Mary Janes Pa (Warner Bros.) (1935)

Humor, Romance Tense Drama In ‘Mary Jane’s Pa’ Rollicking humor, pathos, fast and intense dramatic action, romance—all are said to be con tained in the Warner Bros. pro— duction, “Mary Jane’s Pa,” which comes to the............ Theatre TN ac eee oo Son NE » with that inimitable team of screen players, Aline MacMahon and Guy Kibbee in the stellar roles. The story is based on the fascinating stage play, “Mary Jane’s Pa,” by Edith Ellis Furness and the novel version by Norman Way. Kibbee plays the part of a tramp printer, born with wanderlust in his heart. A small town publisher, he leaves what he thinks is a competence to his wife and two small children, hops a freight at night and disappears. Finally, after many years, he returns to his home town to find the printing office closed and his family gone, no one knows where. He goes from town to town searching for his wife and children and eventually comes on a little lost girl and takes her home to discover she is his own child. But his wife is running another paper and is interested in another man and in politics. Aline McMahon has the role of the wife. She permits her husband to stay in the house incognito as the general housekeeper after he pleads to remain with his children. Following many intensely dramatic situations the story closes in a most touching and surprising climax. Betty Jean Haney, winsome child actress, plays the part of the young daughter. Others in the cast include Tom Brown, Nan Gray, Minor Watson, Robert McWade, Johnny Arledge, Robert Light, and Oscar Apfel. William Keighley directed the picture from the screen play by Tom Reed and Peter Milne. Aline MacMahon An ‘It? Girl, Says Beauty Expert “Aline MacMahon, who has the stellar role in the Warner Bros. picture, ‘Mary Jane’s Pa,’ which comes to the Theatre on an ‘it? girl.” Pere Westmore, head of Warner Bros. make-up department, is responsible for this statement. Westmore has made suggestions to, and aided, most of Hollywood’s most famous personalities. “If Aline MacMahon had lived in the days of historic Greece she might have been one of the most famous beauties the world has read about,” said Westmore. “She has the statuesque carriage of a beauty of the earlier days. Her features are decidedly Grecian and of classic mold. “Just because the tastes of the modern age have changed is no indication that Miss MacMahon is not a beautiful woman. Today we consider the Kay Francis, the Jean Harlow and the Dolores Del Rio types as the ‘it’ girls but it is likely that thousands of equally pulchritudinous women were not set aside or mentioned in the romantic era before modern civiliation.” “Mary Jane’s Pa” combines hilarious comedy with heart throbbing action and tense drama. It is based on the play “Mary Jane’s Pa,” by Edith Ellis Furness and the novel version by Norman Way. The cast includes besides MacMahon, Guy Kibbee, Tom Brown, Robert McWade, Minor Watson, Johnny Arledge and Nan Gray. Stars in New Comedy That superb screen team, Guy Kibbee and Aline MacMahon, stars of such recent film comedies as “Babbitt” and “Big Hearted Herbert,” return in their latest picture for the Warner Bros. cameras, “Mary Jane’s Pa.’ It will open at the____-------------Theatre on Friday. Mat No. 1—20c ‘Mary Jane’s Pa’ Opens At........ Theatre Today “Mary Jane’s Pa,” the new Warner Bros. comedy drama, Openseat these. ces Theatre today, with Aline MacMahon and Guy Kibbee teamed again in the stellar roles. The picture is a whimsical story of a small town printer who is born with the wanderlust and who cannot resist the call of the road when a train whistles. Deserting his wife and two children, he wanders the world over, returning after many years to find them moved, no one knows where. Kibbee has the role of the tramp printer while Aline MacMahon, who buys a newspaper to support her family, is the deserted wife who makes good on her own and subjects her husband, who finally finds his family, to the role of caretaker to the children, who do not know him. Nan Gray, as the older daughter, and Tom Brown have the romantic roles, being very much in love against the mother’s wishes. Betty Jean Haney has the part of the younger daughter, who has inherited the wandering instincts of her father. Robert MceWade and Minor Watson have the roles of political enemies and opposing candidates, while others in the cast include Johnny Arledge, Robert Light, Oscar Apfel, DeWitt Jennings and Carl Stockdale. The story is based on the play, “Mary Jane’s Pa,” by Edith Ellis Furness and the novel version by Norman Way. William Keighley directed the production from the screen play by Tom Reed and Peter Milne. Guy Kibbee Started Life As A Printer Guy Kibbee, who has the role of a tramp printer in the Warner Bros. production, “Mary Jane’s Pa,” now showing at the arte ower irs a Theatre, was quite at home in the part. Kibbee’s first job was that of a printer in his father’s small town publishing office. He even deserted the stage for a time, later, to go into the printing business with his brothers. But the call of the footlights took him back to the stage and later to Hollywood. Kibbee Intrigues Film Colony By 1-Eye Sandwich A delectable dish which has become known in Hollywood as a Kibbee Special, was introduced in “Mary Jane’s Pa,” the Warner Bros. production which comes to 176 la Ns it archi yarecra 9 Theatre OI ee ss ee GUY KIBBEE in “Mary Jane’s Pa,” now at the Theatre. Mat No. 8— 10c Kibbee cooks this dish for Betty Jean Haney, eight year old player in the cast. In the scene Guy takes the child, who has been lost, to her home and prepares for her what he calls “A One-Eyed Egyptian Sandwich.” The name intrigues the child and she gets him a frying pan, into which he puts a good-sized piece of butter. When the pan becomes hot he takes a piece of bread from which he removes the center, leaving a hole large enough to fit the yolk of an egg. He winks through the center of the bread to further amuse Betty Jean and drops it into the frying butter. Then he takes an egg, breaks it and drops the yolk into the hole, adding a little salt, pepper and a few drops of Worcestershire Sauce. Lunching at the Lakeside Club, near the Warner Studio, he discussed the sandwich with the elub chef who tried it at once. The sandwich is now a favorite at this club and they have renamed it “The Kibbee Special,” in honor of it’s sponsor. “Mary Jane’s Pa’ combines light comedy with tense drama, with Aline MacMahon and Kibbee in the stellar roles. Others in the cast include Tom Brown, Robert MceWade, Minor Watson, Nan Gray, Johnny Arledge and Robert Light. William Keighley directed the picture from the screen play by Tom Reed and Peter Milne. It is based on the play “Mary Jane’s Pa” by Edith Ellis Furness and the novel version by Norman Way. (Review ) ‘Mary Jane’s Pa’ Powerful Human Interest Drama Aline MacMahon and Guy Kibbee Again Starred In Outstanding Comedy Film at Strand ture that contains such a definite human quality O NCE in a long time there comes to the screen a pic that it hits straight to the heart of every man, woman and child. Such a picture is the Warner Bros. production, ‘‘Mary Jane’s Pa,’’ NG he eee ce Theatre yesterday. Warner Bros. selected that quaint play, “Mary Jane’s Pa,” by Edith Ellis Furness, and the novel version by Norman Way, on which to base their plot. There were few dry eyes when the good-natured, wandering printer, who had deserted his family at the call of the road, comes back and finds a little lost girl at a circus who proves to be his own. Guy Kibbee gives an excellent characterization of the happy-golucky tramp printer, kindly, good-humored but who is constantly swayed by an inborn wanderlust to seek new climes. His part calls for both dramatic action and humor and Kibbee proves himself adept at both. Aline MacMahon has the stellar lead as the wife of Kibbee, who, when deserted, starts a small-town newspaper to earn a living for herself and children. Consummate actress that she is, she handles the part with a keen insight of character, with great sympathy and unusual artistry. Betty Jean Haney, the child who has inherited her father’s desire to wander, is a new screen find. Seldom has there been seen in films a child so winsome, so unspoiled and natural as Betty Jean. Tom Brown and Nan Gray, the latter the older daughter of the printer, make an excellent romantic team in the juvenile and ingenue roles. Intense drama comes into play in the picture with Robert McWade and Minor Watson, two political opponents. Others in the cast who deserve special mention include Johnny Arledge, Robert Light and Oscar Apfel. William Keighley has caught the delicate whimsy of the story and directed the picture with rare skill. Tom Reed and Peter Milne wrote the screen play. | What’s Up, Guy? Guy Kibbee, one of the most popular of the screen’s portrayers of comic roles, is co-starred once more with Aline MacMahon in his new First National comedy, “Mary Jane’s Pa,” coming to the Theatre Mat No. 3—20c which was shown for the first time locally at Chance Brought Aline MacMahon Into Theatricals If Aline MacMahon, who costars with Guy Kibbie in the new Warner Bros. picture, “Mary Jane’s Pa,” now showing at the Rie meee ae Theatre, had gone to a certain party when she was quite a young lady, the screen might have been deprived of one of its best actresses. The capable actress, recently raised to stardom, had been saving her pennies for some time to attend a dinner dance, the most important social event of MeKeesport, Pa., her home town. To go without wearing a new frock would be a faux pas, so all of her spare change was being carefully hoarded. The day Miss MacMahon went shopping for this dress she passed through the book department of a department store and paused to read a few of the titles on the book jackets. She became fascinated with “American Drama,” by Alfred Bates and a live saleslady did the rest. She purchased the book and never even reached the dress department. This inspired her with the desire for theatricals. A niece of Sophie Irene Loeb, one of the great pioneer woman columnists of the old New York “World,” Miss MacMahon had planned to be a newspaper woman when her first chance to act came. Miss MacMahon has the role of a small town publisher in “Mary Jane’s Pa,” a picture that combines light comedy with tense drama. Others in the cast include Guy Kibbee, Tom Brown, Robert MeWade, Minor Watson, Nan Gray, Johnny Arledge, Robert Light and Betty Jean Haney. William Keighley directed the picture from the screen play by Tom Reed and Peter Milne. It is based on the play “Mary Jane’s Pa,” by Edith Ellis Furness and the novel version by Norman Way. Crickets Stage Race When Given Hoods Staging a cricket race is a tough job, as Director William Keighley discovered during the production of the Warner Bros. picture, “Mary Jane’s Pa,” which comes to the ....... Theatre on The script called for Guy Kibbee and Johnny Arledge, who are spending a night in jail, to while away the time by racing a couple of crickets they found in their cell. The crickets would run all right, until the bright lights were turned on to take the scene. Then they stopped, seemingly dazed. The property man finally hit on the plan of making tiny hoods for the two crickets, something similar to the blinders on a horse. The glare of the lights shut out, the crickets performed like veteran actors. Page Five