Marry the Girl (Warner Bros.) (1937)

PAGE 4 — “MARRY THE GIRL’’ — PUBLICITY A Cuckoo Clock Is Home Sweet Home To This Collection of Comedy Stars Hugh Croons In New Style Hugh Herbert, movie comedian, became somewhat proficient on the harmonica during the production of “Marry The Girl,” the Warner Bros. farce-comedy now at the Theatre. His next step, he says, will be to become a crooner. “T have always wanted to be a crooner,’ Hughie declares, “I think crooning is a fine profession. It has scope. Think of what it would mean to millions of women if I were on the air as a crooner. “Tf I crooned from where they could see me I’m afraid my face would spoil the effect of ‘Red Sails in the Sunset’. They would be thinking of ‘Red Nose in the Morning’ instead of how fine I was crooning to them. As a result I always have to do my crooning in the dark or in a radio studio where nobody can see me. “T would not limit my crooning to ballads, but I would croon everything. I am working now on a ‘croon’ arrangement of ‘Kamenoi Ostrow’ by Anton Rubinstein. You see, I believe that crooning has not reached its fullest development so far and will not until there is ‘symphonic crooning’. “My voice is improved enough so that I am encouraged about my crooning. I am now able to mateh, croak for croak, the bullfrog in the pond back of my home. I am studying now with a crow and it should not be long before I have achieved my ambition to eroon so well that Rudy Vallee will be very glad he has a saxophone to fall back on.” Mat No. 103—10¢ Frank McHugh, as the downtrodden mouse who suddenly becomes a man, is one of the comedy highlights of the season’s newest laugh hit, ‘‘Marry the Girl’ which comes to the.................. ci cae ae Re ean Sere eee ae z History At Alan's Parties Alan Mowbray, the film actor, refuses to give a party unless it celebrates something. His latest, given one Saturday night after he got through with the day’s work in “Marry The Girl,” the Warner Bros. faree-comedy now at the Theatre, celebrated the release of General Chiang Kai-Shek in China by bandit kidnapers. His next will celebrate the invention of the printing press in the 15th century. Shotgun Stops Film Wedding Ever since somebody thought of the “man bites dog” line there have been many definitions of news. The latest comes from “Marry The Girl,’ the Warner Bros. farce-comedy, with Mary Boland, Frank McHugh, Hugh Herbert, Mischa Auer and others in the leading roles, which is now showIMPeatebhOrns x. .o.0c. «see neaune: A shotgun is one of the items on the film’s list of properties. It is used to stop a wedding instead of to start one. “That gives us a new idea of news,” says McHugh. “When they use a shotgun to STOP a_ wedding—that’s firstpage stuff!” Hugh Herbert Pays Off Old Train Ticket Debt Hugh Herbert just paid off an old debt the other day and now is completely happy. Years ago Hugh was stranded in Olean, N.Y. After paying a two dollar hotel bill and getting a fifteen-cent breakfast, he walked down to the railroad station. There an agent listened to his tale and then bought a ticket for the nineteen-year-old Hugh _ to get back to New York. A number of times after that the popular comedian tried to get in touch with his benefactor only to learn that he had moved away. The other day on the get of “Marry The Girl,” the comedy now at the an sony noticed a familiar face among the extras. Engaging him in conversation, Hugh was surprised to learn that it was the agent. The old man’s one desire was to go back to his home town of Olean. Hugh presented the man with an envelope the next day which contained beside a ticket back to Olean a tidy sum. Only Hue and Cry Missing There are three Hughs (Herbert, O’Connell and Cummings), one McHugh (Frank), and one Hughes (Carol), in “Marry The Girl,’ the Warner Bros. farcecomedy now showing at the Theatre. Then there. is an Alan Mowbray and an Allen Jenkins. There was plenty of confusion while the picture was being made. Music Proposal For Actress Carol Hughes, appearing in the all-star comedy cast of “Marry The Girl’ at the Theatre, received a unique proposal of marriage from Mazatlan, Mexico. It was in the form of a “paso doble flamenco,” traditional Mexican type of musical composition, written by one Luis Estevane, dedicated to her and titled “Carol Hughes.” The lyric of the song is the rhymed proposal of marriage. The beautiful brunette comedienne, however, is unable to consider the musical marriage proposal since she was already married. “Marry The Girl,” featuring also Frank McHugh, Hugh Herbert, Mary Boland, Mischa Auer, Allen Jenkins and others, was directed by William McGann. Mat No. 202—20¢ RIGHT, IT IS NOW EXACTLY—TUESDAY! agree Hugh Herbert (left), Frank McHugh, and Mary Boland—the three ace comedians in a scene from “Marry the Girl,” now playing at the... Theatre. e THE STORY e A great newspaper syndicate is presided over by John Radway (Hugh Herbert) and his sister Ollie (Mary Boland). Radway himself is more than eccentric—he gives the impression he is “tetched in the haid.” It is evident that the syndicate would go to pot if his strongwilled sister didn’t attend to the important phases of the business. It is she who hires and fires, keeps the writers and artists on their toes, gives and cancels c¢ontracts. Partridge (Frank McHugh) is general office mouse, the man whose secretarial job to the Radway’s includes personal errands and family affairs. When the Radway’s fire Drake, their managing editor, they appoint Partridge in his place. His first job is to get Dr. Stryker (Alan Mowbray), a writerpsychiatrist and sanatorium owner, to sign a new contract, which he doesn’t want to do. He has also to get Michael Forrester (Hugh O’Connell), the syndicate’s best cartoonist, on the water wagon and into line. As an added duty, the meek Partridge is held responsible by the Radway’s for the prevention of matrimony in the case of Virrinia, their neice, (Carol Hughes), who gets a different crush every week. Her current passion is a Russian, Dimitri (Mischa Auer) who is assistant to the chief cartoonist. Partridge’s attempt to crack up the romance between Dimitri and Virginia is made no easier by the fact that he himself is secretly in love with her. She treats him as an uncle and asks his help in her love affair with the Russian. “Party” says he will help, but he racks his brain for an idea to prevent the marriage. Through a mix-up, John Radway, Ollie, Virginia, Dimitri and “Party” find themselves in Dr. Stryker’s sanitorium, where Forrester is taking the cure for the “shakes.” Further mix-up puts Radway down as a patient: “Party” sees an opportunity to stave off the marriage of Virginia and Dimitri by having her confined as a patient. In her anxiety to marry the mad Russian, Virginia asks ‘“Pary’s” aid again in an elopement and escape from the place. He substitutes himself and it winds up with everybody believing that he has kidnaped Virginia. Alarms are broadeast all over the country. Eventually Virginia and “Party” find haven in a disreputable road-house where gangsters see them and think “Party” is a member of the Detroit Purple Gang. The gangsters, (Allen Jenkins and Teddy Hart), decide to hold the girl for ransom and to even an old score with Lefty Louie, for whom they mistake the mild “Party.” In a final moment of courage, “Party” tells the girl what he had tried to so many times before—that he loves her. Meanwhile she realizes that she is not so much in love with the Russian artist. A final burst of courage on ‘“Party’s” part captures the gangsters and convinces Virginia that she really loves him. Meanwhile Ollie, the acid Radway spinster sister, has fallen for Dimitri, who of course, is attracted by her money. Since Dr. Stryker hadn’t signed his contract Ollie gives Dimitri the job, changing it to problems of the heart instead of the mind. “Party” gets his courage up and publicly tells everybody that he is going to marry Virginia. OFFICIAL BILLING Warner Bros. 40 % Pictures, Inc. present Mary Boland—Frank McHugh Hugh Herbert—Carol Hughes Allen Jenkins—Mischa Auer in MARRY THE GIRL 85 % 85 % 85% 100% with Alan Mowbray—Teddy Hart Directed by William McGann A Warner Bros. Picture 60 % 25 % 20% Length Carol Hughes Is A Rare Comedienne "Becmiitil Girls Seldom Good At Comedy Roles Beautiful comediennes are rarer than that well-known day in June. It’s usually the girls with the funny faces who register the most laughs on the screen. “There haven’t been half a dozen truly beautiful comediennes in movies within my years of Hollywood experience,” said William McGann, who directed “Marry The Girl,” the Warner Bros. farce-comedy which will come to the Theatre on “Most comediennes have ‘character’ faces,” the director continued. “Martha Raye, for instance, is best-known for a mouth that almost matches Joe E. Brown’s. Edna May Oliver, one of the screen’s finest, is associated with a wry sort of face. Patsy Kelly’s Irish pan is a laugh in itself. “Carol Hughes, on. the other hand, who appears in this picture opposite Frank McHugh, is both a first-rate comedienne and a beautiful girl. “There is no special reason for the rarity of beautiful comediennes, I suppose, except that beautiful girls prefer to play out-andout romantic roles. I think, however, that her beauty and comedy talents give Miss Hughes a versatility advantage. She can do straight romantic leads or straight comedy or both together in romantic comedy, which is the classification of “Marry The Girl.” “Marion Davies is probably the leading example the screen has of the beautiful comedienne. She has become famous, in fact, as just about the most beautiful comedienne in the world, having a comedy sense that isn’t generally associated with such beauty. “Mary Boland, who is in “Marry The Girl” with McHugh and Miss Hughes, is another of the sereen’s handful of handsome comediennes.” McGann believes that it is diffieult for beautiful women to be comediennes because they must forget their beauty frequently in carrying out comedy action and dialogue. They must play for comedy, allowing their beauty to be incidental to their roles. “T can’t imagine anything more difficult for a beautiful woman to do,” says McGann, “than to consider her beauty as a mere incidental thing. It just isn’t average femininity.” “Marry The Girl” is a rollicking farce-comedy presented by an outstanding cast of talented and famed fun-makers. Among them are McHugh, Hugh Herbert, Miss Boland, Mischa Auer, Miss Hughes, Allen Jenkins and many others. Ancient Gown For Beauty Louise Stanley, Warner Bros. beauty prominently cast in “Marry the Girl,” now showing at the Theatre, recently received from her home in Springfield, Ill., the wedding dress worn by her grandmother, Louisa’ Todd, sister of Abraham Lincoln’s wife. SR cr RL ati cela es arr tay ton pata a TNR DFU POISE LE GTI NOON IE LI ICL AGIOS ANION RIANA BL LPAI TESOL IS LAGALEE AL EAN AL AGLI RELA PEGE ALL