Sweet Music (Warner Bros.) (1935)

=_—s 'e@ ATOR Wb. = oe ; on SS ere a ee ee BIOGRAPHIES Rudy Vallee Rudy Vallee was born in Island Pond, Vermont, but moved to Westbrook, Maine, at an early age, where he went to primary and high school. Leaving school he became a prop man in a Portland, Me. movie house, where he was in succession janitor, usher, projectionist and saxophone soloist. For this he earned $7 a week, although he augmented the amount by singing for local organizations. Finally he quit work to attend the University of Maine, where he studied one year, and then went to Yale. In his senior year he was the leader of the Yale Band. Before graduating he had formed his famous Connecticut Yankees. About that time radio was becoming popular and Vallee was one of the first to be starred in a big way. He has played in a few pictures, although he has never divorced himself from radio work. Among his pictures are “The Vagabond Lover,” “George White’s Scandals” and “International House.” His current production is “Sweet Music” which comes to Theiss ee ~ Pheatres ons: Ann Dvorak Ann Dvorak was born in New York City but went to Hollywood when a young girl. She is the daughter of Ann Lehr, one time toast of Broadway, and it was natural that she should plan to follow in her mother’s footsteps in theatrical work. Ann sprang to stardom over night Tiom “extra” work in the studios near her home. An inportant “bit? role in “Scarface” attracted the attention of the Warner Bros.” Studios to the young actress’ potential abilities. Two years ago she eloped to Yuma, Arizona, by airplane with Leslie Fenton after a whirlwind courtship. The couple spent a year abroad on a honeymoon and returned in the Fall of 1933 when Ann resumed her picture work. Among the recent pictures in which she has prominent roles are “Murder In The Clouds,” “Gentlemen Are Born,” “I Sell Anything,” “Housewife,” “Midnight Alibi,” “Friends of Mr. Sweeney,” “Side Streets,” “Heat Lightning,” “Massacre” and “College Coach.” Her latest picture is “Sweet Music,” which comes to the Boric fea Theatre on. ..2.6:050.... Ned Sparks Born in Ontario, Canada, Ned Sparks received his first stage training as a tenor soloist. His professional career started in Dawson City, Alaska, in the gold camp days. While appearing in “Little Miss Brown” on Broadway, he attracted much attention as a droll comedian which won him roles with Madge Kennedy, Alice Brady and other outstanding stars. His picture career started with Constance Talmadge in New York and later in Hollywood, he was cast in a number of big productions. He had “Sweet Adeline,” “Hi, Nellie!,” “42nd Street,’ “The Miracle Man,” “Alice In Wonderland,” “Gold Diggers of 1933,” “Going Hollywood,” “Lady For A Day” and “Too Much Harmony.” His current picture is “Sweet Music,” which comes to the ae oe PmeRtTe OR: ascune cs important parts in Skip Houston (Rudy Vallee) famous crooner and_ orehestra leader, is-engaged for a Chicago night club where Bonnie Haydon (Ann Dvorak) has been the chief attraction. She is jealous over Skip’s billing and the two clash continuously. Skip goes to New York to open in Billy Madison’s Frolics and gets Madison to offer Bonnie a big part in the show. Bonnie’s agent Nelson, (Ned Sparks) opens the telegram and pretends he got the part for her. In New York, Skip and Bonnie continue to fight. Skip’s press agent, Barney Cowan (Allen Jenkins) has Lulu Betts (Alice White), a dumb chorine, jump into the park lake after yelling! “I love Skip, but he doesn’t love me. So goodbye world.” Barney is forced to fish Lulu out and get all the publicity himself. Dopey, lLulu’s © gangster Shim Houston: ss ag: Ponwie FH AUdoN..... oc sce Ten Percent. Nelson.............2....: Helen Morgen sees... 55 ome MOONE oo re Barney Gowann oo... fo, TS LL 2 Soe eRe Rene eee wees Sidney Seteer:. he. Sigmund. SelZ6P,.cc isd... Billy oA, IT et See eat Ree LOS Tren... MAT HOMES. 242. ee MNP ee ee Se Mf JURRSOn: eee brother, tries to make Skip marry the girl but Skip has Barney take his place and the press agent and Lulu are spliced. The show closes and Skip signs a radio contract with Selzer Bros., manufacturers of cigars. He gives Bonnie a job singing the theme song. Bonnie dances better than she sings and gets fired. Nelson arranges an audition for Bonnie at another station. Her partners fail to show up so Barney and Lulu read the lines with her. The three make a hit and -are signed by the Selzer Bros. Skip gets himself a job at another night club. Barney arranges a fake kidnaping for Bonnie, with the usual results. Finally Bonnie is tipped off by a newspaper reporter as to who her real friend is, and realizes that Skip loves her and she loves him. They catch a boat for England where Skip has an engagement. BG Rudy Vallee SS en Se Ann Dvorak [Gis reds a oe Ned Sparks PEE SES Helen Morgan ee Robert Armstrong De SS oe nate Allen Jenkins ate aes eee Alice White ee ee Joseph Cawthorn pies eee Fo Ee Al Shean eer ee” ea Phillip Reed Fare eee William B. Davidson setae see Henry O’Neill Ss oeg oP Addison Richards Se Russell Hicks Seer ini ep Clay Clement Rudy Vallee’s Connecticut Yankees The Frank and Milt Britton Orchestra Photography by Music and lyries by........... Musical Arrangements by......... iis bf Vitaphone Orchestra Conductor eG Mae ee Alfred E. Green . Jerry Wald, Carl Erickson and Warren Duff et tee Re. scree James Van Trees f peatet ete ee Orry-Kelly ee en Ae aE Leo F. Forbstein Warren and Dubin, Fain and Kahal, and Dixon andWrubel oan ea ee Ray Heindorf Dances and Ensembles directed by .................... Bobby Connolly RUDY VALLEE 100% ‘“SWEET MUSIC”’ 100% with Ann Dvorak 90% Ned Sparks 60% Helen Morgan 60% Robert Armstrong 60% Allen Jenkins 60% Alice White 60% Rudy Vallee’s Connecticut Yankees 60% Frank Milt Britton Band 60% Joe Cawthorn 40% Al Shean 40% Directed by Alfred E. Green 20% A Warner Bros. 40% Productions Corporation 5% Picture ‘ 25% Helen Morgan Helen Morgan was born on a farm near Danville, Ill. but began her singing and dancing ¢areer at an early age in a Chicago cafe. She then went to Montreal to study singing. There she won a beauty contest and was named “Miss Canada.” Turning to New York she studied music under Eduardo Petri, maestro of the Metropolitan Opera School. Her first stage appearance was in the chorus of “Sally” with Marilyn Miller and Leon Errol. Then she returned to Chicago where she was headlined in the Club Montmartre. There she was discovered by George White and placed in ‘Scandals.” Later she appeared in “Americana,” “Show Boat,’ “Sweet Adeline,” and the last of the Ziegfeld “Follies.” Her first picture role was “Applause,’ after which she _ appeared in the screen version of “Show Boat,” “Road House Nights,” “Frankie and Johnny.” “You Belong to Me” and “Marie Galante.” Her current production is “Sweet Music,” which comes forthe \c: 237. Giese tee Theatre ib tae Sere mre ers x rant 3 Phillip Reed Phillip Reed, the handsome six footer, who was recently taken to Hollywood from the New York stage, was born in New York City and educated at the Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn, from which were graduated Barbara Stanwyck, Jane Cowl, Katherine Cornell, Verree Teasdale, Ricardo Cortez and other screen and stage notables. He went to Cornell to study engineering but quit at the end of his Freshman year to join a Hoboken, N. J. stock company. After a year in stock and vaudeville, James Cagney, then a hoofer, got him a job with the company in which he was playing “The Grand Street Follies.” Later he made a hit on Broadway in “Grand Hotel,” “Ziegfeld Follies of 1931,” “Serena Blandish” and last season in “Melody,” the George White musical show. His pictures include “Mavbe It’s Love,” “Big Hearted Herbert.” “A Lost Lady.” “Dr. Mon ica,” “Jimmy, The Gent,” “Reg istered Nurse,” “Gambling Lady” and his eurrent production, “Sweet Music,” now showing at the aka ae BOAT: Allen Jenkins Allen Jenkins, one of the rare comedy characters of the screen, was born in New York City. He turned to the stave when a boy and has been linked with the theatre ever since. He started as a chorus boy, playing in the same show with James Cagney. After three vears in the chorus, he attended dramatie school and branched out as a character actor. He played in many Broadwav successes, ineluding “Blessed Event,” “What Price Glory.” “The Last Mile.” “Rain” and “Five Star Final.” His more recent pictures inelude “St. Louis Kid.” “Hapniness Ahead.” “The Case of the Howling Doo.” “Twenty Million Sweethearts,” ‘‘Jimmy, The Gent.” “I’ve Got Your Numbher.” “Bedside.” “The Mavor of Hell” and “The Merry Frinks.” He is now apnearing in the Warner Bros.’ comedy, “Sweet Music,” which comes to the Tse eee Theatreon=23,.-asanns Alice White Alice White was born in Patterson, New Jersey, but received her education at Hollywood and at Roanoke College, Virginia. She started her film career as a seript girl, eventually was given a screen test and quickly rose to prominence in such pictures as “The Private Life of Helen of Troy,” “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,” “Breakfast at Sunrise,” “Three Ring Marriage,” “Harold Teen,’ “The Big Noise,” “Show Girl,” “The Widow From Chicago” and numerous others. Leaving the screen for a personal appearance tour, Miss White was in such demand that her expected absence of a few months developed into almost three years before she returned to Warner Bros., where she has appeared in “A Very Honorable Guy,” “Jimmy, The Gent,” “Employee’s Entrance” and “Picture Snatcher.” Her current production is “Sweet Music,” now showing at 12 1\: erpcre Seger Theatre. RUDY VALLEE—“The Vagabond Lover,” “George White’s Scandals,’’ “International House.” ANN DVORAK—‘Murder in the Clouds,” “Gentlemen Are Born,” “Tt Sell Anything,” wife,” “Midnight Alibi,” “Side Streets.” NED SPARKS—“Sweet Adeline,” “Hi, Nellie!,” “Alice In Wonderland,” “Going Hollywood,” “Lady For a Day,” “Gold Diggers of 1933,” “42nd Street.” HELEN MORGAN—‘ Marie Galante,” “You Belong To Me,” “Applause,” “Showboat,” “Road House Nights,’ “Frankie -and Johnny.” ROBERT ARMSTRONG—‘Kansas City Princess,’ “Above the Clouds,” “Son of Kong,” “Blind Adventure,” “I :-Love That Man,” “King Kong.” ALLEN JENKINS—‘St. Louis Kid,” “Happiness Ahead,” “The Case of the Howling Dog,” “Twenty Million Sweethearts,” “Bedside.” ALICE WHITE—“A Very Honorable Guy,’ “Jimmy, the Gent,” “Picture Snatcher,” “Kmployees’ Entrance,” “King For a Night,” “Luxury Liner.” JOSEPH CAWTHORN — “Sweet Adeline,” “Maybe It’s Love,” “Twenty Million Sweethearts,” “Grand Slam,’ “Blondie Johnson,” “Broken Dreams.” PHILLIP REED—“‘Maybe It’s Love,” “Big Hearted Herbert,” Ass 0:8 t= Lady,” — British Agent,” “Dr. Monica,” “Jimmy, the Gent,,” “Bedside.” WILLIAM B. DAVIDSON — “Concealment,” “Bordertown,” “St. Louis Kid,’ “The Dragon Murder Case,” “Friends of Mr. Sweeney.” HENRY O’NEILL—“Devil Dogs of the Air,” “Flirtation Walk,” “Gentlemen Are Born,” “Big Hearted Herbert,’ “Madame DuBarry,” “Midnight Alibi,” “The Man With Two Faces.” ADDISON RICHARD — “Babbitt,” “St. Louis Kid,” “Gentlemen Are Born,’ “The Case of the Howling Dog,” “British Agent.” ALFRED E. GREEN (director) —“Gentlemen Are Born,” “A Lost Lady,” “Housewife,” “The Merry Frinks,” “Side Streets,” “Baby Face.” Page Fifteen “Tiotse-—