Son of a Sailor (Warner Bros.) (1933)

Dp = Publicity—Ac LAG your Ist story Joe E. Brown Coming In Hilarious Comedy “Son of a Sailor” “Son of a Sailor,” the newest First National screen comedy for Joe E. Brown, which arrives at the .. . Theatre next Son is said to be the most laugh-provoking vehicle ever assigned to this star. It is a comedy of navy life. Al Cohn and Paul Gerrard Smith supplied the story, which carries its hero from his sailor’s hammock aboard the aircraft carrier of the Pacific fleet to misadventures in a wealthy home ashore—and_ back again to the decks of the warship. Quite by accident, “Handsome” Callahan, played by Joe E. Brown, wins not only personal triumphs during his brief and eventful leave ashore — but saves from alien conspirators the plans of an epocha! aireraft invention. His shore leave ends in triumph for this humble gob, even though he is convinced that he is headed for the brig and a bread and water diet. “Handsome,” the boastful, the hopeful, the wistful, is said to represent one of Joe E. Brown’s major film achievements. The star’s supporting cast for “Son of a Sailor” is one of the finest he has ever had. In important roles, are such screen notables as Johnny Mack Brown, Thelma Todd, Jean Muir—the new First National “discovery” who has been the cause of great enthusiasm and high expectations in Hollywood; Frank McHugh, Sheila Terry, Kenneth Thomson, George Blackwood and Myrna Kennedy. The picture was directed by Lloyd Bacon, whose flair for .screen comedy of fast tempo and brisk pace is widely known. Many of the scenes for “Son of a Sailor” were filmed aboard the U. 8. S. Saratoga. Brown and his supporting cast remained aboard this American aircraft carrier during this time as guests of Admiral Reeves, Captain Sogbaum and the crew. Eleven hundred U. S. tars, the full ship’s complement, served as support to Joe and the principals from Hollywood. It is related that the gobs even turned down all regular shore leaves during the time the company was aboard the Saratoga. They were having too much fun with Joe, who has always been an outstanding screen favorite with the navy. Movie Gobs’ Yellow Caps Puzzle Real Tars When Joe E. Brown and his First National supporting company for “Son of a Sailor,” spent a week aboard the U.S.S. Saratoga off Long Beach, Calif., some 35 extras and bit Players were taken along from Hollywood to supplement the principals. There was one thing about the Hollywood contingent that bothered the 1100 members of the Saratoga’s crew. The uniforms of the Hollywood gobs were accurate in every detail — save one. Instead of regulation white sailors’ caps, the movie sailors wore yellow ones. It had to be explained to the real sailors that this was not an implied insult. Nor was it the result of careless scrubbing. The yellow caps were intentionally yellow. Solid white is too glaring for the camera’s eye, and to simulate white, yellow is always substituted — for brides’ dresses, for gentlemen’s stiff collars... and, yes, for the jaunty hats of gobs. Joe E. Brown will be seen in “Son of a Sailor,” at the Theatre on f e “Aw, Let Me Alone!” Joe E. Brown’s statement that he is the lady-killin’, love-em-and-leave-em champ of the navy seems to be wavering here as voracious Thelma Todd advances on him. Will the navy retreat? Never! Joe is just planning the attack which he uses in his latest First National laugh-riot, “Son of a Sailor,” opening Wednesday at the Strand. Mat No. 22, Price 10c. your 2nd story Joe E. Brown Turned Down for Movie Job After Screen Tests “For many are called but few are chosen.” In Hollywood they paraphrase the words of St. Matthew and say: “Many are tested but few are picked.” And not infrequently among the the “few” whom the public finally picks as their screen favorites have been tested and discarded once or twice or half a dozen times before they finally obtained the chance which lead them to picture fame. It was that way with Joe E. Brown, the First National comedy star, whose latest mirth maker, “Son of a Sailor,’ comes to the ; Theatre on : Recently he confessed that he was tested for silent pictures years before he made his first appearance on the screen and that the results were so unsatisfactory that he never did get a report on the job he was trying to land in the movies. Joe was working in musical comedies in New York at the time. Later, when he was in Los Angeles with a musical show and anxious to get his chance at pictures, he was tested at almost every major studio. Many of those tests are still stored away in film vaults, no doubt, but only two of them brought nibbles to Joe. Out of the nibbles that did come, however, he built his successful career. Joe’s latest picture is said to be the most hilarious of all his screen comedies. It concerns the crazy adventures of a somewhat dumb but highly imaginative gob. A large part of the comedy was filmed aboard the U. S. S. Saratoga. More than one thousand regular gobs attached to the warship took part in the picture in the role of extras. In the cast with Joe E. Brown are Jean Muir, Thelma Todd, Frank McHugh, Johnny Mack Brown, Sheila Terry, George Blackwood and a score of others. Lloyd Bacon directed from a screen play by Al Cohn and Paul Gerrard Smith. your 3rd story 1000 U. S. Tars Saw Joe Brown K.O. Rival in “Son of a Sailor” More than a thousand tars of the U. S. Navy witnessed a battle re cently that millions of movie fans are going to see and laugh them selves sick over. Uncle Sam’s gobs see plenty in the way of fighting but all of them admitted this scrap was unique. In one corner was Jack Herrick, one time Pacific coast heavyweight champ; in the other, ladies and gentlemen, Joe E. Brown, the most lovable of screen comics. Joe hasn’t been in the ring since he did some amateur fighting in his early youth. Nevertheless, he triumphed over Jack, who outweighed him by an easy seventy-five pounds. It was all a part of the First Na tional comedy, “Son of a Sailor,” the navy comedy which comes to the Theatre on v igie wi , with Joe E. Brown starring in his very best manner. Lloyd Bacon, director of the picture, took a company of fifty from Hollywood to the U.S.S. Saratoga, aireraft carrier of the Pacific fleet, loaned by naval authorities, and this warship was the scene of action for over a week. The fight was the climax of the company’s stay aboard ship, and the whole crew turned out for it. A ring was set up on the carrier deck and Joe met Jack for six rounds — Jack being presumably the ace fighter of the fleet, and Joe’s opponent only by an accident. The Saratoga’s crew had the time of their young lives. After all, a famous movie comic doesn’t double as a scrapper for them every day, even though the comic had gotten into the scrap because of his ancontrollable bragging. “Son of a Sailor,” which is said to be Joe’s liveliest comedy was written by Al Cohn and Paul Gerrard Smith. The supporting cast includes Jean Muir, Frank McHugh, Johnny Mack Brown, Thelma Todd, Sheila Terry and George Blackwood. your 4th story Joe Brown Plays Gob Role With 1000 Real Sailors in Picture Joe E. Brown heads a cast of 1,000 gobs in his latest comedy. “Son of a Sailor,” a First National picture which comes to the Theatre on , The gobs are sailors attached to the U. 8. S. Saratoga, an airplane carrier of the Pacific fleet, on which a large portion of the picture was shot. In addition to the regular members of Uncle Sam’s naval forces, a score of motion picture gobs were also used. Jean Muir, the latest screen find, has the leading feminine role. This is the second picture she has played in, the first having been with Paul Muni in “The World Changes.” There are two Browns in the pic ture, the other being Johnny Mack Brown, who recently appeared oppo site Ruth Chatterton in “Female.” Others in important roles include Frank McHugh, Thelma Todd, Sheila Terry, George Blackwood, Merna Kennedy, Samuel Hinds, Noel Francis, Kenneth Thomson, Arthur Vinton and George Irving. The screen play by Al Cohn and Paul Gerrard Smith relates the adventures of an over-imaginative gob whose indiscretions lead him into thrilling escapades from which he is only extricated by an unusual amount of dumb luck. Joe wins all the honors but the girl he loves is won by Johnny Mack Brown, another gob. The picture was directed by Lloyd Bacon and is said to be Joe’s funniest picture to date. your 5th story Joe E. Brown a Hero That Loses Heroine in “Son of a Sailor” It takes two Browns to tell the story of “Son of a Sailor,” a First National comedy hit which comes to the Theatre on One is Joe FE. Brown, the star. The other is Johnny Mack Brown. They’re not related, either in life or pictures. But in the course of the story, their paths cross and re-cross 80 many times that it takes half a dozen admirals and almost the en tire Pacific fleet to get them un tangled. Joe E. Brown and Johnny Mack Brown are pals on the same air plane carrier and fall in love with the same girl before the picture has run its merry course. But all that Joe the hero wins is glory with the | romantic hon ors going to Johnny Mack Brown at the final fadeout. Both Browns have distinguished themselves in kindred sports. Joe E. Brown JEAN MUIR has a _ reputa Mat No. 33, Price 5c. tion as a crack baseball player and still takes a professional interest in the game. Johnny Mack Brown was a first-line football star before he entered pictures. “Son of a Sailor” is said to be Joe E. Brown’s most hilarious comedy. It is a tale of a romantic sailor’s adventures filmed in the main aboard the U.S.S. Saratoga, of the Pacific Fleet, with over 1000 real gobs taking part Besides the two Browns, the cast includes Jean Muir, Frank McHugh, Thelma Todd, Sheila Terry, George Blackwood, Merna Kennedy and Kenneth Thomson. Lloyd Bacon directed. Page Three