Smart Money (Warner Bros.) (1931)

— THE FIR 4 SS. —— eee, == ao ST fie et ™~ TIME! * ee = Re ee = SELL ‘EM! Edward Robinson Creates Another Great Character Man Who Triumphed in “Little Caesar” Does Brilliant Work In “Smart Money,” Now at Strand Theatre (Biography May 1, 1931) Edward G. Robinson, who creates the thrilling role of Nick, the Greek barber who becomes the biggest gambler of his day, in “Smart Money,” .the Warner Bros. melo, |drama, now at the was born in Bucharest, Roumania. His family came to America and ‘} became naturalized citizens when he was very young. He was educated in New York public schools and took a Master of Arts degree at the College of the City of New York, His -childhood ambitions were many. He wanted to be a lawyer, a teacher, a clergyman and an actor. During the World War he served in the American naval service. Robinson appeared in ten plays for the Theatre Guild. During the sixteen years he has spent in the theatre he has appeared in such plays as “The Man With Red Hair,” “Bros. Karamazov,” “Jaurez and Maximilian,” “Right -You Are If You Think You Are,” “Peer Gint,” “The Adding Machine,” “The Firebrand,” “The — Deluge,” “Night Lodging,” “Lanuzi,” “The Idle Inn,” “Under Fire,” “Under Sentence,” and “Kibitzer,” of which he is coauthor. He is an accomplished linguist, speaking Spanish, Italian, French, German, Hebrew and Yiddish, in addition to his native tongue. He has done plays in all these lang a JAMES CAGNEY EVALYN KNAPP Margaret Livingston A Warner Bros. uages, including various dialect Vitaphone roles. Hip a He signed for his first picture part, “The Bright Shawl” eight included a trip to Havana. ~ arriving there he became ser i and..was..unable .to part tthe “Wi0.” “The Hole in ‘the Wall,’ he Night Ride,” “A nds: ta Lore’ ant “Frne” Bright ae Shawl.” There are three roles he Paul Parcasi, who plays the amus-| would like to do: “Dracula,” the "ing Mr. Amenoppopolus in “Smart|leading part in “Power,” and “ShyMoney” ‘the Warner Bros. produc| lock.” tion now at the Theatre was} He is married to Gladys Lloyd, born in. Palerma, Italy, where, like|the actress. He is a great lover f most of his countrymen of that|of symphonic music. The works time, he became highly interested in]of Anatole France are his favorite opera. He studied this form of|reading. art and achieved some fame in it] One of his favorite pastimes is before he was twenty. At the age|window shopping. His _ favorite of twenty he came to America sing-|sport is golf; the other is crap ing with the Italian Grand Opera|shooting. : He says he keeps in good condition by not trying to keep fit. His special aversion is getting up early in the morning. He is five feet eight inches tall, weighs one hundred and fifty, has brown eyes and black hair. His most recent triumph was in the title role of “Little Caesar.” Company and with the Les Durand Operia Trio over the Keith and Orpheum circuits. In 1910 he played his first legitimate role on the stage in “Country Boy,” produced by H. B. Harris. Since then he has played in eighteen hits reaching his greatest fame as Nick in “Broadway,” a role he created and played in New York for two years. He came to Hollywood to play the same part in the screen version. Since then he has devoted his talents exclusively to the screen, appearing recently in “Children of Dreams,” “Born Reckless,” “Murder on the Roof,” “Svengali,” and “Party Husband.” Notre Dame Football Player Is Here With Edward G. Robinson (Biography May 1, 1931) Allan Lane, who supports Edward G. Robinson in “Smart Money” the First National picture now at the Theatre was born in Indiana and while attending Notre Dame was active in football, basketball, baseball and other forms of athletics. His determination to become a professional athlete, was shaken when he got a job with a stock company in “If I Were King.” He was touring in “Hit the Deck” n he decided to go to Holly{ for a much needed rest. While he won a contract with Fox appeared for them in “Not Quite Decent,” “Pleasure Crazed,” “Nighty Nighties,” “Two Detectives Wanted,” “Madame Satan,’ and “Love in the Rough” by M.G.M. Mr. Lane’s initial First National part. was in. support of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., in “The Forward Pass.” He is now under a fiveyear contract to First National. Mr. Lane is six feet in height, weighs one hundred and eighty pounds arid has blue eyes and dark brown hair. Last Two Days of Exciting *Smart Money” At Strand (Advance Reader) This evening marks the last two performances of the Edward G. Robinson starring vehicle—Warner Bros. “Smart Money”—which has been drawing record crowds to the Gl 7%, “Smart Money” POSTERS Make Excellent __CUT-OUTS! See Back Page! a years ago, because the engagement | ures, pri-| Polish Actor Plays “SMART MONEY” BRILLIANTLY DEPICTS Greek Barber In Big |THE RISE, DECLINE AND SUDDEN FALL Edward Robinson Hit (Biography May 1, 1931) Maurice Black, who plays the part of the old Greek barber in “Smart Money,” the Warner Bros. picture starring Edward G. Robinson, now at the Theatre was born in Poland on Jan. 14, 1891. He was educated in England and in the United States, having lived in practically every large city here. For eighteen years he was in all branches of the show business: vaudeville, drama, musical comedy and burlesque. ~He played in “Broadway” on the stage in Los Angeles and was induced by Irving Cummings to make a screen test. The test was so successful that he was induced to leave the stage following the close of “Broadway.” He started in pictures in June, 1928 and has appeared in such productions as “The Carnation Kid,” “Broadway Babies,” “Square Shoulders,” “Dark Streets," ‘Playing Around” and “Street of Chance.” Maurice Black is five feet nine and one-half inches high, weighs one hundred and seventy-five pounds and has dark brown eyes and black hair. ee eet OF THE KING OF THE GAMBLING FOOLS Edward G. Robinson, of “Little Caesar’? Fame, Is Starred In Warner Bros. Picture, Now At The Strand Theatre; James Cagney Supports (Review Featuring Story) Edward G. Robinson, whose genius for dynamic characterization was so perfectly demonstrated in “Little Caesar”’— quits gunning and takes to gaming in “Smart Money”—which was written by those masters of the melodramatic, Kubec Glasmon and John Bright, who did “The Public Enemy” which Authors of ‘Public Enemy” Do Play For Robinson (Advance Reader) Edward G. Robinson comes to these ser Theatre next in Warner Bros. “Smart Money,” story of a gambling fool who finally loses out on account of his liking for blondes. The stirring melodrama is the work of Kubec Glasmon and John Bright, who did “The Public Enemy.” Mr. Robinson is supported by a strong cast headed by James Cagney and _ Evalyn Knapp. Alfred E. Green directed. Blondes Are His : Weakness! Cut No. 9—Cut 40c, Mat 10c Two Great Stars In One Great Screen Triumph = a MONEY wre EDWARD G. ™ © FEA E EC = “Smart Wk é. _|the collaboratior Kubee -{mon and John “The Public t KNAPP . AN AR LIVINGSTON A WARNER BROS. & VITAPHONE PICTURE Evalyn Knapp Cast As Prosecution Aid In Robinson Picture Actress Who Played Daughter In “The Millionaire” Now Here in “Smart Money” (Biography May 1, 1931) Evalyn Knapp, who plays the part of. Irene in support of Edward G. Robinson in “Smart Money,” the Warner Bros. picture now at the Meee Theatre, is another Kansas City girl who has made good in the talkies. From childhood Miss Knapp evidenced dramatic ability. Upon finishing her schooling she played for several seasons in a local stock company, and was advised by her manager to go East, that she take a course in voice training to free her from a slight Middle West dialect. After intensive study in diction she secured her first New York role in “The Patsy.” She later played Grace in “Broadway” in Los Angeles with no thought of picture possibilities. Back in New York she was cast in sev eral Vitaphone shorts and Warner Bros. were so pleased with her work that they gave her the principal feminine role in “Sinners? Holiday.” She has since been seen in “The Millionaire,” “River’s End,” ‘“Mothers. = Cry! “Fame -and-=Smart Money.” Miss Knapp is five feet four inches in height, weighs one hundred and five pounds, and has blonde hair and gray-blue eyes. She is fond of athletics and is an expert swimmer and horsewoman. She makes her home in Hollywood. Little Caesar Non-Plussed By “Smart Money” Props (Current Reader) Edward G. Robinson is firmly convinced that he will never be a juggler, especially the kind that can juggle a hat a cane and a cigar at the same time. These articles, plus a pair of gloves, form the “props” Robinson had to use in the filming of “Smart Money,” his latest Warner Bros. film which is now showing at the Theatre. In matching up scenes, he could never remember which corner of his mouth the cigar had to be in, whether his hat was on or off, nor in which hand his gloves and cane were to e. As a great gambler who can juggle a mean deck of cards, he had to consult the script girl each time he had to handle his “props.” recently brought James Cagney into the small company of the elect of talking pictures. Mr. Robinson plays the part of Nick the Greek, a small town barber who runs crap-games in the room back of his tonsorial parlor— and considers life to be nothing else than one glorious round of gambling and girls—the latter to be, without exception, of blonde persuasion. Nick has deliisions of grandeur, and to make them come true, he beats it to the big town to look up the big shots in the gaming field, and to begin his operations. The first blonde he meets doublecrosses him. She gets him in touch with, not the king of the sharpers, as He had hoped, but one of the lesser y. Blondes are always bobbing up and out—and Nick finally meets the czar, trims him at poker—and so grows in power and _ possessions. His finish is in the making—when he takes in a blonde who has been trying to commit suicide—but that is the story—a vital part at least of a story which holds the spectator spellbound from the strange beginning to the startling climax. |... wenty-four clearly-drawn char ppea in the play—each a ec nd james Cag aie DIO ed war to ") wesdly. each ha veve vesiae wié star and James — ney—includes Evalyn Knapp, Noel Francis, Morgan Wallace, Paul Porcasi, Maurice Black, Margaret Livingston, Clark Burroughs, Billie House, Edwin Argus, Ralf Harolde, Boris Karloff, Mae Madison, Wala ee aes McGrath, John arkin, Polly Walters, Spenc and Allan Dale. gen ees Alfred E. Green has created another directorial masterpiece in Smart Money.” See Robinson as Nick, the Greek. Robinson Is Greek Gambler In Thrilling “Smart Money” (Advance Reader) Edward G. Robinson, who was so tremendously successful in “Little Caesar” comes to the Theatre next, as the star of “Smart Money” the Warner Bros. melodrama in which he plays the part of a small town Greek barber, who climbs to the heights of notoriety as a gambling despot, and who, fearing nothing but blondes, is finally put on the spot by one he has saved from suicide. The character is the most remarkable yet portrayed by Mr. Robinson. Alfred E. Green directed. eee eee 100 to 1 Yow’ll Love It! 4 9 WITH E DWA RD G COLISEUM Cut No. 12 MONEY ROBINSON “Listen You Guys” Nobody’s going to put any* gfe thing over on “Little Nick!” q NOW PLAYING POPULAR PRICES Cut 40c, Mat 10c Page Three 2 Se ee Aa