Parachute Jumper (Warner Bros.) (1933)

Adwanee Fashion Feature “Parachute Jumper” Shows Bette Davis in Chic Gowns HE latest news from the Hollywood front about Bette Davis is they just won't let this goodie.” rising young actress go “‘goodie In her past two pictures, the blonde Bette has been “hard boiled” and ‘‘Thoid Avenue.” In other words, tough. Now, playing the feminine lead opposite Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., in the Warner Bros. picture, “Parachute Jumper,” which comes to the . Theatre on ...., she has become a_ boss-vamping, gum-chewing stenographer from Texas. She “takes up” with people without being introduced. Gets herself involved in a tangle of shady adventure. And looks more alluring than ever. Personally, Bette is glad of her screen lot, because such vivid roles give her a greater chance for outstanding characterization than the succession of “nice girls” she used to play. “Being a blase baby is fun,” she says, “but oh, what it does to your wardrobe!” Those who saw “Cabin in the Cotton,” in which Bette’s wiles were aimed at Richard Barthelmess, will remember the slinky lounging pajamas and extremely low-cut evening gown that went with the part. They were Bette’s pride and joy at the time, but hardly the thing for a debutante’s coming-out party. Later, in “Twenty Thousand Years in Sing Sing,” Bette played a gangster’s moll, with Spencer ‘racy as the boy friend, and her clothes went even more toward the extreme. angster’s moll, of: course, could kardiy © be expected to know anything about the “smart simplicity” that Ruth Chatterton, for instance, holds so dear, and the result was a startling array of tight, slit skirts, low-cut necks, trailing furs and a display of curves that made even Tracy, languishing in _ prison, ask his girl-friend to go out _-and buy herself a tweed suit and a polo coat before she came to visit him Jum; per,” however, | s cnaaeete Bette, who knows her way around drawing rooms as well as offices, wears a set of gowns designed by the studio stylist, Orry-Kelly, that could be safely copied by any well-dressed society miss or conservative college girl. One of Bette’s gowns for “Parachute,” an evening gown of black satin-backed crepe, is said to be especially important from the point of view of style significance, since the clever Orry-Kelly has created an entirely new version of the popular “halter” neckline. Long and bias-cut to insure perfect fitting, the gown employs the dull side of the material up to the high bodice, where it changes to the lustrous satin. The BETTE shoulder line drops to a new low, by means of loosely looped bows from which the ends hang nearly to the elbow. The halter of satin around the Cut No. 10 BETTE DAVIS coming to the Strand Theatre on Friday in the leading feminine role in “Parachute Jumper.” The film, an actionful story of two Marine Corps airmen, their loves and breath-taking experiences, _ stars Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., with Frank McHugh in a comic role. Cut i5e¢ Mat Se neck fastens in another bow with ends extending down the decolletage | to the waist. ! E Daytime Frock The prevailing custom. of using a shiny: satin with: seileassiaiatali males Tl the: ttle — ‘the: irs me ‘ums being wool crepe of bright green, and black satin again, used for the bodice top, high placed collar and bloused sleeves, with effective contrast. Claire Dodd and Sheila Terry also wear many lovely. gowns designed by Orry-Kelly in “Parachute Jumper.” The cast, headed by Fairbanks and Bette Davis, includes Leo Carrillo, Frank McHugh, Harold Huber, Thomas E. Jackson, George Pat Collins, Harold Healy and Frederick Munier. The play was adapted by John Francis Larkin from the story by Rian James and was directed by Alfred E. Green. DAVIS Her realistic Southern accent lends charm to her portrayal in “Para chute Jumper.” his partner Cut No. 8 Cut 30c Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., is the star and Frank McHugh in adventure. Mat 10¢ et Note to Exhibiior—More and more newspapers are turning to rhymed reviews in addition to the regular review. We suggest you plant this with your local critic. RHYMED REVIEW “PARACHUTE JUMPER’ Now Playing at the Strand Pals, fighting Bill and frisky Toodles, Girls, and the Big Town in their noodles, Leave Nicaragua, free once more, From U. S. M. crack flying corps; Long“promised jobs they hurry to, But find the firm gone up the flue; Day after day they look for work, ~ Tho’ tummies shrink and bunions irk; THEN, on their dingy panorama, There dawns a blonde, called Alabama— A pretty steno, stony-broke ; The lads pretend their plight’s a joke, And ask her home and home she goes, Tho’ what they’ll live on, no one knows! t--tSe Gay Alabama brings them luck, And hungry Bill, with rising pluck, Flies skyward, and by parachute, Floats down, wins bucks, and Bam to boot! For Bammy’s sake, Bill serves a ‘“‘shady’— _ A bootleg and his sporty lady! Bill drives their car until the dame Decides to “make” Bill, who is game, But jealous daddy. vows he will, So help him gawd, bump off young Bill. His threats leave Bill so cool and hard, Instead he makes him bodyguard; Bill swaggers and don’t give-a-damn, Till in blows breezy Alabam! zea dee 2 Bam needs a job and when she lets The big boss neck, Wild Willie gets His dander up; shows fight, and that— Makes Alabama leave him flat. The boss, more jealous, gets a hunch, . To knock three foes off in a bunch; He makes his henchman, Steve, take Bill To a night-club where the foemen fill; The boss now tells the cops what’s doing, Fearing, he says, some trouble’s brewing. Steve shoots the diners. In rush bulls! But what a fast one Bammy pulls— She holds the boss with prattle gay While Billie makes his getaway! Sends Bill ane Toodles De a grips, Dope-filled, to Canada! And, to be freed From penalty for Stevie’s deed, He stows himself in Bill’s fast plane But finds this last maneuver vain, For Bill and Toodles now are hep To what he’s up to, and, with pep, Bill knocks the old boy stiff, and quick, Trusses and props him to the stick. Cee, Sas 2 Toodles now sets the plane afire To hide the evidence! And higher, Pursuing planes about them zoom! CRASH! The big boss meets his doom— Arrested for his villainy— -While Bill and Toodles both go free! Still penniless, old Toodles means To beat it back to the Marines; Young Bill, once more job-hunting, sees, His saucy Bammy, on the knees Of a prospective boss—another! Does Bill his honest anger smother? If he does not, what does he do? The answer is awaiting you, NOW, at the Strand. So, drink a bumper, To Happy Days! See “Parachute Jumper.” ES ae Young Doug is the Bill; McHugh is Toodles, Bette Davis is Bam—vwith oodles and oodles Of other fine folks! It’s a Warner Hit— With oodles of thrills and laffs— Oodles of IT! SHORT SHOTS FOR PROGRAMS Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., is putting on the high-pressure salesman act trying to get new members for the Hollywood chess club of which he is president. * * * Barbara Stanwyck is that proud of her husband that she won't sign autographs or anything else other than “Barbara Stanwyck Fay.” Her marriage to Frank Fay seems to be one of those rare “till-death-do-us-part” combinations. * * * Preston S. Foster teamed up with J. Carroll Naish to make a hot time of it for the wild ducks. They bagged a couple near Manhattan Beach and they are looking for another spot where the ducks fly thicker and faster. * * * Joan Blondell refuses to use any of the expensive leather make-wp kits used by most screen players. Instead she uses an old and very small basket for that purpose. Page Eleven