The Bargain (Warner Bros.) (1931)

PRIZE PLAY—SHOUT IT OUT! WINTER LEWIS STONE CHARLES BUTTERWORTH DORIS KENYON EVALYN KNAPP GARDEN IT’S A STORY OF YOU! Cut No. 15 Cut goc Mat roc Una Merkel Is Maid Who Becomes Artist Model, “The Bargain” (Biography, June 15, 1931) Una Merkel, who plays the part of the maid who becomes a model in First National’s “The Bargain” now Ab aGhee = ee are Theatre, is *ully remembered for her porof Ann Rutledge, sweetheart ot Abraham Lineoln, in the recent Griffith film, which marked her talking picture debut. Born in Covington, Kentucky, Miss Merkel traveled with her parents for years, finishing her high school edu cation in Philadelphia. She had been a child choir singer, had taught a Sunday School class—and later at-tended a dramatic school in New York, first securing a two-line part with Charlotte Walker in “Two by Two.” —..Her next..work.was_a bitin “The Poor Nut.” She had decided—almost—to give up the stage in preference to regular meals, when John Golden gave her a chance to understudy in “Pigs,” and when it toured the country, she played the principal role. The same producer put her in “Two Girls Wanted” and then gave her the leading part opposite Lynn Overman in “The Gossipy Sex.” ’ Harris borrowed her from John it for the part of Betty Lee in . _ vrt of Helen Hayes in “Coquette.” New York critics were unanimous in their praise of her work and Joseph Schenck of United Artists, put her under, long term contract. Her “Abraham Lincoln” was followed by the principal role in “Eyes of the World.” She was recently seen in support of Bebe Daniels in “The Maltese Falcon.” Miss Merkel, who is unmarried, may be spoken of as the old-fashioned type of girl, beautiful, sane, humorous, athletic—in short, wholesome. Philip Barry, Author Of “The Bargain” Owns Many Stage Successes (Biography June 15, 1931) “The Bargain,” the First National Picturesnow= ot 42 5 a Theatre ig an adaptation of his Harvard Prize “You and I” which enjoyed han a year’s run in the Bel . Theatre, New York City. Mr. Barry was born in Rochester, New York, June 18th, 1896, his parents rejoicing in the delightfully Hibernian names of James Corbett Barry, and Mary Agnes Quinn-Barry. Philip received his education at Yale and Harvard, where he studied playwriting under Professor George Pierce he Baker in his “Workshop 47.” He is married to Ellen Semple. Mr. Barry’s plays inelude “A Punch for Judy,” “You and I,” “The Youngest” “God Bless Our Home,” “In a Garden,” “Poor Richard,” “White Wings,” “John,” “Paris Bound,” “Cock Robin” (with Elmer Rice) and the current Broadway hit, “Tomorrow and Tomorrow.” The Barrys maintain homes in Mount Kisco, New York and Villa Lorenzo, Cannes, France. — — # Lovely Doris Kenyon Is The Wistful Wife In Gay “The Bargain” (Biography, June 15, 1931) Doris Kenyon, now appearing as the mother of the ambitious lad in “The Bargain,” the First National domestic drama now at the Theatre was educated in New York City, and went to California, where she won fame before the days of talking pictures. She was the wife of the late Milton Sills and for a time retired from the theatrical world. Among her pictures are “Valley of the Giants,” “Men of Steel,” =-“hadies: at*="Play se Phe Blonde Saint,” “Burning Daylight,” “Mismates,” ‘‘Home Towners,” “Hawk’s Nest,” “Interference,” “Thief in Paradise,” “Monsieur Beaueaire,” and “Strictly Business.” Miss Kenyon has been studying under some of the finest teachers of singing and expects in time to go on the concert stage. In the meantime she could not resist First National’s offer of the fine part in “The Bargain.” Miss Kenyon is five feet five inches in height, weighs one hundred and twenty-five pounds and has blue eyes and blonde hair. She was born in Syracuse, New York. Poise And Military Bearing Of Lewis Stone, Hard Won (Biography, June 15, 1931) Lewis Stone was born in. Worcester, Mass., Nov. 15, 1879. After receiving part of his education there, he went to New York where he entered Barnard, completing his course just in time to enlist in the SpanishJust after the conclusion of the war, he played his American war. initial stage role in a New York presentation of “Sidetracked.” He appeared at first as substitute for an actor who had fallen ill, but was retained as a regular member of the cast. Stone was later starred in such plays as “The Misleading Lady,” “Inside the Lines” and “Where Poppies Bloom.” He then came to Los An geles, entering John Blackwood’s famous Belasco Stock Company, His first screen role came in “Honor’s Altar,” in support of Bessie Barriseale, produced by Thomas H. Ince. An engagement on the stage opposite Maude Fulton in “The Brat” took him away from the sereen for a while, and then the outbreak of the World War recalled him to military duties. At the conclusion of the war, he received his commission as major in the reserve corps of the United States Army. Since then, he has been before the camera almost exclusively. Among his most notable films are “Searamouche,” “The Girl From Montmarte,” “Don Juan’s Three Nights,” “The Private Life of Helen of Troy,” “The Foreign Legion,” “Freedom of the Press,” “The Patriot,” “Trial of Mary Dugan,” “Madame X,” “Woman of Affairs, “Wild Orchids, “The Office Wife,” “Father’s Son” and “The Bargain.” Mr. Stone is five feet, eleven inches tall and weighs one hundred and seventy-five pounds. He is essentially the military man in appearance and carriage. He has gray hair and hazel eyes, and is an expert rider, rifle shot, fencer and boxer, and an ardent yachtsman. NOW HUSBAND who was tired of marriage— her tions! STRAND WIFE who stood in A drama of suppressed desires! Stifled impulses! Strange inhibi Te ARGAIN Philip Barry’s prize play of an everyday family who toyed with fate— LEWIS STONE CHARLES BUTTERWORTH DORIS KENYON — EVALYN KNAPP — UNA MERKEL — JOHN DARROW — OSCAR APFE If you see but one picture this year — make sure “THE BARGAIN’! L POP. PRICES MAID who wanted to ie be a lady husband’s way BOY whose* greatest ambition was to be a husband GIRL who didn’t want to repeat her mother’s mistake 4? It's AUTHOR who saw tragedy in comedy Cut No. 7 Cut goc Mat 10c “VANITY FAIR” DESCRIBES HIM AS MAD HATTER FROM “ALICE IN WONDERLAND” Charles Butterworth, Here In “The Bargain,” First National Drama, At Strand Theatre, Blends His Droll Humor With Pathos (Human Interest Story. Plant Third Day in No. 1 Paper) Charles Butterworth, the gentle Hoosier, whose utterly original humor proves that there is always something new under the sun, is seen at the Theatre in ‘‘The Bargain,’’ the First National picture which also features Lewis Stone, Evalyn Knapp, Doris Kenyon, John Darrow, Oscar Apfel, Una Merkel and Nella Walker. Butterworth, who won fame by the serious delivery of an imaginary stag speech, is seen in “The Bargain” as a resourceful friend of the family that gets into pecuniary straits by substituting painting for soap manufacturing. His mild eagerness, his doubting solemnity, and his real tenderness make of Geoffrey a part of rare artistry. This is his third screen part. When “Illicit” was released, critics all over the country hailed Mr. Butterworth as something new in the field of comedy. His is the ability to be funny without being grotesque —in fact, without being anything. His face is expressionless. He never smiles. He never gesticulates. Without moving a muscle of body or face, he can utter three words of unimportant meaning and set the audience quaking with merriment. His inclusion in the cast of “The Bargain,” the film version of “You and I”, the Harvard prize play by Philip Barry, which is coming to Cheer ee WhO ELe esse a? next, is a wise choice. A comedian of any slapstick tendency would be out of place in this drama of human problems. Butterworth, however, is equally well cast whether in drama or in pure farce. In commenting on his work in the stage production of “Sweet Adeline”, Vanity Fair hit on the best deserip tion of him. They described him as; the “Baffled, doleful, futile Mad Hat ‘| ter from Alice in Wonderland, blink ing emptily as a bat at the bewildering sunshine about him, staring with pale expressionless eyes at a gorgeous figure in ermine and merely remarking pessimistically, ‘She’s in white’. There is no one remotely like him, no one even remotely as funny. For he is a very master of understatement”. Butterworth’s sereen career began with “The Life of The Party” with Winnie Lightner. “Tllicit” was his next, and now, with the advent of his third film appearance in “The Bargain,” he has become a well known institution amongst film goers. Robert Milton directed “The Bargain” which is an adaptation of “You and I” the Harvard prize play by Philip Barry, which enjoyed over a year’s run on Broadway. Robert Milton, who also directed the stage version, directed “The Bargain.” Pendant Earrings Help To Create Youthfulness The startling effect of youthfulness that can be produced by the airy pendant earrings now so popular was evidenced during the filming of a scene of “The Bargain,” the First National picture, now at the Theatre. Lovely Doris Kenyon who in the play is the mother of a grown son, is supposed to don the trinkets, but as soon as she did so Director Robert Milton saw that the result was a youthfulness that would have made her seem to be as youthful as her son’s sweetheart, Evalyn Knapp. Stud earrings brilliant and unobtrusive, were substituted and the right feeling was secured. Others featured in “The Bargain” are Lewis Stone, Charles Butterworth, John Darrow, Oscar Apfel, Una Merkel and Nella Walker. The picture is an adaptation of “You and I” the Harvard prize play by Philip Barry, which enjoyed a year on Broadway. STIFLED IMPULSES! SUPPRESSED DESIRES! HIDDEN EMOTIONS! _. Life itself overflows in drama surging with heart's blood! ot BARGAIN LEWIS STONE CHARLES BUTTERWORTH DORIS KENYON EVALYN KNAPP UNA MERKEL DARROW R APFEL OHIO m A FIRST NATIONAL VITAPHONE HIT Cut No. 12 Cut 20c Mat 4c John Darrow Pleases As Youthful Hero Of Domestic Drama Here (Biography, June 15, 1931) John Darrow, who plays the part of Rickey, the youth torn between art and love in “The Bargain,” the First National picture now at the Theatre, was born in New York City and received his education at DeWitt Clinton High School. He for a time lived in Washington, D. C., and coming to Hollywood, without theatrical training, secured the lead in “High School Hero,” which David Butler produced for Fox. This was in 1928. He has appeared in “The Racket,” “The Argyle Case,” “Hell’s Angels,” “Girls Going Wild” and “The Lady Refuses.” John Darrow is six feet tall, we’ one hundred and sixty-five po and has brown eyes and hair. Page [