Marry the Girl (Warner Bros.) (1937)

PAGE 3 — “MARRY THE GIRL” — PUBLICITY (Lead-Off Story) “Marry The Girl” Coming to Strand Six Comedy Stars Head Cast Of Rollicking New Laugh Film Which Comes Here Next Week Believe It or Nuts!... Every One Is A Fugitive From A Brain Gang ‘‘Marry The Girl,’’ a rollicking farce-comedy into which Warner Bros. have put a wealth of funny players, has been booked as the next feature attraction at the Theatre, and will have its opening on ......... Rarely does any movie have a cast including such top-rankers as Frank McHugh, Hugh Herbert, Mary Boland, Mischa Auer, Alan Mowbray, Allen Jenkins, Carol Hughes, Olin Howland, Teddy Hart, Hugh O’Connell, Charles Judels and Louise Stanley. These, plus a director who specializes in comedy—William MeGann, whose most recent work was “Penrod and Sam”’—made the most of the opportunities afforded by a very witty screen play adapted by Sig Herzig, Pat iC. Flick and Tom Reed from a novel by Edward Hope. The tale begins in the offices of a big newspaper syndicate (a setting brand new to the screen), progresses to a sanitorium conducted by a balmy psychiatrist, and includes more or less “teched in the haid” writers, cartoonists, editors, authors and the like, to say nothing of a couple of gangsters. The possibilities are obvious. Hugh Herbert is the head of the syndicate and has ample opportunities to use his fluttering hands and coo-coo laugh. But the real brains of the organization is his strong-minded sister, Miss Boland. McHugh is a poor editorial drudge who’s in love with the pretty niece of the big shots— Carol Hughes. Jenkins and Hart are the gangsters, as might be supposed, and most of the other members of the cast are the artistically temperamental contributors to the syndicate. Herbert Has A 30-YearRecord Hugh Herbert is said to be able to make a stone face giggle. At least, there is no recorded example of laugh-resistance when the comedian sells a funny line or incident. Herbert has cultivated his sense of humor—and the public’s —for well over thirty years. It has been his recreation as well as his bread and butter. “Listen,” he said on the set of Warner Bros.’ “Marry The Girl,” in which he appears with Mary Boland, Frank McHugh and an all-star comedy cast, “the most valuable thing in the world is to make people laugh. “Sure, they like to have a good ery every once in a while. That’s reaction to trouble and worry and all the other ills the human race has to carry. But when it comes to the thing that everybody wants you'll find it’s a laugh.” “Marry The Girl,” in which Hugh has a leading role, comes to the. 7 4c TENOAETO, COM: | 2a Gack es McHugh Kids Set For College Frank McHugh, star of “Marry The Girl,’ a Warner Bros. farce ‘comedy, has just worked his way through three college educations. They were not his own—they will be those of his offspring. During the past year the comedian, most of whose own education was obtained in the University of Hard Knocks, has made arrangements for the academic futures of the young McHugh’s— Susan, Peter, and Michael, 6, 8 and 2 years old, respectively. They have a while to wait before they matriculate at college, but they’re all set for it as a result of the annuities Papa Frank has salted away for that purpose. McHugh’s reasons for looking so far into the future boils down to “One never knows what is going to happen unless you fix it.” His years of trouping before he became a Hollywood star taught him that living for today only is a bad thing when children are involved. “Marry The Girl,” which opens aE ULC eet. peer. IPheatre Ose. Fics, is a rollicking farce-comedy presented by an outstanding cast of talented and famed fun-makers. Among them are McHugh, Hugh Herbert, Mary Boland, Mischa Auer, Carol Hughes, Allen Jenkins, Olin Howland, Alan Mowbray, Teddy Hart and Charles Judels. Mat No. 102—10¢ Hugh (Woo-hoo) Herbert hits a new high in laugh-getting as the screwy publisher who talks to himself whenever he wants some sane conversation in “Marry the Girl,” coming to the... DP OO SOM a8 missin et ogee Mat No. 201—20¢ Carol Hughes and Frank McHugh are that way about each other in “Marry the Girl,” now at the.......... Be st ap tireens bos net aka ee Theatre. e REVIEW e “Marry The Girl” Packed With Laughs; All-Star Comedy Cast Gives Season's Most Rollicking Movie Performance Every so often along comes a movie so amusing that no one can help laughing at it from beginning to end. And into such a category falls “Marry The Girl,” the Warner Bros. farce-comedy which had its first local showing yesterday at the ...... Theatre. The carelessly-used word “howling” fits it exactly. Or, at least, it describes the condition of the audiences which saw this uproarious presentation. To begin with, the story itself is funny. Then, look at the cast of laugh-getters that portrays it —Frank McHugh, Hugh Herbert, Mary Boland, Carol Hughes, Mischa Auer, the Gorilla Man, Allen Jenkins, Olin Howland, Hugh O’Connell, Alan Mowbray and Teddy Hart, among’ others. “Marry The Girl’ has a novel setting — the offices of a great newspaper syndicate. This is presided over by Hugh Herbert, who is obviously a nut, and his sister, Miss Boland, who is the brains of the outfit. Frank McHugh is general handyman of the organization. He has three jobs to do as the picture opens — he has to get Hugh O’Connell, the syndicate’s best cartoonist, on the waterwagon and back to work; he must induce Alan Mowbray, an eccentric writer on psychiatry, to sign a new contract; and — most important of all—he must prevent the marriage of Carol Hughes (whom he himself loves) to Mischa Auer. All hands wind up in the crazy psychiatrist’s sanitorium before McHugh is half-way through his triple task. But it all works out smoothly, with Frank winning the girl, the syndicate restored to businesslike order, and everyone happy. “Marry The Girl’ was directed by William McGann. CAST OF CHARACTERS Ollie Radway David Partridge .... John B. Radway Virginia Radway Specs Dimitri Dr. Stryker Michael Forrester First Southerner Second Southerner Andre Victor Antoine Descate Happy Elmer Third Southerner Partridge’s Secretary .... Radway’s Secretary Director Screen Play by Photographed by Film Editor Dialogue Director Art Editor Mary Boland Frank McHugh Hugh Herbert Carol Hughes Allen Jenkins Mischa Auer Alan Mowbray Hugh O’Connell Teddy Hart Tom Kennedy Dewey Robinson Olin Howland Arthur Aylesworth William Davidson Charles Judels Irving Bacon Louis Mason Louise Stanley Bess Flowers William McGann (Sig Herzig Pat C. Flick Tom Reed Edward Hope Arthur Todd, A.S.C. Warren Low Hugh Cummings Max Parker Howard Shoup (Opening Day Story) Hugh Herbert Heads Big Cast In Laugh Hit Frank McHugh, Mary Boland In ‘Marry The Girl’ About as many laugh-winning players as Warner Bros. had on their own lot or could rally from outside sources were poured into “Marry The Girl,” the wild and hilarious farce-comedy which has its local premiere today at the Theatre. Frank McHugh, for example, who recently wowed audiences with his “Oiwin” in “Three Men On a Horse”; Carol Hughes, who was Frank’s weepy wife in that same show; Hugh Herbert, fresh from his great triumph in “Sing Me a Love Song”; Mary Boland, long famed on stage and screen; Mischa Auer, the gorilla-man of “My Man Godfrey”; Allen Jenkins, Teddy Hart, Hugh O’Connell, Olin Howland and a dozen more. “The goofiest, nuttiest show I ever saw, let alone directed,” says William McGann, who guided the making of the picture. That’s probably right, according to preview reports of “Marry The Girl.” It has to do with a big newspaper syndicate, whose writers, cartoonists, artists and the like are all—to say the least —temperamentally eccentric. The head of this is Hugh Herbert, most eccentric of all. His man-of-all-work is Frank McHugh, and his sister, the brains of the establishment, Miss Boland. Carol Hughes is their neice, who averages a love affair a week, and finally marries the man who helped her with all of them. Stage Comic Signs For Films Hugh O’Connell, one of Broadway’s most popular comedians, is no longer a free lance player. After seeing him in his latest film, “Marry The Girl,” in which he worked for Warner Bros., the studio’s executives persuaded him to sign a long term contract. The picture is now showing at the Re LAG oak cas Theatre. O’Connell has been commuting between Hollywood Boulevard and Broadway for the past couple of years. Now he will have a permanent home in the film center and use New York as vacation headquarters except under special dispensation to appear in an occasional play. O’Connell, who plays the part of an intoxicated cartoonist in “Marry The Girl,” began his eareer on the stage as a “heavy.” His only trouble was getting laugh reactions in the wrong places. An astute director saw O’Connell’s possibilities, and a comedian was born! “Marry The Girl” includes such famous fun-makers as Hugh Herbert, Mary Boland, Frank MeHugh, Mischa Auer, Carol Hughes and Alan Mowbray in its cast. Aegan p RP OPPO L PA PIO APO PLN PAIL OP LOL P AINA EPPS ENP P ERIN