Star Witness (Warner Bros.) (1931)

“—— OF MONEY AND GOOD WILL OFFICIAL BILLING WARNER BROS. PICTURES, INC. & THE VITAPHONE CORP. present “THE STAR WITNESS” with WALTER HUSTON CHARLES “CHIC” SALE Dickey Moore Grant Mitchell Frances Starr Ralph Ince Sally Blane Robert Elliott Story and dialogue by LUCIEN HUBBARD Directed by WILLIAM A. WELLMAN A Warner Bros. and Vitaphone Production OO “Rope’s End” Brought Frances Starr Creates Big Fame To ‘Star Part in “Star Witness’? Witness” Player (Current Reader) Frances Starr, one of America’s best known actresses, who made her screen debut in “Five Star Final”— is featured with Charles (Chic) Sale and Walter Huston in “The Star Witness,” new Warner Brothers’ film triumph now at the.......... Theatre. Miss Starr plays the mother in this character melodrama, and brings to the role superb finesse. William Wellman directed. (Current Reader) Noel Madison, featured with Charles (Chic) Sale and Walter ‘uston in “The Star Witness” at ee. ee Theatre, is the son of __saurice Moskovitch, most famous actor of the Yiddish stage. Madison is best known for his portrayal of the role of the dilletante detective in the play “Rope’s End.” —Hays Organizati Gangsters Try To Hush |“ YOU CAN'T HIDE BEHIND YOUR SEX Witness By Kidnapping|-. TALK | WANT THE TRUTH WHA1 — Sn, DID YOU gram Ex (Advance Reader) “The Star Witness,” the Warner Bros. production featuring Charles (Chic) Sale and Walter Huston, and |’ coming to the ‘Theatre: is. next, depicts ways by which Campo, leader of a group of thieves, silenced those who might have appeared against him at the trial. . Kidnapping the boy of the family, he threatened his death if the truth was revealed. Chic Sale plays the lad’s | old fife-playing Civil War granddaddy—who on a forty-eight hours leave from the Soldiers’ Home—devises a clever way to foil the thugs and help the cops. 4 Man Who Directed **Wings” Now Does “The Star Witness” William Wellman, the young man who caused a stir in the picture world by his direction of “Wings,” has since had many successes to his credit and the latest is “The Star Witness,” the Warner Bros. production featuring Charles (Chic) Sale and Walter Huston, and coming to the ...... Theatre next. Mr. Wellman was a World War ace, serving with the Lafayette Escadrille with the French before z ITNESS WALTER HUSTON A our entry into the war. He was ToUNORE CHAS. “CHIC” SALE invalided home when a_ bombed plane brought him to the ground BOLT THAT DICKEY MOORE with serious injuries. WILL STIR De eh a a a ad ae aa a ae a° eee ee 00100 oe ete ste a 2%. ®,%. 9.9.8.0 8.0.8.0 -8 0.68.00 6000 6 8 20 00060-6009 0.6 6 6 0.0 0 0 6 0 0 0s se 0 2 62 0 6 f I RE RE a ae a et a a he a a a a aa a i a BS Satan a 888 8 of 2 8 8 8 0 0 2 ole 00805 0 600 00 80 0.00 000060010008 0 08 8 “When a bunch of white livered rats can tell us how to run out lives, its time the citizens of this town did something!” “My family has been threatened with death if they tell who committed the most vicious crime ever heard of. But I'll tell all! And hell’s sure to be a-poppin’ when I do!” The STA Sensation = WY WITNESs country! Months on with Broadway! WA LTER HUSTON America’s CHAS. “CHIC” SALE DICKEY MOORE GRANT MITCHELL FRANCES STARR RALPH INCE — SALLY BLANE ROBERT ELLIOT challenge to its greatest menace! OPENS -£O NIGHT PRINCESS Cut 60c, Mat 15c Cut No. 16 AMERICANS! A WARNER BROS. & VITAPHONE HIT Cut No. 6 Little Live Stock Around (Advance Reader) Chic Sale, who is featured with Walter Huston in “The Star Witness,” the Warner Bros. production which comes to the Theatre ene next, insists that the back yard of his new home in fashionable Beverly Hills shall have more than a touch of rustic simplicity. There is a chicken run, a high swing and teeter-totter for the children, and a goat, the only one in the exclusive confines of the town. “I like to have a little live stock around,” says Chic. “We always had, back in Urbana.” “The Star Witness” marks Chic’s screen de .|but—as his famous Gran’pa Sum merill—a Civil War veteran, who on a forty-eight-hour leave from the Soldiers’ Home—makes things hum in a way to make drama, merriment—and some real heart-stuff. “WINGS” CELEBS AGAIN WORK TOGETHER ON “STAR WITNESS” RRS The two men most responsible for the phenomenal success of “Wings,” first of the great flying pictures, were reunited in the making of “The Star Witness,” the Warner Bros. production featuring Charles (Chic) Sale and Walter Huston, now at the... Theatre. They are Lucien Hubbard, author of “The Star Witness’ and William Wellman who directed it. Six years ago Mr. Hubbard was an associate producer with the company that made “Wings,” and Mr. Wellman was director. They spent more than eighteen months bringing “Wings” to completion, working part of the time at Kelly Field, Texas and part of the time in Hollywood. “The Star Witness” is an unusual combination thrilling melodrama and heart-warming human comedy. Chic. Sales presents his famous character, Gran’ pa Summerill, the man who knew Lincoln, The wily Civil War veteran during a forty-eight-hour leave from the Soldiers’ Home frees his kidnapped grandson, rounds up the thugs, gives some tall tips to the cops, and finally appears at the trial as the star witness. SEE. IT. TONIGHT STRAND GRANT MITCHELL FRANCE 5S: SARE RALPH INCE-SALLY BLANE ROBERT ELLIOT Cut 40c, Mat 10c Chic Sale Says He Likes a | Eddie Nugent Scores Big Again in ‘Star Witness” (Advance Reader) Eddie Nugent, who was recently seen in “Night Nurse,” and whose screen performances are consistently good, plays the part of Jackie Leeds, brother of the kidnapped boy in “The Star Witness,” the Warner Bros. production, featuring Charles (Chic) Sale and Walter Huston, which comes to the Theatre next. Nugent was so determined to get into the movies that he took a laborer’s job on the lot to be on the spot when something turned up. Something did. Man Who Played Lincoln Is Interested in Biography (Advance Reader) _ Walter Huston’s favorite reading is biographical. This fact was brought out during the filming of “The Star Witness” at the Warner Bros. First National Studios in California, During waits between scenes, Mr. Huston invariably found a quiet corner of the set with a book on the life of some interesting person. Charles (Chic) Sale is featured in “The Star Witness” with Huston. The picture is now at the J heatte <4; William Wellman directed. PROGRAM READER WALTER HUSTON Star W itness Cut No. 24 Cut 15c, Mat Sc Page Sz