The Girl from 10th Avenue (Warner Bros.) (1935)

DAILY PUBLICITY Bette Davis In New Film Drama Coming To Strand Bette Davis, cast at last in a role in which she will be loved instead of hated by her audiences, is comBN ROG ies atts octoeasecs inves conte Theatre OUD ev ga0sts oss tae scat cong abe in the First National picture “The Girl From 10th Avenue,” a screen drama based on the sensational stage play by Hubert Henry Davies. Miss Davis’ work in “Of Human Bondage” established her as one of the screen’s outstanding emotional actresses. Opposite Paul Muni in “Bordertown,” she added to her prestige. Now she has a part in which there is not only ample opportunity for her to display the dramatic ability for which she is famed but to which she can bring her fine, if seldom recognized, talent as a comedienne. Supporting Miss Davis are two brilliant English stage and screen stars, Ian Hunter and Colin Clive. Others in the cast are Alison Skipworth, John Eldredge, Phillip Reed, KatherineAlexander, Helen Jerome Eddy, Gordon Elliott, Adrian Rosley, Andre Cheron and Edward McWade. “The Girl From 10th Avenue” relates the adventures of a young shop girl who marries a society derelict at a cocktail party and then makes a man of him despite his addiction to drink, wild women and foolish friends. Tan Hunter was brought to this country to play the part of Theseus in Warner Bros.’ “Midsummer Night’s Dream,” and was immediately engaged to play the role opposite Miss Davis. Colin Clive has the role of an old rake who marries Katherine Alexander, who portrays a married and flirtatious gold digger who don’t care how many lives she ruins to further her own ends. Alfred E. Green directed from the screen play by Charles Kenyon. Bette’s ‘Heart’ Ian Hunter (above) heralded as one of England’s handsomest screen stars, is Bette Davis’ heart interest in her first big starring picture her fans have asked for, “The Girl From 10th Avenue,” now playing at the ........... Theatre. Mat No. 4—10c Actress Ends Smoking Habit by Crocheting To cure the smoking habit, Bette Davis recommends crocheting a bedspread ! Bette explained this strange remedy during the production of her latest First National picture, “The Girl From 10th Avenue,” which comes to the Theatre on Bette Davis has always preferred talking to her associates or visitors on the set, to reading or knitting. “I was beginning to smoke too much,” says Bette, who is conservative about such times. “So I began this spread just to have something to do with my hands. When I’m crocheting an intricate pattern, you see, f can’t keep reaching for a cigarette.” She Gets Her Man Bette Davis (above) was the man wrecker in “Bordertown” and “Of Human Bondage.” Now, she makes a man of a society derelict in “The Girl From 10th Avenue,” the First National picture which will open atthe.................. Theatre on Mat No. 7—20c Only Comedian Can Play Hamlet Actress Declares “One cannot play even Hamlet without having a sense of comedy !” That’s the surprising declaration ot one of the screen’s most popular comediennes, whose years on both stage and screen entitle her to the voice of authority. She is Alison Skipworth, whe has a leading role in “The Girl From 10th Avenue,” which comes to the “Hamlet was so crazy that no actor can play him without being able to laugh at the type and character,” she explained. “Otherwise he would go mad himself. “Another thing that’s true about comedians is little realized. Every good comic has a deep sense of tragedy. Without it they would not have the deep feeling by which they can make comedy of little things.” “The Girl From 10th Avenue” is Miss Skipworth’s fifth comedy role in as many months. The picture concerns the unusual adventures of a shop girl who accidentally marries a society derelict, and then makes a man of him. Bette Davis heads the cast which also includes Ian Hunter, Colin Clive, Miss Skipworth, John Eldredge, Phillip Reed, Katherine Alexander and Helen Jerome Eddy. Green Believes In Enthusiasm On Production A director must be enthusiastic about his picture, and transmit his enthusiasm to his players, according to Alfred E. Green, one of Hollywood’s most successful motion picture directors. The effectiveness of his theory was seen every day in the shooting of “The Girl From 10th Avenue,” the production now showing at the.............. Theatre. “Every scene in this story is exceptionally interesting,” said Director Green. “Every one is full of meaning, and that’s just what we’ve got to put into the film.” The picture is a tense drama with touches of unusual comedy based on the famous stage play by Hubert Henry Davies. It concerns the adventures of a shop girl who marries a society derelict, and then makes a man of him, despite his addiction to drink and a worthless married woman who had jilted him. Bette Davis heads the cast which includes Ian Hunter, Colin Clive, Alison Skipworth, John Eldredge, Phillip Reed, Katherine Alexander and Helen Jerome Eddy. English Actor Gives High Praise To Bette Davis “Bette Davis amazed all England with her perfect performance in ‘Of Human Bondage.’ ” That is the report of one of London’s favorite leading men, Ian Hunter, who is playing opposite Bette in her latest starring production, “The Girl From 10th Avenue,” now showing at the Theatre. “The English public naturally places Somerset Maugham on a high pedestal,” Hunter explained, “and ‘Of Human Bondage’ was one of his finest and best selling books. When we read that Hollywood was making a picture based on the book we did not believe there was an American girl—on either stage or screen—who could do that role. “But Bette Davis proved to the satisfaction of every English reader and screen lover that she could. She was perfect, both in the cockney speech and cockney manner, yet, I understand, Miss Davis never has been in England. “I am indeed fortunate to have my first Hollywood leadiag role opposite her. It’s a lucky break for me.” Supporting Miss Davis and Hunter in “The Girl From 10th Avenue,” are Colin Clive, Alison Skipworth, John Eldredge, Katherine Alexander and Phillip Reed. Arkansas Girl Now Screen Star In Smart Film Katharine Alexander, in private life Mrs. William A. Brady, Jr., never went to high school, never attended a dramatic school, nor were her parents of the stage. Yet she was rated one of Broadway’s finest leading ladies up to the time she went to Hollywood. This actress, who has an important role in “The Girl From 10th Avenue,” the First National production which comes to the.............. SBNGATLE ON = soe ee , was born on an Arkansas plantation, where she earned her first dollar picking potatoes. She played in stock for three years in Detroit, and had a leading role in “Chains,” a Broadway hit of 1925. “The Girl From 10th Avenue” is based on the big stage hit by Hubert Henry Davies and combines powerful drama with rare comedy. The cast includes Bette Davis, Ian Hunter, Colin Clive, Alison Skipworth, John Eldredge, Phillip Reed, Miss Alexander and Helen Jerome Eddy. ‘Girl From 10th Avenue’ Will Open At Strand. Today “The Girl From 10th Avenue,” a First National picture with Bette Davis in the stellar role, comes to ee eee Theatre today. Miss Davis’ part is far more sympathetic than the one she played in “Of Human Bondage,” but it is anything but a sweet girly-girly role. She portrays a 10th Avenue shop girl who marries a drunken society man following a champagne party. He had gone to the dogs when jilted by a gold digger. Bette makes a man of him and is smart enough to separate him from the woman he formerly loved, and who had married a rich relic for his money, thinking that she could continue to flirt with the man of her choice. The picture is a tense drama with some rare touches of humor. It has an all star cast to support Miss Davis, including Ian Hunter, who plays opposite Bette and Colin Clive, long known on both stage and screen. Others in the cast are Alison Skipworth, John Eldredge, Phillip Reed, Katherine Alexander, Helen Jerome Eddy, Gordon Elliott, Adrian Rosley, Andre Cheron and Edward McWade. Alfred E. Green directed. Bette Davis’ Home Has White Fence To Guide Friends Bette Davis, First National star, lives in the only house on Franklin Avenue in Hollywood with a low white fence around it. “The fence isn’t to keep people out,” she says. “On the contrary, it’s te help them get in!” Her explanation of this unusual remark is that her house is just like every other house in a row of several blocks, brown shingled, covered with vines. After she moved in, she spent several hectic weeks trying to explain to her friends just where she lived, and then solved the problem by having the fence built. “Dark house, white fence,” explains Bette. “Now all I have to do is say ‘the house with the white fence’ and everybody finds it with no trouble at all.” “The Girl From 10th Avenue” is based on the powerful and successful stage play by Hubert Henry Davies and is the story of a spunky shop girl who rescues a brilliant society man from ruin. There is an all star cast which includes, beside Miss Davis, Ian Hunter, Colin Clive, Alison Skipworth, John Eldredge, Phillip Reed, Katherine Alexander and Helen Jerome Eddy. Alfred E. Green directed the picture from the screen _play by Charles Kenyon. (Review ) Bette Davis Has Smash Hit In New Drama At Strand Bette Davis was the “Bordertown” girl who murdered her husband because she wanted his partner. She was “Mildred” in “Of Human Bondage” and made the biggest hit of the screen year in the role of the Cockney girl who did not hesitate to kill a soul. BETTE DAVIS Star of “The Girl From 10th Avenue” Mat No. 6 10¢ Last night she was “The Girl From Tenth Avenue,” the First National picture which had its local Premiere -Abstnes-..satts..c cata oeee Theatre and will probably rise to even greater stellar heights when the amazing insight and power of characterization she brings to this picture is realized . Bette has no “goody-goody” type in this picture. She is not the heartless wanton of “Of Human Bondage,” or the sensual female of “Bordertown.” In “The Girl From 10th Avenue” she is a little shop girl of no particular morals who goes to a cocktail party and marries the dissolute scion of an aristocratic family. But she quits the party game and sticks to her husband, and, despite his drunkenness and his love for a married golddigger who had jilted him, she makes a man of him. The picture, while unlike either “Of Human Bondage” or “Bordertown,” gives Miss Davis an opportunity for one of the dramatic portrayals for which she has become noted. It is the first film in which she stars alone .and—she makes the most of it. Ian Hunter, who was brought from England to play a part in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” has the part of the husband, and plays it remarkably well. Colin Clive is the elderly husband of the golddigger, a role portrayed with real skill by Katherine Alexander. Both Hunter and Clive are finished artists, and turn in the kind of work the public expects from them. Alison Skipworth, long a stage star, scores in a comedy role as a dowager ex-actress who teaches Bette Davis the tricks of the trade. Others who do excellent work are John Eldredge, Phillip Reed, Helen Jerome Eddy, Gordon Elliott, Adrian Rosley, Andre Cheron and Edward McWade. Alfred E. Green, one of First National’s ace directors, has caught the spirit of the story which was taken from a famous and sensational stage production written by Hubert Henry Davies. Charles Kenyon wrote the screen adaptation, Lessons In Love Bette Davis, shown above with Alison Skipworth and Ian Hunter, demonstrates how the man snatcher of “Bordertown” wins her man in “The Girl From 10th Avenue,” her first big starring role. The film is the current attraction at the ..............0.4Theatre. Mat No. 8—20c Page Nine