Spring is Here (Warner Bros.) (1930)

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FOOTAGE (Vitaphone) HAVE YOU A NICE LITTLE HOBBY IN YOUR HOME? + Picture Stars Have Varied Interests Apart From Their Profession (FEATURE) Have you a hobby? If not, it is time to scurry around and find one. Without a first class hobby, life is 2 incomplete. ee A hobby is the outcome of a temperamental desire which seeks expression. something far apart from a vocation. For example, practically every mo‘ion picture star in Hollywood has a hobby, some of them a bit fantastic, but at least interesting. Take, for instance, the players in “Spring is Here,” a First NationalVitaphone picture Somme to the SeSiy eats oes Theatre, They all confess to hobbies. Lawrence Gray pleads guilty to a hobby started in his boyhood. He is philatelist and has postage stamps old and new from every corner of the globe. These are carefully mounted and catalogued. Bernice Olaire, who is naturally musical, for a number of years has been gathering copies of old songs hat have long since passed out of favor. She is particularly proud of naving a first edition of Charles K. Yarris’s “After the Ball.” Among her hundreds of copies of sheet music are many favorites of bygone days, such as “Two Little Girls in Blue” and “Waltz Me Around Again, Willie.” Alexander Gray has been a baseball fan for years and has a really valuable collection of pictures of old stars of the diamond. Gray’s collection goes as far back as Amos Rousie, who pitched for New York in the middle nineties. Louise Fazenda has a fascinating oilection of quaint teapots which she has found in curio shops and in the residences of old settlers, whose chinaware has been passed on from generation to generation. Special cabinets have been built to fit in the dining room and living room of her home, each shelf laden with teapots. Ford Sterling, noted comedian from way back in the Keystone days, has made a marvelous collection of pipes, running all the way from the finely carved Meerschaum to the humble corncob. Inez Courtney admits that shoes are an irresistible attraction» Shoes, of all colors and styles, and including the footwear of most of the nations of the world. Miss Courtney has cabinets in which these shoes are placed on display. PRINTED IN U.S. A. ‘Generally speaking, a hobby is Z | Singing Star | Vitaphone —pictue-e eoming—to Bernice Claire in “Spring Is Here” Cut No. 12 Cut15c Mat 5c Billie Dove,-a First National star, but not in the cast of “Spring is Here,” devotes spare time and money to the collection of rare perfumes. The perfumes of Arabia, of Turkey, India and of Japan may be found in carefully arranged and concisely labelled bottles adorning Miss Dove’s boudoir. Dorothy Mackaill is another First National star, who never allows work to interfere with her hobby, which happens to be an expensive one. Prints of old New York from the time of the Dutch settlers onward, nresent a fascinating array on the walls of Miss Mackaill’s den, as she calls it. In her tastes, Miss Mackaill, despite her English parentage, is a thorough New Yorker. Tf Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. did not happen to be an actor, he no doubt would be a literary man of some description. He is passionately fond of books, with his taste running toward Continental literature. He is paying particular attention to the equipment of a really fine library in the home he occupies with his wife, Joan Crawford. These are only a few of the hobbies that enable motion picture stars to find relief from an exacting vocation, Whet’s pick. your hobby? Take your FERS ANE Ye TALKING ; Trap Tis lt ‘am SEVEN S()NGS IN. NG IS HERE” i the Carolines” » a Little Faith 4 Head List CE NEWS) the interest aroused entertaining story, Fe | ad eased, er. In addition to’ yy a genuinely’ TY jeatre, profits by a num Yer of popular Aa already well es ftablished in public favor. eee eee ee we ene MM ORATIO, «2 eee ns ete we Bernice Cia, Lawrence Gray, Alexander Gray, Inez Courtney and Frank Albertsor;, all members of the cast, will be heard to advantage in the singing} of these numbers, which include “Sryin’ for the Caroines,” “Have a /‘Little Faith in Me,” ‘Bad. Baby,” and “What’s theBig Idea.” “Cryin’. for } the Carolines” is rendered in. “Sp ‘ing is Here” by the} famous Brox sistjers vaudeville headinrs. It is now, a strong attraction ver the radio, yn records and with janee orchestras: The other song s already mentioned, re also the outjHut of Harry Lewis, Joe E. Young find Harry Warren. Reports from ‘Remick, publishers, place them among the best sellers. Members of this “Spring is Here” cast, all trained (vocalists, have other song numbers way] designed to meet the public taste.‘ “With a Song in|} My Heart” and = “Yours Sincerely,” both written by R obers and Hart and published by Hartys, were the favorite numbers in the sftage play which enjoyed a long ‘run on Broadway. These two songs! have been retained in the Vitaphone! version. 3 f 10,000 Jantzen Dealers Are Ready To Cooperate With You in Advertising and Exploiting This Picture See Page 6 For Details NATIONAL HONE MARK PICTWRES “How Shall I Tell]: NEW YORK, CITY, U.S. A. WITH MELODY, MIRTH, ROMANCE This Is A First National and VAT ApHone Picture Cash in on the Name! iS “SPRING IS HERE” BRINGS CHARM AND ROMANCE TO THE SCREEN Popular Stage Play is Finely Presented in Film Version of Stage Production—Songs Are a Feature of Picture Screen Baritone Alexander Gray in “Spring Is Here” Cut No.9 Cut 1sc Mat 5c ACTORS RUSH FROM STAGE TO STAGE Players in “Spring Is. Here’’ Work in “Song of the Flame’”’ at Same Time (CURRENT READER) Three players from “Spring is Here,” the First National picture now playing at the Theatre, worked in two pictures at once for about a week. The last scenes of “Spring is Here,” were being taken at the same time “The Song of the Flame,” an all-technicolor special picture was being started at the First National West Coast Studios. Bernice Claire and Alexander Gray, leads in this picture, were also cast as the leads in “Song of the Flame.” As was Louise Fazenda, who plays the part of Emily, the mother in “Spring is Here.” In addition to rushing from stage to stage, the players had difficulty in avoiding confusion in the matter of dialogue and costumes. (PREPARED REVIEW) “Spring is Here, the First NationalVitaphone adaptation of the popular musical play of the same title, opened at the Theatre, last night. From every angle this bright and diverting screen entertainment must be classed as a note-worthy success. title rnonod Bernice Claire and Alexander Gray, recruited from the musical comedy stage, play the leads with a spontaneity and freshness altogether delightful. Both Miss Claire and Mr. Gray have fine voices, thoroughly eultivated and finely attuned to the requirements of Vitaphone reproduction. This pair gives promise of becoming one of the most popular romantic teams on the screen. In “Spring is Here” they are perfectly cast. The story unfolded has both charm and simplicity, along with the added appeal of presenting the younger generation in an intelligent manner. Without being pretentious, “Spring is Here” creates a more vivid impression than the usual story of more serious intent. The songs in “Spring is Here” are one of the most interesting features of the production. Such numbers as ‘Cryin’ for the.Carolines” and “Have a Little Faith in Me” are already popular. Other catchy song numbers included are “Bad Baby,” “Sincerely Yours” and “With a Song in My Heart.” As on the stage, “Spring is Here’’ deals with young love in its emotional and disturbing stages. Without attempting to point a lesson, the story is true to certain phases of life ag it is being lived today. The cast includes Lawrence Gray, Ford Sterling, Louise Fazenda, Inez Courtney, Natalie Moorhead, Frank Albertson and Gretchen Thomas, all of whom do excellent work under the direction of John Francis Dillon. Watch For Gale A Of Laughs! Cut No, 17 Cut 20c Mat 5c STRAND — SOON Page One