Smart Money (Warner Bros.) (1931)

PAY ae eS eee sEAL JAMES CAGNEY OPPOSITE OF GRIM GANGSTER CHARACTERS THAT HE CAN SO MARVELOUSLY PORTRAY Edward G. Robinson, Star of ‘Smart Money,” Now At Strand Theatre, Supported By Cagney, Who Creates Another Underworldling (Biographical Feature) James Cagney who is the rough, tough, jaw-smacking, guntoting boy of cinema gangdom—the gambling barber with a denedsand profound disdain for all women, now at the )..... theatre in support of Edward G. Robinson in “Smart * confesses that his screen work is more to him than ‘who in real life is utterly S screen characterizations ission to crusade against mfuences which draw young “into the shadowy underworld. dan opportunity to talk t the Warner Bros. studio. bud, striped shirt, he was as Croupier at a crap-table ack room of the barber shop In staccato Se, Cagney called the a veteran of the houses ene over, his dialect mysVanished and with it the Voice which went with ie?” he repeated my don’t know much about fan that it is the greataster ever invented. I fr understand those that [6 gambling, though. It is Of Escape from the realities Or those who seek excite-| ~ ‘Money there-is in it©are Screendom’s Little Caesar” has laid down is is sh b. : (THE PUBLIC ENEsii aestonal Sain Bat i _— i. ee eat Pigs Feat pet ad — ne : Lie an iio med +SE peavrievs —— a iy org : Seas —— a : si SR ic , oo Semretatscttne docs act 3 wat ACCLAIMED ROBIN SON On Star of Gaming Film|] } IN SHAW, PIRANDELLO AND MOLNAR Edward G. Robinson, star of or ea t environment is its the subject of environIked at length and with iS work at Columbia UniAt Es id his reading on these ) Have Given him a technical mt it was his own exat made his observations attitude toward the Ome of sympathy. He the pathological aspect mall—that there are can portray only now he’s Greek. Surely the Greeks have a a as actor of this type. He glided through many Broad . wa | Cae eet seasons of Pirandello, Shaw, pee ‘hi , »}evsky, Werfel, Molnar and EvreniPAis eye, was raucously ff : : : a fe) before the movies discovered that he is just what they public Tub my eyes. i : red hele Ce ies wants in the way of the racketeer. ne i| “As far as he is concerned, he veS Cagney of the learned the low voice was gone. thought the public had already laas though he had van-|Dbelled him when he became a “KibMin air and given place|itzer.” He also thought he had atenails roughneck whom| tained the height of something or make it a point to| Other when, in Shaw’s “Androcles and the Lion he portrayed the decadent Julius Caesar, toying with fard G. Robinson in| the locks of a golden haired boy and y,” the Warner Bros. | tossing roses to the gladiators. He See Theatre |84Ve€ up trying to classify himself Noel Francis, , Paul Porcasi, t, the director called Ck to the set. Side Mr. Cagney in sup V that he was, is and always should mack, Margaret Livings-|be a gangster type. atk Burroughs, Billy House, “Whatever it was to be. it did J Ralf Harolde, Boris|not ruffle him in the least. It all adison, Walter Per-|comes under the heading of amuse Grath, John Larkin,}ment. The thought has. often come 8, Spencer Bell and|to me while listening to Mr. Robin Alfred E, Green dison working out some of these ~ Primitive characters, that he really + . 5 tries to invest them with as much We QT, greatness in their own way as he : i “SEM | did their beloved predecessors. He ‘ 7 loves to create and is never content . fi) to allow his characters to rest until a? the picture is completed. Months =i later he will find fault with the poor devils and wish he had worked them harder. To him, acting is reality. . a, ~ aneeee nipnee in “Smart ney” in whic e plays the part i al . S F of Nate tie Greek, ; barber ho Sine i , 1S way to the top of the z J oe Mae 6 gambling world only to be toppled ~ < HE HAS A WEAKNESS FOR DAMES Gladys Lloyd, Wife of Star of “Smart Money,” Now Theatre, The Man Who Can Characterize Any Man ft gunning or gaming € was once Big Caesar, then by one gone weakness—includes Evalyn Knapp, Noel F i gan. Wallace, Paul ao when the movies took it for granted |. Barbers Give Free Shaves Cagney Well Versed ee M 9 one 2° Sate ee "Y | In Writings Of The Greatest Russians T.N.T. DIALOGUE THAT HASTHE WHOLE TOWN TALKING! One of the scenes of “Smart Money” the Warner Bros. picture starring Edward G. Robinson which comes to the..... Theatre =] =. next SAYS NICK as Nick the Greek barber, who gets| Master of Gangster Portrayal “Listen, you guys. to be king of the gamblers, was| Now at the Strand in “Smart Pm the King of shot in Pe eae nas ae Money,” Is Reserved And aiaS so oe of a prominent Los Angeles hotel. Sidious ty Reaiicy as i ee The tonsorial artist who gets the job of using the razor on the star, got over his stage-fright with one rehearsal and spoke his lines like a veteran. Before the evening ended barbers, actors and crew became quite chummy, and all were given free shaves between shots. Nick the Greek is Robinson’s best characterization. can ‘take me!” (Current Story) Just to prove that one can’t tell what an actor is like by the parts he plays, consider James Cagney who at ‘the present time, is a hard boiled barber who follows the gambling career of his friend, Edward G. Robinson, in “Smart Money,” the Warner Bros. picture now at the. Theatre. Just prior to this he was one of the toughest racketeers that ever walked the screen in ‘The Public Enemy.” Add to this his gangster role in “The Doorway to Hell,” and “Sinner’s Holiday,” and you have a composite picture of a ruthless, homicidal moron. The idea of telling what sort of a person he is off screen by the company he keeps won’t work very well in Cagney’s case, for he has very few friends. But his hobbies and advocations tell a story that is far different from what the fan would expect. He has great vitality—a characteristic which he decidedly shows in his screen work. That is part of the reason why the Russian authors so appeal to him. His favorites are Turgenev, Checkhov, Gorky, Andreyev and Tolstoi. Besides fiction of the best grade, he is deeply interested in philosophy and economics. Besides James Cagney, Mr. Robinson’s support in “Smart Money” the Warner Bros. picture now at til ober Theatre includes Evalyn Knapp, Noel Francis, Morgan Wallace, Paul Porcasi, Maurice Black, Margaret Livingston, Clark Burroughs, Billie House, Edwin Argus, kkalf Harolde, Boris Karloff, Mae SAYS IRENE He may be an ace at cards, but watch him fall for my baby stare.” SAYS JACK "You're a sucker for blondes, Nick. Lay off or you'll lose your shirt?! Cut No. 17 Cut 30c Mat 10c SAYS NICK "Say, skirts are my specialty, boy. When to heavy all it comes lovin—I know GET THE LOW-DOWN ON THE BIG SHOT GAMBLERS IN “SMART MONEY” with EDW. G. ROBINSON (LITTLE CAESAR, HIMSELF) JAMES CAGNEY. is. gum.and-is-doing-his»shooting “Smart Money” Cut No. 5 drama in which Warner Bros., the gaming melohe is stirred by now showing at the Cut 20c, Mat sc Young Cagney Discusses re Theatre seems to always ° . E eae have the Lady Luck at hi Old Times With Trou er Praises Versatility Of | oo) His love of big fat oe (Current Reader) Morgan Wallace, who plays the part of the District Attorney in Smart Money,” Edward G. Robinsons latest Warner Bros. picture 1S now showing at the Theatre, lists as one of talking over old times with former friends of the stage.” He had an Opportunity to indulge in reminiscence sia working in “Smart Money.” e had trouped a few Alfred E./ago with James Ceenay who lave a_leading part in the picture. 8ars 1s proverbial, and in this play, in which he portrays the notorious Nick the Greek barber, who becomes the king of all gambling fools, he seems to be buying cigars, giving them away or smoking them from the beginnings of the play to the climax. This is the sixth stage Or screen hit in which he has smoked the benign cigar. Featured in the large cast are James Cagney and Evalyn Knapp. Green directed. Paper) “Smart Money” the Warner Theatre, has just the bit Edward G. as a man who characters. She Says: of the blondes who are his James Cagney, his hobbies Porcasi. 1000 TO 1 IT’S yYoUR ONE “mmm. BEST BET IN PICTURES! SMART MONEY : wre EDWARD G. ROBINSON e knows all about gambling— but nothing about Bleadest JAMES CAGNEY His confederate in chance! EVALYN KNAP MARGARET LIVINGSTON M4 j Oh i a es eh ae a m4 | | = ‘7 eo A WARNER BROS. x VITAPHONE PICTURE! Cut No. 7 Cut 60c, Mat lSc Page Eleven bet Sera YOU A THOUSANDFOLD |