Oh Sailor Behave (Warner Bros.) (1930)

“OH SAILOR BEHAVE! — A Warner Bros. Production (Feature) WHY ENTIRE CAST OF “OH SAILOR BEHAVE!” ATE MORNING, FROGS’ LEGS NOON AND NIGHT Warner Bros. Technician Commits Wholesale Murder; Jury Acquits Fiend On Grounds He Did It For The Sake Of Art Naples may be famous for many things, but the lowly frog isn’t one of them! “The Neapolitan city is synonymous with beauty, and the shimmering waters of the bay, glowing Mount Vesuvius, and matchless sunsets have put it on the globe. But the small tailless amphibian, known as the frog is not listed in the category of celebrated sights. Nor is it listed on the category of celebrated Neapolitan sound effects, such as beautiful voices and the strumming of melodious stringed instruments. Picture two singing lovers snuggled in a gondola, slowly piloted across the sparkling moonlit waters by a wise and unseeing gondolier, the great shadow of Vesuvius silhouetted in Stygian darkness against the twinkling sky, and the soft lapping of the waters keeping time with their voices—when, suddenly, at the aria’s softest and most seductive note, a dozen frogs puff up their chests and blatantly croak a few times. ‘It. takes no mental giant to discover “what’s wrong with this picture.” However, the Neapolitan frogs, if there are any, are sympathetic to romance, and devote their time to exer‘cise of the pedal extremities rather than to the thorax. Though Hollywood frogs resemble ‘their Italian cousins, they are not susceptible to Neapolitan surroundings in regard to voice control, and proved themselves the nemesis of Vitaphone sound experts at Warner Brothers studios during the filming ‘of “Oh Sailor Behave!”, Bros. special Vitaphone production now playing at the Theatre. One of the largest settings ever constructed by a motion picture studio was built by Warner Bros. for the filming of this picture. The mammoth set, which is an exact duplicate of the shore line of Naples, faces a three acre body of water that represents the famous bay. In many scenes the principal players, Olsen and Johnson, the comedy team, and Irene Delroy and Charles King, were required, while riding in gondolas, to sing several songs to he strains of Neapolitan music. for effective and successful recordng, absolute quiet was necessary during the songs. But alas, while photographing the first singing sequences, the web-footed menaces addressed themselves to the microphones, and like alien thunderbolts their dismal, throaty croaks drowned out the song on the recording apparatus. The Vitaphone engineers were faced with a serious problem. Something had to be done. During the second night of shooting there was nary a croak, and though their disappearance is somewhat of a studio mystery, a significant (Feature) BLONDE BEAUTY WINS NEW ROLE Vivien Oakland, popular stage and screen actress, who plays the role of “Kuni” in Warner Bros. special Vitaphone comedy, “Oh Sailor Behave!” has been signed for another important part, according to announcement. issued by J. L. Warner, vice president in charge of production. The blonde beauty will essay a role entirely different from the one she creates in “Oh Sailor Behave!” when she steps into the cast of the Warner Bros. production for which she has been selected. The picture is as yet untitled, but work is expected to begin on it shortly. “Oh Sailor Behave!” is the first starring vehicle for Olsen and Johnson, “America’s Funniest Clowns.’ It boasts a large cast of favorites ineluding Irene Delroy, Charles King, Lotti Loder, Noah Beery, Lawrence Grant and Charles Judels. Warner | | note was struck when the next day the studio commissary featured frog legs on the menu. The cast of “Oh Sailor Behave!” also includes Lotti Loder, Noah Beery, Vivien Oakland, Lowell Sherman, Lawrence Grant and others. “Oh Sailor Behave!” is adapted to the screen by Joseph Jackson from the original play by Elmer Rice. Archie Mayo directs. THEY MISBEHAVED sen & ChickJohnson in “Oh Sailor Behave A Warner Bros. Production Production No. 7—Cut or Mat | (Feature) EXACT REPLICA OF BAY OF NAPLES IN NEW FILM To the inhabitants of Naples a man may travel the world over, from pole to pole, from Hast to West, but still miss the very essence of happiness and romanee, if he should fail to see Naples. When he has seen Naples he has seen all. And rightly so, for the great city, reflected in the transparent cobalt bay like a huge luminous serpent, with Vesuvius rising majestically in the distance, is a picture that no man can paint—either with words or brush, It is this beautiful city which forms a background for Warner Brothers special Vitaphone production “Oh Sailor Behave!” which is now showing at the Theatre with Olsen and Johnson in the leading mirth-producing roles. The entire waterfront of the city below the Villa Nazionalde, the park and the nearby hotel were faithfully reproduced at Warner Brothers studios under the direction of Robert M. Haas, art director. According to the technical experts the setting was judged one of the most remarkable in the history of cinematic construction, not for size, but for authenticity. The set however, was not designed from art text books, as most motion picture settings are, but from Mr. Haas’ own drawings and personal knowledge. Having spent more than three years in Naples, studying Neapolitan architecture and landscape, Mr. Haas was perfectly fitted for the task of designing this remarkable motion picture set. “Oh Sailor Behave!” is a romantic comedy adapted from Elmer Rice’s stage play, by Joseph Jackson. The all-star supporting cast includes such well known stage and screen players as Irene Delroy, Charles King, Noah Beery, Lowell Sherman, Lotti Loder, Vivien Oakland, Charles Judels and Lawrence Grant. Archie Mayo directed the picture. 1930 WARNER BROS. Silver Jubilee (Feature) LOWELL SHERMAN URGED BY FAMILY TO CHOOSE STAGE Lowell Sherman, unlike many actors, did not have to run away from home to go on the stage. As a. matter of fact, the well known player who depicts a featured role in “Oh Sailor Behave!”, Warner Brothers Vitaphone production showing at the Theatre, was urged by his family to take up dramatics as his life’s work. For generations his ancestors have achieved fame in the theatre. Kate Grey, his grandmother, played with the senior Junius Brutus Booth in Boston about 1850. She later played in the West with Edwin Booth. For many years his father, the late John Sherman, was a stage star in San Francisco. was also on the stage at that time. Sherman made his stage debut at the old Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York in a sketch written by John Jack. Later he appeared with -|Frank Keenan and Nance O’Neil. :|He scored his first hit in “The Com muters,” which was soon followed by “The Heart of Wetona,” “The Sign on the Door,” “The Guilty Woman,” “Casanova” and many others. temo de hiss Sachse oan se ance under D. W. Griffith in “Way Down East.” Since that period he has divided his time between stage and screen. Among his most recent pictures are “Mad Hour,” “The Whip,” “Angel Face,” “The Scarlet Dove,” “Satan In Sables” and “General Crack” with John Barrymore. Ole Olsen and Chie Johnson head the cast of “Oh Sailor Behave!” which includes such well known stage celebrities as Irene Delroy and Charles King, in addition to Noah Beery, Lotti Loder, Vivien Oakland, Lawrence Grant and Charles Judels. His mother (Feature) Warner Bros. Star Doesn’t Believe Sunshine Exists “Be careful of your eyes!” It was in just such words that Irene Delroy’s stage friends warned her about California sunshine upon her departure from New York for Hollywood to make her screen debut in “Oh Sailor Behave!” Warner Bros. special Vitaphone production which is now showing at the Theatre. Miss Delroy, who plays the leading feminine role in this comedy, in support of Olsen and Johnson, was formerly a partner of Tom Patricola, the dancer, in vaudeville. She had never appeared in pictures before and had never even visited Hollywood, when Warner Bros. signed her for the role. Accordingly, upon the advice of her friends, she immediately purchased half a dozen pairs of smoked glasses to wear while she was working or basking in the glaring California sun. Prepared for the dazzling rays of Old Sol, Miss Delroy appeared at the studio for her first day’s work, but was informed of a change of schedule. All of the scenes made during the first ten days were taken at night, on a specially built replica of the waterfront of Naples. Not once during her first two weeks in Hollywood did Miss Delroy have a chance to wear one of the six pairs of smoked goggles she had brought with her! Instead, the lovely brunette spent all of her working hours riding in gondolas to the serenade of hundreds of California frogs, and she declares that she has searcely seen the famed sunshine. “Working in pictures is most fascinating,” she wrote to her friends who had so carefully advised her before bidding her goodbye. “And I haven’t been troubled by the sun at all!” Miss Delroy found another surprise waiting for her when she arrived in Hollywood. Meeting her at the statol was al Ula #2°%G, with wom she had often appeared in musical comedy—Charles King. King and Miss Delroy had not seen each other for five years, and it was not until she heard the news from his own lips that she learned she was to play opposite him in her first picture. “Oh Sailor Behave!” is Warner Bros. most pretentious picture of the year and boasts a cast that. includes, in addition to Olsen and Johnson and Irene Delroy and Charles King, Lotti Loder, Noah Beery, Lowell Sherman, Lawrence. Grant and Charles Judels. Archie Mayo directed, while the adaptation was made by Joseph Jackson. WARNER BROS. PresenL— You'll rock with laughter and roar with mirth at the amiable antics of these merry mariners! wade WIT Two Column Ad—Style H—Cut or Mat ROSEATE DREAMS Production No. 8—Cut or Mat (Feature) ARCHIE MAYO MAKES GONDOLAS GO IN NEW FILM COMEDY Making a gondola go was a problem that brought an extra wrinkle to Director Archie Mayo’s forehead during the filming of “Oh Sailor Behave!”, Warner Brothers special Vitaphone production now showing at the Theatre. It was trouble enough to secure the water sequences, but finding expert gondoliers to pilot the eraft was the real chore. Because it is the film eapital, Hollywood rivals Cairo and Shanghai as a racial melting pot, and the lure of pictures has brought to the talkie colony skilled representatives of virtually every vocation or trade. However, a skilled gondolier could not be found and the casting office _ | was about to give »»~hope when. in walked Tony Gardoni, who was look-~ ing for a job “in da moving da pitch.” When the casting director, upon questioning Tony, discovered that he had been a gondolier before coming to America, Tony was welcomed with open arms. | Though Tony’s name does not appear in the cast of “Oh Sailor Behave!” he played one of the most important roles in the film, for he made gondolas go. Olsen and Johnson, “America’s funniest clowns,” enact the leading roles in this riotous comedy of love and intrigue in Naples. They are assisted by a large cast of stage and screen notables, among whom are: Irene Delroy, Charles King, Lotti Loder, Noah Beery, Lowell Sherman, Vivien Oakland, Lawrence Grant and Charles Judels. Joseph Jackson, well-known scenarist for Warner Bros., is responsible for the adaptation of “Oh Sailor Behave!” which was made from Elmer Rice’s famous stage play. (Feature) DIET OF BANANAS PRESCRIBED FOR OLSEN & JOHNSON “Yes, we want no bananas! These were the words of Ole d and Chie Johnson, following the filming of one particular scene in “Oh Sailor Behave!” Warner Bros. alltalking and singing Vitaphone special now playing at the Theatre. It seems that on the morning when this sequence was scheduled, the comedians awoke too late to partake of breakfast. They arrived at Warner Bros. studio breathless and hungry at nine fifteen in the morning. Suddenly, while waiting for Charles King and Irene Delroy to finish a particularly difficult scene, they espied a large bowl of bananas. Six bananas later they prepared to rehearse their scene. Picture their consternation when they discovered that it was a restaurant sequence in which each was required to eat a banana. This scene was taken four times— one banana to a take!