The Great Divide (Warner Bros.) (1929)

Successive Talking Hits Have Made Dorothy Mackaill A Big Box-Office Card! Lavish Settings In New Dorothy Mackaill Filr (ADVANCE READER) A lavish expenditure for sets and players was made by First National to bring to the screen “The Great Divide,” the famous stage success by William Vaughn Moody, recognized as one of America’s footlight classics. Many big studio sets, and an outstanding cast, headed by the star, Dorothy Mackaill, lent their aid in screening this dramatic romance, which has been booked by the .... Theatre and will open .... One of the most picturesque sets ever seen on the First National lot was that of the Mexican village, in which a gigantic fiesta with hundreds of persons was filmed. The village covered three acres, and has a broad plaza, streets, houses and saloons. Another large set was the Indian reservation and mining settlement. A whole stage was taken up by the mountain setting, which included a pine forest surrounding a log cabin. The company went on location to Zion Canyon in Utah for exterior shots. Ian Keith appears opposite Miss Mackaill. Myrna Loy portrays a half-breed Mexican girl, one of the unusual, exotic characterizations that have catapulted her into prominence in her past few pictures. Lucien Littlefield and Claude Gillingwater have character roles, while others of importance are Roy Stewart, Ben Hendricks, Creighton Hale, George Faweett, Jean Laverty, James Ford, Frank Tang, Jean Lorraine and Gordon Elliot. Over 500 atmosphere players took part in the big scenes. Reginald Barker directed. aT" ( ye 4 Bd a | f DIRECTION OF AH.BLANK] Cut No.7 Cut 65c Mat rs5c Cast also includes Ian Keith, Myrna Loy, Lucien Littlefield, Ben Hendricks, George Fawcett and Creighton Hale. Based on play by Wm. Reginald Barker. Vaughn Moody. The Girl Of “‘The Great Divide’’ Dorothy Mackaill in “The Great Divide” Cut No. 18 Cut goc Mat roc WHOOPEE ON RAILS |Fawceett Is Famous For Wide Range Of A wild party in the private car of a fast train is seen and heard in “The Great Divide,” the First National-Vitaphone picture at the Theatre. (ADVANCE READER) DOT IN THE DESERT Dorothy Mackaill, who was east away on a desert island—with a man!—in “His Captive Woman,” is alone in the Arizona desert with a man who has kidnapped her in “The Great Divide,” the First National picture at the Theatre. ney Englishman at will? without effort. Gregor, the Scotchman, in The man is Ian Keith. phone, The former footlight actor attained great popularity in dramas of American life set in different localities. He was lionized by New York and London while playing the softvoiced cowboy in “The Squaw Man.” Reginald Barker directed “The Great Divide,” in which Ian Keith plays opposite Miss Mackaill. 100% TALKING SINGING DANCING Ultra-Modern Role For Miss Mackaill In “Great Divide” Dorothy Mackaill, First National star, who has attained great popularity by her recent performances in “hard-boiled” roles, will appear here again, this time as a modern maiden with few thrills left to experience. Miss Mackaill has the star role in “The Great Divide,” the all-dialogue Vitaphone production adapted from the famous stage play, opening at the Theatre uct Several years ago she played her first sophisticated part in “The Crystal Cup.” comedienne. In “The Barker” she was a performer in. a cireus. This picture settled the fact that she was not only a gifted comedienne, but a dramatie actress of rare ability as well. In “His Captive Woman” and “Hard to Get” she won new laurels and in “Two Weeks Off” ; she played a charming heroine with Jack Mulhall appearing opposite. Miss Mackaill now enjoys an unusual position in the roster of film actresses. She is equally successful in comedy and in drama. Ian Keith is cast opposite her in “The Great Divide,” which tells the story of a “wise-cracking” girl lured into love for a man by the spell of Directed by A FIRST NATIONAL & VITAPHONE HIT “Vitaphone” is the registered trade mark of the Vitaphone Corp. designating its products. aaa ene the West. Reginald Barker directed. The supporting cast includes Myrna Loy, Lucien Littlefield, Claude Gillingwater, Ben Hendricks, Creighton Hale, Roy Stewart, George Faweett and others. Character Roles How would you like to be an Irish mick, a canny Scot, or a cock George Fawcett, beloved character actor, seemingly has the power to portray these or a dozen other types Fawcett, who is portraying Mac“The Great Divide,” First National-Vita phone -picture — starring—Dorothy Mackaill, opening ............ at LOE Re sia A Theatre, has an-un canny ability to assume the speech or mannerisms of many lands, and to “put them across” via the micro Ian Keith Swears Allegiance To The Talking Pictures Popular Stage Player Is Leading Man In New Mackaill Film (ADVANCE NEWS) Ian Keith, one of the most prominent of the stage’s young leading men, has deserted the footlights for talking pictures. Keith, who plays the role of the Western mine owner opposite Dorothy Mackaill in “The Great Divide,” First National’s Vitaphone triumph coming to the .......... Theatres ot. » would not have given up his stage career for “silent” dramas, he said. “T had devoted all my efforts to the stage,” said Keith, “from the time I was a boy. I love it, and were it not for the greater possibilities that talking pictures present as compared with old silent type I would still be on the stage. I may go back to the stage for an engagement or two in some role that I like, but I plan to remain now in sound productions.” The young actor formerly divided his time between Charles Frohman, David Belasco, and other noted footlight producers. He was in great demand, especially, for Shakespearean roles, in which he was rated with the very best. With Marjorie Rambeau, he played a long engagement in “As You Like It.” Then he played with Lionel Barrymore in “Laugh, Clown, Laugh,” and with Alla Nazimova in “My Son.” He had a leading role in the sensational “Monna Vanna.” Sandwiched in between the plays he was taking roles in pictures. Gloria Swanson, who had seen him in “Laugh, Clown, Laugh,” signed him for her leading man in “Man DOROTHY MACKAILL Ian Keith Myrna Loy Cut No. 3 Cut 35¢ Mat roc One of the greatest American stage plays now a First National & Vitaphone alltalking and singing picture. Directed by Reginald Barker. Based on play by Wm. Vaughn Moody. 100% TALKING SINGING Dorothy Mackaill nichina handled” and “The Queen’s Love Starts Movie Fad Story.” Later he played in the comedy success, “Two Arabian F or Adobe Houses Nights.” Just before starting in “The Star Was Inspired by the Picturesque Settings of “Great Divide’’ Great Divide,” Keith was leading man for Corinne Griffith in “Prisoners.” Reginald Barker directed “The Great Divide,” which is an adaptation of William Vaughn Moody’s =. She was then a popular |: famous drama of the West. The cast includes Lucien Ben Hendricks, Myrna Loy, Creigh ton Hale, James Ford, Roy Stewart, George Fawcett and others, Western Lovers Dorothy Mackaill and lan Keith in “The Great Divide” Cut No. 19 Cut 25¢ Mat 5c Far-Travelled Vitaphone Vitaphone travelled farther into the wilds than ever before when First, National took recording equipment into the inner regions of Zion Canyon, Utah, to film scenes for “The Great Divide,” current at theses te ee Theatre, starring Dorothy Mackaill. Littlefield, (ADVANCE NEWS) Dorothy Mackaill started a. new Hollywood fad in houses following her work in First National’s “The Great Divide,” the all-dialogue Vitaphone production which comes.... to the ‘Theatre. The blonde star was intrigued by the adobe Mexican set, one of the important locales in the story, and soon announced plans for constructing an adobe home for herself. Other film players liked the idea and a number of them have already started to build with the mud and straw bricks, the strength and lasting quality of which have been attested by hundreds of years of service in Mexico and Southern California. In Los Angeles there are many adobe houses, which belonged to early settlers, still in good condition although more than a century old. The home of Governor Pio Pico, famous Spanish ruler of California in the old days, is an example. “Adobes are cool in summer and warm in winter because of their thick walls, through which heat and. cold do not penetrate,” says Miss Mackaill. “They require less care than the average frame or stucco building.” A big fiesta is held on the Mexican set in “The Great Divide,” which is the story of a girl transformed from a life of jaded thrills to one of happiness by the magic of the West. Ian Keith appears opposite Miss Mackaill, the supporting cast including Myrna Loy, Ben Hendricks, Creighton Hale, Lucien Littlefield, James Ford, Jean Lorraine, Claude Gillingwater and others. Reginald Barker directed. epeeetels DU (UII “sic ec es © eee structures built on a Page Three