The Finger Points (Warner Bros.) (1931)

CEE an ee es, Tae In Barthelmess You Have The Big gest Star In Pictures. Pep Up Your Pie wien And Collect! 4 BARTHELMESS IN HIS GREATEST ROLE AS BIG TOWN REPORTER WHO COVERS CRIME BY EXTORTING GANG TRIBUTE RRA SS a RT THEATRE: First National Pictures, Inc. presents Richard Barthelmees in “The Finger Points.’’ Adaptation by Robert Lord. Wray, Regis Toomey, Clark Gable, Mickey Bennett. Based on story by John Monk Saunders and W. R. Burnet. Directed by John Francis Dillon. Robert Elliott, Noel Madison, Cast includes Fay Oscar Apfel and (Review Playing Up the Cast) That Richard Barthelmess has made much of the greatest role of his career was evidenced at the ...... Me eg Theatre last night when the First National production “The Finger Points” opened its local engagement. He plays the part of a Big Town reporter who in order to get money to spend on the “sob sister” he loves, covers crime in exchange for bribes he extorts from gangdom. “The Finger Points” is the thrilling result of the collaboration of John Monk Saunders who wrote “The Dawn Patrol” and W. R. Burnett who wrote “Little Caesar.” The story is based on the recent notorious case of a reporter who sold the honor of his paper to enrich himself by gang graft. All the hair-raising adventure which marked the original has been caught by these two masters of melodrama. Barthelmess portrays with rare understanding the changing character of the young man who comes from the South with high ideals as to the duty of the press to the public, and gradually falls under the power of greed which finally brings its retribution—with the added tragedy that the public never finds out that he is not the honorable man he pretends to be. Fay Wray as the “sob sister” of the newspaper who loves the unfortunate youth and keeps his secret to the last, gives a performance of rare beauty. Regis Toomey, as the Uppum,s reporter wuo asd loves the girl, and who, unwittingly, brings down the vengeance of the gang on his friend, does admirable work. Authentic to the last detail is the editorial office of the newspaper “Last Mile” Star Appears Here In Big Crime Expose (Biography as of March 1, 1931) Clark Gable was born Feb. 1, 1901 in Cadiz, Ohio, and educated .in the grammar schools and high school of Hopedale, Ohio, where he lived seventeen years, and in Akron University at Akron, O. Gable became interested in the stage through the Little Theatre movement and went on the road with a ten-twenty-thirty repertory company. His road shows out of New York include a season with Jane Cowl in “Romeo and Juliet.” He played a year in Los Angeles in “What Price Glory,” “Madame X,” “Lucky Sam McCarver,” “Lady Freaerick” and “Chicago.” Thirteen weeks in Houston, Texas, followed. In New York he appeared in “Machinal,” “Hawk Island,” “Gambling” and “Blind Windows.” He became a star overnight through his work as Killer Mears in “The Last Mile.” First picture was “The Painted Desert.” He has since appeared in “The Easiest Way,” “Dance, Fools, Dance,” and “The Secret Six.” His hobbies are horseback riding, golf and swimming. He is six feet one inch tall, weighs one hundred and ninety pounds and has brown hair and gray eyes. Cut No. 24 Cut 20c Mat ce Page Four .|others were where most of the exciting action of the piece takes place. The photography is unusual and extremely effective. You have never fully realized the Interesting Life Of Barthelmess, Star Of “The Finger Points” (Biography as of March 1, 1931) Richard Barthelmess was born in New York City, May ninth, 1895. At the age of two years his father known as|{t Caroline Harris, turned to the stage|[ to support herself and her young son. He was educated in the public schools of New York, went to Hudson Military Academy and spent died and his mother, depth of the Barthelmess genius until| three years at Trinity College, Hart you have seen him in “The Finger Points.” “THE FINGER’S NOT ON ME! You Can’t Kill a Reporter’’ 66 Come across with the heavy dough or Pil rip the lid off the underworld” SL, FINGER POINTS STRAND A First National & Vitaphone Hit! Cut No. 5 Cut 20¢ Mat sc BARTHELMESS AGAIN DIRECTED BY DILLON (Advance Story) “The Finger Points,” the First National-Vitaphone production starring Richard Barthelmess which comes to the Theatre, is the fourth Barthelmess picture to be directed by John Francis Dillon. The “Scarlet Seas,” “The Noose,” and “Out of the Ruins.” Fay Wray plays the feminine lead opposite the star with other important roles handled by Clarke Gable, Regis Toomey, Robert Elliott, Oscar Apfel eee eos ee eo ee ..| and others. The story is of a daring and sensational nature based or. & notorious erime-king case of to/.ay. ford, Conn. At Trinity, Barthelmess was president of the Jesters, the dramatic club. Very often he was stage dileading man and_ general factotum. He sang in the Glee Club, was senior cheer leader, and viceHe was a member of Beta Beta chapter of Psi Upsilon in which he still rector, president of his class of 1917. retains his membership. During college vacations he became interested in pictures and appeared in several minor roles. his senior year he played the juvenile role with Nazimova in “War Brides,” and his immediate success decided him not to return to school. The first picture in which Barthelmess appeared was a two-reel Biograph production called Romance.” which had a definite and lasting effect on his career, was in “War Brides.” Then Barthelmess became leading man for Marguerite Clark in “Bab’s Diary,” “The Valentine Girl,’ “Three Men and Girl,” and “Seven Swans.” David Wark Griffith then signed the coming star and he appeared in “Searlet Days,” “The Idol Dancer,” soms, » and “Way Down Fast.” Inspiration Pictures were formed for the purpose of starring Barthelmess. He was signed for five years and his first starring vehicle was “ToP~able David,” which won the Photoplay Gold Medal of 1921. Then followed “Fury,” “Sonny,” “The Bond Boy,” “The Fighting Blade,’ “Seventh Day,” “Twenty |i One,” “The Beautiful City,” “The Suppose,” “Ranson’s Folly,” Enchanted Cottage,” “The Black Sheep,” “The Gentlemen,” “Classmates,”! “Shore Leave” and “Soul Fire.” In 1926 First National Pictures placed Barthelmess under contract. Prior to that his productions were merely released through First National. His first production under this banner was “The Patent Leather Kid,” followed by “The Drop Kick,” “The Noose,” “The Little Shepherd lof Kingdom Come,” “The Wheel of Chance,” “Out of the Ruins,” “Searlet Seas,” “Weary River,” which contained his first talking scenes, “Drag,” “Young Nowheres,” “Son of the Gods,” “The Dawn Patrol,” “The Lash” and “The Finger Points.” In 1928 Barthelmess was awarded the Honorable Mention Certificate by the American Academy of Motion Picture Sciences and Arts for his work in “The Noose,” and “The Patent Leather Kid.” Richard Barthelmess has black hair and dark brown eyes. He is athletic and enjoys yachting, horseback riding, swimming and tennis. He travels a great deal and recently spent five months touring the European continent. He was formerly married to Mary Hay of musical comedy fame. They had a daughter, Mary Hay Barthelmess, who is now eight years of age. He was divorced in 1926, and is now married to the former Mrs. Jessica Haynes Sargeant of New York. NOTE :— The entire campaign of the Strand Theatre, N. Y., ‘was adapted from this press sheet. P. S. — “The Finger Points” opened to the biggest business in Strand history. Just prior to returning to Trinity for “Gloria’s His first important part, “The Love Flower.” “Broken Blos Bright Shawl,” “New Toys,” “Just | a cThe | White | | Amateur |: He Knew Too Much! . . .that’s why a cer tain reporter was put on the spot. His story was worth a hundred grand — until it leaked out! * | Cooper. Fay Wray Opposite Barthelmess In Big “The Finger Points” (Biography as of March 1, 1931) Fay Wray, who is five feet, three inches tall, weighs one hundred and fourteen pounds, and has light brown hair and blue eyes, was born in Alberta, Canada. Before she was old enough to go to school her family moved to California, to Arizona and to Salt Lake City, Utah, where she attended school until the family came to Hollywood in 1921, when she went to the Hollywood High School, appearing in a number of school plays. While still in Hollywood High, she met a player who urged her to attempt motion pictures. She was summoned for extra work and in the three days she was on the set was given a chance to play a small part in the picture. A week later, she was called back and cast as leading woman in another comedy, “Gasoline Love.” The following summer, she made her only professional stage appearance in the famous Pilgrimage Play. Miss Wray later was lead in a series of Westerns, for various companies. Her first dramatic role was in “The Wedding March,” after which she was given a long term contract. She played the lead opposite Emil Jannings in “The Street of Sin,” and in “The Legion of the Conéemned,” and was co-featured with Gary Miss. Wray’s pictures inelude: “The First Kiss,” “The Four Feathers,” “Thunderbolt,” “Behind the Makeup,” “Pointed Heels,” “The Texan,” “The Border Legion” and “Captain Thunder.” She plays opposite Richard Barthelmess in “The Finger Points.” tha Wiret National a) picture now at the with FAY WRAY REGIS TOOMEY MASTBAUM THEATRE A First National & Vitaphone Hit! Cut No.6 Cut 20c Mat 5c WHO’S WHO: in “The Finger Points” RICHARD BARTHELMESS Star of over forty pictures among them being “Weary River,” “Drag,” “Young Nowheres,”” ‘‘Son of the Gods,’”? “The Dawn Patrol,’”? “The Lash” and “The Finger Points.” Born in New York City. FAY WRAY Feminine lead in “The Finger Points,’’ seen in “Thunderbolt,” ‘‘Behind the Makeup,” “Pointed Heels,’”® “The Texan,” “The Border Legion’? and “Captain Thunder.” Born in Alberta, Canada. REGIS TOOMEY Appeared in “The Wheel of Life,’’ “‘IUlusion,”’ “Street of Chance,”’ “Paramount on Parade,” “The Light of Western Stars,” ‘*Scandal Sheet,”? and “Other Men’s Women.” Born in Pittsburgh, Pa. CLARK GABLE On stage in “The Last Mile,” screen in “The Painted Desert,’’ Easiest Way,” ‘‘Dance, Folks, Dance,” “The Secret Six.” Born in Cadiz, Ohio. ROBERT ELLIOTT Sinister detective in “Lights of New York,”? and “The Doorway to Hell.’”?’ Born in Ithaca, N.Y. NOEL MADISON Stage character seen recently on the screen in “‘The Doorway to Hell.” Born in New York City. OSCAR APFEL Character actor seen in ‘“‘Right to Love,” “The Virtuous Sin,” ‘‘Abraahm Lincoln” and “‘Big Business Girl.”” Born in Cleveland, Ohio. MICKEY BENNETT Boy actor seen in “The Dummy,” “The Ghost Talks,” ‘‘Footlights and Fools,’’ “Strictly Modern,” “‘Big Business Girl” and ““Father’s Son.’ Born in Victoria, British Columbia. JOHN MONK SAUNDERS Author of the story of “The Finger Points” as well as “‘The Dawn Patrol,” “The Legion of the Condemned” and many others. Born in Hinckley, Minnesota. on the “The and Theatre. Pittsburgh Youth With Barthelm s In Crime P’ ure (Biography as of March1 31) Regis Toomey smiled his way intd motion pictures when an alert manager saw him in a Los Angeles theatre, where he was playing in the musical show, “Hit The Deck.” His first picture was “Alibi,” from the stage play “Nightstick.” Toomey was born and educated in Pittsburgh. He was a Sigma Chi, University of Pittsburgh, and an active member of the Cap and Gown Club—amateur theatrical. During three summer seasons he played in stock at the Empire Theatre in Pittsburgh. At the end of his stock contract in Pittsburgh, Toomey went to New York and understudied Dennis King in “Rose Marie.” A London engagement was then offered him and for two seasons he played the juvenile lead in “Little Nellie Kelly,” and later in the London companies with James Gleason and Ernest Truax. Upon coming back to the United States, he signed with the road companies of “Twinkle, Twinkle,” and later, “Hit The Deck.” He is five feet, eight inches tall, has curly light brown hair and blue eyes. His pictures are: “The Wheel of Life,” “Tllusion,” Street of Chance,” “Paramount On Parade,” “The Light of Western Stars,” “Scandal Sheet,” “Other Men’s Women,” and “The Finger Points.” REX Y BARTHELME Tk FINGER POINTS// ‘Cut No. 25 Cut 20¢ Mat 5¢