Safe in Hell (Warner Bros.) (1931)

WN WITH A BIG AD CAMran. STAR OF “SAFE IN HELL” MARVELS AT VARIETIES ANSWERING F. N. STUDIO'S S. 0. S. FOR MIXED TYPES Dorothy Mackaill, Star Of The First National Melo drama Now At Strand Inquires Into Lives of Extras (Human Interest Story) Dorothy Mackaill, now at the Theatre as the star of “Safe In Hell” was impressed by the curious hodge-podge of humanity that responded to the call for mixed types for atmosphere in the tropical scenes on the island of outcasts in her Dashing English Girl Comes | omorrow In “Safe In Hell’ (Advance—Plant 1 Day Before) Dorothy Mackaill comes tomorrow in “Safe in Hell,” her latest First National starring vehicle. This sensational play gives her a role of deeply emotional character and semi-tragic ending. She subtly interprets the pathetic Gilda Carlson —a servant girl betrayed by her employer, turned into the streets and finally corralled on an_ island inhabited by refugees from Justice. Don Cook, seen recently in “Party Husband,” “The Public Enemy,” “Side Show’ and “The Mad Genius,” plays the romantic lead, as Carl, a sea-faring man who is engaged to Gilda, and who bungles through his dealing with her until she sacrifices herself for his sake in the end. Other screen favorites in the large cast are Ralf Harolde, Morgan Wallace, Victor Varconi, John Wray. Ivan Simpson, Charles Middleton, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Nina Mae McKinney, Cecil Cunningham, George Marion, Sr., Noble Johnson nd Clarence Muse. William A. Wellman directed. WANTED, Ba Ye “Dorothy sensational melodrama. “These ‘mixed type’ extras seem to me the most pathetic group in all the world” said Miss Mackaill. “Where do they come from? Where do they go? Who are they? What are theyre What have they been? ‘Quien sabe!’ says one, with an expressive Latin shrug. ‘Je ne sais pas’ says another. Who knows, and because it matters so little, who cares? What does it matter? What does it matter? “From Germany, from France, from the Balkans, the Netherlands, Africa, Asia, Europe, the Americas —drifting drifting—wriggling across the world, to alight at last, like starving migratory birds, on the gold coast of Hollywood. “Lawyers, doctors, ministers, sailors, tramps—soldiers of fortune and soldiers of misfortune, too—they are the less of a cup that has been drained perhaps too deep, or maybe not drained at all. Taking the hard knocks with the strokes of luck, they have come to the period when life must pay them back. The deep scars, the lines—the twisted memories—they are worth something at last. Not a cause for shamé. They are actually sought after. “The call goes out. It must be answered. Twelve mixed types for a jury. Twelve good men and true. Twelve men capable of weighing human values, human passions, human hates and loves and pronouncing a sentence upon their innocence or guilt. Twelve mixed types for jury. | “Well, there you have them. Row @ : 7” .—) eo Se T ae Clroddell | IV ixed ty pes. types J plo. “Marvelling, I turned from _ re 10,000 Mi Dorothy at her best! Fascinating | woman of fire. Love had mocked her! Life had marked her! But nothing could change her heart! The most sensationa character in years! DONALD COOK/ RALF HAROL#*D JOHN WRAY, IVAN SIMPSON VICTOR VARCONI ‘ Directed by Wm. A. Wellman garding them to ask Fred Fox, who as assistant to Director Wulliam Wellman had gathered them, where Life Of Talkie Star Mackaill Safe Hell, Drama of Life drained to its depths! DONALD COOK RALF HAROLDE JOHN WRAY IVAN SIMPSON Cui No. 5, Cut 20c, Mat Sc he had found them. asked. to obtain than others. up and obtain better roles. Parts. ing roles. Bull Montana was one. get, Why?” “It seems to run that way. about somehow, one telling another. many to choose from. But sometimes we can hardly fill such a call. I have seen the time when we have had to dress ordinary peoplefor such parts, most of the regular’ extra people of this sort having either drifted away from Hollyvge¢d or obtained some other work for that time, “And once they drift away, they seldom come back. The group is constantly changing. There are new faces from year to year’.” _ Supporting Miss Mackaill in “Safe in Hell” are Don Cook, who plays romantic lead—Ralf Harolde, M gan Wallace, Victor Varconi, Wray, Ivan Simpson, Charles Middleton, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Nina Mae McKinney, Cecil Cunningham, George Marion, Sr., Noble Johnson and Clarence Muse. Cops Hold Up Drivers Passing ‘Safe In Hell” (Current Reader) The scene being shot in “Safe in Hell,” the First National picture starring Dorothy Mackaill, now at the eee a ae Theatre was a stormy night at sea. Two cops stood in the middle of the road to detour cars since autos at sea are not common to say the least. Next morning the roadside was littered with bottles tossed out by drivers who mis took the reason of the hold-up. Don| G Cook plays romantic lead in “Safe in Hell.” ““Weren’t they hard to get?’ I “*Not this time,’ he answered. ‘Sometimes they are harder ; When many companies are producing, they dress Bits and Occasionally one or two have found they way to outstand “You say these were not hard to I called for twenty-five, giving myself that margin from which to pick the Jury you see here. But I got nearly a hundred and fifty. The word got it helped considerably to have so. Not Life Of Reilley Says Miss Mackaill (Current—Plant 3rd Day) Dorothy Mackaill, now at the eee aaa Theatre as the star of ‘Safe in Hell,” the First National picture, says that the talkies is no place for lazy, in spite of those who consider it a bed of roses. “When a picture is filming I am always up by seven and work from twelve to fourteen hours a day. The ‘lunch hour’ usually resolves itself into a sandwich grabbed on the run, an interview with the director OFFICIAL BILLING First National Pictures, Inc. presents DOROTHY MACKAILL “SAFE IN HELL” . with Donald Cook or a wardrobe fitting: . Makeup re-|) RALF PAROLDE ooo oosooccssckcocccceccoec 20% quires several hours, breakfast is of: : ten as hasty as lunch. It is often|| John Wray—Ivan Simpson—Victor Varconi...................... 10% eight or nine when I get home, too tired for bridge or even reading. But in spite of all the labor involved Adaptation and dialogue by Joseph Jackson and Maude Fulton. .5% I love the screen—I don’t think at Directed by WILLIAM A. WELLMAN PEEP EP EERE P Ee 20% present—being feminine I reserve s . : : the right to change my mind—that|| 4 First National and Vitaphone Production................... 40% I shall ever go back to the stage. It seems to me that my role of Gilda in ‘Safe in Hell’ is by far my best. I hope you think so, too.” Don. Cook is cast~ as romantic lead in “Safe in Hell.” Others in the cast are Ralf Harolde, Morgan Wallace, Victor Varconi, John Wray, Ivan Simpson, Charles Middleton, Gustav von. Seyffertitz, Nina Mae McKinney, Cecil Cunningham, George Marion, Sr., Noble Johnson and Clarence Muse. William A. Wellman directed. : Dorothy Mackaill Cast Includes Many Heavies (Current Reader) Dorothy Mackaill, now at the Theatre in “Safe in Hell,” her latest starring vehicle, plays the melodramatic role of a servant girl, who in escaping the police finds herself on an island inhabited by desperadoes. Among the heavies in the cast are Ralf Harolde who was so effective as a menace in “Smart Money” and “Night Nurse,” Morgan Wallace, Gustav von Seyffertitz, John Wray, Noble Johnson and eorge Marion, Sr., not forgetting Ivan Simpson. Don Cook plays the romantic lead. IN HELL with DONALD COOK RALF HAROLDE A First National & Vitaphone Hit! Cut No 16 Cut 40c, Mat 10c Page Three