Shipmates Forever (Warner Bros.) (1935)

“WOU NAME TY” ....A Five D Getting away from the usual five-day contests involving guessing games, memory tests, identifying stars, etc.,—contest outlined below asks readers to name various things. Names are asked for Dick Powell’s house, Ruby Keeler’s dog, Ross Alexander’s goats, Warren and Dubin’s song, and Frank Borzage’s film. Passes should be awarded to those suggesting best names daily and grand prizes should be given to those suggesting best names for all five days. Five illustrations are available in one unit. Order mat No. 503—50c. (Lead-off Story) Help Your Favorite Film Stars And Win a Prize Put on your thinking caps, Movie Fans. Some of your favorite film stars need help, and they’ve turned to you for assistance. They have problems that must be solved—personal and intimate problems—and they, as well as the theatres which show their latest picture, will reward those fans who aid them. With the co-operation of the Pte (newspaper) and the .......... Theatre, the stars are beginning a nation wide search for NAMES. Dick Powell wants a name for the new home he is building; Ruby Keeler wants a name for her pet dog; Ross Alexander has two unnamed goats and doesn’t know what to call them; Warren & Dubin, famous song writers, want a name for a new song, and Frank Borzage, noted motion picture producer, wants a title for a show. Details of each one’s problem will be published daily in this newspaper, and every day for five days ten readers will be rewdrded with two tickets to the ................ Theatre, where Powell and Miss Keeler will open in their new costarring venture, the Cosmopolitan Production ‘‘Shipmates Forever,’’ Oise ee The ‘‘Shipmates Forever’’ ConCes uItOr OF thesis. cisiscs bat (newspaper) will send the names and addresses—and the suggestions —of all winners to the home offices of First National Pictures in New York, after which they will be forwarded to the stars in Hollywood. In addition to the satisfaction of receiving the autographed pictures and personal letters from the stars, the winners will be well rewarded for their efforts. ‘“Shipmates Forever’’ is a story of life, love and sacrifice in the U. 8S. Naval Academy at Annapolis. It was filmed with the cooperation, and under the super vision, of the Academy authorities and the Navy Department. In addition to the big all star cast, more than 2,000 seamen, marines and midshipmen participate in the picture. There are remarkable shots of the Pacific fleet. Although Dick Powell sings several new songs written for the production by Warren and Dubin, as well as old familiar sea chanteys the picture is not a musical. It is a comedy drama of intense emotional interest, perfectly tempered with robust humor. Among the remarkable scenes are the flag presentations exercises at graduation and the ring dance, the traditional festivity engaged in by the middies who have successfully completed their second year at the Academy. This is the third time Ruby Keeler and Dick Powell have been teamed as film sweethearts. Their first joint appearance wag in ‘49nd Street,’’?’ which started both young players on the road to stardom. They co-starred in the highly successful ‘‘Flirtation Walk,’’ which dealt with life at West Point. Now they have their greatest opportunity in ‘‘Shipmates Forever.’’ Surely two tickets to this production are well worth winning. It may be you have just the name the stars are seeking in your mind. Watch out for this new contest which=begins.“in= the ...5. ..sss4.)465 (newspaper) tomorrow with Dick Powell’s problem. (1st Day Contest) Free Theatre Tickets For Best Name For His Home Page Four (Ist Day Publicity) Help Dick Powell Name His House And Win a Prize “WANTED — A ‘‘Name for a home! ”? That’s Dick Powell’s problem, and that’s why he and this newspaper are offering valuable prizes to those who ean help him solve it. Dick is one of five film favorites who are asking movie fans, through thoerse tates (newspaper), to help them find new, original and unusual names. As the accompanying photograph shows, Dick, when caught by the camera, was trying to think of a name for the new home he is building — a house, incidentally, that embodies all his ideas of how a popular young bachelor should live. Dick had no trouble thinking up gadgets and contraptions for easy housekeeping, all of which his wife, if he ever gets one, will probably have removed. But naming the house has him stumped. He wants a name that is different, and through this newspaper asks you to suggest one. Simply send the name you think best suited for the house to the ‘“Shipmates Forever’? Contest Editomcofethe= 52 t= (newspaper ) befoters Aries The ten readers submitting the best names will each receive two tickets: tothe... eee Theatre where Powell and Ruby Keeler, assisted by a big all star cast, will open in ‘‘Shipmates Forever,’’ Cosmopolitan Production’s great story of life at the U. S. Naval Acadenty: Oni. iiscccccscs ike There are no rules to this contest, but don’t just send in any name. Remember what you know about Dick Powell, and the kind of a house he would build and make the name submitted mean something. Every movie fan has heard about Dick Powell’s remarkable career—every radio fan knows his voice. They know that Dick had worked his way up in the entertainment field until he was master of ceremonies at one of Pittsburgh’s biggest motion picture He had held that job several years, with his popularity theatres. constantly increasing, when he was called to Hollywood by Warner Bros. He has been a star almost from his first film. He was first teamed with Ruby Keeler in the spectacular ‘‘42nd Street,’’ and both made hits. He was a star in “20,000,000 Sweethearts,’’ ‘<Dames,’’ ‘‘Happiness Ahead,’’ ‘‘Plirtation Walk,’’ ‘‘Broadway Gondolier,’? ‘‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’’ and now is costarred with Ruby Keeler for the (2nd Day) Name Ruby Keeler’s Dog And Win Theatre Tickets Can you help Ruby Keeler? Here is one of the great personalities of screen and stage looking all perplexed and puzzled. She’s an outstanding film star, who has just made the biggest hit of her career. She’s married to the famous comedian Al Jolson and their happiness is known to all the world. Ruby and Al have just adopted a baby, and it didn’t take them a minute to decide on a name for the child. But now that Ruby has bought a little dog as a playmate for the baby, she can’t figure out what to name it. She don’t want to call it “Wido,’’ or ‘‘Rover’’ or even “Queenie.” She wants a distinetive name. : So she’s asking you fans for suggestions. It happens that the star who became world famous for singing “Mr. and Mrs.’’ with Dick Powell in “Flirtation Walk” neglected to state; in asking the =.= (newspaper) for assistance, whether the dog is a Mr. or a Mrs., so that’s just one more chance you Movie Fans must take in submitting names. Anyway, we’ll split the prizes. The five best names submitted for a girl dog will each win two tickets to the -tv.-5..4:.. Theatre, and two tickets will be awarded to each of the five contestants who send in the best names for a boy dog. Ruby, as you know, is co-sturring with Dick Powell in the Cosmopolitan Production “Ship mates Forever,” the First National picture based on life at the U. S. Naval Aeademy at Annapolis. It is a thrilling, exciting comedy drama with music, and Ruby is said to do the best work of her film career in the role of a navy officer’s daughter who dances her way to fame and into the heart of Dick Powell. It will“open at the ......:..0..:.00 POORER occ css a , 80 if you want to see it as the guest of this newspaper, send in your name suggestion to the “Shipmates Forever” Contest Editor of GRO se aerate. ci (newspaper) be Ruby does some remarkable tap dancing, and Powell, in the role of an admiral’s son who prefers the life of a night elub singer to that of a navy man, sings several songs written especially for the production by the famous song writing team of Warren & Dubin. In addition to the all star cast, thousands of sailors as well as the entire cadet corps of the Academy appear in the film. Tomorrow’ additional prizes will be offered for help for Ross Alexander, —_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_=_=_—=_=—_—<—————— third time in ‘‘Shipmates Forever.’’ His weekly broadeast is one of the most popular on the air. He is still young, is a serious student of music and expects sometime to be heard in grand opera, and is also a dramatic actor of real ability. He has plenty of money, and his home is said to be a model of convenience. With these things in mind, think of a name for the house. Avoid the obvious like ‘‘ Powell Manor’? or ‘*Dipow.’? If the name you submit wins a prize, you’ll not only win two tickets stonth@s 5.058.025 c. Theatre, but you may receive a personal letter of thanks from the star. Tomorrow the problem of his co-star, Ruby Keeler, will be published.