The Finger Points (Warner Bros.) (1931)

TA More Than Just A Good Picture. Here Is A BARTHELMESS BEST! Barthelmess in a role you'll treasure forever... grim, gripping, great... playing a part with a fire and genius you've never seen on the talking screen before RICHARD with Fay Wray + Regis Toomey Robert Elliott Clark Gable Story by JOHN MONK SAUNDERS (Author of “THE DAWN PATROL“) and W.R. BURNETT (Author of “LITTLE CAESAR”) Directed by JOHN FRANCIS DILLON A First National Vitaphone Production / / Cut No, 21 Cut goc Mat 10c Saunders is the author of “Wings,” “The Dawn Patrol,” and is well known as a magazine writer. ‘The story of “The Finger Points” is based on the life of .a notorious underworld tyrant of the present day.. ‘The Barthelmess characterization is the most vital of his career. Barthelmess Stars In Newspaper Hit (Current Story) The title of “The Finger Points,” the First National production starring Richard Barthelmess now iat the .... Theatre, is taken from the phrase, “put the finger on him,” a popular idiom in the world of Fay Wray plays the feminine lead opposite Barthelmess with important supporting roles played by Regis Toomey, Clarke Gable, Noel Madison, Robert Elliott, Oscar Apfel, Mickey Bennett and others. John Francis Dillon directed. Novel gangsters. To “put the : 2 finger” on a Accessories! man ‘is, to mark him for a fusillade of machine gun bullets. In this sensational production, Barthelmess is seen as Breckenridge Lee a newspaper reporter who—honest at first —extorts graft from gang leaders in order to keep certain incriminating information out of the papers. When he finally crosses “Number One,” the ezar of the underworld, “the finger is pointed at him” and the thrilling climax nears. Cut No. 15 Cut 15¢ Mat 5¢ Tab Newspaper _. “The Finger Points” was written for Barthelmess by W. R. Burnett and John Monk Saunders. The former is the author of “Iron Man,” “Little Caesar” and “Saint Johnson,” while Page Ter wr @ : ot time ESP ITIES, “Chinkapin Tree” Is Tongue-T wister In Talkies (Advance Story) A three syllable word ;proved an expensive item in the filming of “The Finger Points,” the First National production starring Richard Barthelmess which comes to the Theatre The word was “chinkapin” and_ it was written in the script by John Monk Saunders to be spoken by Barthelmess who enacts the role of a newspaper reporter from the South. The word itself was coupled with tree which created such tonguetwisting havoe that several takes were necessary to record the scene properly. The chinkapin tree is either of two nut-bearing trees which flourish in the South. . The word is derived from the American Indian chechinquamin. “The Finger Points” was directed by John Francis Dillon and presents Fay Wray as the latest Barthelmess leading lady. The story itself is of a very sensational and daring nature, dealing with gangland and based on a famous modern criminal ease. The supporting cast includes Robert Elliott, Regis Toomey, Clarke Gable, Noel Madison and others. Be Sure to Use the Tabloid Newspaper Throwaway! See Page 2 BARTHELMESS PICTURES Gloria’s Romance War Brides Bab’s Diary Valentine Girl Three Men and a Girl Seven Swans Scarlet Days The Idol Dancer The Love Flower 10. Peppy Polly 11. Wl Get Him Yet 12. Broken Blossoms 13. Way Down East 14. Tol’able David 15. Fury 16. Sonny 17. The Bond Boy 18. The Fighting Blade 19. Seventh Day 20. Twenty-One 21. The Beautiful City 22. The Bright Shawl 23. | New Toys 24. Just Suppose 25. Ranson’s Folly 26. The Enchanted Cottage 27. The White Black Sheep 28. The Amateur Genileman 29. Classmates 30. Shore Leave 31. Soul Fire 32. The Patent Leather Kid 33. The Drop Kick 34. The Noose 35. The Little Shepherd of Come 36. The Wheel of Chance 37. Out of the Ruins 38. Scarlet Seas 39. Weary River 40. Drag 41. Young Nowheres 42. Son of the Gods 43. The Dawn Patrol , 44, The Lash / 45. The Finger Points SE LIL Se Kingdom Robert Elliott Coming In ‘“‘The Finger Points’”’ (Advance Reader) Robert Elliott, whose slow-talking detectives are classic screen portrayals, deviates from his usual routine in “The Finger Points,” the First ‘| National production starring Richard Barthelmess which will be seen at the Theatre Drama The World Will Long Remember! REPORTER! Cut No. 16 Cut 15¢ Mat 5¢ Richard Barthelmess who plays the part of a racketeering reporter in “The Finger Points’ a First National and Vitaphone Picture. JOHN FRANCIS DILLON DIRECTS CRIME HIT (Advance Reader) “The Finger Points,” the First National production starring Richard Barthelmess, which comes to the .... Theatre . next, is another directorial triumph for John Francis Dillon. In it, for the first time in talking pictures, the movement of the old silent picture days is maintained by the use of various trick devices. Throughout | the entire story the camera is kept in constant motion and the story moves with smoothness. ee ee ee ee MMO ALIG 2. we ee eevee Biggest Hits it took the combined genius of and W. R. BURNETT to write this story. Settee Ot Leeman A FIRST NATIONAL & VITAPHONE PICTURE JOHN MONK SAUNDERS (author of “‘Dawn Patrol’’) (author of “Little Caesar”’) IT’S IN the first time! greatest hit! OUT AT LAST Final page in the unfinished story of a certain; reporter! was put on the spot. gangs broke the unwritten law “you can’t kill a reporter’ for WRITTEN RED! Why he Why. the Dick Barthelmess makes it his . Cut No.2 Cut 60¢ Mat rs5c