Road to Singapore (Warner Bros.) (1931)

—— — ITS AN IMPORTANT PICTURE- DAINTY MISS MARSH HAS DECIDED OPINIONS ON FASHIONS, FAN MAIL AND OLD FASHIONED FEMININITIES Marian Marsh, Now at the Strand in **The Road To Singapore,” in Support of William Powell, Says Her Say (Interesting Woman’s Page Feature) Hollywood, Calif—Should all girls, whatever their type, obey current modes of sophisticated attire? To this question there possibly may be five-and-thirty answers. Marsh, seventeen-year-old leading lady to William Powell in now at the So convinced is Marian on this score, that she refuses to have her conviction classified among her prejuSays this blonde newcomer to screen stellar honors: “The Road to Singapore,” exists, her own. dices. IS IT YOUR STYLE “Girls make a mistake in following the mode blindly and ignoring their personal type. The fashion today is to affect a coiffure and apparel extremely sophisticated. This suits the girl who gives the impression of sophistication, as it does the girl genuinely so. But what of the girl neither sophisticated nor oldfashioned? She must steer a middle course and not run reefs that will wreck her possibili ties of showing herself off to an : advantage. “We've seen the passing of the short-length skirt and the unadorned bob. This was grand for girls who could affect a dashing style, or who were outdoor types. But it played havoc with the tall willowy creatures, the sort veloped in an atmosphere of shaded lights—the indoor model, I mean. The latter type of girl suffered from the exactions of the then current mode. She toed the mark, poor girl. The outdoor type girl has to masquerade today under a mass of material that confines her stride and makes her seem grande dame, when she is anything but that. GINGHAM GIRLS “Currgggg fashions are beautiful, ~ but noi all women. The Parisian couturiers have contrived matvelous creations of line, and have brought new subtleties to the art of the dress. The new frocks are superb in the drawing room, at a formal dance, in a night club. But where, in the name of all that is appropriate, is their place in the business office, or in sports? But the point I am stressing is that even at these places they are right only for the right types of girls. It would be better for all women who cannot live up to the new sophisticated dresses to eschew them and keep to the simple.” Marian is militant also on the idea that the gingham dress type of woman should not be ashamed of possessing a strong penchant toward matters domestic. She believes that many a woman’s place really is in the home, and specifically in the kitchen. “The kitchen motif really can be delightful—and of course man at bottom likes the girl who is happiest around the stove. We’ve become so frightened at being considered old-fashioned, that we pretend to have outgrown such preoccupations as the making of a good meal, For three important occasions in every twenty-four hours of the day, it’s the most important thing in life.” FAN MAIL CHEST Marian Marsh would be difficult to analyze either as the old-fashioned or the sophisticated type. She suggests a little of each, but the stress is not marked. She likes to dress up in a modern trailing creation for an afternoon dance, when she is not expected at the Warner studios. And she is enough of the out-of-door sporting type to relish tennis, horse-back riding, and swimming. She is, too, fond of putter HIS GREATEST HIT! Ga den Cut No. 21 Cut 20c, Mat Sc Page Ten into fashion |{ that | § looks best in elaborate coiffure, en-|§ William Powell Here, Starred In Powerful “Road To Singapore” (Biography—August 15, 1931) William Powell, starred in the “Road to Singapore,” the First National picture now at the.... . Theatre, was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and educated in Pittsburgh, Pa. attended American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. His first stage role was in For Marian Theatre, but one Well” at Lyric Theatre. This was fo lowed by parts in a series of dramatic productions on the New York stage and four years in stock companies in Pittsburgh, Portland, Oregon, Detroit, Buffalo, Northampton and Boston. Later he was featured with such productions as “Within the Law, ” “Going Up,” and “Spanish Love.” During an interval between stage engagements, Albert Parker, the motion picture director, obtained for Powell a role in ‘Sherlock Holmes,” a Metro production. Other engagements were “When Knighthood Was in Flower,” “Outcast,” “The Bright Shawl,’ “Under the Red Robe,” and “Romola.” Richard Dix then preparing to start the production, “Too Many Kisses,’ wanted Powell and after this engagement he Cut No. 26 1Cut 15c, Mat Sc WAMPAS BABY company. Some of the pictures he has appeared in are “Dangerous Money,” “Aloma of the South Seas,” “The Runaway,” “Desert Gold,’ “Beau Geste,2= “Lin Gods,” “rhe Great Gatsby,” “New York,” ‘“Love’s Greatest Mistake,” “Special Delivery,’ “Time to Love,” “Senorita,” “Beau Sabreur,” ‘“She’s a Sheik,” “The Last Command,” “Feel My Pulse,” “Partners in Crime,” “The Drag Net,” “The Vanishing Pioneer,” “Forgotten Faces,” “Interference,” “The Canary Murder Case,” “The Four Feathers,” ‘Charming Sinners,” “The Green Murder Case,” “Pointed Heels,” “Behind the Makeup,” “Street of Chance,” “Paramount on Parade,”. “The Benson Murder Case,” “Shadow of the Law,” “For the Defense,” “Ladies’ Man,” and “Gentlemen of the Streets.” Early in 1931 Powell was placed under long-term contract by Warner Bros.-First National. His first picture under this contract is “The Road to Singapore.” He was married to Carole Lombard on June 26, 1931. Mr. Powell is six feet tall, weighs one hundred and sixty-eight pounds and has brown eyes and hair. William Powell Here Today InEnchanting “Road To Singapore (Current—Plant 1st Day) The countless admirers of the art of William Powell, will be glad to know that he may be seen today at the Theatre, in his first starring vehicle for Warner Bros., “The Road to Singapore.” In Mr. Powell’s support are Doris Kenyon as lead; Marian Marsh— screen discovery of the year, as ingenue; Louis Calhern as male lead, Alison Skipworth in an unforgetable character role—Lumsden Hare, Tyrrell Davis and A. E. Anson. The story is by the celebrated British novelist and playwright. Roland Pertwee, Alfred E. Green, responsible for the Arliss successes, directed. The scenes of “The Road to Sin Marian Marsh, recently selected as one of the Wampas Baby Stars, continues on her way to success in “The Road To Singapore,’ a Warner Bros. picture in which she plays opposite William Powell. Cut No. 3 Cut 15c, Mat Sc Se ae ee eee ing about the house and re-arranging things. She pays particular attention to flowers and keeps her house fragrant and colorful with them. That she preserves a simplicity of nature is attested to by her friends who twit her on her practice of saving fan notes from admiring youths and preserving them in a little treasure chest. The key to this chest she wears around her neck. Others in support of William Powell in “The Road To Singapore” are Doris Kenyon, Louis Calhern, Alison Skipworth, Lumsden Hare, Tyrrell Davis and A. E. Anson. Alfred E. Green directed. TWINS RECEIVE HONORS AS PRIZE SQUEALERS An amusingly human bit in the darkly glamorous scenes of “The Road to Singapore,” the Warner Bros. picture starring William Powell, now at the oe ae Theatre, is that in which the actor binds up the supposedly broken leg of a small pig. The shoat, for some unknown reason named Rosy, was a good trouper and her owner got ten dollars for her services. She was carefully housed between scenes in a padded cage away from the lights, and with a plentiful supply what pigs consider delicate fare. The fact is that there were really two Rosies. They had various accomplishments but Rosy, number two, had the better recording squeal. Number one therefore appears on the screen while number two does the talking. “The Road to Singapore” is the work of Roland Pertwee, famous British playwright. It was directed by Alfred E, Green. Supporting Mr. Powell, are Doris Kenyon, Marian Marsh, Louis Calbern, Alison Skipworth, Lumsden Hare, Tyrrell Davis and A. E. Anson. orous, rainswep, ._ tomtom-haunted jungles of Ceylon. Philippa Marsh comes from England to marry Dr. March and on the steamer meets the suave and magnetic Hugh Dawltry who in time makes her forget convention, in an attempt to get ‘| away from the husband, who neglects her for his patients. “The Road to Singapore” is a masterpiece of dramatic expression. Star, players, settings and direction go to make it one of the most strangely powerful romances seen on the sceen. At the...... Theatre today. was placed under contract by Dix’s, gapore” are laid in the darkly glam Thudding Drums Aid|Ceylon Jungles Are Weird Tropical Spell OfCeyloneseRomance Created For “Road To Singapore” (Advance—Plant 2 Days Before) (Current—Plant sth Day) “The Road to Singapore” the Warner Bros. production starring William Powell and featuring Doris Kenyon, Marian Marsh and Louis Calhern—which comes to the Realistic Ceylonese jungles were created on the thousand-acre ranc’ of Warner Bros. for scenes on “T “*3*** | Road to Singapore,” starring W Theatre day after tomorrow—is a liam Powell, now drawing recore darkly glamorous romance of the] crowds to the........ Theatre. jungles of Ceylon. = Bamboo from Panama, _ grass thatching from the Philippine Islands, birds and monkeys from South America, palms, mosses, and a quantity of jugs, skins and tomtoms, complete the tropical background of the rain-drenched, darkly glamorous romance takes place. The weird thudding monotony of tomtoms pulses through the heavy nights adding to the tropical intoxication of the. scenes—and making more evident the reasoning of the woman whose desperation at the neglect of her husband—a _ doctor whose patients are his whole interest—leads her to the magnetic presence of the suave deceiver—who warns her that his desires are as fickle as the winds. Roland Pertwee, famous British playwright wrote “The Road to Singapore” which is the story of a nurse who comes to Ceylon to marry a physician she had known at home. Married to him, his absorption in the needs of his patients, leaves her desolate, and she naturally falls under the spell of Hugh Dawltry, a suave and worldly profligate. William Powell plays the part of the lover. The woman is portrayed by Doris Kenyon. Marian Marsh, screen discovery of the year is cast as the exhuberant and naive sister of the doctor. Others in the cast are Louis Calhern as the husband; Alison Skipworth as a garrulous dowager; Lumsden Hare, Tyrrell Davis and A. E. Anson. The story is by the celebrated English novelist and playwright, Roland Pertwee. Alfred E. Green directed. Doris Kenyon marvelously portrays the woman. The doctor is placed by Louis Calhern. His youthful and naive sister is charmingly depicted by Marian Mar screen discovery of the year. Oth in the cast are Alison Skipworv. Lumsden Hare, Tyrrell Davis and A. E. Anson. William Powell gives his most compelling performance as Hugh Dawiltry. THIS GIRL wanted him to THIS GIRL} wanted him be cause she liked fulfill the miss daring adven-j § ing romance in tures with dan. her marriage! gerous men! Ew WILLIAM | Compelling! Irresistible! In a screen drama that gives full expression to his brilliant talents. Suave, debonair, with typical Powell perfection and finish. THE ROAD TO SINGAPORE His First Hit For Warner Bros. DORIS KENYON MARIAN MARSH STRAND Cut No. 12 Cut 40c, Ma# 1