That Mans Here Again (Warner Bros.) (1937)

Pee Leeti 1 ¥ Cameramen Best Aids To Well Dressed Film Stars Many Leading Actors Leave Selection Of Clothing To Experts Of Lens Hollywood’s handsome tailor’s delights couldn’t get to first base in their quest for ‘‘best-dressed’’ titles if it weren’t for the cameramen who help them pick their clothes. The cinematographer, it turns out, should be consulted by every actor who wants to be sure he has the right kind of clothes for the screen. Hugh Herbert, who dresses well in spite of his reputation for comedy, is one of the stars who counts on the cameraman for aid in choosing materials and colors for his wardrobe. In the case of “That Man’s Here Again,” Herberts’ latest film, which is now showing at. the.......800.0..0... Theatre, his cameraman and sartorial adviser was Warren Lynch, who sat in on the comedian’s confer“ences with his tailor, whether on the set between takes or at home. Lynch looked over the tailor’s offerings for color and material while Herbert’s measurements were taken. He walked over to the lights and held any given selection up for inspection and shook his head one way or the other to signify opinion. Quizzed on the subject, Lynch advises that suits which look well in the tailor’s windows or on stars away from the studios very often look bad under the lights and to the camera’s eye. “It’s a matter of color and texture,’ the cameraman opines. “Grays and most light colors look pretty good before the camera if the material has any life at all. It’s the dark colors that give us trouble. “Take tuxedos and tail-coats, for instance,” he continued. “Nine Times out of ten the actors choose them in black. There is nothing harder to photograph than black. It has no life and it catches lights in the wrong way. If we could educate the players to have their formal clothes made in midnight blue, we’d get somewhere. “Midnight blue takes the light properly and gives off life. Other blues offer their problems. Some of them are dull and lifeless and look like rags no matter how much they cost or how hard you work in lighting them. Other blues, if they happen to have a pattern woven into them, show up fine to the camera.” “That’s why it’s important that the cameraman be consulted when a star is having his wardrobe made for a picture. It makes it easier later when we start photographing, as in Mr. Herbert’s case.” “That Man’s Here Again” is a delightful comedy romance of boy-and-girl love, with Tom Brown and beautiful seventeenyear-old Mary Maguire, recently arrived from Australia, as the juvenile lead with the uproaring amusing Mr. Herbert as a middleaged and eccentrie art collector who manipulates things so that the youngsters achieve happiness as well as the audience. Others in the cast are Joseph King, Teddy Hart, Arthur Aylesworth, Dorothy Vaughan and Tetsu Komai. Louis King directed the picture from a screen play by Lillie Hayward, based on a story by Ida A. R. Wylie. KEEPS JOKE DIARY Hugh Herbert, featured comedian in First National’s ‘‘That Man’s Here Again,’’ now at the sage es Theatre, keeps a joke diary in which he writes every new funny story he hears. The joke dairy now runs to three filled loose-leaf binders and a_ forth whieh is about half full. Page Ten TOM BROWN IS SWIFT WORKER A week before Mary Maguire, First National importation from Australia was to begin work in her first picture for the studio, ‘‘That Man’s Here Again,’’ she received a telephone call from Tom Brown, who plays the romantic male lead. ‘Miss Maguire, we have never met, but my name is Tom Brown, and I am to play opposite you in your picture at Warner Bros. Don’t you think it would be nice if we got acquainted over a cup of tea this afternoon? We could meet and discuss the picture.’’ One tea date led to another, and still another, and by the time they were ready to begin work in ‘“That Man’s Here Again,’’ they had become fast friends. The picture, a comedy-romance, comes to TO! Ait ae aea agree Wheaties On ete. Hugh Herbert is tops in the comedy role. $128 TO PHONE CAN’T ANSWER When Mary Maguire, Australian actress in First National’s ‘‘ That Man’s Here Again,’’ now showino H te the se saint ees Theatre, long-distanced to her mother ‘down under,’’ the call, in addition to costing $128, didn’t count—Mary sobbed through it so much that she couldn’t talk. She had to call again the next day. Calls from Hollywood to Australia, by the way, go by way of New York, London, Shanghai and Melbourne. They go through 28,000 miles of telephone lines, or three thousand miles more than the circumference of the earth. Tom Brown Tom is the boy who meets girl, loses girl and gets girl in ‘‘ That Man’s Here Again,’’ the First National laugh riot featuring funnyman Hugh Herbert and introducing Mary Maguire, destined to be Young America’s newest heartthrob Jécomes. tos thes WCU Ce ON 2 ..c8 a ee Mat No. 107—10e Scaring Babies Again, Hugh? Scaring little children is just child’s play to funnyman Hugh Herbert who has the goofiest, maddest role of his goofy and mad career as art collector and love adjuster in ‘‘That Man’s Here Again’’ now playing OE ERG 2 ee Theatre. Mary Maguire, Tom Brown and Baby Janet Winkler, make up the love triangle involved. Mat No, 210—20e Odd Things Happen On All Movie Lots Cigarette lighters that won’t light and break-away furniture that refuses to break are among the many hazards of motion picture production. All the care in the world won’t insure ignition when a cigarette lighter is to be used for a ‘‘take.’’ Recently Hugh Herbert and Tom Brown were to smoke friendly cigarettes in a scene from ‘‘ That Man’s Here Again,’’ the First National comedy-romance now at LY feel eee eee Theatre. The property man got out one of the new est model cigarette lighters, checked and double-checked it. All the pre-take precautions, and a full load of fuel—everything to insure the full functioning of the lighter—were of no avail. The darned thing simply refused to light when the camera started rolling. And it took three attempted takes to get it going, although it worked perfectly between scenes. Estimated cost of the three lights that failed, in film and time wasted, to say nothing of the general overhead that always goes on in studios, was about seventy dollars, according to the company manager’s figures. In the same picture, Herbert, as a connoisseur of ancient Chinese pottery, owns a Ming vase for which he is supposed to have paid ten or twenty thousand dollars depending on his mood. For comedy purposes he had a copy made in NOVELTY MARKS THIS PICTURE ‘“That Man’s Here Again,’’ a First National comedy-romance introducing 17-year-old Mary Maguire from Australia to -American audiences, is one of the few motion pictures ever made in straight sequence. The story began in the basement of an apartment hotel, as per the scenario writer’s script, and ended happily, also as per scenario writer, with all sequences in between in their proper order. ““That Man’s Here Again’’ is now showing atthe ~.....00cscses Theatre. Hugh Herbert is featured and Tom Brown as juvenile lead. Louis King was the director. New Jersey for $6.60. During the film’s action, Joseph King is supposed to break a vase, not knowing whether it’s the good one or the copy. The studio property department, which can make rocks out of paper and snow out of cereal, applied itself to the job of making a ‘*break-away’’ vase that would shatter into smithereens the minute it hit the floor under King’s none too gentle propulsion. The cracks were glossed over so they wouldn’t show on the screen, but otherwise the eopy looked like its original. The eall for ‘‘ Action! ’’ for the vase-breaking scene was followed by a dull thud. The break-away vase didn’t break. The harassed property man ran over to inspect it. He tested it by tugging not too forcibly at one of the junetions. It gave sufficiently for him to know that it ought to break beautifully when it fell. Yet it took three smashes to destroy it. ‘““That Man’s Here Again’’ is a delightful comedy-romance of boy-and-girl love, with Tom Brown and beautiful 17-year-old Mary Maguire, recently arrived from Australia, as the juvenile leads— with the uproarious Herbert as a middle-aged and eccentric collector who manipulates things so that the youngsters achieve happiness—as well as the audience. Others on the cast are Joseph Kinz, Teddy Hart, Arthur Aylesworth, Dorothy Vaughan and Tetsu Komai. Louis King directed the picture from a sereen play by Lillie Hayward, based on a story by Ida A. R. Wylie. BIG NAMES FOR LITTLE PIGS Hugh Herbert has finally decided on the names which will be borne by the litter of eleven little pigs from his prize sow, Minnie, the Moocher. The eleven offspring will be known as Moocher II, Fan Dancer, Ten Per Center, Sir Schmaltzleigh, Curly-Cutie, Oinker, Rooter, Violet, Petunia, Christmas Night and Lily of the Valley. The titling represents a collaboration between Herbert and his fellow players in ‘“That Man’s Here Again,’’ the First National comedy romance now showing at the ...3.:hus.cie ts Theatre. HUGH DID ist ALL-TALKIE Although Hugh Herbert, the Scotch-Irish comedian who is featured in “‘That Man’gs Here Again,’’ the First National comedy-romance now at the ................ Theatre has spent over thirty years of his life as an actor on stage and screen — winning for himself an enviable reputation as the most unique funnyman in the business — he still likes best to write. He it was who wrote the first all talking picture, ‘‘Lights of New York’’ in collaboration with Murray Roth. He has written 154 screen sketches. The juvenile leads in ‘‘That Man’s Here Again’’ are Mary Maguire and Tom Brown. TOM BROWN IS VET AT 23 Tom Brown, who with Mary Maguire, plays the juvenile lead in “‘That Man’s Here Again,’’ the First National comedy which features Hugh Herbert in the funniest role of his career — wants people to realize that he is long past playing the kid brother roles which made him famous when he was going to the Professional Children’s School. He is twentythree and has been playing important leads for several years. Tom, the son of stage parents, was carried on the stage, too early for him to remember. He has won fame on stage, screen and radio —and his ambition is to keep on acting until he is a graybeard. He has recently built a new house — and is putting his earnings into bonds and annuities. He resents being blamed for the ‘‘crime of being a young man’’ when he has the experience of a veteran. TALKIE BABIES BAD TO TRAIN ““That Man’s Here Again,’’ the First National comedy-romanece — which features Hugh Herbert in his goofiest role and presents Tom Brown and Mary Maguire as juvenile leads also includes in the cast one of the most adorable babies ever seen on the screen. Director King says that of all characters babies are the most difficult tocoach.Che baby” in so Ehat Man’s Here Again’’ is Janet Winkler, aged nine months. She seemed to know the feminine trick of weeping — and succeeded in getting cast, director and crew — as her devoted slaves. ENGLISH TURN IS DANGEROUS Mary Maguire, new movie starlet from Australia, has given up driving herse!f and hired a chauffeur in order to solve the American traffic system’s problems. The young beauty from ‘‘down under’’ had two accidents in three weeks because she drove on the left side of the street, which is the English system obtaining also in her native country. Each time she collided with a car she suffered a severe shakingup. Tiring of the perverse American system of having traffic go to the right, Miss Maguire hired a driver and sits in the back seat of her sedan. Mary says there is something about turning to the right when you know it’s wrong, that she simply can’t get used to. Her father, who was once welterweight boxing champion of Australia, says the right turn is as easy to him as a right jab to the jaw. Mary has the juvenile lead in ‘““That Man’s Here Again,’’ with Tom Brown. Hugh Herbert is featured as chief commedian. It 1s; COMING 10nThess... ca. men ee ‘Rheatreon?: seek