Public Enemys Wife (Warner Bros.) (1936)

“Puslic ENEMY’S WIFE” I ‘3 « ec rN a SR RE MO SEE (Lead Off Story) New G-Man Type Film Coming To Strand Theatre An entirely different and unusual type of G-Man picture is scheduled as the feature attracNGS 1 SE eed Oo aaa ante Gast Theatre DOCINNING jc Scck ss , under the title of “Public Enemy’s Wife,” a Warner Bros. production in which Pat O’Brien, Margaret Lindsay, Robert Armstrong, Cesar Romero and Dick Foran have the leading roles. The picture is said to be erammed with thrills, including the overpowering of guards on a train and the escape of a gangster killer; the attempted murder of the bridegroom of the divorced wife of the killer; the kidnaping of the bride; a gun battle between G-Men and the criminal band in their hideout; the seizing of a ship chartered by the gangsters in which they plan to flee the country, taking the young bride and captured secret service operatives with them. In this climactic scene there is another and fiercer gun fight, with the chief of crooks meeting his death. While O’Brien plays the featured leading part, Miss Lindsay has the title role. She is a beautiful and cultured woman who falls for the blarney of a smooth and handsome crook and marries him. Her husband having been apprehended for a crime, he lets his wife take the “rap” with him although she is absolutely innocent. After serving her term in prison, she tells her husband, who still has some years to serve, that she intends to divorce him and start life anew. He informs her that the reason he let them convict her was to keep her away from other men, that he loves her desperately, and that if she ever attempts to marry any one else, he will get out of prison in some way and kill the man. O’Brien, ace G-Man and his partner, Robert Armstrong, still think Miss Lindsay knows about the crime, and she is unable to convince them that she knows nothing whatever about either the gang or its operations. Recuperating at Palm Beach, Miss Lindsay is wooed and won by Dick Foran, a rich play boy who insists on an immediate marriage. Her killer husband hears of it, offers to testify against other members of the gang, but while being taken to New York, escapes from the train after overpowering the guards. Dick fakes a fall from his polo pony when he learns this and, O’Brien, on the trail of the killer, persuades Miss Lindsay to go through the ceremony with him to set a trap for the killer. From then on it is a battle of wits as well as guns between the G-Men and the killer and his gang until a smashing climax in which the killer is eliminated in a battle on the criminal’s privately chartered vessel at sea. Cesar Romero has the part of the killer, Joseph King that of the Chief of the G-Men. Richard Purcell is chief crook aide to Romero and Addison Richards has the part of a prison warden. Others in the cast include Hal K. Dawson, Harry Hayden, Alan Bridges, Kenneth Harlan, Selmer Jackson and William Pawley. Nick Grinde directed the picture from the screen play by Abem Finkel and Harold Buckley, based on a story by P. J. Wolfson. Can the widow of a crook find peace in the arms of the G-Man whose bullets freed her from a life of crime? Pat O’Brien and Margaret Lindsay give the answer in ‘‘ Public Enemy’s Wife,’’ Warner Bros.’ startling sequel: to “Public Hnemy,”’~ which opens at the: ....<ciccccsecvscrssvceee Theatre OU mentees. Mat No, 218 — 20¢ Miss Lindsay After Golf Championship Margaret Lindsay, who plays opposite Pat O’Brien in the Warner Bros. picture, ‘‘Public Enemy’s Wife,’’ now showing at the ie Theatre, is competing with Ruby Keeler for the title of ‘“best motion picture actress golfer.’? She has been playing for several months, but has never been on a golf course. Her instructor, Charlie Guest, a well known Los Angeles professional, has been teaching her only in strokes with the various clubs and will not allow her to play. Film Killer Cesar Romero as the ‘‘public enemy’’ whose death made possible a screen story that couldn’t be told until America had mopped up the last of the mobsters. It’s the story of the women widowed by G-Men’s guns, ‘‘Public Enemy’s Wife’’ WHiCW Opens atthe \.....cc14...cecteesccs TL REUUTE= OI cc cece a edecarssate : Mat No. 102—10c (Opening Day Story) ‘Public Enemy’s Wife’ Comes To Strand Today “Public Enemy’s Wife,’ Warner Bros.’ new and unique thriller of G-Men activities, comes tortheskie ase Theatre today. The story by P. J. Wolfson is said to carry some of the biggest punches ever shown in this type of picture, as well as being unusual in that a romance between the ace G-Man and the public enemy’s wife forms a very definite and strong part of the plot. The picture is enacted by an exceptionally brilliant cast which includes Pat O’Brien and Margaret Lindsay in the featured roles as lovers, O’Brien the ace GMan and Miss Lindsay in the title role; Robert Armstrong, another G-Man; Cesar Romero, the arch villain and murderous head of a band of desperate crooks; Dick Foran, rich play-boy; Joseph King, Richard Pureell, Addison Richards and others. The plot centers about Miss Lindsay, who is sent to prison for a crime she did not commit, having married a handsome and magnetic crook without knowing his background. The husband, Cesar Romero, has let her take the “rap” with him for the crime, because he is afraid she will divorce him and marry again. When she leaves prison before he does, he threatens to kill any man who comes between them. He escapes from prison and heads for the wedding ceremony when he learns of it, intending to earry out his threat. But aceG-Man O’Brien is on the watch. The rich play-boy, whom the girl is to marry, proves yellow, so O’Brien goes through with the eeremony, hoping to trap the killer. It is then he begins to fall in love with the girl. And it is then that the picture enters a series of smashing episodes, winding up in an unusual climax in which the girl and the ace GMan are carried aboard a specially chartered ship by. the crooks. But there are other G-Men on the job and the ship is seized. (Prepared Review) ‘Public Enemy’s Wife” Is Thrilling Film Of G-Men Pat O’Brien and Margaret Lindsay Score Hit In Dramatic Romance No more dramatic thrills ever were shown in a picture embracing the activities of G-Men than in the Warner Bros. production, ‘‘Public Enemy’s Wife,’’ which was flashed across the sereen-of the on. sinc: time locally. Theatre yesterday for the first Yet the picture has a unique and unusual flavor, as in addition to the exciting episodes, there is a fascinating romance between the ace G-Man and the woman in the title role, the wife of a public enemy, although at the time she is the ex-wife. There is an unusually talented cast which includes Pat O’Brien, Margaret Lindsay, Robert Armstrong, Cesar Romero, Dick Foran, Joseph King, Richard Purcell and Addison Richards in the featured leads. The story by P. J. Wolfson is filled with fire and dynamite. It centers about the life of a beautiful and cultured young girl who falls for the blandishments of a handsome and magnetic youth and marries him, not knowing he is one of the leaders of a band of the country’s most dangerous crooks and killers. She comes to a sharp awakening when her husband is finally convicted of a crime and she as his accomplice. Leaving the prison before her husband, he informs her he will kill any man who comes between them. She thinks he is safe enough in prison, gets a divorce, and falls in love with a rich play-boy at Palm Beach. On the eve of their marriage the killer escapes and heads South to carry out his threat. Learning of this, the playboy fakes a tumble from his polo pony to get out of the match. But the ace G-Man persuades the girl to go through a pseudo ceremony with him, hoping in this way to trap the killer. From then on there are gun battles and kidnapings and other thrilling episodes which lead up to a smashing climax. Pat O’Brien never was better than in his part of the ace G-Man who thinks the killer’s wife is a member of the gang, until he begins to know her and love her. He is cool, suave but full of en The Price Can It Be True! Pat O’Brien and Margaret Lindsay head the all star cast of ““Public Enemy’s Wife,’’ Warner Bros.’ crime picture about — and for — women, which opens at the Tee eee EMCO: OW arc... tascam Mat No. 107—10c ergy at the crucial moments. Margaret Lindsay plays opposite him as the wife of the killer. She does some splendid acting in a difficult role, and her work is finished and polished as always. Cesar Romero makes a dashing criminal whose surface polish is enough to attract a beautiful girl. Robert Armstrong is excellent as the associate of G-Man O’Brien, while Dick Foran makes as excellent a play-boy as he does a cowboy in his Western pictures. Nick Grinde has done a fine piece of. direction. Pat O’Brien (left) Margaret Lindsay and Robert Armstrong (right) show what happens when the desperate mates of the mobsters try to break the clutch of the underworld and go straight, in ‘‘ Public Enemy’s Wife,"’ the Warner Bros. story of the other side of the war on crime, which 14s now showing at the SE a Theatre. Mat No. 202—20c Page Twenty-one