Spring is Here (Warner Bros.) (1930)

Every Name In The Cast Is A Box-Office Draw! Play Them Up In All Your Advertising! THE CAST { LOVERS “R” IN SEASO;) mleve Alden = 2 2 Lawrence Gray Three great romances interwoven into the || Perry Clayton ________-_-____ Alexander Gray : ; Bette Braleg. oe Bernice Claire cleverest comedy concoction of the season. OOL ASA MOUNTAIN TOP : ; a. | PHE ICE HPL ANT DOES IT Ptten Dtatey 2. Ford Sterling Eight screen favorites headed by the best, “We | ee Ll Eunily Boley Louise Facseda singing love team on the screen. Seven Mary Jane Braley. <0 gs Inez Courtney truly-great songs. 1000 guaranteed laughs! Rite Clavie ee Natalie Moorhead Sparkle! Wit! Fun! Directed by the man gency Hayden Frank Albertson who gave you “Sally.” Matide Ospood: Gretchen Thomas WELL-BALANCED SYNOPSIS CAST IN PICTURE (Not for Publication) “Spring is Here’ is a story of Players in “Spring Is Here’’ young love, complicated by the Have Had Broad Stage eanely interference of a blusterExperie nc e ing father, Peter Braley. (ADVANCE NEWS) Soe Mfc seapa t a An all-star cast in evéry sense of daughter, Betty. Also he has a the word has been assembled for well-grounded dislike for Steve ae pene ae esis National Alden, ae his ee favors picture coming tO the ........++.. in preference to another suitor, Theatre. All the players are wellTerry Clayton. Peter loses all pa known and well liked. tience with his daughter on discoverBernice Claire, who has the featured | ing that she returned home at 5 role of Betty Braley, was the femia.m. with Steve as her escort. . ~ “cc 39 5 ges ra = thie tied <7 Terry, pretty well discouraged ee ee with the situation, is advised by screen role was Nanette, in “No, No, Mary Jane, Betty’s 18-year-old sis ” : i sf 4 = Nanette.” She is now playing the ter, to try making the flirtatious lead in “Song of the Flame,” in pro2 : : ; . young lady jealous by making love Sots the Burbank studio of First asd} shenacers an opiduiies ional. Alexander Gray, who is co-featured offers. a with Miss Claire, played opposite Ter ry, on the first auspicious Marilyn Miller in “Sally,” both on | 0ccasion, reveals unsuspected the stage in New York and in the ability in capturing the attention screen version made with Miss Miller | °F : susceptible POTEET cleverly by First National. He also played avoiding Betty, but making sure the role of the Red Shadow in the|#at she is aware of his philander‘Desert Song,” with Miss Claire, as | "85+ ; well as in “No, No, Nanette,” axa ‘ Much of the humor of the Picnow in “The Song of the Flame.” ture is due to the complications Inez Courtney is a comparative new|Srought about by the —— ducts ‘y comer to the screen, having made her hh aes and the change it rings in — debut as Cousin Betty in ‘Loose Betty’s attitude toward him. Very __ SS Ankles,” co-featuring Douglas Fair-| cleverly the situations lead up to banks Jr. and Loretta Young. She|@" unexpected denouement, which Stage Sta ¥S Are is well known to New York audiences | Tesults in the marriage of Terry | . |for her work in “Good News,” a mu-|a@nd the elusive Betty. Tog-ether Again | sica! comeay. Lawrence Gray, borrowed from (CURRE NT READER) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for “Spring is Fate se to! Shavexplaved ei Here” after his success in “Marireer ees anne” and “Duley,” is also remem Te ae : ane, bered for the roles he played opposite AP re) LLO ander Gray Ont ae piace. ae well such stars as Bebe Daniels, Gloria : pose se ? Swanson and pola Negri. as in pictures, ijthey are accustomed : . to teaming togd+ther. Each is thorsore ii a See e e FE oughly familiar pwith the method of rtd aa Aes otk y Spring Tonic or the other, an Winderstanding which |™ ; ° ° e coes a Jonge towards beaping Louise Fazenda is recognized as What Ails You! ; F j D one of the screen’s leading comediabout & amnea = mance. ennes. In “Spring is Here,” she plays When Miss Cle iire made her stage Z heey = : a-meek mother of two up-and-coming debut in “The esert Song,” during |“. : 2 . -. |girls and the dutiful wife of a scoldits Broadway ruz 1, she replaced Vivi|* ; : ing husband. She leaves off her disenne Segal who wyvas taken ill. AlexAsst k Soir Gee cea ahi ander Gray happ ened to be playing | “8U""8 eure PP the leading malee{ rol Clg a eee really is, a good-looking and charmon: ing woman. A JOHN FRANCIS DILLON Prod. Hear These Songs: “Crying For The Carolines,” “Have A Little Faith In Me,” “With A Song In My Heart,” “Yours Sincerely” and “Bad Baby.” Cut No.7 Cut 60¢ Mat 15¢ LAWRENCE GRAY ALEXANDER GRAY cena” from the BERNICE CLAIRE Dusk. teens Gat, LOUISE FAZENDA, FORD iyricist; Richaré STERLING, INEZ COURTNEY the music. A FIRST NATIONAL & VITAPHONE PI “Vitaphone” is the registered trade mark of the Vitaphone Corp. designating its pro Popular Team Soon Due at Local House (ADVANCE READER) Alexander Gray and Bernice Claire who made such a hit in “No, No, Nanette,” are again starred in * “Spring is Here,” the First National musical production coming to the Soe t ae Theatre Sse we These two were together in “The Desert Song” in New York. Incidentally that was the first professional appearance of Miss Claire. When Alex Reunions Reunions were in order when Director John Francis Dillon began’ shooting “Spring is Here,” on the First National lot at the Burbank, Calif. Studios. Ford Sterling and Louise Fazenda were united again after their many years together at the old Sennett Studio. Ford, by the way, discovered Louise Fazenda and gave her her first break. Then Ford Sterling and Bobby North, supervisor of the picture, were reunited. Bobby and Ford had been together on the stage in the long, long ago when pictures were a novelty. In the early Keystone days, Bobby wanted Ford as the leading comedian in one of his shows, and Sennett wanted Ford to go ander Gray went over to. the First National studio in Brooklyn to have a voice and screen test, he took Miss Claire with him. They both did so well that First : : ta Hallvcaad isa sneer Ss It also happe, ied that when Mr. National = them “on a long ee: the sai ‘ee nane pandas Gray was asked #4 take a screen test,|| Lawrence and Alexander contract. Mr. Gray played opposite Sennett had his way. Miss Claire aceor¥panied him to the Gray in New Talkie Marilyn Miller in “Sally.” Then he Inox Courtnt Jd Al d Vitaphone StudicOs in Brooklyn, in y y an exander and Bernice Claire were teamed in|] Gray also had a little reunion of ||°Tder that they m—ight sing their duets (CURRENT READER) ee “No, No, Nanette,’ “Spring is Here” || their own. They had played totogether. So suce ‘essful was this test Movie fans who see “Spring is and again in “Song of the Flame,”|| ether in a musical comedy, that Miss Claire, 1@s well as Mr. Gray,|| Here” at the Theatre, was offered a clOlance to appear on|| will have to check their programs the talking screet n. Soon after this,|| carefully in order not to confuse these two players were selected for|| the two Grays, Lawrence and Alexthe leading roles ix “No, No, Nanette,”|| ander. Both of these popular scheduled for proS luction at the West|}| young actors take important roles Coast Studios of !8 First National. in the production, presenting BerTheir success if41 this popular mu-|]| nice Claire as the feminine lead. sical comedy led ‘ito their being cast The story is based on the popuin the all-Technic!l olor picture “Song|]| lar musical comedy that had a long of the Flame” dJ%nd after that in}| run in New York. “Spring is Here” r©10w being presented atte. eee lat Theatre. “Sweet Lady,” in Chicago, and this was the first time they had played together since. In fact there were so many “Do you remembers?” that Director Dillon’ suggested they change the title from “Spring is Here” to “Old Home Week’s Here.” “Spring is Here” is current at the Theatre. the all-Technicolor film now being made, In “Spring is Here” Alexander Gray plays the part of Terry, suitor for Betty’s hand, Betty being Bernice Claire. The cast also includes Louise Fazenda, Ford Sterling, Lawrence Gray, Inez Courtney, Natalie Moorehead and Frank Albertson. BROX SISTERS CROON IN “SPRING IS HERE” THEY ALL LIKE HER If a vote were taken to decide the most popular actress in the motion picture colony in Hollywood it is not unlikely that Louise Fazenda would be returned the winner. In a community largely given over to personalities, Louise preserves an unfailingly kindly manner. She never says disagreeable things just to be smart : and has real friends numbered by the a hundreds. She is not afraid to be amiable. Miss Fazenda ig coming to LNG) Seat oe ere i 5 in “Spring is Here,” a First NationalVitaphone picture. (ADVANCE READER) The Brox Sisters, famous New ; York vaudeville singing team, are a one = featured part of the cast of “Spring itaphone iil is Here,” the First National producwith tion coming to the .......... The-| LAWRENCE GRAY QLLO=. Si were eee These talented girls are known as ALEXANDER GRAY one of the best harmonizing trios in BERNICE CL AIRE America. They sing “Cryin’ For the Carolines,” in this picture, a LOUISE FAZENDA crooning, soft, southern melody. Their Victor record “Tie Me to Your FORD STERLING ; Konia 3 ‘del . . oe ee eS A John Francis Dillon Prod. ——_ _ Page Three