Smart Money (Warner Bros.) (1931)

SMART MONEY > ambler whom Nick hates, ots. All the boy ten thousand. date LENGTH (Vitaphone) 7567 Feet RUNNING TIME 83 Minutes 321 WEST 44th STREET —_ < a “en ac eae ces WARNER BROS, VITAPHoONe REG. TRADE MARK TAILKING a —— fe licensed exhibitors to reproduce with proper notice of copyright all matter contained herein (Ee) PHeCTWIRES NEW YORK CITY, U. S. A. Permission is grantea™ — ROBINSON AS THE KING OF THE GAMBLERS—MORE SENSATIONAL THAN THE ROLE HE PLAYED IN Ce fe ae OTS seis Shh ~ ae. = ap tee % Copyright 1931, Warner Bros, Pictures; Inc. (Not for Publication) All Rights Reserved Nick, a small town barber, gratifies his flair for gambling by matching | Customers to see whether they pay double, or not at all, and running Fe He is held in awe by Jack, young helper—by a certain Greek barber—and by the negro janitor. ck always wins at gaming. es Nick’s weak spot is blondes. ‘Games in the back room after hours. -one hundred dollars and leaves. Nick reluctantly takes it. t, a notorious gambler. with her. pre-arrangement, and loses every cent. The man he had taken for Hickory is really Sleepy Sam, and the others are his confederates at card-sharping. mistress. blonde has played him for a sucker. Sport Williams calls up, him off and Sport swears revenge, demanding the one thousand. jail for the theft of the thousand. Nick is unable to get back at Sleepy Sam and his gang and is forced get a job in the city. Young Jack, the barber, joins him and they A wealthy him a stake, to play in the big games. He outwits Sleepy Sam and his gang To complete his revenge he takes Marie from to go Greek, noting Nick’s luck gets Nick wins and becomes rich. and cleans them out. back to their old two dollar bets on horses, for quarters. Sam and makes her live with him as a servant. His big moment comes when he takes him for.a big sum at poker. keeps a barber s ; ; the district attorney gets on his trail. One comes in, tells a plausible story— Soon Sport Williams, a cheap b comes in to shoot crap, with the identical ill. Nick makes him lose, pockets the bill, and kicks him out. Nick’s ambition is to go to the city and get in the game with big s, confident in his luck, get up a pool and stake him As he leaves on the train Sport Williams dashes ip with a thousand he wants to stake. ick registers at a big town hotel and begins to look for Hickory res A blonde catches his eye, and he makes a SSSR SSN Sa NN SOTO While they eat dinner, she tells him where Hickory is holding his game that evening. Nick goes there, is admitted as if by Marie, the blonde, is Sam’s Nick reads that Hickory is in Florida and realizes that the Nick stalls but is later arrested and sent to meets Hickory Short on a train and From then Nick becomes the biggest figure in the gambling world, runs an enormous gambling place, but hop as a blind. His places becomes so notorious that Realizing Nick’s weakness for ROUTINE STORY (This story contains all the important facts about “Smart Money.” Release it several days before the coming of the picture) Manager =. 2-5 of the Cut No. 18 Cut 30c Mat 10c Ing........ next as the opening date for Smart Money,” the Warnes Bros. picture starring Edward G. antreaaaee S| a so vivid in the emory of the theatre-goin i as “Little Caesar.” i _ In “Smart Money,” Mr. Robinson is seen in a role equally startling, and he portrays it with the unique genius which makes any of his -haracter an event of i A da 5, ee 0 Trog i n the eter weak pGime3s-28 ot nee, and his love making az ails. . i acne get ee ae He, of course, looks for other worlds to conquer and béats it for the big town, where his first money is lost through a blonde. Winning against obstacles which would have discouraged a less courageous man, he becomes in due time the biggest gambler in the big pond—only to be finally double-crossed by a blonde whom he has saved from suicide and nursed to health. This is enough of the story to show what may be expected in the thrilling sequences of “Smart Money.” The story is from the fertile pens of Kubec Glasmon and John Bright who did “The Public Enemy.” Mr. Robinson is supported by a large and competent cast, headed by James Cagney, who triumphed so recently in the play mentioned above, and by beautiful Evalyn Knapp, prominent in “Sinners’ Holiday,” “The Millionaire” and other Warner Bros. successes. Others in the cast are Noel Francis, Morgan Wallace, Paul Porcasi, Maurice Black, Margaret Livingston, Clark Burroughs, Billie House, Edwin Argus, Ralf Harolde, Boris Karloff, Mae Madison, Walter Percival, Larry McGrath, John Larkin, Polly Walters, Spencer Bell and Allan Lane. Alfred E. Green, voted Edward G. Robinson who thrilled fans ond criti in “Little Caesar” will be featured in “Smart Money,” the Warner Bros. and Vitaphone hit coming to the Strand Theatre next week. NICK, Greek barber with a weakness for blondes—who becomes king of the gamblers EDWARD G. ROBINSON Irene, Blonde he saves from suicide—who gives him up to the authorities Evalyn Knapp Jack, Nick’s young aide who fails to save him from the aa ee ee ape Re ae ers RO ee James Cagney Marie, Another blonde who double-crosses the rising gamblers sa vc fee 60s Usd ope ee ee ees es Noel Francis District Attorney, Who at last succeeds in getting the goods Tat PCN oy eae ee Re aie Ca Eee ee Morgan Wallace Mr. Amenoppopolus, Greek crook with a comedy twist to : his villainy Paul Porcasi Greek Barber, Who puts Nick wise to some worthwhile dope Maurice Black by a natural poll the finest director for 1930, responsible for the melodramatic triumph of “Smart Money.” AoelLentenetle pene Denese) a Jee e2ko et era oun -o 8-8 OL One C08, 8 mye Ee ee INDEX the district attorney, Bets oo, Ie ius good graces, Nick gets wise and||| Blonde Another one sent by district attorney to ferret out Acceséories 12 kicks her out. Jack, now Nick’s closest aide, tries to protect him from Nid’s-psne Margaret Livingston Rosnee 4 meres ————— x Schultz, One of the henchmen of the gambling C Nick and Jack, while out riding, gee a man fishing a girl who had Mitty aa eee Clark Burroughs AOE a eee 1 a y ee Se a eos aeons aes ee Salesman, Who knows how to put over his line...... Billy House Cachliines = 8 abj lieving *t to be another plan of the district attorney. Though Two-Time Phil, A wise one who always says what he i a Exploitation Se 4,4 ~ Nic onkeeping ‘the girl, Jack ican tt chaos “to-showobisitl. 32 On a ee mi f her. ae Seer a ee rival gambling gang, put out ee a Lobby Frames ................ 5 eae REE % : the running by Nick............---esses eeeee Ralf olde _ Irene is hailed to the district attorney’s office. There is a charge ee : : Novelties ..............00cce084,5 of blackmail against her, but the attorney holds her over to get her Sport Williams, os of Nick whose vengeance 1s see sap aoe ; help ifMframing Nick. Her resistance is broken down, and she slips BPP OOO COIN at eG ES ae aR ee eee oSegee Official Billing ................ 5 a rac 4 Nick’s pocket, at the gambling resort, just as the Small Town Girl, Blonde pal to the gambling crowd of | Becsared Reviews 3.6 polic Jatkehas seen Irene put the racing form in Nick’s Trontowin as ki ee ae ee es Mae Madison pared Keviews ........ 3 poc g With-her as Nick comes in. Nick battles with Dealer Barnes, Any sort of a deal.but a square deal Walter Percival Program Ct re 9 Tack, over his h just as the police come, finding Snake Eyes, Either coiled for a spring, or springing... John Larkin ' that Jack is dead. Nick at es Slug Cuts 2, 3; 8 42 wale . H ae ah Lola, Nick can always make room for one more ees ees 178g Mble-crossed him. 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