Road to Singapore (Warner Bros.) (1931)

— 4 A ~~ a ALL THIS WEEK Ree ee —_—_ To Many Lands! Broken hearts, mark the miles! Flaming affairs and mad romances dot the way! Women who are forgotten by the man they can’t forget! WILLIAM POWEL dramatically perfect at his suavest best!! THE ROAD TO SINGAPORE a drama of flaming love under a tropic moon! DORIS KENYON MARIAN MARSH WARNER BROS. & VITAPHONE PRODUCTION . WINTERGARDEN Cut 80c, Mat 20c Cut No. 9 Marian Marsh Plays Ingenue In “Road To Singapore’ (Biography—August 15, 1931) Marian Marsh, the seventeen-yearold girl who is rated as the great screen discovery of the year, plays the ingenue role in “The Road to Singapore,” the Warner Bros. picture starring William Powell, now at the Theatre. Miss Marsh was born on the Is land of Trinidad, where her uncle was collector of customs. When very young her parents brought her to Hollywood where she attended high school, becoming one of the crack basketball players and an expert swimmer. Tean Fenwick, an older sister, already in pictures, arranged a screen test for Marian and their brother Edward Morgan. Both were given Warner Bros. contracts. Marian’s extraordinary beauty and talent were recognized by John Barrymore who chose her as his leading lady in “Svengali” and “The Mad Genius.” She was also in “Five Star Final” with Edward G. Robinson. Prior to this Miss Marsh had appeared in a Los Angeles stage production of “Young Sinners.” The petite blonde greatly resembles Dolores Costello. She weighs one hundred and two pounds, is five feet two inches in height and has large blue eyes. In company with her mother she antly visited New York, where ~wers without exception praised ‘traightforward simplicity, innce and charm. Eight Odd Bottles Contain Ceylonese Drinks CATCHLINES (Current Reader) Every fancy liquor bottle was called into use in one sequence of the picture “The Road to Singapore” now at the Theatre, in which William Powell is starred by Warner Brothers. Ceylonese tipplers are said to prefer them. The club bar, shown in the picture is equipped with the most curious bottles the studio owns. William Powell in His Most Powerful Part * * * She Forsook Husband to Follow Lover Down the Swaying Road to Singapore! * * * Darkly Glamorous Love Story of Whites In the Ceylonese Jungles! * * * William Powell’s First Warner Picture! His Most Sensational Triumph! * * William Poweil—Dozis Kenyon—Marian Marsh— Louis Calhern in Pertwee’s Greatest Drama “The Road to Singapore.” * * * * Thrilling Love Battle Fought In Jungles of Ceylon! with x x x She Was Made for Love—She Sought Love In Spite of Convention! * * Her Husband’s Neglect Strengthened Her Lover’s Power Over Her! . x x Take the Road to Singapore! * Cut No. 20 DORIS KENYON MARIAN MARSH A WARNER BROS. and VITAPHONE DRAMATIC HIT! CAPITOL WOMEN WILL RAVE ABOUT Doris Kenyon Shown In Four Fine Roles Miss Kenyon Now At Strand In “Road to Singapore” Supporting Powell (Human Interest Story) Doris Kenyon’s return to screen has been one of the most : cessful in theatrical history. career was halted for several yea which she devoted to the care of her husband, Milton Sills and their son Kenyon, now seven years old. The sudden passing of Mr. Siils, just when his health seemed restored to the point when he might resume his enviable screen position, left Doris Kenyon the alternatives of a Lfe devoted solely to the boy, or the return to the work in which she had been so successful. The advent of the talkies had made possible the use of one of the lovely lady’s most exceptional possessions—her voice. For years she had been studying singing and languages. Incidentally, she is booked for a European concert tour for the coming year. Miss Kenyon’s return to the screen is marked -by four widely divergant roles, which demonstrate the range of her emotional genius. and which have elicited praise from press and public. She is now to be seen at the ae Theatre in support of William Powell in Warner Bros. “The Road * Singapore”—in which she plays part of an English woman comes to Ceylon to marry a physician—through whose neglect she aftcrward falls under the spell of a suave and fickle profligate. Her performance is marked by passionate sincerity and she is unforgettable as the woman made for love. In “The Bargain,” First National screen version of the Harvard Prize Play of Phillip Barry, she is the wistful wife and mother. In “The Ruling Voice” another First National picture, starring Walter Huston, she portrays with startling vividness a brittle, highly-strung rich woman of the world and in the latest Ceorge Arliss starring vehicle, “Alexander Hamilton,” she is seen as the trusting wife of the stormy advocate of human rights, who falls under the spell of a scheming adventuress. Others in support of Mr. Powell in “The Road to Singapore” are Marian Marsh, the brilliant young screen discovery—Louis Calhern. Alison Skipworth, Lumsden Hare, Tyrrell Davis and A. E. Anson. The piece is by the celebrated British playwright, Roland Pertwee. A! fred E. Green directed. wa “Road To Singapore” Sets Rivaled Tophet’s Heat (Advance Reader) Heat greater than that of proverbial Tophet was throughout much of the filming of the picture “The Road to Singapore,” the Warner Bros. picture in which William Powell is starred and which opens PiGen cs -Eheatre=.=>... next. Tropical interiors, built inside of giant sound stages under the concentrated rays of tremendous lights ‘made it easy enough for the cast.to imagine they were actually playing in Ceylon. Featured in support of Mr. Powell are Doris Kenyon, Marion Marsh and Louis Calhern. Greater Than Ever Before! WILLIAM : POWELL THE ROAD TO SINGAPORE NOW PLAYING SECOND WEEK Cut 40c, Mat 10¢