The Go Getter (Warner Bros.) (1937)

LEAD-OFF, REVIEW OPENING DAY STORIES PUBLICITY Lead-Off Story ‘GO GETTER’ NEXT FEATURE FOR STRAND Among the _ never-forgotten characters of present-day magazine fiction is that picturesque old chap called Cappy Ricks, who owns steamships and _ operates them out of San Francisco to all parts of the world. He was created by the popular novelist, Peter B. Kyne, and has been kept alive now for a good many years. In more intimate fashion old Cappy now comes before the public again—almost in real life. He’s in a movie—the Cosmopolitan production entitled “The Go Getter,” which will open at the el ie vere Theatre on’....... 48 a Warner Bros. release. Cappy is portrayed by Charles Winninger, whom you’ll remember as Cap’n Andy in the stage play, then the movie, called “Show Boat.” Yet Winninger isn’t the go getter. George Brent, handsome 6-foot Irish actor has that role and is co-starred with the slender, picturesque, wraith-like beauty, Anita Louise. George loves Anita, in the Kyne story. She’s old Cappy Ricks’ daughter. And _ before Cappy will let George have her, George must go through a lot of tests which Cappy devises. He succeeds in going through them. The opening scene of “The Go Getter” is one of the most dramatie ever shown on the screen. This is the fatal plunge of the U. S. dirigible Macon into the Pacific Ocean a few years ago. Brent is one of the crew. He survives, but loses a leg and must leave the Navy and find a civilian job somewhere. That’s how he meets Cappy and Cappy’s daughter. Busby Berkeley—hitherto best known as a director of great dancing numbers in musical shows —guided the making of “The Go Getter’ from a screen play fashioned by Delmer Daves. Other notables in the cast inelude Henry O’Neill, John Eldredge, Joseph Crehan, Helen Valkis, Helen Lowell, Minerva Urecal, Harry Beresford, Herbert Rawlinson and Eddie Acuff. BEACH FOLK SEE MOVIES A great majority of the population of Santa Monica, Calif., found an opportunity a few weeks ago to visit the half-mile long pier that projects out into the Pacific Ocean. The attraction was the Cosmopolitan picturization of Peter B. Kyne’s novel, “The Go Getter.” It-webopen: atthe .. eee: ROatNe Next eceiee=), . Se Scenes for the lively comedy-drama were being photographed on the open ocean off the end of the pier. George Brent and Anita Louise, who are co-starred in the production, together with that lovable character actor Charles Winninger portrays Kyne’s famous fiction character, Cappy Ricks. A dramatic yet amusing sequence—in which Brent and Miss Louise supposedly have jumped off a China-bound steamer because Cappy Ricks urgently wants them back in San Franciseo—is a highlight of the production. When George Brent saw Anita Louise he just had to have her. He wouldn’t take “no” for an answer, so she had to say “yes,” and they’re off on the craziest honeymoon a girl ever had to swim home from. It’s all part of that merry Cosmopolitan comedy “The Go Getter” which comes to the ... A Mat No. 202—20c SA ERCOUTE ON acae a MERE Review ‘The Go Getter’ Delights Strand Premiere Audience George Brent, Anita Louise, Charles Winninger Score In Kyne Comedy That irascible but lovable old seafaring character ecreated by Peter B. Kyne—Cappy Ricks—comes to life on the sereen in the Cosmopolitan comedy-drama ‘‘The Go-Getter,’’ which had its local premier yesterday at the Theatre. Charles Winninger, well remembered as the Cap’n Andy of both stage and screen versions of ‘‘Show Boat,’’ plays Cappy in this delightful movie. He isn’t the “go getter.” That individual is the tall, handsome Irish star George Brent, who is in love with Cappy’s daughter, portrayed by the lovely blonde star, Anita Louise. George and Anita carry the romantic interest of the show. But neither — nor both—can steal away the audience’s affection for old Cappy. It is an exceptionally well-balanced cast that portrays this famous yarn of Mr. Kyne’s. Apart from the starring trio, there are such players as Henry O’Neill, John Eldredge, Joseph Crehan, Gordon Oliver, Eddie Acuff, Herbert Rawlinson, Mary Treen, Helen Lowell, Helen Valkis, and Minerva Ureeal. Brent is a member of the crew of the famous dirigible Macon, which plunged into the Pacific Ocean a few years ago. This plunge is shown on the sereen—one of the most astonishing things the movies have ever done. Bill Austin—the character played by Brent—loses a leg in the accident, is mustered out of the Navy, and must find himself a job in eivil life. That’s how he meets up with Cappy Ricks and Cappy’s daughter. He is put through all sorts of tests by Cappy and the girl before he wins them both over. But he does win them, and that’s the story of “The Go Getter.” An ocean-going honeymoon from which the bride and groom swim home is one of the best comedy scenes on the sereen. The picture was directed by Busby Berkeley from a screen play by Delmer Daves. It is highly recommended for the whole family. Cappy Ricks ASSN Charles Winninger (Cap’n Andy of the Show Boat) now becomes Cappy Ricks—the most lovable old rascal who’s ever stolen a picture —in the Cosmopolitan production “The Go Getter,” adapted from the famous story by Peter B. Kyne, which comes COMER Gee ees Theatre, on....... Mat No. 107—10c Opening Day Story They’re A Romantic ‘Team | THRILL FILM OPENS TODAY AT STRAND Movie fans who go today to the opening of the Cosmopolitan comedy-drama, “The Go Getter,” are warned by critics to be prepared for a shock right at the beginning of the picture. The episode that introduces the star, George Brent, is a reproduction of the tragic crash of the U. S. dirigible Macon into the Pacific Ocean a few years ago. Brent is a member of the crew as she goes down. He escapes with his life, but loses a leg, and therefore has to quit the Navy and get a job in civil life. In this manner he meets up with Peter B. Kyne’s famous old fiction character, Cappy Ricks, played by Charles Winninger, whom everyone remembers as the Cap’n Andy of “Show Boat” both on the stage and the screen. Brent also meets Cappy’s daughter Margaret, who is played by the ethereal blonde star Anita Louise. The movie deals with the various tests through which old Cappy puts Brent, before giving his consent to a courtship—and how Brent successfully emerges from them. Busby Berkeley directed “The Go Getter’ from a screen play devised by Delmer Daves from Peter B. Kyne’s celebrated novel. Besides the three stars, the cast includes such excellent players as Henry O’Neill, John Eldredge, Joseph Crehan, Helen Lowell, Helen Valkis and Mary Treen. STUDIO CHIEF LENDS MODELS AS FILM PROP There is no reason, in the opinion of J. L. Warner, vice-president in charge of production at Warner Bros. studios, why an executive of a film studio should not contribute materially as well as intellectually and physically to the success of his motion pictures. At least that might be the impression gained from a_ recent move by Mr. Warner in connection with the picturization of Peter B. Kyne’s novel “The Go Getter,” which was filmed as a Cosmopolitan production with George Brent, Anita Louise and Charles Winninger as its stars. It opens at the ........ Theatre LO} | Uae ere Winninger portrays Kyne’s lovable fiction character, Cappy Ricks, in the picture. In furnishing sets for Winninger’s office and library it was necessary to surround him with numerous boat models—clipper ships, sailing vessels and steamships. When Mr. Warner learned of the need he immediately loaned his private collection of ship models—one of the finest in the country—to the studio for use in the picture. The collection, worth many thousands of dollars, as a consequence provides background atmosphere in many sequences of the picture. One of the models, incidentally, was used in the original stage production of “Cappy Ricks” more than fifteen years ago, Mr. Warner having acquired’ the model later. WINNINGER ON STAGE, SCREEN FOR 40 YEARS Charles Winninger, now playing the part of Cappy Ricks in the Cosmopolitan picture, “The Go Getter,” now at the ........ Theatre as a Warner Bros. release, has spent forty years of his life before stage and screen audiences. He was practically cradled in the theatre, where his father was an orchestra leader, and it was from him and a long line of Austrian forebears who were noted musicians that Winninger inherited his early ambition to be a band leader. This childhood desire gave way as soon as Winninger manifested acting propensities, and it was as an actor that the young man saw the country, playing in wagon shows, tent shows, medicine show ballyhoos and circuses. New York gave him his first great chance in 1909, when he appeared at the Herald Square Theatre in “The Yankee Girl.” From then he was a recognized big-time performer, and circuses and wagon shows were behind him forever. In 1915 the motion pictures made a bid for his attention, and he appeared in a picture called “Summer Bachelors,” serving an apprenticeship in the silents, until First National offered him a chance to talk on the sereen in “God’s Gift to Women.” By some strange quirk of fate, Winninger’s most notable stage and screen achievement stem from the same play. It was as Cap’n Andy in “Show Boat” that Winninger achieved his greatest success in both these mediums of entertainment. Counting the picture as only one performance, Winninger played the part of Cap’n Andy 1235 times, since 1926, when the play was first shown to a sophisticated opening night audience. In 1929, when it was revived with Winninger again in his original role, it ran for six months,. and on three subsequent occasions when it toured the country, Winninger was still Cap’n Andy. With his silvery white hair, twinkling blue eyes and genial sense of humor, Winninger is a natural in such parts as “Cappy Ricks” and Cap’n Andy. He endows these characters with all the kindliness and sympathetic understanding inherent in men who have followed the sea for a livelihood. “The Go Getter” is a comedy drama made from one of those delightful Peter B. Kyne stories involving the lovable old character Cappy Ricks, owner of steamships. George Brent and Anita Louise earry the romantic interest. Other notables in the east include John Eldredge, and Henry O’Neill. Brent Economizes On Razor Blades (FORGE BRENT says his only real economy is seeing how many shaves he can get out of one razor blade. The handsome star, who is currently playing the leading role in the Cosmopolitan production, “The Go Getter,” based on Peter B. Kyne’s story, declares that once, by careful honing, he made a blade last a full year. “The Go Getter,” a lively comedy-drama, is now on view OE CHG. varias can Theatre. Page Nine