Penrod and Sam (Warner Bros.) (1931)

MILLIONS HAVE READ THE BOO! Kr Cut No.4 Cut20c Mat sc Director Of “Penrod __ And Sam” Calls Leon Janney Ideal Hero (Advance. Plant 5 Days Before) Leon Janney who plays Penrod in “Penrod and Sam” the First National picture coming to the ...... PR OMTTO eno. seo next, is ideal for the role, according to William Beaudine, who is an authority on the subject of the Booth Tarkington character. Nine years ago Beaudine made the picture as a silent, with Ben Alexander taking the character that Janney now has, and since that time he has directed many motion picture subjects in which Penrod-like characters appear. “On the set and off Janney is Penrod,” Beaudine declares. “Never before have I seen a boy more one hundred percent boy than he. Apparently he hasn’t a care in the world, and thinks only of play, or of something to eat. But under it all he can be depended upon to come through when important work is to be done. Leon Janney, born in Ogden, Utah, in 1917, has been on the screen since his tenth year. His first part was in the Warner Bros. picture “Courage”. His most recent roles were in “Father’s Son”, with Lewis Stone and in “Old English” with George Arliss and in “The Doorway to Hell”. Cameo Outplays Canines Not Quarter His Age (Current Reader) Cameo, the fox terrier dog featured as Duke in “Penrod and Sam,” now playing at the Theatre, is the veteran of all Hollywood dog actors. Cameo has been playing in pictures ever since she was born twelve years ago. He was the original Pete with Our Gang, was under contract to Educational for two years, and to Sennett for one. He played the part of Duke in the silent picture version of “Penrod and Sam,” filmed nine years ago. In the new production he is featured with Leon Janney and Junior Coghlan. Beaudine, Director Of “Penrod And Sam” Plays Mumbley-Peg (Current. Plant 4th Day) William Beaudine has been forced to add kite-flying, marble shooting, stamp collecting, and mumbley-peg to his list of equipments for motion picture directing. Beaudine Hollywood’s child-picture specialist, directed Leon Janney, Junior Coghlan and a large cast of children in First National’s production of “Penrod and Sam” now at the eg SR RE bee es Theatre. Being somewhat of a child psychologist by reason of several little Beaudines at home, he knows the value of making work seem play, and so has become a pal rather than a boss to the youngsters under his charge. First National’s production of “Penrod and Sam” takes up a new phase of the hectic careers of Booth Tarkington’s famous characters, who first came to the screen eight or nine years ago in a silent picture directed by this same Beaudine. The new screen story is an adaptation by Waldemar Young. The cast includes Matt Moore, Dorothy Peterson, Zasu Pitts, Junior Coghlan, Johnny Arthur, Charles Sellon, Wade Boteler, Gang Go To School During Filming (Current. Plant 3rd Day) Hollywood’s child actors must work twice as hard as their elders in pictures, according to Miss Lois Horn, child welfare worker employed by the First National studios to supervise the studies of youngsters employed in current film productions. The reason for this doubling of labor lies in the school laws of California, which compel children not regularly attending school to keep up in their studies as though they were in regular attendance in their proper public grade. It is Miss Horn’s responsibility to see that this school requirement is met. For example she spent her entire day on the set where “Penrod and Sam” was in production, working with Leon Janney, Junior Coghlan, and the eighteen or twenty other children in the cast. Between scenes she heard their lessons, or assigned thein work to do, and so managed her time and theirs that every requirement was met. This means that the children must study their parts for the picture (Feature for GUESS WHO? s Beaudine, Nestor Aber, Billy they play in at their homes in the ord, Margaret Marquis, Betty evening, or memorize their lines durGraham, James Robinson, Robert ing actual rehearsal of scenes. “Penrod and Sam” which is adapted from Booth Tarkington’s great story of boy life, was directed by William Beaudine. The cast includes Matt Moore, Dorothy Peterson, Zasu Pitts, Johnny Arthur, Charles Sellon, Wade Boteler, Helen Beaudine, Nestor Aber, Billy Lord, Margaret Marquis, Betty Graham, James Robinson, Robert Dandridge—to say nothing of the dog, Duke. Dandridge—to say nothing of the dog. Dorothy Peterson Is Mother Of Hero Of “Penrod & Sam” (Biography Aug. 15, 1931) Dorothy Peterson, featured as Penrod’s mother in “Penrod and Sam” the First National picture now at thG > eee Theatre, was bern in Hector, Minnesota, and later moved with her family to Zion City, Tlinois. She studied opera in Chicago and later entered a drama school. Her first stage experience was with an Ibsen repertory company. After a season of that on the road she went to New York and made a gradual climb to success in “The Fall Guy,” “Pomeroy’s Past,” “Dracula” and “Subway Express”, Her first screen role was in the First National picture “Mother’s Cry”, following which she was placed under contract by that company. Later pictures are “Party Husband”, “Bought” and “Penrod and Sam.” Miss Peterson is of Swedish descent, and she is the only member of her family in the theatrical profession. She is five feet five inches tall and has blue eyes. Brother Of Owen And Tom Here In “Penrod And Sam” (Current Reader) Matt Moore, who plays Penrod’s father in “Penrod and Sam,” First National’s epic of boyhood now playmeat the. se eS Theatre, is one of the veterans of the screen. He started his picture career in 1914 after eight years on the stage in Ireland, England and the United States. He was born in County Meath, Ireland, and is a brother of Tom and Owen Moore, also screenfamous. His son in “Penrod And Sam” is Leon Janney, who plays Penrod. The role of Sam is taken by Junior Coghlan, one of the bestknown boy actors of the screen. The picture was directed by William Beaudine, who directed Janney in “Father’s Son.” HAIL! / ae ote hexe 8H The millions who read Booth Tarkington’s “Penrod and Sam’ will doubtless recall the delightful romance between Penrod and. Marjorie, his girl. Here are the two “puppy lovers’? in the persons of Leon Janney and Margaret Marquis in the First National screen version of the famous story. Penrod’s Sister Is Just Like Your Sister, Buddy (Current Reader) Helen Beaudine, Hollywood high school girl, has had the unique ex perience of playing her very first motion picture role under the direction of her father, William Beaudine. Helen plays the part of Pen rod’s sister in “Penrod and Sam,” the First National production now Playing -atethe. «272 Theatre. She won the part after several more experienced young actresses had been given tests, and finally was selected because of the absolute naturalness of her performance before the cameras. Leon Janney is featured as Penrod in the production, and Junior Coghlan is Sam. ~ 4 in BOOTH UT ARKINGTON’S Finest Siete = OD 444 fam FON JANNEY UNIOR COGHLAN MATT MOORE-ZASU PITTS DOROTHY PETERSON and a score of Hollywood’s riotous rascals! The Kid’s Club moved to the STRAN D A FIRST NATIONAL & VITAPHONE PICTURE Cut No.6 Cut 40c Mat roc Penrod And Sam Make Films By Day, And See . Them By Night , (Current Reader) The busman who went for a ride on his holiday took the ideal vacation to judge from the recreation favored by Leon Janney and Junior Coghlan, young Hollywood players featured in “Penrod and Sam” at Jal Sceeen ne eee ee Theatre. While working in the picture at the First National studios their joint plans invariably called for a full program of picture.shows each evening their mothers would let them get away, and on Sunday they saw as many as five different films. “Penrod and Sam” was directed by William Beaudine, who directed young Janney in “Father’s Son.” 4/a new picture. “Penrod & Sam” And|BILLY BEAUDINE, VETERAN DIRECTOR COLLECTS SOME ODD FACTS ABOUT HOLLYWOOD AND HOLLYWOODITES Men Who Created “Penrod And Sam,” The First National Epic Of Childhood, Now At The Strand, Tells Some Tales Of The City Of Stars No. 1 Paper) William Beaudine, who directed ‘‘Penrod and Sam,’’ Booth Tarkington’s great story of boyhood, with Leon Janney in the featured role and which is now playing at the Theatre, is one of the pioneer directors of Hollywood. He can remember the big snow storm of 1912, when the residents almost had time to get a sleigh out of a nearby museum before the flakes melted. He is also a veteran of eastern pictures, having been a property bey at Biograph in New York when Mary Pick ford first grew curls. After years of research in Hollywood, Beaudine gives to a waiting world these pertinent facts about the movie capital and movie people: Who Named Hollywood? The town, is not a town at all but a part of Los Angeles. It was named by Mrs. Daeida Wileox in 1885, when she gave the name to her husband’s ranch. Motion picture rouge is not red, but brown. Ruth Chatterton is the best-dressed woman in town. Hollywood has the largest municipal park in the United States; Griffith Park, a preserve of 3,751 acres. Most of the scenes you think are faked are not. No person ever became a film star “over night.” The largest studio operators are Warner Brothers, who have three plants, with twenty sound-proof stages, and a ranch of 1,000 acres. An average sound-proof stage as used for film production would hold. ten average two-story houses, with room between for the children to play. Way To Cash In George Arliss rehearses with his east for four weeks before starting In spite of the tremendous amount of thought, money and energy expended, no way has 4|yet been found to silence the motion picture camera and still keep it easy to carry around. If you know of a way you'll be richer. No motion picture studio buys original stories sent in by mail. Nor do they read them. Such manuscripts, when detected, are returned unopened. All casting offices in town are eluttered up with child actors, and child actors’ names, since the “Penrod and Sam” type of picture became popular. Assistant directors have the hardest job in town, and the most detail responsibility. Best Talkie Voice Nine out of ten screen stars dread the “personal appearance” and the “interview” more than any other part of their work. Unless it be a location trip to the desert. Hollywood has forty-three churches. Sound experts agree that Conrad Nagel has the best recording voice. A hard rain over Hollywood stops all motion picture production, for no practical way has been found to silence the patter of the drops on those huge stage roofs. Next to a rain storm an airplane overhead makes the most noise. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Joan Crawford have the most tasteful home in town. Motion picture snow is either salt, mica or raw corn flakes. There isn’t a decent, or even half-way decent speakeasy in town. Owns Baseball Team as The ineome of the average Hollywood family is computed to be $4,903 and not that fabulous sum you had imagined. It takes the divided time of two hundred persons, over a period of a month, to make the average feature length picture like “Penrod and Sam.” Gary Cooper owns the gayest motor car in town. It is a canary yellow and pastel green Duesenberg, sport touring model. Nursery shrubs and hot house plants that are kept under studio lights for a week have to be given a month’s rest to recuperate. But. actors go to work the next day. Joe E. Brown’s ambition is to become a good second baseman. He has his own baseball team. Mr. Beaudine’s latest directorial achievement is “Penrod and Sam,” now at the The cast includes Matt Moore, Dorothy Peterson, Zasu Pitts, Junior Coghlan, Johnny Arthur, Charles Sellon, Wade Boteler, Helen Beaudine, Nestor Aber, Billy Lord, Margaret Marquis, Betty Graham, James Robinson, Robert* Dandridge—to say nothing of the amazing dog, Cameo. Page Three