Rivers End 1930 (Warner Bros.) (1930)

Vigorous Hero of (Biographical Feature) “RIVER’S END”—A Warner Bros. and Vitaphone Production “River’s End” Was Roosevelt Coal-Passer Charles Bickford, one of the finest portrayers of vigorous young manhood in pictures, who has the dual leading male role in ‘“River’s End,” the Warner Bros. and Vitaphone adaptation of the James Oliver Curwood novel now at the. for the movies for more than ten years, but capitulated when the talkies came along and Cecil B. “Dynamite.” a i ] acord 6 8u HERO | perb physique and hale personality» at once make him one of Rthe most pic; figures fof the amusement He was 5 in Cambridge, Massaechusetts, son of a ‘offee importer, SUEPRELLLGIEUGEE SEERA EEE nd educated in Charles Bickford |Boston schools and in the Massa Stock a8 chusetts Institute t ‘ ee Senaretely of Technology, (Current) BICKFORD IDEAL AS CURWOOD HERO Charles Bickford in the dual role in “River’s End,” the Warner Bros. and Vitaphone melodrama of the Far _ North, now at the .... Theatre, does _eredit to his early promise on the gereen. It is a part seemingly written with such a man in mind, a man and imagination. a Oppo creditable job of it. “River's Kind” is a story of the Canadian Mounted Police and of the strange plight of a man among them who could not prove himself a man without seeming to show himself a murderer or a cad. It avoids the . melodramatic dangers of stories. te Bickford and does a highly De Mille offered him a part in where he studied construction engineering. Following his graduation he became an actor although during vacations he worked on such engineering enterprises as the Charles River Bridge and the South Boston Army Base. He went around the world with Roosevelt’s fleet as a coal-passer. He served in the war as a lieutenant of engineers, his duties abroad. He is six feet one inch tali and weighs one hundred and eighty-five pounds. He has played stock in Boston, Lynn, Lawrence, Haverhill, Lowell, Newport, Brooklyn, New York, Philadelphia and Chicago. On the Broadway stage his appearances which carried him to stardom are “Dark Rosaleen,” “Flames,” “Out taking him side Looking In,” “Glory Hallelujah,” | “No More Women,” “Chicago,” “Bless You, Sister,’ and “Gods of Lightning.” Among his other talking pictures }are included “Anna Christie,” “Dyna ... Theatre, resisted his liking | CHARLES BICKFORD IN DUAL ROLE Scene from “River's End HA Warner Bros. Production. PURSUED AND PURSUER mite,” “South Sea Rose,” “Hell’s Both P lay ed by Bickf ord Heroes” and “The Sea Bat.” Production No. 5-—Cut or Mat (Biographical) He Wants to Grow Old on Capri To end his days on the,island of Capri has been the lifelong ambition of David Torrence, brother of Ernest Torrence and veteran yoy SSS CHaTaAcvcraciwur—w= DD Torrence plays an important supporting role in the Warner Bros. and Vitaphone outdoor feature, “River’s End,” with Charles Bickford and Evalyn Knapp in the leading roles, now at the.... Theatre. Mr. Torrence received his: early stage training under the expert guidance of Richard Mansfield. For nearly twenty years he toured with important companies. — SS “In 1917 he followed his brother to the motion pictures and with the eventual arrival of the talkies his long experience and real ability became more and more in demand for important screen productions. He has played important roles in “Disraeli” and “Hearts in Exile” for Warner Bros. in recent months, and’ in “River’s End” has created another vivid character. Pen Impressions RIVER'S END tth CHARLES BICKFORD and EVALYN KNAPP CHARLES BICKFORD and watt Ny FREED FROM CHARGE OF MURDER, MAN WHO HAS BEEN PLAYING THE PART OF HIS DEAD ENEMY CANNOT RE~ VEAL HIS IDENTITY AND 1S WHIPPED FROM CAMP Pen Impression—Style X—Cut or Mat Fd (Biographical Feature) Evalyn Knapp, Bewitching Heroine of “River’s End” Theatre. wod only a few weeks when she was’ chosen for this part. Her delightful portrayal of the role settled the status | of the charming importation from the New York stage and focused the attention of Hollywood upon her. Evalyn Knapp was born and educated in Kansas City. From early childhood she evidenced dramatic ability. After several seasons with a local stock company, her manager insisted that she go East-—primarily, so he said, to get rid of the Western accent. After intensive study in diction she applied for her first New York job and landed in the road show company of “The Patsy.” She later played Grace in “Broadway” in Los Angeles, oddly enough without thought of picture possibilities. Back in New York she was feutured in numerous’ Vitaphone i ey We Te ye a = : /“Painted Angel,” Variety numbers and the Warner Bros. officials were so pleased with her work that they signed her to a (Biographical ) CLEVER ZASU PITTS! MOST AMUSING IN *“RIVER’S END” “Life is just an endless circle to me,’ said Zasu Pitts Snes and the reason given by the clever character actress is the typical woman’s reason—she has nothing | ee = —————~ Miss Pitts, who is week in “River’s End,” the Warner Bros. and Vitaphone production now at the .... Theatre, is one of Hollywood’s busiest actresses. In her own words, she works so hard she never has time to buy clothes and wouldn’t have any place to wear them if she had. When the actress does find a way out of the circle the gowns that she buys are always blue. She never has been known to wear another ¢olor. Miss Pitts was born in Parsons, Kansas, in 1898. She was educated at Santa Cruz, California. She has been featured by practically all of the great producers. Among her Tecent pictures are “Wife Slavers,” “Buck Privates,” “138 Washington Square” and “Sunlight.” Miss Pitts is five feet six inches in height, weighs one hundred and fifteen pounds and has brown hair and blue eyes. J. Farrell McDonald In “‘River’s End” J. Farrell “McDonald, the noted character actor who plays the part of O’Toole, aide to one of the Mounted Police in “River’s End,’ the Warner Bros. and Vitaphone production, now at the . ... . Theatre, has appeared recently in such pictures as “In Old Arizona,” “Strong Boy,” “Masked Emotions,” “Masquerade,” “Men Without Women” and “Born Reckless.” _ “Even the weariest river winds somewhere safe to sea—”’ —SWwINBURNE. Miss Knapp had been in Holly-] long term con RIVER Evalyn Knapp makes her second screen appearance in “River’s End,” the Warner Bros. and Vitaphone production now at the . tract and_ sent her to Hollywood. Aftér additional screen tests she was given the leading role in “Sinners’ Holiday.” Miss Knapp is five feet four inches tall and weighs one hundred and _ five pounds. She is fond of athletics and is an expert swimmer and horsewoman. She is unmarried and lives in a Hollywood apartment. | HEROINE | oe EVALYN HNAPP Stock J-31 Cut or Mat Order Separately ADVERTISEMENT WARNER BROS, Present 5 1-Col. Ad—Style G—Cut or Mat with CHARLES BICKFORD Ss EVALYN KNAPP (Biographical) JUNIOR COGHLAN, FAMOUS BOY ACTOR, IN “RIVER’S END” Junior Coghlan, who plays the part of Mickey O'Toole, the waif, in ‘River's End,’ the Warner Bros. and Vitaphone adaptation Oliver Curwood novel, now at the . . Theatre, was born in New Haven, Conn on March 16, 1916. He was e in Hollywood and first entereu ,«ctures when five years old, his first big part being in “Mike” with Marshall Neilan. Other pictures are “Slide, Kelly, Slide,” “Yankee Clipper,” “Harp in Hock,” “Country Doctor,” and two in which he was starred, “Let “Er Go, Gallagher” and “Marked Money.” Junior is four feet seven and one-half inches tall, weighs eighty-five pounds and has brown eyes and hair. His favorite sports are baseball, football and swimming. It may be added that a bit in “The Road to Yesterday” was so well done by Junior early in his screen career that it won him a contract with Cecil B. of the James De Mille.