Street of Women (Warner Bros.) (1932)

or wy I. day of run Two Leading Educators Visit Kay Francis On Set Dr. Jacob Gould Schurman, former president of Cornell University, and Professor Charles A. Beard, two of America’s leading educators, visited the Warner-First National Studios in Burbank, Calif. not long ago and had their first glimpse of talking pictures being filmed, on the set where “Street of Women,” starring Kay Francis, now showing at the Re ae as Theatre was being made. Miss Francis invited the party to be her guests on the set for the afternoon and presented them to Archie Mayo, her director, and to Roland Young and Allan Dinehart, the principal players with her in the cast. The former president of Cornell had never visited an American motion picture studio before, but during his five years as United States Ambassador to Germany, had acquired considerable first-hand knowledge of the German studios and their methods of productions. The white-haired educator and diplomat . was a keen and enthusiatic observer of every detail of the work, and both Miss Francis and Mr. Mayo were kept busy between scenes answering Dr. Schurman’s questions. end day of run . Copenhagen Favorite Capital Of Film Actor A majority of our actors and aetresses nominate France and Italy as their favorite playgrounds, outside of the United States. Not a few. have definite ambitions to live in France or Italy when they retire. There are scattering votes for England and Germany of course, and one or two are attracted by Spain and the Argentine. Copenhagen, Denmark, is the choice of Allan Vincent who has the juvenile role in the Warner Bros. picture, “Street of Women,” starring Kay Francis under the direction of Archie Mayo now playing at the .......... Theatre. “T have spent some time in most of the capitals of Europe,” said Allan, in explaining his unusual preference for the Danish metropolis, “and they all have their fascinations. But Copenhagen is the only one that ever aroused in me a desire to live there. For one thing, the climate of Denmark is more attractive than the climate of any other part of Europe. The summers are. unequalled and the winters are stimulating. 7 “Copenhagen has a cosmopolitan quality that is all its own, quite distinct from that of London, Paris or Berlin. Its theatres are among the finest on the continent and the drama is always at a high pitch there. To me, it’s an ideal place in which to live.” 5 day of run Gloria Stuart’s Folks Old California Stock A descendant of the. ‘covered wagon’ pioneers—the third generation of born-and-bred Californians— is the youngest member of the cast of “Street of Women,” in which Kay Francis’s latest starring picture for Warner Bros. under the direction of Archie Mayo, now appearing at the Pa time Sec ay a Theatre. Gloria Stuart, who has the ingenue role in this drama of modern New York, can count almost a hundred years of California history as her family background. While California was still “Alta California,” the northernmost province of the new republic of Mexico, Gloria’s grandfather crossed the continent and settled in Marysville. There he established a prosperous lumber business. He saw the establishment of the Bear Republic, the American occupation, the worldfamous gold rush of 749, the entrance of California into the Union as a state the following year. Gloria’s mother was born in Fresno and it was not until her generation that the family moved to Southern California. Gloria herself is'a native of Santa Monica and a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, where she distinguished herself, as a student, in college dramaties. Abin day of run Dramatic Actress In “Street Of Women’’ Started As Soprano Marjorie Gateson has been wellknown as a dramatic actress for many years, but it was her ability to reach a high C that gained her her first opportunity on the stage. To become an actress had been Marjorie’s sole ambition from her earliest childhood. Her mother, who was a teacher of elocution and dramatic art, had given her the best of vocal training. The girl had an excellent singing voice. One day Walter Damrosch advertised for chorus girls who could really sing, and could reach a high C. He was about to produce an operetta of his own composition, and needed genuine singers with exceptional range. Marjorie saw the ad and answered it. ' Damrosch listened to one song. Before she had finished, she was engaged. For several years thereafter Marjorie played nothing but light opera and musical comedy. It was the late John Philip Sousa who predicted that Miss Gateson would eventually desert musical comedy for the dramatic stage. Her brilliant stage career bids fair to be duplicated on the screen. At the Weis eunenie Theatre she is seen this week supporting Kay Francis in “Street of Women,’ which is the brunette star’s current production for Warner Bros. Features Dieting “‘Just Pain In Stomach”’ To Kay Francis BY LESLEY MASON Keeping fit — preserving one’s figure — is a perpetually haunting problem of the modern American woman, but it is neither a problem nor a mystery to Kay Francis. Diets may be the most important things in the world to thousands of women, but they are just a pain in the stomach to the screen’s most striking brunette. She doesn’t know one vitamin from another. She has just as little use for calories as she has for mosquitoes. She eats what she pleases, when she pleases and the hobgoblin of: undesired weight has never troubled her for an instant. Ask Kay Francis what her beauty secrets are. She will flash you a quick look of surprise and then break into a good-natured laugh. “T have three,” she will tell you, “and you’re welcome to all of them. Sunshine, fresh air and sleep. All I can get of all three. You can’t buy anything in a bottle or a jar that will take the place of them. “T spend all the time I can out of doors between my pictures. During production, I’m in bed often by eight o’clock, never later than nine, unless I’m actually working on the set at night. In which case, I make up my lost sleep the next day. “Exercise? Well, I’ve never taken exercise for the sake of exercising in my life. I enjoy tennis. I adore sailing a boat. By the time I’ve tired myself out doing one or the other, I’ve had all the exercise I oes aed ale could possibly vy i times as much fun as_ St no goes through a lot ot ip exercises every mornin ase he or she has an idea it’s. oT them. It’s a firm convie Janine that anything you enjoy ying is far more beneficial to | than something you do ag a: or less painful, monotonous. dut; ) cas that applies to exercise : thing else in life. — “An hour of ‘aan? sport or game that you enjoy, “ will somehow do you iore good than just an hour of r ine g gymnastic exercise, I believ’ “11 be of greater benefit . tr taily as well as physicall: nent of competition is th e thing, and the sheer f: sitement of the game gi mmething that no mere se ises can ever give. bait “The same thi) s to my work,” said the ¢ “Street of Women,” her lat ture under the Warner Bro . fe which Opens NOx so 6©F Theatre. 2 ana: mense amount out of what I am y I’d walk away I like it better t I’ve ever done. | even in the delay that are inevitak tures. 1 enjoyment | pictures, “But if I ever w ning, and found w enjoying it as | would ever in uc front of a came believe anyone ca has any value at joy doing it. f That’s the rea normal, sane, Spc woman as ever ros upon the Tage: , w, nothing o step in & 1 don’t ything that Interesting Family Ethi In “Street Have the J when they a they begin to. le : in a family, ° age at which their own lives, ir parents the same privilege? This is the havoe in atl family and tb lives in Kay picture for W of Women,” no Theatre. Befo1 course, the s° out for the ul concerned, e€ mental solut problem. m that plays one American to ruin four “latest starring r Bro “Street Evurka itself | terests you, But what of the hundred of similar situations, in real life, where no solution is possible except an unhappy one ? Briefly, the central situation in “Street of Women” is as follows: After years of empty marriage to a woman whose social aspirations amount to a passion, Larry Baldwin meets a@ young woman who is not only intelligent and thoroughy congenial, but inspiring. Under her influence, he becomes a builder of skyscrapers. The two recognize their love for each other, but have maintained their social status quo on account of Larry’s twenty-year old daughter, and Natalie’s younger brother. As the towering building that is Larry’s greatest achievement approaches completion, Larry and Natalie feel that the time has come to throw off all pretense and seek happiness for themselves. To their consternation, they learn that Larry’s daughter Gloria and Nat’s brother, Clarke, are engaged to be married. At almost the same time, the young people learn of. the relations between Larry and Nat. Gloria and Clarke insist that the two older people must give each other up, or their own lives will be ruined. And Larry and Natalie broken-heartedly agree they are right. # But are they ? We asked Kay Francis, after she had been living the role of Natalie Upton, “the other woman” in the case, what she thought of such a situation and the attitude of the younger generation. “That’s very difficult to say,” the star answered, after wrinkling her pretty brows for some moments over the question. “There’s no doubt in my mind that Natalie Upton is the woman for Larry Baldwin. She’s really his mate. They prove it by the things they accomplish together. “Unfortunately, they meet at the time when Larry’s other obligations and responsibilites are paramount. -Both rec¢ognize the fact and make the best of it, for the sake of Larry’s daughter. “But if you ask me whether a brother — such as Natalie Upton had, could have the right to demand that these two, after denying themselves until the two younger people were safely launched into life, should give each other up forever, I say that no human being has the right to dictate the life of another human being to that extent. “Doris and Clarke, the young people in “Street of Women” are just that — two fine young people spoiled by too much love. And _ because Larry and Natalie still love them devotedly, they are willing to sacrifice themselves and their own happiness for an entire lifetime to please them. “Of course, it is one thing to imagine what one would do in a given situation, and a totally different thing usually when you find yourself actually in it,” eoncluded the star. “But I hope that, if I ever had a daughter, I would have the good sense to be a more intelligent mother to her than three-quarters of the mothers I know.” Shorts Roland Young, Screen Actor, Is Well-Known Author Ever since Roland Young set the country laughing with his illustrated volume of original nonsense rhymes, “Not For Children,” two years ago, his publishers have been urging him to issue a second volume in the same vein. . “Pictures have kept me so busy for the past two years,” said he, during the production of “Street of Women,” in which he has an important role with Kay Francis, star of the Warner Bros. production, VOR Get aos Zaenrehe » “that I haven’t had time to think in prose, much less in verse.” Gloria Stuart Of “Street Of Women” Near Tennis Champion But for one thing, Gloria Stuart, who plays the ingenue role in the Warner picture, “Street of Women,” starring Kay Francis which will be shown sat: they 2 sees Theatre AVG ae ae » might have been a champion tennis player instead of an actress. Gloria is left-handed. Tennis is Gloria’s favorite sport. During her school days in Santa Monica, California, she was a classmate of Midge Gladman and Johnny Doeg, and held her own on the tennis court with both of them. sionals, however, assured Gloria she Profes could never hope for top honors in tennis as long as she remained a “southpaw.” * Then Gloria decided the stage was to be her career and tennis was relegated to the status of recreation. Kay Francis Wears 22 Costumes In “Street Of Women”’ Ruth Chatterton goes through twenty-one complete changes of costume in “The Rich Are Always With Us,” her first Warner Bros. picture. Now Kay Francis, noted as one of the screen’s best dressed women, goes her one better with twenty-two beautiful gowns in her current production, “Streets of Women,” for Warner Bros. coming to the ....... Theatre Memb! Woven eek 3 With Miss Francis in “Street of Women,” are such noted players as Roland Young, Alan Dinehart, Marjorie Gateson and Allan Vincent. A new picture find, Gloria Stuart is also featured. Archie Mayo directed. Screen Player In Seven Films Since July In spite of the fact that Allan Dinehart, well-known stage actor, has been on the screen only since last May, he will have seven pictures to his credit with “Street of Women,” the Warner Bros. picture starring Kay. Francis; at they. 2 ocu een Theatre. Allan has the role of Larry Baldwin in this adaptation of Polan Banks’s novel of New York society and business. Appears With Kay Franci¢ In Two Pictures Warner Bros.’ “Street of Women,” How vat the a Kcatrie dee Theatre, marks Marjorie Gateson’s second appearance in support of Kay Francis, the star of the picture, on the screen. Miss Gateson was previously in the east of “False Madonna,” Miss Francis’s last picture for Paramount. Leaves For England Few Hours After Picture Work For five years Roland Young has been trying to find time for a trip to England. This spring he finally succeeded. Young, who has one of the principal roles opposite Kay Francis in “Street. of Women,’ her current starring picture for Warner Bros. which*eomes’ to. the’... 0.30). ees, Theatromne xtc u's Meant , left for London six hours after his work in Miss Francis’ picture was completed. He will play in two picture for a leading British producer, returning to Hollywood early in July. Page Nine