The Charge of the Light Brigade (Warner Bros.) (1936)

" THE HARGE of the LIGK HT BRIGADE” Pro Bk ae Flynn’s Guests Yell For Water At Hindu Feast An Indian dinner given by Errol Flynn, the star, to members of the cast of ‘‘The Charge of the Light Brigade,’’ now showines 2 rea olga aerate ere ane eee Theatre, had his guests drinking gallons of water. Many of the members of the cast are Hindus and one of them, Abdul Koona, offered to prepare a real East Indian feast for the star. Flynn invited Mr. and Mrs. Patrice Knowles, Olivia de Havilland, who is co-starred with him, Henry Stephenson, Nigel Bruce, Donald Crisp, David Niven and several other guests. He cautioned them to eat little lunch because an East Indian feast was something one had to go into training LOD; The dinner started at seven, with rare east Indian wines. Then came the Bombay duck, which is some kind of a fish. It was pretty hot. The rest of the dinner consisted of curries, chicken curry, egg and mushroom curry and seven other curries with unspellable names. The chef hadn’t spared the curry powder and though the dishes were toothsome, they were hot, so hot that even the host swallowed with difficulty. When the dinner was over at ten o’clock, the guests all clamored for water, gallons of it. ‘‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’’ is a mammoth production packed with dynamic drama. The picture was directed by Michael Curtiz from the screen play by Michel Jacoby and Rowland Leigh, based on a story by Jacoby. Actress Unhappy Because She Had To Jilt Flynn If Olivia de Havilland had had her way, the script of ‘‘The Charge of the Light Brigade,’’ the Warner Bros. picture which comes ROBE HO Meisels Sasa tiisicst tenieecat Theatre Oils i Sieatr nee eee eee ,» would have been changed so that she could have married Errol Flynn and lived happily ever after. As it is, she has to break her engagement with Flynn, telling him that she loves his younger brother. Olivia said ‘‘It was the hardest role I’ve ever played because Errol is such a wonderful character in this picture. When I got to the scene where I had to give him back his ring and confess that I loved somebody else, it took the best acting of my career!’? Olivia felt a little better about the situation when she was introduced to Patric Knowles, a handsome newcomer from England who portrays Flynn’s brother, and with whom Olivia plays her love scenes in the picture. ‘“He’s almost as good-looking as Hrrol,’’ she said, ‘‘and looks enough like him to be his brother. So I guess it was all right since the powers that be insisted I eouldn’t have Errol.’’ ‘“‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’’ is a mammoth production packed with dynamic drama and tender romance. The cast which supports Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland, includes Patric Knowles, Henry Stephenson, Nigel Bruce, Donald Crisp, David Niven and thousands of others. The picture was directed by Michael Curtiz from the screen play by Michel Jacoby and Rowland Leigh, based on a story by Jacoby. Brothers And Rivals aes Flynn (right) and Patric Knowles are blood and service brothers nm ‘*The Charge of the Light Brigade,’’ the Warner Bros. picture which eae LOAN Wekoc ieee eRe TRC CSO Werner aces Diplomatic in trigue, the fight for an empire, and the rivalry of the two brothers for the love of beautiful Olivia de Havilland are all contained in this thrilling spectacle which was inspired by Tennyson’s poem. Mat No. 202—20c Make Music For Movie On Queer Old Instruments Rudy Vallee would have torn his waving locks if Warner Bros. had asked him to lead the orchestra which plays in the ball room sequence of ‘‘The Charge of the Light Brigade,’’ which comes to Hit: paar ras ayn Sra ee Theatre on The crooning orchestra leader would have had his hands full directing an orchestra of thirty-six men who produced sounds out of antique instruments which went out at about the time Mrs. O’Leary’s cow kicked over the kerosene lamp. One of the most interesting antiques is a bass trumpet of the Italian cavalry vintage, a forerunner of the English hunting horn. It looks like a saxaphone with the horn held near the player’s left trouser pocket. There are two kettle drums, so shaped that they can be carried on each flank of a cavalry horse. Violin bows are straight as arrows; unlike the curved bows of today, though fiddles themselves are of the usual shape and size. There are four clarinets in the band that look and sound like present day ones but they are yellow instead of black. The musicians weren’t enthusiastic about having the instruments in the band because of an old superstition that says a yellow clarinet brings on death. There are also the usual band instruments in common use at the time, although the drums bear little resemblance to those of today. Cornets were used too, in place of the trumpet of the modern band. ‘‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’’ is a dynamic drama produced on a mammoth scale with an all star cast and thousands of extras. Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland are co-starred—and the support includes Patric Knowles, Henry Stephenson, Nigel Bruce, Donald Crisp, David Niven, C. Henry Gordon and G. P. Huntley, Jr. Michael Curtiz directed the picture from the screen play by Michel Jacoby and Rowland Leigh, based on the story by Jacoby. Shells 62 Years Old Are Used In Picture Battle Away back in 1874, two years before Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone, a crew of men turned out some 70,000 .45 calibre blank shells which, it turned out, weren’t to be fired until 1936, in ‘‘The Charge of the Light Brigade,’? the Warner Bros. produc ‘tion now showing at the ............... Ae Theatre. The shells, containing 70 grains of musket powder, were made for the Frankford Arsenal, according to the lettering on the boxes in which the shells were packed. They were discovered by Leo Lynch, purchaser for the Warner Bros. property department, last summer when he was in San Francisco buying ships to be used in ‘Captain Blood.’’ The antique shells, which are similar to those used in the real ‘‘Charge of the Light Brigade,’’ were packed away in the basement of an old warehouse. Lynch says they weren’t used by the American Army, as planned, because of their being rejected when a new contract was signed in 1875. The 70,000 shells were fired by some 200 Russians, 300 Englishmen and 150 Sepoys in the siege of the Chukoti garrison for ‘‘ The Charge of the Light Brigade.’’ Only two boxes of 20 shells each failed to fire. The picture is a thrilling drama suggested by Tennyson’s immortal poem, produced on a_ gigantic scale. Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland are starred. The support includes Patric Knowles, Henry Stephenson, Nigel Bruce, Donald Crisp, David Niven besides a score of other important players and thousands of extras. This enormous cast is made necessary by the battle scenes in which every effort has been made to reproduce actual happenings. The climax is the thrilling ‘‘charge’’? in which hundreds of mounted horsemen participate. Michael Curtiz directed the production from the screen play by Michel Jacoby and Rowland Leigh, based on Jacoby’s original story. Ghurri, Six Ton Time Piece, Is Built For Film Do alarm clocks make you tear your hair, wrist watches cramp your wrist, sun dials make you morbid because they suggest the flight of time? If so, try a ghurvi. A ghurri is an East Indian timepiece, weighing six tons, which works on the same principle as the apparatus cartoonists put in Old Father Time’s hands around the first of the year. To date there is only one ghurri in the United States. It was specially constructed for the film. It stands near Errol Flynn’s office in Chukoti, a Lancers’ garrison built some 25 miles from Hollywood for scenes of ‘‘The Charge of the Light Brigade,’’ the Warner Bros. picture which comes to the .......... Gere PLO ALLOsOMek nec seisircs The ghurri consists of a large adobe reservoir three and a half feet high and about six feet in diameter, and a brass saucer which has a hole in the bottom. The saucer is floated in the reservoir and when it sinks, because the water has seeped in, those who work the clock will know another thirty minutes have passed. ‘<The Charge of the Light Brigade’’ is a thrilling drama suggested by Tennyson’s immortal poem and produced on a gigantic seale. Errol Flynn and. Olivia de Havilland are co-starred—the support includes Patric Knowles, Henry Stephenson, Nigel Bruce, Donald Crisp, David Niven and a score of other important players besides thousands of extras. The picture’s locale ranges from northern India to Arabia and then to the Crimean peninsula where the stirring charge took place. 600 men led by Errol Flynn charge into the mouth of the Russians’ cannons in a scene that will never be forgotten. Michael Curtiz directed the picture from the screen play by Michel Jacoby and Rowland Leigh, based on Jacoby’s original story. Leading Man On Stage Now Plays Heavy On Screen Watching C. Huntley Gordon in the role of the suavely treacherous Surat Khan, Amir of Suristan, turbanned and silk-robed, seated on the gorgeous ottoman in his glittering throne room in a scene from Warner Bros.’ ‘‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’’ — starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland—and coming to the ............... Se eee PheatveyOneiecassc ee it is hard to believe that Mr. Gor: don was one of the most popular matinee idols of the stage. Of the over three hundred plays in which he has been featured he played the villain very few times. He was leading man for such famous players as Ina Claire, Mary Dunean and Florence Reed. In films in all but two pictures— in which, oddly enough, he was a detective—he has been the most sinister of heavies. ‘‘T’ve been shot to death,’’ says Mr. Gordon, ‘‘machine gunned, stabbed, guillotined, hung, poisoned, tortured, burned to death and even drowned, but I still have not quite completed the cycle of death. I’m waiting for a part that will call for me to take my own life. Then I will have completely run the gamut of death.’’ In his present role, Mr. Gordon has a number of rendezvous with death and finally meets his end at the hands of Errol Flynn, who plays the dashing leader of the ‘Brigade.’ Nevertheless, he still enjoys being the ‘menace’ or ‘heavy.’ ‘<The Charge of the Light Brigade’’ is a thrilling drama suggested by Tennyson’s immortal poem and produced on a gigantic scale. The support includes Patric Knowles, Henry Stephenson, Nigel Bruce, Donald Crisp, David Niven and a score of other important players besides thousands of extras. Michael Curtiz directed the picture from the screen play by Michel Jacoby and Rowland Leigh, based on Jacoby’s original story. Stars Of Strand Film Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland are co-starred in ‘‘The Charge of the Light Brigade,’’ the Warner Bros. picture which is now showing at GREE chee es Theatre. The picture, based on the immortal poem by Lord Tennyson, combines magnificent romance with thrilling battle scenes and pulsating thrills. Mat No. 206—20c Page Forty-one