Maybe Its Love (Warner Bros.) (1930)

ee ee a a en, 4 “MAYBE IT’S LOVE” — A Warner Bros. Production eee ee Se FAMOUS FOOTBALL STARS APPEAR IN BIG GAME IN “MAYBE IT’S LOVE” Thrilling College Comedy Drama Also Has Joan Bennett, Joe E. Brown And James Hall Heading Cast appear at the Tense Moments At the end of the first half, when the pigskin warriors trot off the gridiron to their dressing quarters, what goes on behind those closed doors? What does the fighting coach say? How do the players feel? This vivid moment never witnessed by the howling fans provides one of the dramatic scenes of “Maybe It’s Love.” Howard Jones, famous coach of the University of Southern Calichampionship fornia national eleven, enacts the role of the coach of the “all-American” football team in the picture. acterization is based upon his years of coaching experience and what actually happens between halves of a “Big Game” is photographed and recorded with infinite accuracy. Famous Names Lending further authenticity to the picture, the football team is composed of the greatest gridiron Stars in the entire country selectwt from the “all-American” choices wf the past year. They are W. K. Schoonover, Arkansas end; Elmer H. Sleight, Purdue tackle: George Gibson, Minnesota guard; Tim Moynihan, Notre Dame center; Ray Montgomery, Pittsburgh guard: Otto Pommerening, ADVERTISEMENT (Current) | NE of the dramatic features of a great football game that the rabid throngs in the stadium never See or hear is revealed in “Maybe It’s Love,” the Warner Bros. and Vitaphone picture of college life in which Joan Bennett, Joe E. Brown, James Hall, Laura Lee and others His authentic char Michigan] James Hall play the leading roles. SEVE tackle; Kenneth Haycraft, Minne| sota end; Howard Harpster, Car| negie Tech quarterback; Paul Scull, Pennsylvania halfback; Russell Saunders, Southern California fullback; and Bill Banker, Tulane halfback, | William Wellman directed “May-| = be It’s Love,” Joseph Jackson did *& the screen play and dialogue from Mark Canfield’s original. The tuneful theme song, titled after the name of the picture and other melodies in the piece were written by Sidney Mitchell, Archie Gottler | and George Meyer. THE MOVIES GET > "EM EVENTUALLY | (Current) Football heroes, those husky lads who occupy the front pages during | the football season and carry ice| all summer, all do not go into the bond or insurance business. Some of them go into the movies. | The newest recruits to Holly-| wood are football stars, but not in | any ordinary sense of the word. 3 They are “all-Americans” selected by Warner Bros. from among the all star aggregations of Grantland Rice, Rockne, Warner and Alexander, who make up the coaches committee. assembled in the entire history of their selection is appearing in the Vitaphone production “Maybe It’s | Love,” now showing at the __ Production No. James Hall and Joan Bennett in “Maybe Its Love™~ A Warner Bros. Production Nan’s Scheme Discovered Tommy, certain that Nan has been fooling him as she did the other ; boys on the team, pretends he is drunk and tells her that they are This first all-American team ever ‘ : aes Pa not going to play the “big game 3—Cut or Mat SS .....__.Theatre, Joan Bennett, Joe E. Brown and WARNER BAOS. THE LINE-UP Schoonover of Arkansas Banker of Tu lane Harpster of Carnegie Tech. Montgomery of Pittsbargh Minnesota Gibson of Minnesota Seull of Pennsylvania | Hayeraft of Pommerening of Michigan Moynihan of Notre Dame Sleight of Purdue Russ Saunders of Cal. Two Column Ad—Style B—Cut or Mat —H) from a long line of theatrical | was seventeen years old. At that time, Miss Bennett, who is featured in the all star cast of '“Maybe It’s Love,” the Warner Brothers and Vitaphone collegiate comedy-drama at the ___ gs, Theatre, mentioned the fact that Bennett, the stage star. The elder Bennett was not en-'| thusiastic but he placed her in the ingenue lead in “Jarnegan” in which he starred. The New York opening of the play brought forth 'some critical raves anent Joan’s | beauty and ability. Gets Screen Role Searching for a leading lady for his production “Bulldog Drummond,” Samuel Goldwyn saw Miss | Bennett, signed her for the part | and brought her to Hollywood. | Upon the completion of her first | talkie she returned to the stage in | _Los Angeles with Doris Keane in| “The Pirate.” Subsequently she portrayed the | feminine leads in such talking pictures as “Disraeli,” “Moby Dick,” opposite John Barrymore, “Three | Live Ghosts,” “The Mississippi Gambler” and “Crazy That Way.” Joan is a natural golden blonde, five feet three inches tall, and weighs one hundred and eight ! N GENERATIONS OF THEATRICAL CELEBRITIES TELL JOAN BENNETT’S STORY (Biographical Feature) D*®sPTE the fact that she comes! pounds. She has blue eyes. Educated at St. Margaret’s school celebrities, Joan Bennett did not| at Waterbury, Conn., Miss Bennett decide to go on the stage until she} completed her schooling at L’Ermi tage at Versailles, France. Mother Famous Her mother was Adrienne Morrison, one of the beloved stage players of her day, while there are seven generations of theatrical folks on her mother’s side and an | she decided on a theatrical career equally illustrious to her illustrious father, Richard! heritage on her father’s. Joan Bennett enacts a vivaci; ous college co-ed in “Maybe It’s ‘% Love.” Joe E. t Brown, James S Hall, Laura Lee, Anders Randolf, g” : and the first “all£# 3 ke American” foot— team ever asWG? Benrery sembled comStock No. N-98 Cut or Mat plete the cast. Order Separately William Wellman directed this collegiate comedy-drama from the play by Mark Canfield. Joseph Pes Jackson did the screen play and dialogue. Here’s the BIG C ollege Comedy-Drama of the Year! NEWS FLASHES (Current) HE “all-American” football team appearing on the screen for the first time in the Warner Bros. and Love,” now showing at the ______ Vitaphone production ‘Maybe It’s Theatre, has voted the lovely Joan Bennett their favorite screen actress. Joan plays the featured role in this production. In fact, she enacts a gay little vo-ed who is the sweetheart of the entire football team. s * * OE E. BROWN recently received a letter from a famous plastic surgeon in which the latter offered to perform an operation on Brown’s funny face and make him quite a handsome hero. The gurgeon guaranteed to vastly improve every feature of the comedian’s physiognomy. Brown wrote a polite refusal and he is still chuckling over the idea of himself as a movie sheik. And one look at his bank book convinces him that he had better stay funny looking. As he says, “There are plenty of handsome boys hanging around this town looking for work but only once in a generation will you find a pan like the one I was born with.” AURA LEE, who plays a featur ed comedy role opposite Joe E. | Brown in “Maybe It’s Love,” the | Warner Bros. and Vitaphone pro| duction now showing at the _____ Theatre, shows promise of | being one of the greatest comedi ennes of the stage or screen. She is responsible for many of the laughs in this hilarious campus comedy, = > * 7 HALL, the young handsome leading man who plays a featured role in “Maybe It’s Love,” the Warner Bros. and Vitaphone comedy now showing at the ___ -.-........-Theatre, has played opposite the most beautiful and most interesting actresses on the screen. Among these are Bebe Daniels, Billie Dove, Pola Negri, Vilma Banky, Clara Bow, Colleen Moore and Betty Bronson. Joan Bennett Named By Maude Adams (Current) If Maude Adams didn’t pronounce the name “John” with such a thick Scotch accent that it sounded like “Joan,” Joan Bennett, screen star would have become famous under another name. Miss Bennett, who heads the all star cast of “Maybe It’s Love,” Warner Bros. Vitaphone collegiate comedy-drama at the at Theatre, was Supposed to have been a boy. Her father, before she was born, was appearing in the Barrie play “What Every Woman Knows” with Maude Adams, He and his wife decided to name their son John but when the son happened to be a girl they called her by the name Maude Adams used in saying John. Joan portrays a beautiful campus co-ed in “Maybe It’s Love.” The cast also includes Joe RB. Brown, James Hall and Laura Lee. hn. ne eee Se a a a ee a