Star Witness (Warner Bros.) (1931)

— # ea ¥ ; ee SUPERLATIVES FOR THIS ONE” UG ROUTINE STORY (This. story contains all the important facts about “The Star Witness.” Release it several days before the run to all newspapers) DIP LY to thrill you to the core ; “The Star Witness,’ a Warner Bros. production featuring “iter Huston, Charles (Chic) Sale and Frances Starr, comes to Theatre next. “— This great picture, while having as its theme the danger which all of us run, of innocently falling afoul of underworld domination, combines the most thrilling melodrama with heartwarming comedy and pathos. The featured players—Walter Huston, who so unforgettably played Abraham Lincoln—Chic Sale, whose characterizations of rural folks have made him beloved everywhere—and Frances Starr—are ably supported by a cast that includes Sally Blane, Grant Mitchell, Edward J. Nugent, Ralph Ince, Tom Dugan, Russell Hopton, Fletcher Norton, Robert Elliott, Guy D’Ennery, Mike Donlin, Noel Madison, Ed Deering, Nat Pendleton—and the two clever child actors, Dicky Moore and George Ernst. The character which Chic Sale plays is one you already know—Gran’pa Summerill, the Man Who Knew Lincoln. The foxy, fife-playing Civil War veteran is on a forty-eight hour leave from the Soldiers’ Home—during which he is interrupted at his daughter’s dinner table by shooting in the street. The whole family, rushing to the window, see a notorious thug shoot down another man. later waylaid by the gang—and all The father of the family is are intimidated into refusing to testify before the district attorney as to what they have wit nessed. It is Gran’pa Summerill, who frees his kidnapped grandson, ~ounds up the criminals, gives some live tips to the cops, and illy turns star witness—but this is only the barest outline of tory so exciting and at the same time so human that it makes ~__.scription quite impossible. Lucien Hubbard wrote story and dialogue and did _the adaptation. The excellent photography is by James Van Trees. William A. Wellman, who directed “Wings,” “The Public Enemy” and “Night Nurse,” is responsible for the direction. Famous Child Actor Madison Began His Plays Big Part In “Star Witness” (Biography July 15, 1931) George Ernst, the child actor who plays the part_of Donny Leeds, in “The Star Witness,” the Warner Bros. production featuring Chic Sale and Walter Huston, now at the Theatre, was born in Pittsfield, Mass. He has been in pictures for four years, entering \e was but five. Yre plays the part of the small baseball fan who is kidnapped by thugs, and escapes, when he hears his old Civil War grand-daddy passing the room where he is a prisoner, playing his fife. The boy’s guard, not so hard-hearted as the rest of the gang, has been teaching him to throw a curve. When Donny hears the music of the fife, he throws the ball out the window. Granddaddy sees it, runs for the police, and frees the boy. George has appeared in many pictures, among them being “Men on Call,” “Sunny Side Up,” “Sonny,” “Along Came Youth” and “The Star Witness.’ Stage Career With “Charlot’s Revue” (Biography July 15, 1931) Noel Madison, who appears in “The Star Witness,” the Warner Bros. production featuring Chic Sale and Walter Huston, now at the Theatre, though born in the United States, was educated in England, France and Switzerland. He began his career at the age of sixteen in Charlot’s Revue at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London. His first screen role came after fifteen years experience on the stage, including Shakespeare, melodrama, comedy, vaudeville, farce and musical comedy. Mr. Madison’s father was Maurice Moskovitz, a member of the old Moscow Art Theatre group under Deutchenko and Stanislavsky. He was one of the really great Shylocks. A brother, Maaskoff, is an internationally-known violinist. Noel Madison is married to Marjorie Joyce Nathan. He is a great reader. His hobby is collecting old prints, and his favorite pastime walking. His ambition is to have a theatre of his own. He appeared in “Sinners’ Holiday.” HURLS A DRAMATIC CHALLENGE tT” ALL RED-BLOODED AMERICANS | ’ 3 ne Cut No. 18 ae, ee WALTER HUSTON CHAS” CHIC” SALE DICKEY MOORE FRANCES STARR Cut 40c, Mat 10c More than the greatest screen entertainment IN: Years s-2%. America’s challenge to its greatest menace! STAR WITNES WALTER HUSTON CHAS. “CHIC” SALE DICKEY MOOREFRANCES STARR GRANT MITCHELL—RALPH INCE SALLY BLANE—-ROBERT ELLIOTT America Will Hail It As The Rebirth Of A Nation! Cut No. 14 Cut 60c, Mat 15c Eddie Nugent Gets Prominent Role In “The Star Witness” (Biography July 15, 1931) Edward Nugent, who plays the patt of Jackie Leeds in “The Star Witness,” the Warner Bros. duction -nowzat the ~-....-. atre, was born and educated in New York City. His father was a stage manager and Eddie started out by playing in his father’s company. Pictures fascinated him and to get into the game he took a laborer’s job on the M.G.M. lot. He was for a time a gag-man and then went back to acting. Pictures in which he has appeared are “Dancing Daughters,” “The Bellamy Trial,” “The Duke Steps Out,” “Our Modern Maidens,” “Loose Ankles,” “Untamed,” “Girl of the Show,” “The Vagabond Lover,” “Young Sinners,” “Night Nurse,” “Local Boy Makes Good” ard “The Star Witness.” Pretty Sally Blane Plays The Daughter In “Star Witness’’ (Biography July 15, 1931) Sally Blane, who plays the part of Sally Leeds in “The Star Witness,” the Warner Bros. production now at the Theatre, is the younger sister of the Youngs, Loretta and Polly Ann. She was born in Salida, Colorado, and educated at Ramona Convent in Alhambra, California. Among her pictures are “The Collegian,” | “Dead Man’s Curve,” “Her Sum mer Hero,’ Outlawed,’ ‘“Horsemen of the Plains,” ‘Shootin’ Irons,” “Heroes of the Night,” “Wife Savers,” “Fools for Luck,” “Wolves of the City,” “The Very Idea,” “Half-Marriage,” “The Vagabond Lover,” “Show of Shows,” “Tanned Legs,” “Little Accident” and “The Star Witness.” Miss Blane is five feet four and one-salf inches in height, weighs one hundred and seventeen pounds and has hazel eyes and light brown hair. THIS AD IS A NATURAL! Make the above statement in legal form and have it notarized. Then reproduce it, as above, with your signature and notary seal. Use it as newspaper ad and throwaway! Page Five