So Long Letty (Warner Bros.) (1929)

CHARLOTTE GREENWOOD in “SO LONG LETTY”—A Warner Bros. and Vitaphone Production BIOGRAPHIES OF PLAYERS “So Long Letty,” Vitaphone Musical Farce, Brings Noted Comedienne to Talking Screen Charlotte Greenwood Plays Siete Role Which Made Her Popular in Stage Production the well .. GREENWOOD, in known comedienne starring “So Long Letty,” the Warner Bros. and Vitaphone production now playing at the... . Theatre, was born in Philadelphia and educated in Boston, Massachusetts, and Norfolk, Virginia. Her first appearance on the stage was in “The Passing Show” in 1912, at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York, under the direction of Ned Wayburn. Like a number of contemporary stage and_ screen entertainers, Miss Greenwood ,was _accidentally :; steered into professional channels that were en tirely off her original course. She intended to CharloteGrecnuood be a light comedienne and| Stock N-128 develop her voice Cut or Mat . Order Separately so that she might be capable of playing leading roles in operettas. However, not long after she made her debut, she was clowning around the stage for relaxation after a strenuous rehearsal period, when the director saw her attempting to kick the chanlier. Her long legs and arms, and the tremendous height of the kick amused the director and he immediately decided to put her in a clowning role. Charlotte Greenwood subsequently became famous as one of the funniest comediennes of the American stage. She toured vaudeville for some time “Peanuts” Byron in “So Long Letty’’ Marion Byron, who plays a flapper role in “So Long Letty,” the Warner Bros. singing, talking, dancing picture now at the... . Theatre, was born in Dayton, Ohio. She was educated in her home town and in the public schools of Denver and Detroit. Her first stage experience was in NODS. fina T he » Patsy under Louis O. Mac lead in a number F of Los Angeles productions, : among them beMarion Byron \28 Tiptoes, “Cradle Snatchers armed -*t hve Stock N-71 ae: ne Cut or Mat e YW: Order Separately Music Box Revue.” Her picture career began with M-G-M as lead for Buster Keaton in “Steamboat Bill.” She was also in the Hal Roach comedies. Other pictures were “His Captive Woman,” “Broadway Babies,” “So Long Letty” and “Song of the West.” Miss Byron is affectionately known “Peanuts” on account of her diminutive size. She has dark hair and blue eyes. Her two hobbies are bridge and dancing. as and then appeared in “The Man With Three Wives” and “Nearly a Hero.” Next came the big hit that established her in the starring ranks—‘So Long Letty,” the riotous farce that ran for four years and gained the reputation of being the show written. Following this success she appeared in “Linger Longer Letty,” “Let Her Go, Letty,” “Letty Pepper” and “Pretty Mrs. Smith.” In 1918 Miss Greenwood starred in a picture called , Jane,” playing the title role. She ‘also appeared in another picture, “Baby Mine,” and now the third, the famous “So Long Letty.” She is married, interested funniest ever in and devoted to her home and family, plays a good game of tennis and thoroughly enjoys a quiet evening studying and reading. ' Popular Patsy Miller In Vitaphone Version Of ‘So Long Letty” Patsy Ruth Miller was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1904. Until her family moved to California in 1921, Patsy never did any work. Her debut in a Buster Keaton picture was in the nature of a lark. However, the taste of a camera career whetted her appetite for fame, and she began to devote herself seriously to acting. In 1922, she was selected as one of the first thirteen Baby Stars by the Wampas. “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” “The Girl I Loved,” “Rose of the World,” “Red Hot Tires” ““Hogan’s Alley” are among her best known pictures. Miss Miller was a long-term contract by because of her charm and signed to Warner Bros. and sincerity. Patsy is _.2descended from a long line of celebrities. Her father is a direct descendant of Pretorious, famous Boer explorer and ,, leader, after whom Pretoria, yt PioC avai wees Another i dD AF alsy Ruth a named. Pretorious Stuteces an Irish politician. Another is a famous German bookbinder. One of this family was the wife of Bismarck and connected with the Imperial family of Germany. Patsy is one of the most popular girls in Hollywood. She has a variety of interests which endears her to numbers of friends. Her favorite outdoor sport is tennis, and she is reputed to be a crack player. She swims, rides, plays golf and loves to pane She reads everything that is interesting and intelligent. ‘Miss Miller’s latest role is an im; portant part in “So Long Letty,” the Warner Bros. and Vitaphone picture now showing at the... . Theatre. She will also be seen this season in several other Warner Bros. Vitaphone , Productions as leading lady to Edward | Everett Horton. They are “The Hot; tentot,” “The Sap,” “The Aviator” and “Wide Open.” Stock S-89 Cut or Mat Order Separately is Grant Withers Again Plays Lead in Warner Film Of all the screen players who have come prominently before the public within the past year, none has made a greater impression than Grant Withers, appearing in the leading male role opposite Charlotte Greenwood in “So Long Letty,” the Warner Bros. talking, singing and dancing Vitaphone production now at the : Theatre. A year ago came his first big chance in the male lead of ‘Madonna of Avenue A” with Dolores Costello. | So great an impression did he make | on the Warner Bros. that he has since been given roles of importance in Vitaphone productions, including “The Time, the Place and the Girl,” “In the Headlines,” ‘‘Saturday’s Children” and “Hearts in Exile.” Grant, born in Pueblo, Colorado, not quite twenty-five years ago, first appeared before the public when he was a student at the Kemper Military Academy at Booneville, Missouri, enacting the title role in Booth Tarkington’s “Clarence.” He appeared in other school plays, and after his graduation went to Los Angeles, where he worked for a year as a reporter. He dvifted naturally into newspaper work, since his grandfather, after whom he was named, was the owner of the Pueblo Chieftain, Pueblo’s leading newspaper, on which Grant had been employed as printer’s devil, copy boy and general man of all work. In his newspaper work he came in contact with screen players and eventually found himself playing extra parts, with no thought of continuing a literary career. Grant surely started his meteoric screen career at the bottom of the ladder but he spent less time in getting to the top than most of those who have risen from the ranks. Soon after his first bit of work at the studios he was playing small parts and then more important juvenile roles. Withers is six feet three inches and has curly brown hair and blue eyes. He is an inveterate swimmer and also spends much of his time hunting deer He is one of the most attractive personalities in Hollywood. Biers Grant Withers Stock N-129 Cut or Mat Order Separately Rotund Comedian of “So Long Letty” Bert Roach, the rotund comedian who plays a prominent role in “So Long Letty,’ now at the... . Thea tre, is a veteran in Hollywood, having started in pictures nearly seventeen years ago as an extra with Universal in the days when a three-reeler was a super-special. Roach came to pictures from the stage, having played an important part in “The Arcadians’ for Charles Frohman. He then wente into pictures, but } being unable to } get any recog nition because of his stage work, started at the bottom as an extra. His ability was quickly recog nized, however, and it was not long before he was playing featured roles in many productions. Talking pictures again gave him the opportunity to put to use his excellent early training on the stage, and to put his splendid comedy voice to work for the entertainment of movie audiences. He had important roles in “Excuse Me,” “Tin Hats,” “The Crown,” “The Last Warning,” “‘The Time, the Place and the Girl” and “The Argyle Case.” He is married and an enthusiastic golfer, Bert Roach Stock N-132 Cut or Mat Order Separately Claude Gillingwater Has Another “Grouch” Role Claude Gillingwater, who plays the crotchety uncle in “So Long Letty,” the Warner Bros. production starring Charlotte Greenwood, now playing at the Theatre, Louisiana, Missouri. was born in He went on the stage at .seventeen and _ for was suc’ reper’ entering in the Earl of Don iti-conusr-t “Little Lord Fauntleroy.” Het hracs’ a p’in many Boren. hits, among them being “The Dust Flower,” “Alice Adams. ).and “Three Wise are “camping, _years cessful in C.Ontsy 5 pictures as in peared Claude Gitlingwater Stock N-130 Cut or Mat Order Separately Fools.” His riding, fishing and tennis. Mr. Gillingwater began the study of law to gratify the wishes of his father, a member of the Missouri bar, and though the stage soon called him, he believes that the hours spent over and interpreting Blackstone have helped him greatly in understanding life. Despite his gray locks, Claude Gillingwater is the doting father of a boy of five. The six-foot-three player may be seen any day strolling under the Hollywood trees with Gillingwater Junior perched high on his shoulder. pastimes Hallam Cooley Real Estate Man As Well as Actor Hallam Cooley, who is cast prominently in the Warner Bros. Vitaphone musical farce, “So Long Letty,” starring Charlotte Greenwood, and now showing at the . . . . Theatre, hasn’t yet decided whether film acting is his vocation or his avocation. Involved in real estate and building in Hollywood and Beverly Hills, he states that he finds both Order Separately career more than a dozen years ago following his graduation from Northwestern Military Academy in Chicago. His first stage appearance was in “The Man From Mexico,” and he followed it with increasingly important roles in a number of popular stock company productions. Ten years ago Cooley made his debut in pictures and he has since appeared in what is believed to approximate a record for leading men of his age. Most recent characterizations are in “Naughty But Nice,” “Forever After,” “Ladies at Play” and “No Place to Go.” Cooley is six feet tall, weighs one hundred and seventy pounds and has dark hair and blue eyes. He is a bachelor, girls. 1920) absorbing, but! admits that acting gratifies his vanity. Cooley was} Hallam Cooley born in ‘Ne w| York City and peers began his stage |Helen Foster, Lovely Blonde Ingenue of “So Long Letty”’ Helen Foster, who plays the role of a flapper in “So Long Letty,” the Warner Bros. and Vitaphone production starring Charlotte Greenwood, and now at the... . Theatre, comes by her histrionic talent naturally, for her father was for many years a well known character actor with the Woodward Stock Company. y She born . at Independence, Kansas, and educated at Kansas City. and at the St. Augustine Academy at St. Augustine, Fla. After finishing school, Miss Foster decided to try was the movies, and : won almost inWelen Fos cer stant recognition in a number of reer gpg small roles in Order Separately such pictures as “The Eagle” and “Don Juan.” Then she played the lead opposite George O’Hara in “California or Bust.” She then attracted the attention of Cliff Broughton, the producer, who signed her for the leading role of “The Road to Ruin” and for Blindas after which he put her under longterm contract. She also played the lead in “The Midway” opposite Joe E. Brown. She was elected a Wampas Babyy Star in 1929. She is a protege of Mrs. Wallace Reid, widow of the lamented screen idol, and has appeared in several of her pictures. Warner Bros. chose her for one of the important roles in “Gold Diggers ‘of Broadway” because of her previous splendid work. Harry Gribbon Has Comedy Role in New “So Long Letty’ Harry Gribbon, who plays a leading role in “So Long Letty,” the Warner Bros. and Vitaphone production starting Charlotte Greenwood, and now playing at the. ... Theatre, was born and educated in New York City. He made his stage debut in 1912 in -the Stella Mayhew starring play, ‘Flo Flo.” Subsequently he appeared in “Slap Jack,” with e.or g ey. M. Cohan; “Red Widow” and “The — Spoilers.” Hie e-taante-duin pictures in 1915 in the Mack Sennett production, . Silk Hat Harry.” In pictures he has played in “Rose Marie,” “Chinatown Charlie,” ‘“‘Knockout Reilly,” with Richard Dix, “Show People,” ‘Tide of Empire” and “On With the Show.” Mr. Gribbon toured vaudeville for a time in a singing and comedy act called “Plenty of Everything.” His hobbies are boxing and his police dog, and for rest and relaxation he reads dime novels. Harty Gribbon Stock N-133 Cut or Mat Order Separate. A Warner Hit Is | A Warner Habit »