The Big Shakedown (Warner Bros.) (1934)

Publicity—Advance your 1st story Davis And Farrell Are Go-Starred In “Big Shakedown” Charles Farrell and Bette Davis are co-starred in Warner Bros.’ “The Big Shakedown,” which comes to thes ist see ee Theaters 47 heres ot. next. Farrell and Miss Davis, who play for the first time together, make delightful screen lovers. Farrell will be remembered for sterling characterizations in such recent pictures as “Aggie Appleby, Maker of Mens?) a“ hes Pirsh Year, “Wwald Girl” and “Tess of the Storm Country,” and in many others with Janet Gaynor. Miss Davis, who recently has risen to stellar roles, is best known for such pictures as “Bureau of Missing Persons,’ ‘“Ex-Lady” and “The Working Man.” Ricardo Cortez is the villain of the production. He does. not hesitate to put his own sweetheart on the spot, when he jilts her for another light o’ love. His most recent pictures are “The House on 56th Street,’ “Big Executive” and “The Torch Singer.” Other members of the cast are Glenda Farrell, Allen Jenkins, Henry O’Neill, Phillip Faversham, Robert Emmet O’Connor, John Wray, George Pat Collins, Adrian Morris, Dewey Robinson, Ben Hendricks, George Cooper and Renee Whitney. The picture is a thrilling drama dealing with a new type of racketeering which has come in since the Repeal made the liquor game less profitable. It is based on the story “Cut Rate” by Sam Engels and Niven Busch and was adapted for the screen by Busch and Rian James. John Francis Dillon directed. your 2nd story Glenda Farrell Has Role of Gangster’s Moll In “Shakedown” Nine Hollywood leading ladies out of ten will tell you that playing a “shady lady” role is the thing to do if you want to get ahead in pictures. Glenda Farrell, who plays the part of a gangster’s moll in “The Big Shakedown,” a First National picture which comes to the ....... pretest S MTC athe OM eet te. pee next, will have to be classified as the tenth. Glenda Farrell has played more “shady lady” roles than you can shake a stick at, and she contends that if you do them well, you'll have the time of your young life trying to get out of them. She is, however, one of the best known “shady ladies” of the screen, and gives one of her famous characterizations in “The Big Shakedown.” Despite this, she insists that she is not a “shady lady” type, but a straight comedienne. As the “shady lady” in “The Big Shakedown” she has a rather unhappy time of it for she is jilted by her gangster lover and later put on the spot because she knows too much about his business. “The Big Shakedown” presents an exciting new angle on racketeering with a lively romance in which Charles Farrell and Bette Davis figure. Ricardo Cortez is the gangster while others in the cast are Allen Jenkins, Henry O’Neill, Phillip Faversham and Robert Emmet O’Connor. John Francis Dillon directed the picture from the screen play by Niven Busch and Rian James. Page Six Film Favorites In Strand Hit Glenda Farrell and Ricardo Cortez in a tense moment from “The Big Shakedown,” First National hit which comes to the Strand Theatre on Wednesday next. This picture marks the first appearance together of Charles Farrell and Bette Davis as the romantic leads. Also in the cast are Philip Faversham, Henry O'Neill and Allen Jenkins. Mat No. 26, Price 10c. : your 3rd story Farrell Finds New Screen Sweetheart In “Big Shakedown” Charles Farrell and Janet Gaynor seem to have decided to make permanent their divorce as_ screen lovers. Time was when their names were always linked in pictures — “The Man Who’ Came Back,” “Merely Mary Ann,’ “Tess of the Storm Country,” “The First Year” and finally “Delicious.” Then they separated, Farrell to appear with Joan Bennett in “Wild Girl,” with Marian Nixon in “After Tomorrow” and with Wynne Gibson in “Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men.” Apparently he has become a fickle sereen lover for in his latest picture, First National’s “The Big Shakedown,” which opens. at the ........ By at. Tih Satire One: Meee se at tae ee next, his sweetheart is Bette Davis, with whom he shares stellar honors. He seems to have no preference in complexions, for the Misses Gaynor and Gibson are both red heads with dark eyes, while Bennett and Garbo, with whom he has_ also played, are golden blondes and Nixon a brunette. With Miss Davis he comes back to the blonde type, this one with: honey hair and blue eyes. Being a _ brunette himself, Farrell and Miss Davis make finely contrasted screen lovers. Rieardo Cortez is the dark villain of the story, a killer who doesn’t hesitate to put his own sweetheart on the spot when he tires of her and realizes she knows too many of his secrets. Others in the cast are Glenda Farrell, Allen Jenkins, Henry O’Neill, Phillip Faversham, Robert Emmet O’Connor and John Wray. The picture concerns a new type of racket which has come into favor since Repeal has -made the liquor game unprofitable. The screen play by Niven Busch and Rian James is based on the story, “Cut Rate,” by S. Engels and Busch. John Francis Dillon directed. your 4th story Glamorous Romance In Thrilling Scenes Of “Big Shakedown” What is said to be one of the most thrilling melodramas of the year-will be seen at the .......... Myeatre: Np tu coke we ee when First National’s picture “The Big Shakedown” comes as the feature attraction. The story, “Cut Rate’—by Sam Engels and Niven Busch — upon which the picture is based, reveals a method of racketeering of which the public is not generally aware. This is one of the get-rich-quick schemes that is outmoding the beer game, said to have been given something of a knock-out blow through the legalization of its sale. The new fake drug game is played just as relentlessly as the old game. Bombings of drug stores, strong arm tactics, and murders, follow the new venture, by gangs who hesitate at nothing. There is colorful romance in “The Big Shakedown” in addition to the many thrills — the love interest being supplied by Bette Davis and Charles Farrell, who innocently get mixed up with the gangsters and barely escape the vengeance of the crooks. Rieardo Cortez has the role of the ruthless gang leader, who does not hesitate to put his own sweetheart on the spot when he tires of her, and fears that she will reveal the secrets of the band. Glenda Farrell has the role of Cortez’s gun moll, who is slain to make way for a new favorite, Renee Whitney. Others in the strong supporting east are Allen Jenkins, Henry O’Neill, Phillip Faversham, Robert Emmet O’Connor, John Wray, George Pat Collins and Adrian Morris. John. Francis Dillon directed the production from a screen play by Niven Busch and Rian James. your 5th story Bette Davis Learns Art Of Soda-Jerking For “Big Shakedown” Bette Davis, who is a _ versatile young person, has added soda-jerking to her list of accomplishments. If she’s in the mood, and has the ingredients and the equipment handy, she can toss you off a “choe malt,” a lime freeze, a strawberry ice cream soda or a fresh fruit punch to match that of the handiest twofisted soda jerker that ever twiddled an ice-cream dipper. She gets such a kick out of her newly acquired proficiency in the art that she gave an ice cream soda party at her Hollywood home with a real soda fountain, and her blonde, smiling self behind the marble counter asking, “what’s yours?” Bette’s chance to learn soda-jerking came when she was playing the part of a corner drug store clerk in “The Big Shakedown,” the First National picture, which comes to HOM oe hon Aa! Theatreson 5.0%. b Gone ABS next. A couple of professional soda-jerkers were imported from Hollywood to Burbank, to teach Miss Davis and Charlie Farrell the fine points of working behind a soda fountain, and Bette went to school in earnest. She insisted on knowing not only what she had to know for the particular scenes in the picture, but everything else she could find out about mixing soda fountain drinks besides. Between scenes during production, Bette could always be found behind the soda fountain on the set, mixing drinks for her thirsty fellow players, who inelude Ricardo Cortez, Glenda Farrell, Allen Jenkins, Henry O’Neill, Phillip Faversham and others. “The Big Shakedown” is a thrilling and dramatie story of a new kind of racket based on the story “Cut Rate” by S. Engels and Niven Busch. John Francis Dillon directed the picture from the screen play by Buseh and Rian James. your 6th story Charles Farrell Is New Type Character In “Big Shakedown” A departure from his former screen parts is seen in the new type of role essayed by Charles Farrell in “The Big Shakedown,” the First National picture which comes to the SON oleae Mheatre Ono pi eee ge next. Having found screen fame in wistful, romantic roles such as that of Chico in “Seventh Heaven,” and others in which he was teamed romantically with Janet Gaynor or Marian Nixon, Farrell in “The Big Shakedown” becomes a business-like young chemist who falls in with racketeers. His struggle to remain honest despite the attempts of the leader to keep him from deserting the gang forms the plot of a thrilling adventure drama, and inecidentally gives Farrell a chance for one of the most virile and realistie characterizations of his career. Personally, Farrell welcomed the part with open arms, believing that it will give him not only an entirely new fan following, but a chance to braneh out into wider fields of dramatic art. With Miss Davis and Charles Farrell in “The Big Shakedown” are such notable players as Ricardo Cortez, Glenda Farrell, Allen Jenkins, Phillip Faversham, Henry O’Neill and Robert Emmet O’Connor. John Francis Dillon directed the picture from the screen play by Niven Busch and Rian James, based on “Cut Rate,” a story by Busch and S. Engels.