Picture Snatcher (Warner Bros.) (1933)

| so ADVANCE Bulk of Cagney’s Mail Comes From Women Fans James Cagney, the hard boiled he-man of the screen, whose latest picture for Warner Bros., “Picture Snatcher,” which opens at the............ Ph Ga trOe, sc. ape eee , has in a little more than a year, become one of the most popular stars in motion pictures. His fan mail now averages more than 200 letters a day, and an interesting fact in this connection is that the majority of the requests for autographs and photographs come from women. Cagney has always been a prime favorite with the men and the mounting correspondence seems to indicate that the feminine sex also has fallen hard for the man who delights in smacking them about on the screen. In “Picture Snatcher” Cagney is supported by Ralph Bellamy, Patricia Ellis, Alice White, Ralf Harolde and others. The picture is based on a newspaper story by Danny Ahearn and directed by Lloyd Bacon. Working as “‘Leg Man” Nothing New to Cagney James Cagney, who plays the role of a “leg man” In the Warner Bros. production of Danny Ahearn’s newspaper story, “Picture Snatcher,” -which comes te the....:...:2.005...... OS ETO= ON. 2525 sar. » Was quite at home in the part. Jimmy, as a boy, worked for some time as an office boy on the New York Sun. He also spent a day at the office of a Los' Angeles paper just prior to starting work on the picture, in order to brush up on the details of how a newspaper office is conducted. Alice White Plays Vamp in “Picture Snatcher’. Alice White, who quit the screen some two years ago to make a per Advance Feature Glossary of Newspaper Slang Used in “Picture Snatcher” 66 ICTURE SNATCHER,”’ the Warner Bros. picture starring James Cagney, which opens at the ........0.0..000c000. Theatve ons See ee , 1S @ newspaper story, although it treats of a certain phase of it dealing with the sensational methods of the yellowest kind of tabloids, in seeking sensa tional pictures for their readers. Newspaper offices have a vernacular of their own which is terse and picturesque. Many of the terms are employed in the editorial offices of the Graphie News around which paper the story of ‘‘Picture Snatcher,’’ centers. Here are some of the terms used: BRO eee ar eee ne pe eee A tabloid. The half size newspaper that runs largely to pictures. Picture Snatcher ........ A staff man who gets pictures by hook or crook, stealing them if necessary. MOLD UG oe cee A department in which pictures and clippings are filed for future use or information. ISTE) Seergn c tr ee A word to indicate that a sentence or paragraph is to be deleted, or the entire story thrown out of the paper. Story Any news from a few lines to a lengthy article. Osmo es A reporter who gathers news but does not write, ~ telephoning his reports to a re-write man. Re-write Man .............. A writer who remains in the office, receives stories over the telephone and writes them. Copy Reader ................ A sub-editor who edits the copy and writes the headlines. Make-up Man .............. A man on the editorial staff who directs the printers in placing the story in the forms. Borms ee ee An iron frame in which type is locked so that it can be stereotyped in metal, constituting one page. Mistecn sce eee, A story so marked must not be left out of the paper. Butlletinis conto A last minute paragraph of news which is not in corporated in the story, but placed at the top of the column, usually in larger type. By -limn@ase era: The reporter’s name at the top of a story. Only important reporters are permitted to use a by try, is now appearing in her second production for Warner Bros. since her return. She has the vamp role as a newspaper “sob sister,’ in Jimmy Cagney’s latest starring vehicle, “Picture Snatcher,’ which opens at theres: eee theatre-ONe sini ais Patricia Ellis, recently recruited from Broadway, has the leading feminine role. Triple Reunion Held On “Picture Snatcher’ Set Hollywood is the Happy Hunting Ground for the reunion of former Broadway actors and_ directors. Some time ago William Keighley directed the stage play “Town Boy,” featuring Ralph Bellamy. Later he produced “Penny Arcade” with James Cagney. Then all three worked together in the Warner Bros. production, “Picture Snatcher,” Wiieh= comes.to. thes 2. 5 DOPAC Ol ha at ye Cagney has the stellar role with Bellamy in an important part, while Keighley worked as the dialogue director. Young Patricia Ellis Is Making Rapid Progress _. Patricia Ellis has the remarkable record of rising to leading woman in her third picture, though barely seventeen. She plays opposite James Cagney in the Warner Bros. produc tion, “Picture Snatcher,” which COMES: TO: GhO.: oie Theatre OB She is the daughter of Alexander Leftwich, a noted New York stage director and was trained for the stage from infancy. Recently she went to Hollywood to play in pictures. James Cagney Balked at Using Real Hair Tonic When Director Lloyd Bacon uses hair tonie in a picture he wants real hair tonic that smells. In making his latest Warner Bros. production, “Picture Snatcher,’ which opens at thesis PUSRETO 08ers ss ; James Cagney objected to the use of a particularly oderiferous tonic on his head. “Let’s use some colored water,” he suggested to Bacon. “If I use that stuff Tl smell so awful I won’t be able to sleep with myself. You can see and hear the movies, Page Four 35-3 hig i, ae 4 — at S& ———— . appearance tour or tne coun line. i Bulldog. eee An early edition of a newspaper. Oy Lobsters inch o257 3.5: The period, generally from 1 a.m. to 8 a.m. in which a special staff of men prepare the first edition of an afternoon paper. Bousdewn os oe Re-writing briefly for an afternoon paper a longer story which appeared in the morning edition or vice versa. Bug See ieee A telegrapher’s key. Lhithy: Foti ae eee The telegrapher’s signal that the wire is closed for the night. Stud Horse Head........ Exceptionally large headlines. Deadline sete The last minute in which copy can get into the paper. Streamer. sees ....A headline that goes clean across the top of the z paper. UMD! sees pas Sees A story that is carried over onto another page. Siete ce Ae Used to indicate the paragraph killed is to stay in the article. d 2 Rae ania aor eee Type that is jumbled. PU Gt seat eee Short item to fill space. eee ae A printer’s helper or apprentice. (Additional Current Publicity Story) Warner Bros. Launch Patricia Ellis in 3 Of Their Best Hits Forecasting the new feminine scréen type of 1933 is a ticklish business. But Patricia Ellis, un known to screen audiences during 1932, has been launched on the movie public by Warner Bros. for 1933 and offers an indication of the trend in screen femininity. Miss Ellis is barely seventeen years old, sweet, demure and fragile, who spent the better part of 1932 at the Warner Studios preparing herself for the part she is to play~ in screen history of the coming year. The first three pictures in the new year’s product in which she will but thank Heaven you can’t smell! them.” But Director Bacon was adamant. “Tt know the smell doesn’t register,” he said, “but there is a psychological effect about using the real tonic that seems to affect the players in their work.” be seen are with George Arliss in “The King’s Vacation’; opposite Joe E. Brown in “Elmer The Great”; and opposite James Cagney in Snatcher,” the latter which is now on the sereen of the “Pieture Se ee ae es Theatre. In this, Miss Ellis has her first leading role. Miss Ellis was brought to Hollywood from Broadway where she was playing on the stage under the tutelage of her father, a famous New York stage producer. She brings to the screen a youthful freshness and naive simplicity devoid of affectation. In “Picture Snatcher,” Miss Ellis is the embodiment of loveliness and quiet simplicity in contrast to Cag ney’s rough and ready characterization, aS an ex-convict, star pho tographer on a yellow, dirty tabloid. The screen play by Allen Rivkin and P. J. Wolfson is an exeiting story of unprincipled picture gathering methods used by sensationar muck-raking yellow journals, written by Danny Ahearn. Others in the cast include Ralph Bellamy, Alice White and Ralf Harolde. Lloyd Bacon directed. CURRENT Real Sensational Event Part Of Cagney Picture The photographing of a woman in the electric chair by a reporter who had a camera strapped to his ankle, which startled the newspaper world some years ago, is made the basis of an incident in the Warner Bros. production, “Picture Snatcher,” now showing at the... Theatre. James Cagney has the title role and is the reporter who smuggles the camera into the death house. “Picture Snatcher’’ Is Expose of New Phase of Yellow Journalism “Picture Snatcher,” a Warner Bros. production starring James Cagney and now showing at the........ A ote Theatre, while it is a pieture of newspaper life; deals with a little known but generally descredited phase of the business which all decent publishers abhor. The picture treats of the amazing lengths to which certain secandal morgering newspapers go in their efforts to supply sensational picture material for their readers. Patricia Ellis, Alice White and Ralph Bellamy each play strong supporting roles opposite James Cagney. Ralph Bellamy Ran Off To Enter Stage Career Ralph Bellamy, who plays an important role as City Editor in James Cagney’s latest starring vehicle for Warner Bros., now showing ab thes ens..,.. theatre, ran away from home to go on the stage. He is a relative of the late Edward Bellamy who wrote “Looking Backward” and of Eben E. Rexford who composed “Silver Threads Among _ the Gold.” He has one of the most_ ~ important roles as City Editor in “Picture Snatcher.” James Cagney Learns He Who Siaps Gets Slapped The feminine world at last has its revenge on Jimmy Cagney the sereen’s most famous lady smacker. In the Warner Bros. production, “Picture Snatcher,” now showing at BAN: ere ese ered Theatre, Jimmy gets fresh with his leading lady, Patricia Ellis and she gives him a resounaing slap. across the jaw. Alice White Loses Out Trying to Vamp Cagney James Cagney in “Picture Snatcher,’ his latest Warner Bros. hit NOW playiny at the: scene Theatre, turns the tables on the girls. Instead of being rebuffed by a woman, he does the rebuffing, in his own inimitable rough way. Alice White, as the vamping “sob sister” of a scandal mongering tabloid is unceremoniously dumped upon the floor by Cagney when she tries to overwhelm him with her affections. Ex-Gangster Roles For Film Gangsters What’s happened to the picture gangster who survived the screen wars several years ago? They’re back again to start a eycle of exgangster pictures, with Jimmy Cagney, Public Enemy Number One, as lead off man in “Picture Snatcher,” which Warner Bros. will present at TO oe gO tase Theatre starting ete ea re Then there is Edward G. Robinson, “Little Ceasar,” who will soon be seen in “Little Giant” in which he plays a wealthy gang leader who quit the racket when the U. S. Government legalized beer. Necessity was the mother of this idea, for even a movie gangster can stand being bumped-off but a limited number of times, and then a change in conditions that had made for the gangster, also made it imperative that the movies keep up with the times. Consequently these stars who developed large follow. ings through their gangster characterizations are now being used by the alert movie producers in new type of stories that are topieal. Nat tiese ae