Red Hot Tires (Warner Bros.) (1935)

Talbot’s Path Crosses Those Of Famous Stars “Red Hot Tires” Is First Film In Which No Old Friend Plays With Him LL roads in the entertainment world lead eventually to Hollywood but they cross and re-cross many times on the way. Realizing that many of his new friends in Hollywood were really old friends of his days in New York, on the road or in stock, Lyle Talbot has compiled a list of more than twenty well known screen players whose names appear prominently in his own scrapbooks. There is Mae West for one. Lyle played the juvenile lead for Miss West in her memorable production, “Sex.” He admits now that he was rather scared of the actress-producer and tried, without success, to quit the part before rehearsals were complete. LYLE TALBOT Mat No.1 100 He was persuaded to remain, however, and today counts Miss West as a valued friend. Lyle and Guy Kibbee rehearsed together for parts in the play “The Torch Song.” Kibbee got a role; Lyle didn’t. The part made Kibbee famous and led directly to his first Hollywood contract while Lyle went on, playing stock about the country for several years before joining forces with Kibbee again at Warner Bros. studios, where he recently completed the leading role in “Red Hot Tires,’ which comes to the ee S. Theatre on Meeting With Jean Muir For one season Lyle played in stock at Columbus, Ohio. He was recommended for the job by Victor Jory, his immediate predecessor, with the same company. The ‘fifth woman” in this company was a blonde young lady named Jean Fullerton who had a pronounced English accent. She had acquired this through a year’s residence in Scotland and Franee, and Lyle urged her to drop it as quickly as possible. She did and not so many months ago she reached Hollywood where her name was shortened to Jean Muir. In Lineoln, Nebraska, where Lyle played one long season in stock, Isabel Jewell was his leading lady. He followed Rolf Harolde as leading man in that location and Harolde preceded Lyle to Hollywood by a few months. Five years ago Lyle was playing a role in “The Cradle Call” in Chicago and in the theatre next door Spencer Tracy, Allen Jenkins and Henry O’Neill were all working in “The Last Mile.” All three of them are in Hollywood now and Lyle has worked in pictures with all of them. In Chamberlain Brown’s stock company, Lyle worked with Glenda Farrell, Mary Boland, Gordon Westcott and Henry O’Neill in various productions. Preston Foster and Lyle both were considered for a role in the New York production of “Two Seeonds.” Foster played it, and when Mervyn LeRoy saw the Racing Champ Now Film Technician Art Klein, former automobile racing champion, acted in the capactiy of technical adviser for the filming of the First National production, “Red Hot Tires,” now Bliowanoe. at <bh@g. 0 ol. wer ele Theatre. The picture is a racing romance in which Lyle Talbot and Mary Astor are starred. Page Ten performance he persuaded Foster to come to Hollywood to play. the same role in the picture, “Two Seconds,” in which Edward G. Robinson was starred. Claire Trevor and Lyle worked together in a St. Louis stock company. Pat O’Brien and Lyle made Warner Bros. shorts together in Brooklyn. Donald Woods and Lyle had the same agent for a long time and frequently tried for the same roles. Phillip Reed, then known as Milton LeRoy, was another co-worker in one stock company with which Lyle was associated. Has Had Long Career At one time Lyle replaced Russell Hardy in the road company of “The Criminal Code.” Russell Hicks and Gladys George were in a New York show in which Lyle had a part. At another time, Preston Foster, already mentioned, and Lyle played “Orlando” and the wrestler, respectively, in a New York production of “As You Like It.” About every third newcomer to Hollywood is an old friend of Lyle Talbot’s. He started his theatrical career as a boy assisting a magician with a ¢arnival company. In the time that intervened between those days and his first call to Hollywood, Lyle traveled far, played many roles and met thousands of aspiring young players. Most of his roles on the stage were as a juvenile or romantic hero type. His first part in pictures was as a heavy and he stayed heavy, with a few exceptions, for almost two years. Lately, however, Warner Bros. have featured Talbot as the leading man in a series of action pictures, the latest of which is the First National drama “Red Hot Tires,” a thrilling romance in which Mary Astor appears opposite him. Lyle did not know Miss Astor until he reached Hollywood because she has never appeared on the stage. In fact “Red Hot Tires” is the first picture he has made since coming to Hollywood in which no member of the cast ~ was an “old friend” along the road that led Lyle to Hollywood. The picture is a stirring and unusual romance in which two daredevil drivers battle both for racing honors and the love of a beautiful girl. In the cast with Talbot and Miss Astor are Roscoe Karns, Frankie Darro, Gavin Gordon, Mary Treen and Henry Kolker. D. Ross Lederman directed the production from the story and screen play by Tristam Tupper. Cheering Racers Costs Film Stars’ Voices Lyle Talbot and Mary Astor lost their voices through constant cheering in their latest First National picture, “Red Hot Tires,” now showing at the .............. Theatre. In one long sequence they sat on the side lines watching a midget automobile race. They cheered until they were hoarse, and were unable to do any sneaking parts for two days. The picture is a thrilling romance of the auto tracks with smashing race scenes. Teamed Lyle have made a marked impression on motion picture fans with Talbot and Mary Astor their remarkable work in the First National drama of the motor racing tracks “Red Hot Tires,” which will open at the ci eae ee Theatre on ............... Mat No. 22—10e Mary Astor Is Given Speed Lessons Mary Astor, who rides as a mechanic in an automobile speed race, in her latest First National picture, “Red Hot Tires,” which comes to the ........0......0. Theatre (0S ees cos , took lessons for her part from “Babe Stapp,” nationally famous racer. Stapp also appears in the thrilling racing scenes. Lyle Talbot plays opposite Miss Astor. Lyle Talbot Knocks Out Gavin Gordon Lyle Talbot seldom gets through a film without a fight and his latest First National production, “Red Hot Tires,’ now showing at the .................... Theatre, is no exception. Talbot and Gavin Gordon, rival race drivers and also rivals for the love of Mary Astor in the role of the daughter of their boss, mix it up in regular he-man style. Lyle puts Gordon down for the count with a stiff swing. Cop Broadcasts For Racing Film A Los Angeles Police Department radio announcer was engaged to do the broadeastine of the auto speed races in the Warner Bros. picture, ‘‘Red Hot Tires,’’? which comes.-to the =s5 tees cas Theatre OUe.. tee ee . His name is Frank Bull and he will be seen as well as heard in the picture. Talbot Has Moustache For First Time For the first time in his screen eareer, Lyle Talbot was required to wear a moustache in some sequences of the Warner Bros. picture, ‘‘Red Hot Tires,’’ now showAN atthe: <tc a : eeee Theatre. This is a disguise he wears after escaving from prison where he was confined on an unjust charge of manslaughter. The picture is a thrilling romance of the auto race tracks. Mary Astor plays opposite Talbot. D. Ross Lederman directed. Daredevil Auto Drivers Use Their own Language Mystify Actors In Thrilling Race Track Film *‘Red Hot Tires” BY BOBBY HUSSEY e6 OW many barrels do you have in your bag 0’ bolts?”’ You do have a bag o’ bolts and there are barrels in it, really, but you wouldn’t be likely to know about all this unless you’re familar with the argot of the automo bile race-track drivers. A “‘bag o’ bolts’? means an automobile and when a racing driver mentions ‘‘barrels’’ he means cylinders. Were the most accomplished linguist in the world placed in the company of a group of automobile racing drivers, it is highly probable that within two minutes he would throw up his hands and admit he didn’t know what was being said. That’s exactly what happened to Lyle Talbot, Mary Astor and others during the production of “Red Hot Tires,” the First National picture which comes to the Speen Panay Mya FPO SONs s5-22.0et= 30 When location scenes were being filmed at the American Legion Ascot Speedway in Los Angeles, the movie workers became friendly with the daredevil racers at the track, but it was several days before the film troupe knew the meaning of what was being said. What “Bull Ring” Means The public has_ probably thought all along, for example, that because bull fighting is prohibited in America, there are no bull rings here. That’s where the public is wrong, for any automobile race-track is a “bull ring” as far as a racing driver is concerned. Every mechanic is a “bolt twister” to an automobile racer and the starter is ‘always the “rag jerker,’ for he waves the signal flags which govern the race. There are many words to denote the drivers of the speed ears. Every driver is a “skinner” to one who knows his racetrack language, but if the “skinner” is known to be a reckless driver, he’s known affectionately among his associates as a “bag o’ bugs.” Wrecking a car is termed “folding the iron” and if a driver does that too frequently he is considered “skidscrewy” and others avoid him on the track. The driver who loses his nerve in automobile racing is a “corkfoot” in racing parlance and every bad driver is said to be possessed of “cockpit trouble.” The “engine room” of a ear, and that means all that is under the hood, has it’s pet names, too. Pistons are “slugs,” spark plugs are “sparking irons” and valves are known as “gates.” Gears are called “cogs” and “pots” belong in the “engine room” rather than in kitchens, for “pots” are really carburetors, according to the speed demons. When Brakes Are ‘‘Binders’’ The exhaust pipe of a racing car is called the “stack” and tires aren’t at all. They’re “skins.” Racing cars don’t have any brakes, but they do have “binders,” for that’s what a racing driver calls them. A skid is ecalled a “gilhooley” or a “wingding” and when two cars erash together it is said they “swapped ends.” To “get on it” means to increase the speed. No racer ever drives around a turn. He “bends into it.” ' If you look perplexed when a racing driver refers to his car as a “bag 0’ bolts,” he will probably elucidate by using the word “churn.” Anyone who knows the argot of the speedway knows that a “churn” is an automobile, but most of us have gone on these many years thinking that churns were used in butter-making and nothing more. The language of the automobile race-track is most bewildering to outsiders, but it had to be mastered by the movie makers without loss of time so that “Red Hot Tires” could be filmed on schedule. The picture is a stirring romance of the auto race tracks by Tristam Tupper. The all star cast includes Lyle Talbot, Mary Astor, Roscoe Karns, Frankie Darro and Gavin Gordon. D. Ross Lederman directed. Trouble At The Tracks Thrills, spills and breath snatching risks, hold spectators spell bound as daring auto racers strive for glory and for love in the First National drama of the motor tracks, “Red Hot Tires’? which opens at the Theatre on Above are Lyle Talbot, Roscoe Karns and Bradley Page in a dramatic scene in which a crooked driver is exposed. Mat No. 24—20c