in “Love, Honor and Behave” which is now showing at the Strand. LANE GIRLS STAND IN Rosemary Lane of the movies recently cut short her vacation to stand in for her sister Priscilla. Because they want to perfect their acting technique, the girls have an agreement to stand in for each other whenever possible. In that way they expect to gain a varied experience with different directors. Rosemary shortened her holiday while Priscilla was playing the feminine lead in “Love, Honor and Behave,” the Warner Bros. comedy that is now showing at the Strand Theatre. Just so that no one will be done out of a job, the regular stand-ins are employed just the same and Priscilla teaches them to knit. NAMES PET FOR MOVIE Wayne Morris has named his new police dog, “Kid Galahad,” his first starring picture. He’s now appearing in “Love, Honor and Behave” with Priscilla Lane at the Strand Theatre.