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

Pa your 6th story 400 Sailors Gave Up Shore Leave to See Joe E. Brown Comedy When Joe E. Brown and the members of his cast went on location during the production of “Son of a Sailor,” his latest First National comedy which comes to the Theatre on , he kept four hundred U. S. tars from shore leave. It wasn’t intentional; there was no compulsion about it. The gobs stayed aboard their ship, the 8S. Saratoga from choice. For. the Saratoga was the ship picked for Joe E. Brown and his supporting company as a location. This aireraft carrier of the Pacific fleet had been stationed eight miles off Long Beach for some little time. Routine had been moving smoothly. At the customary intervals, 400 members of the crew of 1750 are permitted shore leave. At the customary intervals, so far as history records, no gob has ever been known to refuse it. Exeept this time. The selected four hundred re¢eived their leave in due order. Maybe they even made plans. Then came the word that Joe E. Brown would be working aboard = ship. What’s more, he would be playing a gob. That was enough. They just didn’t go. Not a man jack of them. There might be plenty of amusement ashore, but there wouldn’t be any Joe E. Brown. He was plenty attraction enough. The supporting cast includes Jean Muir, Frank McHugh, Johnny Maek Brown, Thelma Todd, Sheila Terry, George Blackwood and Merna Kennedy. Lloyd Bacon directed the pieture from the screen play by Al Cohn and Paul Gerrard Smith. Yep, it’s nobody else but King Komedy himself! Joe E. Brown shows the world what he would do if he were in the navy, as his latest picture, “Son of a Sailor” docks at the Strand, on Wednesday. Joe, as ‘Handsome’ Callahan, tells the world that he is bothered by hordes of adoring women, but the beautiful damsels of the cast seem to have other ideas on the subject. This First National laugh riot boasts of an all star cast including Jean Muir, Johnny Mack Brown, Thelma Todd, Frank MceHugh, and many other notables. Mat No. 23, Price 10c. your 7th story Jean Muir Cast for Leading Role After Making But One Film Jean Muir, pretty and petite ac. tress, recently acquired by First National, has the distinction of being cast in a leading feminine role after having played in but one motion picture. True, before going into pictures she had been on the stage, where she won considerable success in such production as “Peter Tbbetson,” “The Truth Game,” “Melo” and “Life Begins.” But when she journeyed to Hollywood she had had no picture experience whatever. She spent some time on the sets watching the other players at work and learning the technique of screen acting before being cast in a picture. She made her bow on the screen in a small but important role opposite Paul Muni in “The World Changes.” Her work in this bit part was so outstanding, that when Joe E. Brown saw it, he requested her for the leading feminine role in his latest comedy, “Son of a Sailor,” which comes to the Theatre on ; Lloyd Bacon, who directed the picture, declared that he had never seen any one to take to screen work so quickly as Jean Muir. “Son of a Sailor,” which is said to he Joe’s funniest picture, was written by Al Cohn and Paul Gerrard Smith. As the title would indicate the picture concerns the adventures of a gob whose wild imagination got him into all sorts of crazy adventures. Others in the cast include Thelma Todd, Frank McHugh, Johnny Mack Brown, Sheila Terry, George Blackwood, Merna Kennedy and Kenneth Thomson. Joe E. Brown’s Athletic Ability Comes in Handy Joe E. Brown’s proficiency at athletics is the envy of all of Hollywood. In “Son of a Sailor,” First National’s laugh riot coming soon to the Theatre, Joe appears on the screen in one of the hilarious sequences as a prize-fighting sailor, who wins championships, women and excitement with eqnal facility. In previous pictures, Joe has appeared as a wrestler, a swimmer, a baseball player, and with Bobby Jones, as a golfer. These are but a few of his accomplishments. He also plays a mean game of polo, tennis, and ping-pong. All this ac- tivity keeps him in excellent physical condition to carry on the strenuous work that is invariably required of him by his funny characterizations. Jean Muir Spent Month Learning Movie Acting Jean’ Muir, who has the leading feminine role opposite Joe E. Brown in his latest First National comedy, “Son of a Sailor,” which comes to the Theatre on , Spent a month in movie “school” before she undertook work in a picture. That is, she sat by the director during the making of several pictures watching the work of other players and getting instructions in technique from the director. Naturally this was not her only training in acting, as she has been a successful Broadway player for some time. But she had never appeared in pictures until “The World Changes.” “Son of a Sailor” ig her second picture. ADVANCE Making Gob Comedy Was Big Fun to Joe E. Brown Joe E. Brown says he never enjoyed making any comedy so much as his latest First National production, “Son of a Sailor,” which comes to the Theatre on Joe and his company spent ten days on the U. S. 8. Saratoga, an airplane carrier of the Pacific fleet, working on the picture. He was dined by Admiral Reeves of the fleet and Capt. Sogbaum of the Saratoga. The entire company was entertained by officers and crew. Joe E. Brown a Boasting Gob in “Son of a Sailor’”’ In “Son of a Sailor,” Joe E. Brown’s latest laugh-fest, which will open at the Sears Theatre, the comedian plays the part of a bragging gob, whose quick wits serve him when his boasting gets him into trouble. Pitted against a tough hombre in the naval boxing championships, Joe is forced to resort to a couple of tricks not included in the Marquis of Queensbury rules. But Joe’s antics in the prize-fight -sequence produce just one of the hilarious sequences in a comedy hailed as one of the funniest the First National comic has made. A fine cast including Jean Muir, Frank McHugh, Thelma Todd, Noel Francis and many others support Joe FE. Brown in “Son of a Sailor.” SHORTS Joe E. Brown Invited to Visit Indian Potentate Joe E. Brown anticipates a royal welcome when he visits India en route around the world in a few months. While working in his latest First National comedy, “Son of a Sailor,” soon coming to the Theatre, Joe was visited by the Nawab and Princess Zaheruddin Khan of Hydirahad, India. The comedian, according to the royal pair, is a great favorite with their countrymen and meeting Joe in person was the high-light of the pair’s visit to Southern California. When informed that Brown expects to include India in his itinerary, they invited him to stay at the Royal Mansion as their guest. Frank McHugh Swabbed Deck of U. S. Warship Frank McHugh spent half an hour swabbing the deck of a warship during the production of Joe E. Brown’s latest comedy for First National, “Son of a Sailor,” which will soon show at the Theatre. The company had just gone aboard the U. §S. §. Saratoga, an airplane carrier of the Pacific Fleet, to make some scenes. Frank got to talking to some of the tars when an officer came up and ordered the men to swab the deck. Frank, who was dressed exactly as the real gobs, grabbed a brush and went to work for the fun of it, until Lloyd Bacon, who direeted the comedy was ready for the next scene. Photo of Joe E. Brown Brings Letter To Star Joe E. Brown, whose latest First National comedy, “Son of a Sailor,” comes to the Theatre on , is bragging of the efficiency of the post office department. <A fan wrote him a letter, but instead of addressing it, merely pasted a photograph of Joe on the envelope. Joe got the letter within five days after it was mailed from the East. Joe E. Brown Refuses to Don Trick Moustache Charles Chaplin and numerous comedians owe at least a part of their success to the trick moustaches they wear. But Joe E. Brown is one comedian who has never appeared with a moustache. He says he never will. He draws the line at that and wearing spats. Joe refuses to explain about the spats, but he admitted that he wanted nothing to interfere with the expression of his cavernous mouth. Joe’s latest and funniest comedy, made for First National, is “Son of a Sailor,” which will be shown on the screen of the Theatre on Joe E. Brown Walks With Rolling Gait of a Salt For weeks Joe E. Brown’s walk assumed a_ distinctly “nautical roll.” He spent so much time with real sailors aboard the U.S.S. Saratoga and got so much into the spirit of his role of sailor in his latest First National comedy, “Son of a Sailor,” which comes to the Theatre on , that he says he just couldn’t help walking like one. SS ernenreeeeererereeree ge Four