Men Are Such Fools (Warner Bros.) (1938)

Wayne and Priscilla Not Discouraged By Screen Tiffs When Priscilla Lane and Wayne Morris were cast in their latest Warner Bros. picture, “Men Are Such Fools,” which opens next Friday at the Strand Theatre, they began to wonder whether the studio officials were putting them through an intensive course of matrimonial preparation or even subtly attempting to discourage them from matrimony by showing them the pitfalls in the paths of newly married couples. “In any event,” said Priscilla, “there is a dark citizen in the woodpile somewhere.” When Priscilla was placed under contract by Warners some months ago and _ featured in “Varsity Show,” she and Wayne met and were more than ordinarily attracted to each other. The next they knew the studio had cast them as the ingenue leads in “Love, Honor and Behave,” a story in which young love travels a rocky road. During the course of the production the two experienced, for cinematic purposes only, the period of readjustment that every young married couple must go through. Nothing daunted by their screen quarrels the two announced their engagement the day the picture was finished. Whereupon the studio retaliated by putting them together in ‘Men Are Such Fools,” which deals primarily with the theme of whether careers should be allowed to influence matrimony. But it is all OK with Priscilla. “T don’t mind as long as they don’t make us act in a picture where we divorce each other,” she said. “That would be going a little too far, even though neither Wayne nor I are the slightest bit superstitious about such things.” Rosemary Walks Thru Film Scene In case you look quickly and accurately at the little girl in the brown suede coat hurrying down the streets of New York City in a sequence of “Men Are Such Fools,” which comes to the Strand Theatre next Friday, you will see Rosemary Lane (unknowingly appearing as an atmosphere extra) in her sister, Priscilla’s, picture. Rosemary dropped in on _ her sister’s set for a quick conference with her favorite hairdresser, who also takes care of Priscilla’s tresses. When she had finished, she was in a hurry to get back to stage 9 for a radio program rehearsal. “Just cut down this street and turn the corner,” suggested Humphrey Bogart, and Rosemary took his advice. To her surprise, she found herself following Wayne Morris and Priscilla as _ they strolled by the camera. “Cut,” ordered Director Busby Berkeley, “that was a good take. We'll print it. Why, hello, Rosemary, where did you come from?” Penny Relives Romance Penny Singleton had her romance all over again in a sequence from ‘Men Are _ Such Fools,” coming to the Strand Theatre. In the opening scenes of the picture, Penny gets engaged and she persuaded Director Busby Berkeley to let her wear her own engagement ring. In the final scenes, Penny is married and she used the wedding ring which was placed on her finger a few months previously by Dr. Lawrence S. Singleton. Priscilla Lane and Wayne Morris are co-starred in “Men Are Such Fools.” ADVANCE PUBLICITY ES Mat 202—30c HOW TO BE HAPPY AND MARRIED is the lesson the scrappy pair of lovers, Wayne Morris and Priscilla Lane, teach you in their newest co-starring romantic comedy, ‘““Men Are Such Fools,” which is scheduled as the next attraction coming to the Strand Theatre. Next Strand Picture Stars Wayne and Priscilla Again The warm response with which the movie-going public welcomed Wayne Morris and Priscilla Lane as a new screen romantic team, has resulted in another co-starring picture for the two charming youngsters — “Men Are Such Fools,” which opens next Friday at the Strand Theatre. Like “Love, Honor and Behave,” in which Wayne and Priscilla made their debut as a romantic team, “Men Are Such Fools” is also a tale of young love, its heartaches and misunderstandings and_ its glorious reconciliations. It is often amusing, sometimes exciting and sometimes thrilling, but basically it is an engrossing exposition of one of the uppermost problems of this modern age. For the ordinary people of the world, this problem is: Should a wife continue to work at an outside job after marriage? For the intellectuals, it is stated as: Should a wife sacrifice her marriage to her ambitions for a career? “Men Are Such Fools,” adapted from a Faith. Baldwin novel, never makes its points by merely letting the characters talk about them. It is a fast-paced succession of amusing, exciting and sometimes moving incidents, and for this the director, Busby Berkeley, must be given a large part of the credit. (2-column Photo Featurette—Mat 203—30c) Her Folks: Cozy evening at home while mother knits, Tabby purrs — and the home town girls who made good in the movies look on. Her Home: Patand Rosemary live withtheir mother in this spacious home in the San Fernando Valley within a mile of Lola’s house —and neither of them too far from Hollywood and the ‘home lot’. er Hobby: Going through her daily dozen with her trainer. She is a good tennis player and an expert “Men Are Such Fools” from Private Lives of the Movie Stars PRISCILLA LANE Priscilla Herself: Youngest of the five talented Mullicans of Indianola, Iowa. Graduate of Fagin School of Dramatic Art. Toured with Fred Waring’s Pennsylvanians. Then along came the movies! Her Work: She is here seen with her boy friend, Wayne Morris, in a scene from her newest Warner Bros. comedy, equestrienne. Stands 5 ft. 2%” and weighs 102 lhg, __ the story by Faith Baldwin. (‘Private Lives’? on Wayne Morris also available. Order Mat 209——30e) Bogart Objects To Making Love Before Audience The only thing that keeps Humphrey Bogart from being really successful as a romantic leading man — in his own opinion — is the fact that he dislikes to make love in the presence of a lot of people. He mentioned the fact: while working in “Men Are Such Fools,” Warner Bros. picture which opens next Friday at the Strand Theatre. “There ought to be a law about it,’ said Bogart. “In fact, there ought to be a law about a lot of things, but especially there should be a law which prohibits more than five people standing around on a set and watching an actor make love. “Now in ‘Men Are Such Fools,’ I’m supposed to make romantic love to Priscilla Lane. If it weren’t for such a lot of people standing around on the set, grips, property men, publicity, newspaper people, hairdressers, extras, and what have you, I could do a good job and win the girl. “As matters are, as soon as I get going strong, I begin to play to my audience and the first thing I know the lady loses interest and somebody else wins her. In this case it is Wayne Morris. “Of course, I know you will say that it was actually written that way in the script—for Morris to win her, I mean—but any good actor: should be able to overcome the handicap of a script writer and win the gal for himself. “Love-making just doesn’t jell for me in the presence of thirty or forty people watching the proceedings. Upon this one fact I place the blame for my so seldom winning the lady for the final closeup. There ought to be some kind of a law about it.” Mona Never Got To London Town Nearly six years ago Mona Barrie started from her native Australia for London hoping to further her theatrical career in the capital of the British Empire. She hasn’t gotten there yet. She stopped off to visit friends in Hollywood, and aside from several vacation jaunts to New York and Toronto, has been in Southern California ever since. The visit with friends resulted in half a dozen cocktail parties at which she met producers, directors and others prominent in the film industry. The first thing she knew she was working in a picture and then under contract to a studio. For several years she remained under contract and then asked for her release as she felt she was up a blind alley. Her parts were all “sereamers” — in which she virtually always played an angry sweetheart, or a nagging wife. Steadfastly refusing to accept any more contracts on a term basis she has gone ahead rapidly as a free-lance and succeeded in breaking the cycle of ‘“‘screamers.” Her latest picture, made by Warner Bros. Studio, is “Men Are Such Fools,” in which she is. featured with Wayne Morris and Priscilla Lane, and which opens at the Strand Theatre next Friday. The picture, adapted from a Faith Baldwin novel, was directed by Busby Berkeley. Stands in for Sister Rosemary Lane acted as “standin” for her sister, Priscilla, during several days of the making of “Men Are Such Fools,” coming to the Strand. Because they want to learn the technique of several different directors, the sisters have agreed to stand in for each other whenever the opportunity offers. Page Seven