Miss Pacific Fleet (Warner Bros.) (1935)

Blondell Farrell Coming To Strand In Riotous Film Joan Blondell and Glenda Farrell, blonde menaces of the screen, again teamed as gay gold diggers, Will M@Ome=tO “tHe seer ice esses "Theatre O02. eee aa ok san the new Warner Bros. production, “Miss Pacific Fleet.” Playing with them are those two inimitable comedians, Hugh Herbert and Allen Jenkins, with Warren Hull, the famous radio singer, in the romantic role. The picture is a gay and rollicking comedy which also carries a glamorous romance. The fun starts in an amusement park at a naval base on the Pacific Coast where Joan and Glenda, two stranded chorus beauties, are running a cane_ rack. The fleet comes in, and Allen Jenkins, in the role of the champion prize fighter of the fleet, puts them clear out of business by his skill in ringing canes. Hugh Herbert, in the role of a wily promoter, suggests a beauty contest. Jenkins agrees to fight the local pug in order to win the 5,000 votes offered as a prize, to give to Joan. Herbert can’t help taking a sly peek or two at the pretty girls, and his wife, a part played by Minna Gombell, nearly wrecks him. Jenkins wins the fight after a terrific beating, but he throws his votes for a dumb witted girl when he finds that Joan has slipped off with his chum instead of attending the fight. The part of the chum is played by Warren Hull, radio songster who sings in a film for the first time. Hilarious situations follow each other in quick succession winding up in a melodramatic smash _ in which there is a kidnaping, a motor boat chase for the abducted girl and a free-for-all battle between sailors, marines and their girls at the contest hall. Others in the cast include Eddié Acuff, Marie Wilson, Guinn Williams and Anita Kerry besides hundreds of extras in the roles of sailors and marines. Blondell Wears Military Gowns In Naval Picture Although, as the title suggests, “Miss Pacific Fleet,’ now showing at the Theatre, is a gay comedy in which sailors play a prominent part in her screen life, Joan Blondell proves untrue to the navy in her new Warner Bros. picture by wearing several gowns of distinctly military influence. For daytime wear, Orry-Kelly designed for Joan a smart frock of brown, lightweight wool, for which the trimming is blonde-colored military braid. This is used in rows on the collar, and in round scrolls fastening the neck. The skirt is gored, and the sleeves have a slight drape. She also wears a dress of tan wool gabardine, trimmed on the collar and front of the bodice with very wide brown braid, which is repeated in the belt. This skirt, too, has several gores, giving a gentle flare although the effect is generally one of slimness. “Miss Pacific Fleet” is a _ rollicking comedy romance with that quartette of fun makers, Miss Blondell, Glenda Farrell, Hugh Herbert and Allen Jenkins heading the cast. Others include Warren Hull, Eddie Acuff, Marie Wilson and Minna Gombell. Raymond Enright directed the picture from the screen play by Lucille Newmark and Peter Milne, based on a story by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan. Music and lyrics are by M. K. Jerome and Herb Magidson. “Pacific Fleet” Comes To Port At Strand Today “Miss Pacific Fleet” comes to port: today at the. es Theatre with that famous quartette of film comedians, Joan Blondell, Glenda Farrell, Hugh Herbert and Allen Jenkins heading a cast that includes hundreds of gobs and marines. The picture is based on _ the rollicking comedy by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan and is said not only to be hilariously funny but to carry a humorous love triangle between Miss Blondell, Jenkins and Warren Hull, the radio star who has the romantic role in the production. Miss Blondell and Miss Farrell are teamed as a couple of wise ’ cracking chorus beauties who run a concession at an amusement park on the Pacific Coast. They are put out of business through the cane ringing skill of Jenkins. Hugh Herbert promotes a beauty contest, which includes a prize fight with 5,000 votes awarded the winner to give to his girl friend. This is staged between Jenkins, who has fallen in love with the chorus beauty, Miss Blondell, and one of the local pugs. Laughs tumble over each other in a series of hilarious situations to a melodramatic, although laughable climax, in which there is a kidnaping, a motor boat chase for the abducted girl and a free for all battle including not only the sailors but their sweeties. Warren Hull, musical comedy and radio star, sings a song specially written for the production by M. K. Jerome and Herb Magidson. Comedian Misses Funny Animals “There’s something drastically wrong with this story,” said Hugh Herbert as he turned the pages of the script for “Miss Pacific Fleet,” the Warner Brothers comedy which comes to the.............. Theatre ONL ee eee eee “What’s the matter?” asked director Ray Enright, “It looks like a pretty good part to me.” “Oh, the part is good enough,” answered the comedian, “but there isn’t one spot where it calls for me to lead around some silly-looking animal. “I’ve worked with sheep, horses, cats, all sorts of dogs, white mice, a punch-drunk ostrich, a motheaten camel, an alligator and two zebras. Couldn’t you at least dig me up a bowl of goldfish for this picture?” On The Make Joan Blondell, prettier than ever, has the fun hit of her film career in Warner Bros’ “Miss Pacific Fleet,’ which opens at the ............ TRedtr 6: OWA Se. 28-33 Mat No. 101—10e i a MRE ES RENESAS EA ES AE ADDITIONAL ADS ON INSIDE PAGE cif mn ncn Scones sean EEE, Page Nine With Glenda Farrell (left) and Joan Blondell (right) setting their caps for a sailor, what chance has poor Allen Jenkins, even though he’s the Navy’s heavyweight champ and the world’s best cane ringer in the Warner Bros. comedy “Miss Pacific Fleet” now showing at the ............ Theatre? Mat No. 202—20c Allen Jenkins Rides 45 Miles On Carousel It was a “dizzy” location crew that left the amusement pier at Ocean Park, California, after shooting scenes for “Miss Pacific Fleet,” Warner Bros. new nautical comedy which comes to the 5 eG oiatee Theatre on@=...2...<-< According to Director Ray Enright, they worked tor a whole day without getting anywhere. Enright’s statement, though, had a double meaning. The company had been shooting for nine hours on a revolving merry-go-round. Actors, extras, grips and cameramen went around and around all day; the only pause coming at the noon-time lunch hour. The scene was a simple one. It called for Allen Jenkins, in the role of a sailor, to perform a few funny bits on the back of the conventional merry-go-round horse. So complicated were the camera angles, though, that it took the full day to shoot the scene. They traveled forty-five miles. The picture features Joan Blondell and Glenda Farrell. Joan Blondell Wears 16 Gowns In Néw Comedy Joan Blondell and Glenda Farrell, the “Blonde Menace” team of the Warner Bros. studios, run well above the average in the number of costume changes in their current picture “Miss Pacific Fleet,” which comes to the........ Theatre on...%:........ Sept The two wisecracking young comediennes have a total of sixteen wardrobe changes apiece in this picture. The average number of costume changes in a BlondellFarrell picture is twelve, according to Orry-Kelly, Warner Bros. costume designer. Orry-Kelly’s problem did not stop with the unusual number of costumes required. In any Blondell-Farrell team picture the designer is confronted with the necessity of contrast in the two girl’ wardrobe, both being blondes, and nearly of the same physical build. Others in the cast of “Miss Pacific Fleet,” a rollicking comedy, include Hugh Herbert, Allen Jenkins and Warren Hull. M. K. Jerome and Herb Magidson wrote the music and _ lyrics while Raymond Enright directed the picture from the screen play by Lucille Newmark and Peter Milne, based on a story by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan. Radio Songster Now Sings First Time For Films Warren Hull, who admits he is probably the most rabid moving picture fan in Hollywood, would like to pattern his acting after the varied talents of Lawrence Tibbett, Bing Crosby, Dick Powell and Ronald Colman. The young radio and stage star, recently signed to a long-term contract by Warner Bros., and who plays the romantic role in the Warner’ Bros. picture, ‘Miss Pacific Fleet,’ which comes to the eee NCATE. Olin... cir. the acting qualities of these four men would be the makings of a mighty fine leading man. Consequently he is seeing all the pictures in which these men appear, often viewing them two and three times over to study a particular mannerism or an outstanding bit of acting. Hull has played leading roles in the most popular musical comedies and light operas produced during the past few years. Hull picks Tibbett because of his fine operatic voice; Powell and Crosby for their renditions of more popular melodies, and Colman for his acting technique. He says he will achieve his acting goal when he possesses some of the qualities of each of these men. In “Miss Pacific Fleet” Hull is given his first opportunity to sing for the screen. His first picture, “Personal Maid’s Secret,’ did not call for anything in the musical line. “Miss Pacific Fleet” is a hilarious comedy with all star cast including Joan Blondell, Glenda Farrell, Hugh Herbert, Allen Jenkins and Hull. The music and lyrics are by M. K. Jerome and Herb Magidson, while Raymond Enright directed the picture from the screen play by Lucille Newmark and Peter Milne, based on a story by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan. Radio Star Sings In Comedy Film Warren Hull, handsome young leading man who has come to the screen via the radio, makes his singing debut in motion pictures in the Warner Brothers production “Miss Pacific Fleet,” which Comes to: the<2:<.,.2;.080Theatre Ole. 5. ges es SEES Hull, who plays opposite Joan Blondell in the picture, sings “Yow re So Lovely,” written by M. K. Jerome and Herb Magidson, especially for this production. Hulls first picture was “Personal Maid’s Secret” but he does not sing in it. Real Gobs All Mixed Up With Sereen Extras “Hey, sailor! Are you the real McCoy?” That was the usual phrase addressed to many young men in gob’s uniforms at the Long Beach naval landing when _ perplexed naval police attempted to sort out their own kind from some two hundred and fifty “extra” sailors milling around the docks. The extras, all in the traditional gob’s outfit, were being used for scenes in the Warner Bros. picture, “Miss Pacific Fleet,” which comes: -to “the: ...... s,0y.5.:.:PHEAETEON sh sss de. eee ; and they caused the sailor-policemen no end of worry in trying to figure out just which of the men came under their jurisdiction. To make the situation more complicated, the real sailors, after landing from the battleships stationed in the harbor, came up on the dock and mixed in with the movie sailors, all in a spirit of good natured fun. It got so that real sailors were saluting every officer they saw, preferring to honor an occasional “movie” officer than to offend the legitimate naval officers. The extras, of course, had a swell time out of it all. Both the naval police and Director Ray Enright heaved sighs of relief, though, when the real gobs went back to their ships. “Miss Pacific Fleet” is a hilarious comedy romance based on the story by Frederick Hazlitt Brennen. The cast includes Joan Blondell, Glenda Farrell, Hugh Herbert, Allen Jenkins, Warren Hull, Eddie Acuff and Marie Wilson. Music and lyrics are by M. K. Jerome and Herb Magidson while the screen play is by Lucille Newmark and Peter Milne. Real Comedians Don’t Need Funny Garb, Says Star Hugh Herbert, Warner Bros. comedian who insists his face “looks like a pineapple,” was talk ing over the “good old days” of vaudeville between the scenes in his current picture “Miss Pacific Fleet,” which comes to the ‘heater on ae a “One of the best things about modern comedy,” said Herbert, “is the fact that you don’t have to dress up in an old pair of baggy trousers, a red, white and blue checked coat and a battered straw hat in order to get a laugh. “When I started out in vaudeville a comedian just about had to appear in some ill-fitting outfit. “There were one or two notable exceptions, of course, but I wasn’t one of them. I used to borrow pieces for my wardrobe from fellow players who were either twice as large as I was or twice as small. It didn’t really matter— just so they were good and loud in color and didn’t fit anywhere. “Things have changed now. You don’t have to dazzle the eyes of the public with an outlandish monstrosity of costuming. Just ‘be yourself, and if youre funny enough you'll get all the laughs you deserve—and maybe more!” HUGH HERBERT in “Miss Pacific Fleet” at the Strand Mat No. 102 10¢ “Miss Pacific Fleet” is a smashing comedy with an all star cast, including Joan Blondell, Glenda Farrell, Herbert, Allen Jenkins and Warren Hull. M. K. Jerome and Herb Magidson wrote the music and lyrics while Raymond Enright directed the picture from the screen play by Lucille Newmark and Peter Milne, based on a story by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan.