The Big Shakedown (Warner Bros.) (1934)

Shorts Glenda Farrell Now Busy With Study Of Arithmetic Glenda Farrell is one of the busiest players in pictures. And the reason is her eight-year-old son Tommy, who is going to school and frequently needs a little help in his studies. He thinks his mother knows everything, and so as not to disappoint him, Glenda has been brushing up on arithmetic, geography and American history. During the production of “The Big Shakedown,” a First National picture which is now showing at the PPR a erg Aen oye Theatre, she had to sit up nights learning her lines as the early part of the evening was devoted to Tommy. Bette Davis An Expert On American Furniture Bette Davis, who is co-featured with Charles Farrell in “The Big Shakedown,” the First National picture now showing at the ......... Theatre, is an authority on early American furniture, and _ loathes what she calls pseudo-Spanish architecture. So she feels that in Hollywood she has been unusually lucky, having found two houses done in the New England manner, with rag rugs, chintzes and antique furniture. Her present home is such a perfect replica of a New England cottage that she says if it weren’t for the Hollywood hills, she’d feel right at home in Massachusetts. Charles Farrell Wins Tennis Championship Charles Farrell, who is co-starred with Bette Davis“in=the—First. National picture,_“The Big Shakedown,” which comes to the ....... i! a en Pheatre ON 2 ie e NA eA EP hae tenor et: next, is as athJetic off the screen as he appears on it. While working in “Shakedown” Charlie sneaked off the set often enough to win the studio tennis crown. When the final mateh was played, Director John Francis Dillon called off work for the company to see the male star put the skids under Brown Holmes, writer, to cop the eup. Henry O’Neill Starts Career With Eugene Henry O’Neill, playing in “The Big Shakedown,” the First National picture now showing at the ...... SSR Oe LP a Oe eee Theatre, always has to explain that he is not Eugene O’Neill’s brother, and is, in fact, no relation to the celebrated dramatist. The reason for the confusion is that both men began their theatrical careers with the Provincetown Players in New York at about the the same time, Eugene as _ playwright, Henry as player. ‘The latter played in the former’s now famous “Moon of the Caribees” series of plays at Provincetown, and later in “The Hairy Ape.” He was also instrumental in getting the playwright’s most famous. play, “Emperor Jones” made into a motion picture, having obtained Paul Robeson’s consent to do the role. BETTE SETS NEW STYLE Bette Davis, who shares stellar honors with Charles Farrel in “The Big Shakedown,” a First National picture which comes to the........ Pee Nine tigre he es Theatre on ...... 1 Se ius aan es a next, has started a new style by wearing her hat way back on her head like a schoolboy’s beanie, with lots of front hair showing instead of tilting it forward. Then Hollywood took it up and it’s the fashion now. Bette Davis’ Pet Dog Learns Studio Manners Many movie stars own dogs. There is only one on the Warner Bros. lot, however, that is known to everybody from the dishwashers of the studio cafe to the topmost executives in the front office. That dog is Tibby, a trim, black Scottie. Tibby’s owner is Bette Davis, now playing in the First National picture, “The Big ShakeCowie Ssaitethesy cue ne apes oie. Theatre. Tibby accompanies Bette to the studio every day during the production of the picture. She’s learned good studio manners. Between. shots she may bustle about a little — or even yawn. But when the buzzer sounds and the scene begins, she is all silence and attention. Jenkins Has Two Faces To Use In Movie Work In Hollywood, Allen Jenkins is considered twice blessed. He has the face of a comedian. He also ean look like a thug. He uses either face or both, in a picture. In “Blessed Event,” the picture whieh introduced him to. screen audiences and which won for Jenkins a long term contract with Warner Bros., he played a comedy villain and used both faces. In “The Big Shakedown,” his latest First National picture, now showing at lie Frere Nes eae one ane Theatre, in which he supports Bette Davis and Charles Farrell, he leaves the comedy pan home and plays the thug straight. You might think he would get all mixed up about it himself. But he doesn’t. ’ New Screen Sweethearts Charles Farrell and Bette Davis, popular screen lovers, are appear ing in “The Big Shakedown,” sensational First National drama, coming to the Strand Theatre next Thursday. Supporting this hand some couple are such luminaries as Ricardo Cortez, Glenda Farrell, Allen Jenkins, Philip Faversham, and Henry O'Neill. Mat No. 10, Price 10c. Cortez Always Willing To Help Extra Players Extra players all like to work in pictures with Ricardo Cortez, the badman of “The Big Shakedown,” the First National picture which COMES “FOr bREOe. sar 6 ener amr een CCRT Cs ONi sees ee eee next, He never lets an opportunity go by to assist them in their work or to give them instructions in _histrionie art when they wish it. Asked why he was so _ solicitous about the lowly extra, he replied that he had been one himself for quite a while. Phil Faversham Meets Pals Of Famous Dad When the well-known actor, William Faversham, arrived in Hollywood recently to visit his son, Phillip, the latter was able to give him late news of many of his former associates. Phillip is a featured player with Bette Davis and Charles Farrell in “The Big Shakedown,” the First National picture now showing at ith Waleed Bennie eae oy Uma a ea Theatre. In this and other productions, he has worked in many scenes with actors of the older school — and it seems to Phillip that half of them, at least, have played with his father. People are always going up to Phillip on the set and _ saying: “Young man, I was with your father in ‘The Squaw Man’—or in ‘Herod’ or in ‘The Hawk’.” Glenda Farrell Thinks She Must Have A Double ilave you ever been stopped on the street by a total stranger who had mistaken you for someone else? Glenda Farrell, who has the role of Lil Duran in the First National production, “The Big Shakedown,” which»comies tosthes-... 0 ower. Meat nee One eee kc Ra Meet ae Ss next, has had that experience so often that she is hoping to meet one of her doubles some day. Glenda says she is addressed as somebody she has never heard of on an average of onee a month. Not long ago, a_ pleasant-faced old lady stopped Glenda on Hollywood Boulevard and insisted that she was her niece, whom she hadn’t seen for six years. Glenda protested, but the old lady was so positive that the actress compromised by having tea with her. After half an hour’s conversation, Glenda convineed the kindly old lady of her error and resumed her shopping. CHAS. FARRELL—DRUGGIST After completing work in the First National picture, “The Big Shakedown,” which comes to the.. AME an eer etn em Theatre-on ...... Rie saa Gis espe on aes next, Charles Farrell thinks he can qualify as a pharmacist. He played the role of a druggist in the picture and had to mix any number of drugs during the production of the film. Cortez Says H croes Die Young In Movies “The good die young in motion pictures,’ says Ricardo Cortez, who plays one of the leading roles in “The Big Shakedown,” the First National picture which comes to the Gia San eens Rote See Re Theatre on ps 2 Aber ee a ae next, “and I want to live to a ripe old age. That’s why I like parts like the one I have in ‘The Big Shakedown’.” “Tt has been a long time since I, personally, have been asked to play a heroic role. I am content to be associated in the publie’s mind with parts that have interest but no idealized characterizations. “You see, I don’t want to be too good to be true,” he finished with a smile. Jenkins Is Most Popular As A Man About Town Allen Jenkins has become one of Hollywood’s best known “men about town.” Jenkins, a bachelor, came to Hollywood to play a comedy villain role in “Blessed Event,” and remained for a long term contract with Warner Bros. He is known as one of Hollywood’s most popular escorts. Jenkins’ career, to date, has been divided between roles in which he played “cops” and those in which he played men whom the “cops” were after. In “The Big Shakedown,” his latest First National picture, in which he supports Charles Farrell and Bette Davis, and which comes to the PRCACTOy Of) ne oF Sree iin Seen next, he is outside the law. Bette Davis Saves 17 Lives As Life Guard Bette Davis, blonde star of the First National picture, “The Big Shakedown,” which comes to the tie (ashes op oes eg Theatre on... A gio, RE ePaL aii Atch oe ARERR CR next, may be tiny but she’s tough and_ hardy. Several years ago Bette helped earn her way through Cushing Academy by working as a life-guard at Ogunquit Beach, a smart eastern summer resort. She was the only feminine guard on duty, but her record of seventeen rescues during the summer proved that she could handle her job as well as a two hundred pound football hero. Bette Davis Finds Bold Guy Really Knows Her Bette Davis, who has the leading feminine role in the First National picture, “The Big Shakedown,” whichi-openg:at these. wake cee Pie atrecon 2.5. cece ee next, rented the little place back of her house, where her mother used to live, to a good-looking, long, lean, red-headed young man and his wife. The young man seemed a little fresh. He smiled pretty readily and pretty often, Bette thought. Then she discovered that he was John Larkin, who was for a year a writer on her lot, and who had worked on many of Bette’s stories. Imagine Bette’s embarrassment. Was her face red! Jenkins Celebrates Ten Years In Theatricals Allen Jenkins, dead pan comedy villain, celebrated the tenth year in theatricals during the production of the First National picture, “The Big Shakedown,” which comes to COR ae ee Theatre ONP is 2F Be aes gee RE, next. He invited all the members of the cast to a special dinner. Those who attended include Charles Farrell, Bette Davis, Ricardo Cortez, Phillip Faversham, Henry O’Neill and Glenda Farrell. Page Fifteen