On with the Show(Warner Bros.) (1929)

6 “ON WITH THE SHOW"'—First 100% Natural Color, Talking, Singing, Dancing Picture—A Warner Bros. Vitaphone Production— in Technicolor | PEGS se ities sada sels oPirantinh oth bt Reel Sc ieee a iba ts ima ie le DN lh ik del all did leaned tien cel hitrbene: sehen aetininatis tet BBs. adh) aa STORIES FOR CURRENT USE “ON WITH THE SHOW” PEARSON’S FIRST PLAY, WINS HIM FAME AND FORTUNE IN THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE ALAN CROSLAND DIRECTS FIRST COLOR TALKIE Alan Crosland, director of “On With the Show,” first 100% natural color, talking, singing, dancing picture now at the Theatre, is a man who brings to his work the widest experience, both of stage, screen and press. Crosland started his eareer by go 2 ing on the stage with the Annie. Russell Company, playing small roles in Shakespeare and in “The Rivals,” “She Stoops to Conquer” and other Ce er classic comedies. Then he deAlan Croslana cided to try Stock S-87 journalism. Cut or Mat He succeeded Order Separately in getting a job with the old New York Globe and eventually landed on _ the dramatic staff. During this time he was also writer for several motion picture magazines. These stories were seen by the head of the Old Edison Oompany, who hired Crosland first as his publicity director, later appointedhim casting director. This led to a request that he direct a commercial picture for the Curtis Publishing Company. So successful was this film that he returned to the Edison company as a full-fledged director, remaining in that position until the “ar, when he went overseas in the vhotographie service. On his from the service he went ie capacity of director. . Crosland’s best-known ; = Wan an? pictures are “‘Hinemies of 1 vaucu, “Don Juan,” “The Beloved Rogue,” “Glorious Betsy,” “When a Man ” “e 39 Loves, Old. San Francisco” and | career “The ‘Jazz Singer.” Scene from “On with the Show"-A Whi ha Disk Pedi SALLY O’NEIL—ARTFHUR LAKE—LOUISE FAZENDA All is well with the troupers. Nita has walloped the bad angel into submission. Production No. 13—-Cu” or Mat LOVELY SALLY O’NEIL FEATURED The most important role of her is afforded Sally O’Neil in “On With the Show,” the first 100% Creator of “Get Rich Quick Wallingford” Prominent in “On With the Show” Hardy, of the best known comedians of stage and sereen is one of the few people in pictures who have the distinction of having played Douglas Fairbanks when the latter was a stage star. Sam one with Hardy appeared for some months with Fairbanks in the popular stage hit “Hawthorne of the U. S. A.” Fairbanks had appeared in stage Micche trom “On Gite the Show" A Warner Bros. Production BOX-OFFICE HOLD-UP Production No. 12—Cut or Mat $ roles for but a few years when motion pictures claimed him. Unlike many screen stars, he has done no work on the speaking stage sinee. Hardy, who is now appearing in one of the most important roles in Warner’ Brothers’ spectacular -production “On Wot het hee Show,” the first 100% natural color, talking, sing: ing, dancing picture — was one of Broadway’s favorites, and remained on the stage for some years, although he also played, off and on, in a number of pictures Sam Hardy Stock N-15 Cut or Mat Order Separately =|made at various New York studios. It was at this time that he created the sereen character of “Get Rich Wallingford” from George Randolph Chester’s long series of short, stories. It was during this ;|time that he was playing the lead opposite Lenore Ulrie in “Kiki,” which ran for three years. He followed this with an appearance with | Beatricé:-Lilly and Gertrude Law*|rence inthe clever English produc tion, =“Charlot’s Revue.” His ‘first trip to. Hollywood was made jwhen “he appeared with OColleen : Moore in “Orchids and Er 2 | mine,” “and. since that time he has made -Hollywood .his home. His long careefzin musical comedy has admirably suited him for his present. role. in,“On With The Show” 1. story of ‘backstage:.life in a musical comedy. Alan. « Crosland directed: Hardy was Born in New Haven, Conn. and educated at Yale, where jhe studied law. AN “ON WITH THE SHOP”? war Ahead Drea Tt natural color, talking, singing, dancing Vitaphone picture now BING? ae Se oe Theatre. Miss O’Neil was discovered by Marshall Neilan, who gave her her first role in pictures in “Mike,” in which she played the title dead. Her suecess was instantaneous and she. has since risen in fame, until the important part of this lavish production was given her following tests which showed that her voice had as much charm as_ her Sa// ae person. ty 07 +i Miss Sally toc = is one of a Cut or Mat ae 3 Order Separately family of six children, and her father was at one time on the New Jersey supreme court bench— Judge D. F. Noonan. Her mother, Hannah Kelly before her marriage, was a noted actress of the New York stage. Sally was born in Bayonne, New Jersey. Her sister is Molly O’Day, who leaped into the limelight when, as practically an unknown, she was given the lead opposite Richard Barthelmess in “The Patent Leather Kid.” Sally was making the first stage tour of her career with Fanchon and. Marco; when Warner Bros. offered her this important role. Although she was under contract for some weeks to come, she persuaded her employers to release her on condition that her sister, Molly, would step into her role on the stage. On With the Show” contains one of the most important casts of the year. It ineludes Arthur Lake, Betty Compson, William Bakewell, Louise Fazenda, Sam Hardy, Lee Moran, Joe E. Brown the Fairbanks Twins, and many others as well as a beauty chorus of one hrndred. Grant Clarke and Harry Akst did the words and music, Larry Ceballos, dance and stage presentatién. Humphrey Pearson wrote the story which was adapted by Robert Lord. Alan Crosland directed. The unknown author who for ~| years has been unable to market his contributions in Hollywood does now and then gets the kind of break which makes’ him believe in Santa Claus, Cinderella and all the other legendary notables, Such was the case with Humphrey W. Pearson; author of “On With The Show,” the first 100% natural color, talking, singing, dancing picture offered at the Theatre. Pearson was an advertising man in New York City for some years and is the son of a professor of English Literature. Pearson plugged along in the mundane business of thinking up “nifties” for advertisers, and finally had a_ well-established agency. His secret ambition however, was to write. As an outlet for this hope he joined an amateur theatrical society in New York, and took part in a number of plays helping to write them, to manage them and to act in them, on occasion. A few months ago because of poor health he decided to sell his advertising business and move to Hollywood and there ‘try to get a chance’ to write for the screen. He sold his business and started West. Business forced him to stop several days in Toledo, Ohio. He had had for some time an idea of a backstage comedy-drama of musical life. During the few days he was in Toledo, he spent his FAZENDA A HIT IN “ON WITH SHOW” COLUK-1 ALKIE Louise Fazenda, who plays the part of the lovelorn Sarah in “On With the Show,” Warner Bros. first 100% natural color, talking, singing, dancing Vitaphone picture, NOW Ouse Uli... act ie, gece Theatre, occupies a niche all her own in the realm of motion pictures. She is univer sally recognized as the screen’s leading comedienne. Entering motion pictures in EON Oo On. aul extra. Miss Fazenda soon attracted attention through her droll characterizations, with the result that her engagement followed as a member of the famous group of Mack Sennett artists, which included Charlie Chaplin, Gloria Swanson, Ford Sterling, Charlie Murray, Marie Prevost and others. In 1921 and the year following, Miss: Fazenda went into vaudeville for her only stage work, and after returning to Hollywood joined Warner Bros. as a comedienne, creating a succession of roles that soon resulted in her elevution to stardom. Among the Warner productions in which she has appeared are “Quincy Adams Sawyer,” “Gold Diggers,” “Main Street” and “Finger Prints.” Louise Fazenda Stock S-74 Cut or Mat Order Separately featured roles in “Cradle Snatchers,” “Ladies at Play,” “ A Texas Steer” “Heart to Heart” and many others. zenda appears in her fourth allVitaphone production, she having scored in an eccentric role in “The Terror,” in “Stark Mad” and in “The Desert Song.” Miss Fazenda is one screen artist with a following who has not only welcomed talking pictures, but has been welcomed in them, giving. proof that she is even more popular on the audible screen than she was on the silent. ee ———————————— For other companies she has played }: i In “On With the Show” Miss Fa evenings in a hotel room on his prospective play and turned out the first act! He then went on to Chicago and during a short stop there wrote the second act—and at Omaha he wrote the third! On arriving in Hollywood he presented a letter of introduction to Joe Jackson, one of the best known scenarists and dialog experts at Warner Brothers studio. He carried along with him the rough draft of his play, which he asked Jackson to read. Jackson agreed to do so, put it in a drawer, and forgot about it for a week. Then he decided to run through it, expecting to find it only the usual amateur story which he would return with the proper complimentary condolenkes. Instead he found what he considered one of the most brilliant and unique stories that had come to his attention. He became tremendously enthusiastic about it, and took it to Darryl Zanuck, in charge of studio production at Warner Bros. In addition he told Pearson that if it didn’t sell immediately as a picture he would raise the necessary money and produce it as a play in Hollywood. There was no necessity to do this, however, for Zanuck was even more enthusiastic about it, and immediately purchased the story for a large sum. Pearson was also signed as a contract writer. That was just eight days after he had set foot in Hollywood as an unknown writer, with his first play in rough manuscript form! And now he is having the thrill of seeing it actually in the filming and recording as Warner Brothers’ biggest picture of the season and the first all-talking all singing, all dancing all-color picture to be made! Dreams can come true! ee trom “On AEA the Show" A warner Bres.Preduction ‘Lift the juleps to your twolips’ Production No. 14—Cut or Mat