Numbered Men(Warner Bros.) (1930)

Tells The First INSIDE STORY Of Jail _ Riots And Penitentiary Life! DO MOVIE STARS HAVE “VOICES?” Ince Actor-Director : | Ralph Ince, who has one of the “Some of Them Have Beautiful Voices, and Nagel’s is |striking featured roles in “Numbered ASSISTING ON THE PRODUCTION Adapted from the play.____‘‘Jail Break,” by Dwight Taylor : ° . Men,” now showing at the .......-. : One of the Best : : Declares Bernice Claire, Prima is S ee of ice late Thomas iL. . Directed by a 2 es pm rare aang maine ven anita oe a Sp ales St OPT eT Mervyn LeRoy Donna and Lately, Movie Star! Ince, who before his untimely death Screen version and dialogue____-_-: was one of the outstanding film proee oe Al Cohn and Henry McCarty By JOHN LINCOLN | ducers of the picture industry. Ralph|| Photographed by——--———--—-—--————------Sol Polito Ince, in addition to being a talented . Terrill Morse “Tf only camera technique were as easy ‘for those of us who character actor, is also a well known Edited by_______-_------------------------—------------—— errl re) have come into motion pictures with highly cultivated voices|director, and was responsible for a|| Art Director__—_------------——------------— John J. Hughes as voice culture seems to be for movie stars, we’d be happy.’’|number of recent talking successes. So says Bernice Claire, ‘‘the youngest prima donna” of Hell’s Loose?! grand opera, and a light opera and musical comedy favorite. Miss Claire herself, however, surely cannot complain. After playing leads in singing talkies, including ‘‘No, No, Nanette,’’ ‘‘Spring is Here’’ and ‘‘Song of the Flame,’’ she was thought such a fine sereen actress by First National studios that she Hundreds of convicts in one mad dash opposite Conrad Nagel and Raymond In P enal S st em : : ; ipealaet ac one ea ceo ap "aay aed for freedom . . . stir-crazy to live and them. Mervyn Le Roy directed the For Own Go od picture, which is based on Dwight Taylor’s unusual and highly dramatic was signed to do an entirely dramatic role. That was in “Numbered Men,” me 40the see. Theat * eas Tn this picture she “ins Numbering Inmates love — or die. story of prison life, “Jail Break.” (ADVANCE READER— : aoa Miss Claire rates Mr. Nagel as one VITAPHONE) What causes jail breaks? How much of the most gifted singers among the “Men are numbered in: a Peat 3 = : ; peniten 9 movie stars. tiary as much for their own good ; of a part does love play? The “Qonrad’s voice would place him|ag to humiliate them,” says Mervyn in the Metropolitan Opera Company |tje Roy, director of the powerful \ in a short time, if he were not al-|story of prison life, “Numbered ready singing to the millions—oc-| Men,” which comes to the ......---~ easionally—in pictures,’ Miss Claire| Theatre on ....-.---++ remarked. “Of course, it is a cul“Although a man generally does so, ‘ = : : . tured voice. He has been on the|pe does not need to reveal his answers these questions with the mightiest he stage and has sung a great deal be-|identity to his fellow convicts unless man drama the screen has ever dared show. As fore the public, principally in church|he wants to. He can go by his numA 3 choirs and as a church soloist. ber. Neither is any information given | timely as today’s newspaper. With a year of “Ramon Navarro, Noah Beery,|out by the prison officials concerning front-page headlines heralding its coming. Lawrence Gray and many other|his home town, business, or relatives. celebrities identified mainly with the; “The purpose of using numbers in sereen have lovely voices,” she adds. |a penitentiary instead of names was —~ul®leadlegs to say, Alexander Gray, Walter Pidgeon, ~volub»—Roles and|but it has we others who have had the great ad-/as a pen vantage of combined musical play and |few perso Bot phen stngs caperienge gare a2 [etind Unav U or ee : a =a It is interesting to know now that|who pay their "tx “to society and Miss Claire herself, immediately fol-|have a genuine desire for rehabilitalowing the production of “Numbered | tion in the world, is that, if they start Men,” made “Mlle. Modiste” and afresh, their past record will be rescored a tremendous hit in it. That|vealed by some fellow convict they puts a significant side light on what knew behind the walls. For this she said on the completion of the|reason many prisoners do not reveal dramatic picture of prison life soon|their home town, or else give one to be shown at the .....--....: |that is a fake. “T am glad to have done a picture| “There have been many cases where in which no one can say my Voice released convicts have blackmailed was a great asset,” she declared. |™e? they knew behind the walls, and “In ‘Numbered Men’ I am just a who had made a success under a new movie actress, and I did my best. 1)2@™¢ after leaving prison. This class was fascinated by the part, which is|0f man is hated and despised by the so filled with big drama and humanbulk of convicts, and is regarded as ness, and I certainly hope that it|™0T¢ of a menace to them than the will be liked. law. A number of convicts have been “T# I hadn’t have been a singer killed for attempting such blackmail, and a dancer, of course I would never and probably many have been eens have been chosen for the ‘No, No, aeRORS mice Gore hays soy. been is: Nanette’ title role. But now that I covered,’ Felice. nase oan abou! have had a chance to get acquainted ~ appeckend alge biaekmailers, and with camera technique in this and will always aid any such ex-convict several other pictures, I feel that, in-solying such a situation.” pending ripe and lengthy movie exConrad Nagel, Bernice Claire, Rayperience, I was able to do my very mond Hackett, Tully Marshall, Ralph best “work a#::Numbored Men.” Ince and Maurice Black am among Parenthetically, the little actress — in the cast of “Numbered had no easy part to portray in the = picture. She is the sweetheart of a Marshall—Character Actor Jad who has been condemned to spend ten years in prison, and while The characterization of “Lemuel en Ene | Takes you behind the bars. Shows you the soul of prison life. Tells of one kid who was afraid to take the big chance— and a Love that gave him the courage to say “no.” with CONRAD she is waiting for him “outside,” she| Barnes,” which Tully Marshall gives Cut No. 6 N A G E L is pursued and persecuted by the man | in “Numbered Men” now at the Cut 60c who was responsible for his troubles.|.......... is one of his best. Maras Fae In the scope of her acting in “Num-|shall is noted for the wide variety BERNICE bered Men” are tragedy, pathos,|of chatacters he has _ portrayed. comedy, drama, fast melodramatic|Probably his most famous role was C L A I R E action—the screen actress’s whole|that of Jim Bridger in “The Covered range of histrionic requirements. Wagon.” RAYMOND HACKETT Ralph Ince, Tully Marshall, » Geo. Cooper, Wm. Holden OFFICIAL BILLING First National Pictures, Inc. Presents . Directed by Mervyn LeRoy ‘NUMBERED MEN” | 5 Adapted from the stage play, “Jail3 With break” by Dwight Taylor. CONRAD NAGEL — BERNICE CLAIRE — ~ RAYMOND HACKETT | Adapted from stage play “Jailbreak” by Dwight Taylor Directed by Mervyn LeRoy ‘A FIRST NATIONAL AND VITAPHONE PRODUCTION N Page Two . | | | | 2 A FIRST NATIONAL WT TApHON a= REG, TRADE MARK “Vitaphone” is the registered trade mark of the Vitaphone Corp. designating its products. a ig, 4 eesti