Man to Man (Warner Bros.) (1930)

tege “MAN TO MAN” —A Wat SHOULD A GIRL MARRY A CONVICT’S SON? CAN A MAN LIVE DOWN A TERM IN PRISON? WILL SOCIETY PARDON A SON OF THE MAN IT HAS CONDEMNED? IS WOMAN’S INTUITION AS TRUE AS MAN’S REASON. FATHER AND SON MEET AS MAN TO MAN. MAN TO MAN—WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR DAD? IS YOUR SON YOUR PAL? IF NOT, WHY NOT? MAN TO MAN, WOULD YOU WANT YOUR SON TO DO WHAT YOU DO? CAN WOMAN’S LOVE MAKE UP FOR THE WORLD’S . HATE? (Biographical) (Biographical) Allan Dwan Again| The Man Who Makes Talk for the Talkies Triumphant in His Direction Allan Dwan, who directed “Man to Man,” the Warner Bros, and Vitaphone screen version of the Ben Ames Williams story now at the ........... Theatre, got his first ‘break in the early days of motion pictures by writing and selling an original scenario to one of the major producing companies of that time, He later became a prominent scenariest and then scenario editor. From that position, he jumped to directing and soon became a leading exponent of screen art. Dwan was born in Toronto, Canada, and educated at Notre Dame University in Indiana, where in addition to his studies, he gained a reputation in athletics and was a football star on the 1907 varsity. After directing many of the most famous of silent screen stars, Dwan organized his own company which he operated successfully for a time. He has directed Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Louis Glaum and scores of others. His recent pictures includes “What a Widow” starring Gloria Swanson, “South Sea Rose,” “Frozen Justice” and others. The cast of “Man to Man’ includes Grant Mitchell, Phillips Holmes, Lucille Powers, George Marion, Dwight Frye, Russell Simpson and others. Joseph Jackson did the screen play and dialogue. Joseph Jackson, who wrote the| Otis Harlan, Russell Simpson, screen play and dialogue for “Man! Dwight Frye and others complete to Man,” Warner Bros. Vitaphone | the list of players. comedy-drama of a father and son’s mutual] devotion at the Theatre ria Gredited: with iors talkMan” whith Jackson adapted from| served a jail sentence for murder | ing screen stories than any other writer in Hollywood, having to his credit more than a score of Vitaphone productions. Mr, Jackson was born in Winchester, Ky. on June 8th, 1894 and educated at Wesleyan College and Columbia where he specialized in journalism. Hle was assistant dramatic editor and motion picture reviewer for the New York “World.” He entered pictures in 1921 doing publicity but drifted into titles and then dialogue. Among the stories which he prepared for filming and recording are included “Maybe It’s Love,” “Mammy,” “Say It With Songs,” “The Singing Fool,” “In the Headlines,” “Second Floor Mystery,” and many others. He is married to: Ethel Shannon, a professional and the couple have one child, Joseph Shannon Jackson. Mr. Jackson’s favorite sports are tennis and swimming. Grant Mitchell heads the all-star cast of “Man to Man” in which he enacts the role of “Barber John.” Phillips Holmes portrays the title role and Lucille Powers has the feminine lead. George Marion, WHY WILL ROGERS DENIED DWAN If anybody else had said it, somebody would have beén insulted. But our own Will Rogers can get away with anything. It happened during the filming and recording of the Warner Bros. and. Vitaphone production “Man to Man,” now at the Theatre. included Grant Mitchiell, Director Allan Dwan and his cast which Phillips Holmes, Lucille Powers, George Marion, Russell Simpson and others, were on location making exteriors. Near the same spot, Will Rogers was working in a picture and as noonday approached the world-famous comedian paid a visit to Mr. Dwan and his troupe. As he called timp-out for lunch, Dwan and the cast invited Will Rogers to go to lunch with them at a nearby restaurant. Always on the alert for a chance to get in a laugh, Will cocked his head and drawled: have lunch with you. I have a morality clause in my contract!” “Man to Man,” adapted by Joseph Jackson from the Ben Ames Williams story of a father and son. “Tm sorry, folks, but I can’t Allan Dwan directed “Man to the story by Ben Ames Williams. COULD HE BE A _ THIEF? Was the curse of prison, handed down from his father, to come to him? And her future? Could she face it with a man wanted by the law ... the son of a murderer? ACCUSED OF CRIME A Convict 3ros. and Vitaphone Production OW adi, (Feature) Big Factor, Says “Man to Man” Director Pace, according to Allan Dwan, who directed Warner Bros. screen adaptation of Ben Ames Williams story, “Man to Man,” now at the anes Theatre, with Grant Mitchell and an all star cast, is one of the most vital factors that can contribute to the making or breaking of a picture. “Many a picture,” says Dwan, “that had a perfect cast and a perfect story has been ruined because of lack of proper pace. Just as a runner, or race horse will surely lose the race if the pace is either too fast or two slow, and by too fast I mean starting off at a gait that cannot be kept up throughout the entire race, so will a picture lose its appeal if the story isn’t made to run smoothly and naturally at all times. To permit a picture to slow down is a fatal error and a change of tempo can kill the effectiveness. But a proper tempo or pace, can lift what mightj ordinarily have been a group of character players into a moving drama and spell the difference between success or failure. “Now, Ben Ames Williams, the author, is one of America’s best nown human interest story writers. The story from which ‘Man to Man’ has been made, appeared in the Saturday Evening Post under the title ‘Barber John’s Boy,’ and presented the case of a young Southern lad who feels keenly the disgrace _of his father who _has —a justifiable crime. The father’s WARNER BROS. Present Ben Ames Williams GRANT MITCHELL PHILLIPS HOLMES LUCILLE POWERS GEORGE MARION Soul-searching story of a criminal father, a bewildered son and a faithful sweetheart! : Two Col. Ad—Style H—Cut or Mat love for the boy is only equalled by the hurt he suffers when he finds it impossible to thaw out his son’s reserve. Yet, when there is a shortage at the bank in which the boy is employed, both father and son confess to stealing the m in order to shield the othe although both are innocent. “To take a story of that type and indulge in pure melodrama or to have made a hysterical sob picture out of it would have been just too bad. I tried to have the members of the cast act just the way would have reacted if they “were the real characters Mr. Williams so cleverly portrayed.” Allan Dwan is considered by many, as being one of the screen’s truly great directors. He directed Douglas Fairbanks in “Robin Hood,” and “The Iron Mask.” Some of his other recent hits include, “Frozen Justice,” “South Sea Rose,” both starring Lenore Ulric, ‘Tide of Empire,” and “What a Widow,” with Gloria Swanson. Although he is wemarkably versatile, his forte is drama and comedy-drama. He was selected to direct “Man to Man,” because of his ability to properly handle a human interest story. Lucille Powers, Phillips Holmes, George Marion, Otis Harlan, Russell Simpson and Dwight Frye also play prominent parts. (Biographical) DWIGHT FRYE IS ~ SUPERB AS “MAN © TO MAN” VILLAIN Dwight Frye, the youthful menace in “Man to Man,” the Warner Bros. and Vitaphone screen version of the Ben Ames Williams story NOW AL LO he ee Theatre, turned down “suping’ in many plays, waiting for a real part in one to launch his career on the stage. He finally landed with the Denham stock company in Denver, Colorado, and for a full season played with them in Spokane, Washington. Taking a flyer in vaudeville, he did a dramatic sketch with Mrs. Jack Norworth, titled “Magic Glasses.” This was followed by a season in repertoire and a year in stock in Pittsfield, Mass. It was there that a wealthy New York society woman saw Frye perform and she aided him in reaching Broadway. In his first Broadway play, “The Plot Thickens,”’ Frye scored a personal triumph. Among his other plays are “Six Characters in Search of an Author,” “Rita -.Coventry,” “The Love Habit,’ lead opposite Queenie Smith in “Sitting Pretty,” Lenore Ulric’s lover in “Mima,” ““A Man’s Man,” “The Devil and the Cheese,” “The Queen’s Husband,” and two theatre guild plays. Chief Thing” and “Goat Son; Coming to. Hollywood, Fry peared in “A Man’s Man” at the Vine Street Theatre and “Rope’s End” at the Figueroa Playhouse. Noal Madison was the lead in “Rope’s End” and when Warner Bros. decided to film and record “The Doorway to Hell,” both he and Frye were signed for roles in the picture. He was then immediately signed for the important heavy role in “Man to Man” which Allan Dwan directed. Dwight Frye was born in Salina, Kansas, on February 22 and attended school in Denver, Colorado. He went into business after completing his education, but always kept his eye on the theatre as hi future. He is five feet seven and one-half inches tall, and has brown hair and blue eyes,