Oh Sailor Behave (Warner Bros.) (1930)

4 i sen & Johnson, with “OH SAILOR BEHAVE”—A Warner Bros. Production : (Biographical Feature) . FAMILY’S STUBBORN OPPOSITION) LOTTI LODER WAS CATAPULTED IRENE DELROY INTO SCREEN SUCCESS First Engagement In Chicago Grand Opera Production With Mary Garden LAUGH-MAKERS SUPREME ss] Lotti Loder in "Oh Sailor Behave" A Warner Bras.Production They race madly through “Oh Sailor Behave!” stealing a laugh a minute. Production No. 3—Cut or Mat (Current) “AMERICA’S FUNNIEST CLOWNS” WRITE OWN SONG HIT IN “OH SAILOR BEHAVE!” Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson, better known as ‘America’s Funniest Clowns,’’ have the distinction of having written their own song hit. This is the oft-heard ‘‘Laughing Song’’ which they deliver in ‘‘Oh Sailor Behave!’’ Warner Bros. riotous com edy now showing at the Theatre, and which is so infectious that audiences hearing it for the first time, are —thrown. into spasms of laughter. Olsen and Johnson came to the screen from the vaudeville stage, upon whose boards they have acted their “nut? roles for the fourteen years they have been teammates. Where their vaudeville act gave fifteen or twenty minutes of laughter to audiences, Ole and Chic are now able to give an hour of merriment on the talking screen. They met for the first time fifteen years ago, when both were attending the same college. The two boys decided they would pool their talents and sink or swim together. They entered vaudeville and soon discovered a natural bent for insanity of the kind that produces the heartiest and longest laughs. Not insane themselves, of course, they are certainly “nuts” to their host of admirers. The mad antics of Olsen and Johnson become so popular that the time came when billing of “Olsen and Johnson—Nut Comedians” appearing in theatres was the signal for a public advance on the box-office. One success was followed by another. The team became a “standard” act, then headliners, and finally stars on the talking screen. In “Oh Sailor Behave!” Olsen and Johnson give full vent to their comic talents, portraying the parts of American sailors in Naples, encountering wine, women and songs with hilarious results. Never still, they pull their laughs from anywhere and everywhere, making “belly-laughs” grow where a chuckle grew before. Audiences are in a perfect state of laugh-intoxication. Tears of laughter come even to the jaded eyes of projectionists who have unreeled hundreds of comedies. Their capers beggar description, and it is for best friends to tell their best friends all about “Oh Sailor Behave!” It was during the filming of “Oh Sailor Behave!” that the two com edians turned composers and exhibited their versatility, by turning out “Laughing Song.” While the chorus of this number has no other words aside from the “ha-ha-ha’s” so numerous, there are several stanzas of lyrics for which Olsen and Johnson take credit. Both musically and from the standpoint of popularity the “Laughing Song” compares favorably with any other hit in “Oh Sailor Behave!” and it is not rash to predict that Olsen and Johnson will continue to compose musical numbers. Perhaps they may even find a place in the front ranks of composers, just as they have assured themselves of a lasting niche in the gallery labeled “clowns.” (Advance) BEERY, WARNER VILLAIN AWAITS INDIAN WELCOME The Indians are waiting for Noah Beery. In fact nearly a hundred of them are anxiously scanning the horizon for their friend, ready to give him a real fashioned pow-wow of welcome. They are neighboring Cherokees, who live close to Beery’s Paradise Trout Club Mountain resort and who are anxious to say “how” to their friend upon his return to the moutitains for a rest following his illness in a Hollywood hospital. ‘Beery, who was stricken a short while ago, will convalesce in his country place for a few days before starting work in Warner Brothers “Oh Sailor Behave,” in which he will play a prominent part, in support of Olsen and Johnson. ADVERTISEMENT = — — aul Boe ou WARNER pretene -— ZHAN Two Column Slug—Style A—Cut or Mat {2p Irene Delroy, famous Broadway musical comedy star who plays the leading feminine role in support of Olsen and Johnson The lovely ingenue was born at Bloomington, IIl., and moved to New Orleans when she was six. The family remained in the southern town for eighteen months, and then moved again to Illinois, this time settling in Chicago. It was here that young Irene was _ introduced to ballet dancing. After taking toe-dancing lessons for three months she deeided to make the terpsichorean art her career. Her parents s were _ shocked when they learned of her ambi tion and indig Sees Boas ‘i : Irene Delroy "* se ly said Bee No. J4 no: But, unut or Mat daunted Irene Order S tel < Bases continued her dancing lessons and in addition studied the art of vocal expression, practising secretly. Once, when her mother found the child dancing on her toeg at home she reprimanded her severely, When the family moved to New York they knew at last that nothing could keep Irene from realizing {her ambition... Her_mother forbade dancing or singing lessons but Irene paid for them out of her small allowance and went on studying. Then, when she felt that she had achieved some degree of perfection she returned, alone, to Chicago and obtained an engagement in Grand Opera. This was in 1920, when she appeared as premiere danseuse in a production with Mary Garden. Jrene stayed in grand opera for several years, appearing with Galli Curci and Rosa Raisa. Then came an offer from the Keith offices and she was signed for a vaudeville tour, playing with Charles King, whom she anvears with in “Oh Sailor Behave!” This was followed by an engagement with Tom Patricola which lasted two season. All this time, word of Irene Delroy’s talent and beauty was going the rounds. One day Raymond Hitchcock dropped into a Keith house to watch her act and immediately engaged her to play the leading role in “Hitchy-Koo.” Her suecess was so overwhelming that Ziegfeld offered her the leading part in the forthcoming Follies. From then on offers came thick and fast to the newly-acclaimed star. She played with John Barker in “Follow Thru,” with Alan Kearns in “Here’s How” and with Paul Frawley in “Top Speed.” It wag while she was playing in “Top Speed” that + pe eee Gaiety— Girls— Gondolas— in “OH SAILOR BEHAVE!”’ with Olsen and Johnson Warner Bros. offered her the role of “Nancy” in “Oh Sailor Behave!” Irene was thrilled at the thought of duplicating her success on the talking screen, and rushed to Hollywood. Once more she met her old friend Charles King and learned that he was to be her leading man in her first picture for Warner Bros. Miss Delroy is not married and has never even attempted to sail the seas of matrimony. She likes picture work better than the theatre, is especially fond of strawberries, lives in Beverly Hills and reads biographies and ancient history. Among her achievements are a consistently good game of golf and a fast service on the tennis courts. She hates the eolor red and is superstitious about leaving her home and then returning for something she has forgotten. She is extremely popular in Hollywood. (Advance) DISCOVERED IN SMART CAFE Lotti Loder, petite Viennese “discovery,” makes her feature length talking picture debut in “Oh Sailor Behave!” Warner Brothers special! Vitaphone comedy starring Ols< and Johnson, which comes te '.. Theatre next It was while one of -Brothers studio executives+u" spending a holiday abroad A discovered Miss Loder entertammng in a Budapest eafe. The executive, recognizing in Miss Loder that indefinable quality -that goes toward the making of screen stars, signed her under a long term contract and brought her to Hollywood. “Oh Sailor Behave!”, a romantic story of Italy, with singing and dancing, and -with the love interest supplied by Irene Delroy and Charles King, supplies Miss Loder with a splendid medium through which to display her ability. Others in the all-star cast include Noah Beery, Lowell Sherman, Vivien Oakland, Charles Judels and Lawrence Grant. The story is adapted to the screen by Joseph Jackson, from the play by Elmer Rice. Archie Mayo directs, while the catchy songs are lyrics are supplied by Al Dubin and Joe Burke. ADVERTISEMENT WARNER BROS. Presex Irene Delroy, Charles King, Lowell Sherman, Noah Beery, Lotti Loder. A JOLLY JAMBOREE OF GIRLS AND GAGS, GOBS AND GONDOLAS! TTAPHO V REG TR with OLSEN and JOHNSON America’s Funniest Clowns! whe eng a we _ } ~