The Go Getter (Warner Bros.) (1937)

Official Silling | De Stor present He gets into the reception room of the Ricks Lumber & Navigation Company, E R E B R E aL where he is greeted by an attractive young woman. Assuming she is a stenographer 100% : : : ’ : and not suspecting that she is Margaret Ricks (Anita Louise). daughter of the reand ANITA LOUISE doubtable Cappy Ricks, owner of the firm, Bill strikes up a friendship and dates her for the movies that evening. in Then he is ushered into the office of Lloyd Skinner, (John Eldredge), general } manager of the lumbering end of the firm, where he is told there are no jobs. ae H E G O G E a T E R With Margaret’s help he finally gets to Cappy Ricks himself (Charles Win ninger ), and Cappy. who is constantly at war with his two chief aids, Skinner and with Peasley, (Willard Robertson), hires Bill over their heads and assigns him to Skinner. Bill Austin (George Brent) seaman, U. S. Navy, loses a leg on the fatal last flight of the dirigible Macon. He sets out to find a civilian job in San Francisco. Bair eae That night Bill calls for Margaret and makes the startling discovery that he Charles Winninger has asked the big boss’ daughter to a movie. ; Skinner, a meanie, assigns Bill to dispose of a huge supply of detested “skunk ) ) y John Eldredge . Henry O'Neill spruce” and Bill does so in record time. He accomplishes other “impossible” feats and becomes the firm’s star salesman despite the enmity of Skinner. This enmity is heightened when Skinner discovers he has in Bill a rival for Margaret’s affections. Joseph Crehan © Gordon Oliver o Eddie Acuff Directed by Busby Berkeley When the managership of the firm’s Shanghai office becomes vacant, Cappy Ricks decides that Bill shall have the job if he can pass several difficult tests. ; A Cosmopolitan Production (*NoTE) Billy encounters his first resistance from Cappy when he announces he intends to marry Margaret. ‘The resistance grows to outright opposition as Bill and Margaret proceed with their plans and finally, in a final effort to balk their departure for Shanghai after the wedding, Cappy purchases all available staterooms on an f opposition steamship line on which the young couple has planned to sail. | A Warner Bros. Picture *NOTE—This credit. must appear in the same trade mark lettering as used on the cover of Cosmopolitan Magazine. But through a ruse, Bill and Margaret manage to get aboard the vessel. ‘Then Cappy discovers he has a lumber strike on his hands. The strikers refuse f to bargain with anyone but Bill, in whom they declare they have the utmost confidence. Frantically Cappy tries to get Bill back, but the ship is now many miles past the Golden Gate. The president of the opposition line cheerfully refuses to turn his ship back and Cappy, as a last resort, sends a wire to Bill. urging him to return even if he has to swim. QED Twenty miles out at sea Bill wraps a life preserver around himself and jumps overboard. Margaret, not to be outdone, follows him. When they get ashore Bill } settles the strike and everything is rosy. | Bill Austin George Brent 3 Margaret Ricks Anita Louise Cappy Ricks Jess — nares. WVinninoer ; Liga Seianer 2 2 oe a Se eS John Eldredge Urhkors Ves Commander Tisdale Henry O'Neill | Karl Stone Joseph Crehan CHARLES WINNINGER—He would be a banker if he left stage and screen—He thinks : it is the most dignified of professions—Favorite playright and composer is George M. Gordon Oliver Cohan—His favorite stage role is Cap’n Andy in “Show Boat”—Outside of acting he is Bok Bisie Rddie Acut ust eeeeces music, oe was beeeee up oF aware child fe eet it a a ala eee aes on aes ast, dinner and supper—His father was an orchestra leader, his grandmother and grand Retr easleg te 5 ees) Willard Robertson father great musicians.—His pet aversion is a questionnaire—he wishes he could have one : : single economy—he never uses any salt in his food, and his favorite dish is goulash made Browne Pierre Watkin from a special recipe which he won’t reveal—He sleeps in the open air, and plays golf, ; ; Eiglen Atal handball and squash—Favorite authors are Alexandre Dumas and Victor Hugo—he Skinner's Secretary eten V alkis never reads the moderns.—His pets are all dogs and his automobiles all Lincolns—Is Letter Perhert: Rawlinson greatly in demand for character roles—Present picture is “The Go Getter,” now playing at thee en Theatre. He Helen Lowell ANITA LOUISE—An exquisite blonde of the fragile, ethereal type is Anita Louise.— We ME Barker Panes Basia She has just passed her twentieth birthday—Was born in New York City, daughter of a eel eh Ces agen es a a pease Sat ew a dealer in antiques—Attended the Professional School there and the Greenwood School a et </cenh sateaee e l for Girls in Hollywood.—First movie was as a child in “The Sixth Commandment,” with Cappy Ricks’ Secretary menetva ace Neil Hamilton—Other early pictures included “Madame DuBarry,” with Dolores Del Rio, Mrs. Blair Mary Treen “Millie” with Helen Twelvetrees, and “The Firebird”—Had a great break within the past : year, playing in three of the season’s greatest successes—‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Edward Price “The Story of Louis Pasteur” and ORY ee ett picture, “The Go Getter,” in which she has the feminine lead opposite George Brent—It is scheduled to open next George Humbert 7 0 ee atthe So tis eee ees Theatre. Policemag 23 os Seer Seer ee oh Ed Gargan GEORGE BRENT—Tall, dark, handsome star, was born in Dublin, Ireland—Father was famed newspaper editor and fighter for freedom of Erin—As young lad, in Revolution of 1924, George became motorcycle messenger for Michael Collins, rebel leader—Collins was assassinated ; a price was placed on Brent’s head by Great Britain—He fled to America as stowaway on a freight steamer—After the Revolution freed Ireland, he was granted a pardon and has been back there several times——Had much acting experience in Ireland and England with famed Abbey Players—Also took in stock in various American cities, notably Denver—When Warner Bros. wanted a leading man for Ruth Chatterton, a scout = suggested Brent—He played leads with Ruth, then married her; they’re now divorced— @ Last big picture was “Mountain Justice.”—Is 6 feet 1, weighs 175—Present picture “The noisucUugn Go Getter,” which comes to the oe. ccccccccnen Theatre next 26 PD ihectar «© seers is Big ee Busby Berkeley Le 2 : , e —. 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