Personal Maids Secret (Warner Bros.) (1935)

© Publicity Rare and Novel Comedy Drama Is Coming to Strand “Personal Maid’s Secret,’ the new Warner Bros. comedy drama, opens: at, thet. ~ sas theatre OlAy..5 ce thee , with Margaret Lindsay, Warren Hull, Anita Louise and Ruth Donnelly in the stellar roles. The picture is based on a story by Lillian Day, which appeared in the Saturday Evening Post. It is a rare and novel tale of a struggling New York family, ambitious to get ahead, but lacking the proper contacts. The head of the family, though a man of ability and personality, is so intent on watching the family budget that he fears to launch out into the bigger affairs of life. His wife has a greater courage sand starts the ball rolling by engaging a maid. The maid has worked for many wealthy families and makes it her business to see that her employers come in contact with the proper persons who can bring them business. The way in which the family skyrockets from a small apartment to a big Long Island country estate is one of the most humorous bits of fiction conceivable. Margaret Lindsay has the role of the ambitious wife and Warren Hull, famous on the musical comedy stage and radio, is the husband, while Ruth Donnelly plays the part of the ever efficient maid. Anita Louise and Frank AIlbertson have the romantic roles, and Arthur Treacher is a supercilious, but humorous butler. _ Others in the cast inelude Henry O’Neill, Ronnie Cosby, Gordon Elliott, Florence Fair, Tilian Kemble Cooper and Maude Turner Gordon. Arthur G. Collins directed the production from the screen play by F. Hugh Herbert and Lillie Hayward. Youths Advise Miss Lindsay To Join the Movies Margaret Lindsay, who has the leading role in the Warner Bros. picture “Personal Maid’s_ Secret,” which comes to the....... theatrenoie eae ,» has screamed loudly and efficiently in many pictures on the screen. None of them could compare, however, with some screams she made while out of character. Wearing a bulky polo coat and dark glasses, she was making the rounds of one of the amusement piers with her sister. In a spirit of bravado, the two girls decided to go on the roller coaster since Margaret had never been on one before. She lost all pretense of bravery as soon as it made its first terrific dive. She let loose with some particularly piercing screams and kept it up until the coaster stopped. As the wan actress tottered out, two youths who sat in front and had turned around, amazed at such vocal exhibitions, stopped her. One of them said: “Lady, with a yell like that, you ought to get into the movies!” Miss Lindsay has the role of an ambitious wife in “Personal Maid’s Secret,” a rollicking comedy with tense dramatic situations and a fascinating romanee, based on a Saturday Evening Post story by Lillian Day. The cast includes Miss Lindsay, Warren Hull, Anita Louise, Ruth Donnelly, Arthur Treacher, Frank Albertson Ronnie Cosby and Henry O’Neill. Page Six Trio Of Good Skates Margaret Lindsay, Warren Hull and little Ronnie Cosby will appear in Warner Bros. hilarious tale of boudoir disclosures “Personal Maid’s Secret” which opens at the Theatre on. 223 Mat No. 202—20c (Review) ‘*Personal Maid’s Secret’’ Is Riotous Comedy Drama Strand Feature Packed With Hilarity, Tense Scenes and Glamorous Romance One of the most unique comedies that this reviewer has seen in many a long day, had its premiere locally at the eee Ree eos cS theatre yesterday under the title of ‘“Personal Maid’s Secret.’’ The talented cast is headed by Margaret Lindsay, Warren Hull, Anita Louise and Ruth Donnelly. Judging by the way the audiences roared over the novel have scored another hit, but the pic situations, Warner Bros. ture is by no means all comedy, for there are tense dramatic moments that held patrons with bated breath. Miss Lindsay does a clever bit of acting as-the ambitious wife who has the foresight to see that judicious spending will bring them contacts with business men and socially prominent families, which in turn means financial success. ; And although the husband fumes and frets about the family budget, which is never balanced, he finally awakens to the fact that his wife was entirely right. Warren , Hull, former musical comedy and radio star, displays great talent in his first film role as the husband. Ruth Donnelly has the role of . the maid who is the real inspira tion behind the rise to fortune. She it is who stimulates the wife to make social acquaintances and to entertain them in a lavish way in order that they may travel in the circle where money flows. Miss Donnelly, although she plays a semi-comedy role to start with, is given an opportunity in this picture to show her dramatic ability. In a tensely dramatic scene she reveals to her daughter that she, the maid, is her mother, although the girl thinks her real parents are the wealthy and aristocratie persons by whom she has been brought up. Anita Louise, as her daughter, and Frank Albertson, play the romantic roles and are an unusually pleasing pair of screen lovers. Arthur Treacher is riotously funny as a stiff necked butler who insists on patronizing the maid, although quite in love with her. Others in the cast who do excellent work are Henry O’Neill, Ronnie Cosby, Gordon Elliott, Florence Fair and Maude Turner Gordon. Arthur Greville Collins has done a splendid job of directing Although “Personal Maid’s Secret” is Collins’ first film production, he has had long experience as a dialogue director, and as a director of stage productions. He brought out of the humor and pathos of the film play and kept the action moving swiftly to its climax. The screen play was written by F. Hugh Herbert and Lillie Hayward who caught the spirit of the story and made it an amusing as well as touching film production. Convict Sends Cameo To Anita Louise Anita Louise received a hand carved eameo of herself while working in the Warner Bros. picture, “Personal Maid’s Secret,’ which comes to the............ theatre on sent to her by a convict serving a life term in a middle western penitentiary. He had worked on the cameo for six months. Unlike most people who send presents to screen actresses, he asked for no money. “ The maid reveals Margaret Lindsay’s Eyes Change Color With Dress Star of *“‘~Personal Maid’s Secret” Cannot Explain Her Chameleon Qualities By LINDA LEATH Margaret Lindsay, the Warner Bros. actress, has a new title. She’s ‘‘The Girl with the Chameleon Eyes!’’ This interesting fact came out recently during the production of ‘‘Personal Maid’s Secret,’’ which comes to the Maneeers 2. See Theatre on...... leading feminine role. A world renowned beauty “Personal Maid’s Secret” Opens At The Strand Today A new and unique comedy drama, entitled “Personal Maid’s Secret,” will be the feature atCLACHMON Mat UNG... ee 5 a theatre today. This Warner Bros. production is based on a Saturday Evening Post story by Lillian Day. It is crammed full of hearty chuckles and uproarious laughter as well as carrying a glamorous romance and tense dramatic moments. The plot involves a perfectly efficient maid who enters the employ of a struggling couple, and through her adroit manipulation and contacts, boosts them from a humble apartment to a Long Island estate and to fortune. herself as the mother of a beautiful girl ; who thinks the couple that raised and saves her daughter from a dangerous her are her real parents, flirtation with a man about town. There is an unusually talented east which Margaret Lindsay, Warren Hull, radio and comedy star, Anita Ruth Donnelly, Arthur Treacher, Frank Albertson, Henry O’Neill and Ronnie Cosby. The picture was directed by Arthur Greville Collins from the screen play by F. Hugh Herbert and Lillie Hayward. ineludes musical Louise, Wise Lady Margaret Lindsay shows wives how to steer their husbands along the mink coat route in Warner Bros.’ hilarious tale of a maid who saw all and told everything, “Personal Maid’s Secret” which comes to the__Baas 3 as Seat Thewtre One 22 ee Mat No. 101—10c ..., with Miss Lindsay in the editor was interviewing the actress, hoping to get some unusual beauty hints from the girl who is acknowledged one of the greatest natural beauties in Hollywood. Suddenly she looked at Margaret sharply, and demanded, “By the your eyes, anyway?” way, what color are Margaret hesitated, glanced at the dress she was wearing, and then replied, “blue.” It was a blue dress... and it wag true, Margaret’s eyes were the same shade of deep, bright blue. “That’s funny,” spoke up Warren Hull, her leading man, from a seat nearby. “I always thought your eyes were dark brown, to go with your dark brown hair!” “Well, ll be completely feather-legged!” chimed in Ruth Donnelly, the comedienne. “Now that you mention it, I could have sworn that Margaret’s eyes were a dark grey, or hazel.” And then it came out. “Yow re all correct,” said Margaret Lindsay. “My eyes are the exact eolor of the dress T-harpen to be wearing. Now they’re blue . because the dress is blue. But if I changed to a brown dress, all at once they’d be brown.” So that’s why Margaret Lindsay’s intrigued friends are now calling her “the girl with the chameleon eyes.” Will Margaret Lindsay’s eyes photograph the same way they look in real life, through the medium of color film? Margaret can’t answer that one... but she’s anxious to find out. The best colors to change her eyes, she says, are brown, blue, gray, and even green. Red isn’t so good. While her large orbs don’t actually become tinged with red they do take on an inbetween shade she doesn’t like, she says. So she never wears dresses with any tint in them from that side of the color spectrum. As to plaid, well right there, Margaret Lindsay gives up. “Personal Maid’s Secret” is a stirring comedy drama with an all star cast including besides Miss Lindsay, Miss Donnelly and Hull, Arthur Treacher, Frank Albertson, Henry O’Neill and Ronnie Cosby. Arthur G. Collins directed the picture from the screen play by F. Hugh Herbert and Lillie Hayward, based on a Saturday Evening Post story by Lillian Day. Margaret Lindsay Now Studies Sculpture Margaret Lindsay, who has the leading role in the Warner Bros. comedy-drama “Personal Maid’s Secret,” which comes to the Se os CHOATE CON. 2.004 825 18 now studying to become a seulptress. “T’m still pretty much of an amateur,” she confessed. Miss Lindsay hasn’t yet worked up sufficient courage to bring her chisels and clays on the sets, but she intends to do so when she becomes a little more proficient.