No Place to Go(Warner Bros.) (1939)

ADVANCE PUBLICITY Dennis Morgan Now Being Groomed for Top-Notch Roles While no official announcement has yet been made, Morgan, who is featured in “No Place To Go,” the Warner Bros. picture opening next Friday at the Strand Theatre, is expected to be the final choice for the Red Shadow role in “The Desert Song.” The son of a Wisconsin lumberman and banker and the possessor of a college education, Morgan was never too proud to take any small job that would further his aspirations to become a singer and actor. When he couldn’t get professional work he was content to work as a lumberjack. One summer he played sixty consecutive performances of the opera “Faust” over a Chautauqua circuit. Six principals, a piano player and the scenery traveled in one automobile and averaged 125 miles daily, with the troupe arriving in time for a variety matinee every day. It was hard, grueling work, but provided invaluable experience for Morgan. It took nerve and there was little promise of great remuner Mat 103—l15c DENNIS MORGAN in "No Place To Go" coming to Strand Friday. ation for Morgan when he went into a Milwaukee radio station, sang a couple of songs and demanded a job. He got the job and remained there a year. The attractive girl is Gloria Dickson, and her handsome hero is Dennis Morgan, sharing honors with Fred Stone in ''No Place To Go," latest Warner Bros. attraction which comes to the Strand Theatre on Friday. The picture is adapted from Edna Ferber's never-to-be-forgot ten "Old Man Minick," suc cessful stage play and novel. Mat 201—30c ‘Flying Mare’ Not New to Fred Stone It seemed a good idea at the moment to provide a wrestling instructor for Fred Stone. Stone portrays a man who is only as old as he feels in “No Place To Go,” the Warner Bros. picture coming to the Strand Theatre next Friday. In his youth this character was the champion wrestler of Coles County and in his old age he proves that he still knows a thing or two about a half-Nelson. To Sailor Vincent, stunt man, was given the task of teaching Stone a few wrestling holds to make his characterization more realistic. Vincent, out of respect for the veteran actor’s sixty-six years, gently showed him a hammerlock and half-Nelson. Stone paid dutiful attention and then announced he knew of another hold. Whereupon he_ grasped Vincent’s arms and deftly threw him over his head. “That’s known as the flying mare,” Stone said with a grin. “And I’m supposed to teach you,” Vincent said ruefully. 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Kaufman sditesthessts Arthur Edeson, A.S.C. aides tuedipsaslt niece cba Stanley Fleischer eg teh Frank Beckwith sca stacsstraveteventieeteshed Benjamin Liss Baer Pactra ene Howard Shoup SARUa et as Metateet Me coetoe te Stanley Jones Running Time: 57 min. (Lead Story) ‘No Place to Go’ Plays Up Important Family Problem “No Place to Go,” the Warner Bros. picture coming to the Strand Theatre on Friday with a cast headed by Dennis Morgan, Gloria Dickson and Fred Stene, is a warmly human story which deals sympathetically with an age-old problem— that of the relations between aged parents and their mature children. The father, played by Stone, has been happy in an old soldiers’ home when his son, played by Morgan, is promoted to district sales manager of his concern. He feels it is his duty to have his father come and live with him and his wife (Miss Dickson). Morgan glibly tells the old man he needs him on the new job. But the young wife is a meticulous housewife and ambitious clubwoman, and her father-inlaw’s strange habits cause her some uneasy moments. Meanwhile, he suspects that his son doesn’t really need him in the office, and he is just living with the young folks out of kindness. Taking a walk to forget his troubles, he is almost run over, but for the quick thinking of an urchin (Sonny Bupp), who lives with an uncle, a lazy and thievish man. The old soldier buys new clothes for Tommy, who inadvertantly tells his uncle that his benefactor has a lot of money in a trunk at home. The boy’s uncle steals the money, which amounts to almost $1000. Finally realizing what a nuisance he has been, the old man decides to leave and live in the aged gentlemen’s home. Life membership costs $500. He goes to his trunk to get the money and finds young boy is the obvious suspect, but a bit of smart sleuthing leads him to the right culprit and he recovers his money. He convinces his son and daughter-in-law all will be happier if he lives his own life, and they live theirs. He takes his little pal with him to live in the old gentlemen’s ‘club.’ The screen play was adapted from the play ‘Minick,’ by Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman. The screen adaptation was done by Lee Katz, Lawrence Kimble and Fred Niblo, Jr., and the production was directed by Fred Morse. Telling on Gloria Dickson Thoughtful Husband To enable his wife, Gloria Dickson, to enjoy deep sea fishing of which she is very fond, Perc Westmore has originated a new suntan cream which prevents tanning. Gloria, who tans easily, usually has to have her skin bleached before she can work before a camera. Her latest Warner Bros. picture is “No Place to Go,” which opens next Friday at the Strand. Talented Worker Gloria Dickson, who has the feminine lead in Warner Bros.’ “No Place To Go,” which opens Friday at the Strand Theatre, is a talented wood carver. She has carved numerous ornamental pieces for the homes of her friends who prize them highly. Clothes Her Hobby Gloria Dickson, who plays the leading feminine role in “No Place To Go,” the Warner Bros, feature coming to the Strand Theatre next Friday, admits her favorite extravagance is clothes. Studio workers benefit by her extravagance though, for she gives her discarded clothing to them after each picture. Interested Spectator Gloria Dickson, featured in Warner Bros.’ “No Place To Go,” which opens next Friday at the Strand Theatre, essentially is an outdoors girl and likes to watch polo, football games, hockey and professional tennis matches. She saw one prizefight and resolved never to see another for quite a while. it has been stolen. The, Fred Stone Actor 59 Years on Stage Now on Screen Celebrating his fifty-fifth year as an actor, Fred Stone took time out during the filming of “No Place To Go,” the widely discussed Warner Bros. picture now playing at the Strand Theatre, to look back on more than half a century of theatrical work. The greyed, but sparklingeyed gentleman of stage, screen, radio and circus had little time for interviews as he jumped from one letter perfect speech to another on the Warner sound stage, but what he lacked in time he made up in decisiveness. Besides celebrating his fiftyfifth year before the public, he is also celebrating his twentyfirst year in the movies. He first came to Hollywood in 1918 to appear in three pictures. They were westerns named “Under Phe--'Pop,” < “The -Goat?:..and “Johnny Get Your Gun.” “Possibly you do not understand what it means to me to be back on the Warner lot at this particular time.” The reporter vouchsafed that he did not, Stone smiled and happily picked up his thoughts with: “Well, there is a great Mat 102—15c FRED STONE in "No Place To Go" coming to Strand Friday. man and a great director here at Warners right now who is also known as a great actor. “T haven’t had much chance to talk over old times with him for some time. Now, it means lunch every day with the man who first directed me in motion pictures — Donald Crisp, playing with Bette Davis and Miriam Hopkins in ‘The Old Maid’.” “Crisp was my first director just twenty-one years ago—that is, my first director in the moyies. And here is something else for you “Joe Kennedy, who is now the Ambassador to the Court of St. James was my second boss in the movies. Joe—I mean the Ambassador — was head of the old Pathe Company and hired me to come out here in 1919 to do two western pictures. “Guess I'll have to run over and see Joe — after I finish doing “No Place To Go,” Joe is a swell — hmm—sorry, guess I better go. Sang for a Job Dennis Morgan, featured in Warner Bros.’ “No Place To Go,” which opens next Friday at the Strand Theatre, sang for his first job and got it. He announced and sang a couple of songs at a Milwaukee radio station and was given a job he kept for a year and one-half.