The Great Divide (Warner Bros.) (1929)

SECTION MYRNA LOY, EXOTIC BEAUTY, HAS ROLE IN “GREAT DIVIDE” One Brief Meer Has Seen Her Rise From Ingenue Roles to First Rank (ADVANCE NEWS) From a Moroccan dancer to a still stranger goddess-like Afghanistan girl! Then a gypsy maiden—and most recently a half-breed Mexiean charmer! These are the four latest roles played by the screen's exotie thunderbolt, Myrna Loy. It is no wonder a friend asked her: “Dearie, how do you keep your accents where they belong?” It is only a year since Miss Loy really found her forte. Before that she played nice little ingenue roles. Then the role of the dusky dancer in “The Desert Song” was given her, and she made good. After that she was cast in “The Black Watch” and then as Nubi in “The Squall.” Her latest release in the First National-Vitaphone triumph “The Great Divide,” coming to the Lehre Theatre .........., shows her in the role of a _ half-breed hanger-on of the Mexican border. “T have never been so happy in my life,” said Miss Loy, “as I have since they have allowed me to play the parts I like. I love every one of them, and I study and concentrate hard on them. To me, they are much more interesting to play than just ordinary girl characters.” Miss Loy’s voice has proved as exotic as her appearance in her new screen existence, accounting for some of-her success in the talkies. Dorothy Mackaill, the star of “The Great Divide,’ has an _ entirely different type of part. She is a modern American girl, with emotions stifled under the constant search for pleasure. Ian Keith appears opposite Miss Mackaill. Others in the cast are Lueien Littlefield, Ben Hendricks, Frank Tang, Creighton Hale, George Faweett, Jean Laverty, Claude Gillingwater, Roy Stewart, and James Ford. Reginald Barker directed. Hollywood Invaded By Mexican “Army” Seeking Film Jobs (ADVANCE READER) A Mexican “army” has marched on Hollywood. The khaki-clad host has flocked to the film city in search of plunder —in the form of salaries paid extra players. Following the close of recent hostilities in Mexico, soldiers from both sides, in search of peace-time work, eame to Hollywood on the advice of friends that they could find work in the movies. Most of them were disappointed, but First National-Vitaphone studios employed thirty to work in Nexican fiesta scenes for “The Great Divide,” Dorothy Mackaill’s starring picture coming to the Theatre Many officers were among those applying for work, and included in the group seen in “The Great Divide” are captains, colonels, and generals. One man was assistant to General Topete, the rebel commander. “Si, Si, Senor’’ and “The End the Lone Trail,’’ beautiful theme songs sung and played throughout the picture. You can use any illustration and almost every story in this entire press sheet for your silent showing with slight changes. é wa / va | } with "Dorothy Ian Keith—Myrna Loy Directed by Reginald Barker. Based on play by William Vaughn Moody. \, ie ” | e Matkail Cut No.9 Cut $1.00 Mat 20¢ A FIRST NATIONAL & VITAPHONE PICTURE “Vitaphone” is the registered trade mark of the Vitaphone Corp. designating its products. Four-Day Contracts Thrill Movie Extras (CURRENT READER) Seventy-five film extras recently got the thrill of their lives when they were asked to affix their names to First tracts. National-Vitaphone con The contracts, however, only ran for four days, with a salary of $7.50 per day. To assure appearance of the extras in four days’ shooting of crowd scenes for “The Great Divide,” the current attraction at the Theatre, starring Dorothy Mackaill, Reginald Barker, the director, took this legal means of getting the same people on the set. As there were many close-ups of what was supposed to be the same crowd, the studio did not want new faces appearing as the scenes progressed. Jan Keith plays opposite. Miss Mackaill, in “The Great Divide.” Cut No. 14 Cut 65c Mat isc Indian Chief Starts Archery Fad On Movie Lot (CURRENT READER) Chief Little Bison, a Sioux Indian chief, added several new followers to the sport of archery while he was working in a colorful “bit” of “The Great Divide,” the First NaDorothy Mackaill, now showing at the Theatre. The Indian leader, who is depicted the screen weaving a blanket tional picture starring on with his wife, is as expert with the and arrow as his forefathers their skill for bow who depended on existence. Bringing his weapons on the set, he taught Dorothy Mackaill to use) them until she was able to knock over a tin can at 50 yards. Ian Keith, Miss Mackaill’s leading man, also, “fell” for the sport and bought a bow and arrow with which to practice in his own back yard. From Reginald Barker, the director, down to the prop boy, everybody took a hand at shooting. “The Great Divide” also called for the services of many Yaqui and Navajo Indians for Arizona and old Mexico scenes. The story is an adaptation of William Vaughn Moody’s famous play of the West. The cast includes many noted players, among them being Lucien Littlefield, Ben Hendricks, Myrna Loy, James Ford, Creighton Hale, George Faweett, Jean Lafferty, Claude Gillingwater and Roy Stewart. From Famous Play First National’s all-dialogue adaptation of “Tha Great Divide,” William Vaughn Moody’s famous stage play, is now the Vitaphone picture at the Theatre. Cocktails To Cactus Dorothy Mackaill in “The Great Divide,” the First National-Vitaphone picture at the Theatre, is shown as an ultra-modern “jazz mamma” suddenly dumped down into the lonely Arizona desert. Biography of LUCIEN LITTLEFIELD Was born in San Antonio, Texas. Was educated in the public schools and at Staunton Military Academy. Tried a business career, but was dissatisfied and gave it up to go on the stage in a stock company. Entered pictures in 1913. Among his recent pictures are “My Best Girl,” “Clear the Decks,” and “The Small Bachelor.” Biography of DOROTHY MACKAILL The star of “The Great Divide” was born in Hull, England. While a child she showed talent as a dancer and persuaded her father to send her to London to study elocution and daneing. She wanted to earn her own way in the world so she found a job in the Hippodrome chorus in “Joybells.” In a short time she was leading the famous “Chicken” number. She played in an English picture, “The Face at the Window,” and then went to Paris to do her “Chicken” number again at the Casino de Paris. She came to New York and, with no letters of introduction, got a job in a big Ziegfield chorus. Marshall Neilan gave her her first film role in John Barrymore’s “The Lotus Eater.” Her rise in pictures wags rapid. Among her recent productions are “Hard to Get,” “Children of the Ritz,” and “The Barker.” Biography of IAN KEITH Ian Keith was well known on the stage before entering films. He was born in Boston. He was educated at the Parker Preparatory school in Chicago and later studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. He has alternated for some time between the screen and the stage. One of his prominent stage roles was in “The Firebrand.” On the screen he has played in “Convoy,” “The Prince of Tempters,” “Two Arabian Nights” and other successful productions. Biography of MYRNA LOY A daughter of Helena, Montana, she came to Los Angeles to attend the Westlake school for girls. She began to study dancing under the famous Ruth St. Denis, and became a professional dancer at Grauman’s Egyptian Theater in Hollywood. Mrs. Rudolph Valentino gave her a start in films with a role in “What Price Beauty?” Later she played in “The Desert Song,” “Don Juan” and “The Squall.” Biography of CREIGHTON HALE One of the secreen’s early leading men, Creighton Hale, was born in Cork, Ireland and was educated at Hilmartin and Ardingly Colleges in England. He became an electriea) engineer and then went on the stage, and he was playing at the Criterion Theater in New York in 1912 when a film representative offered him a movie job. He played in “The Iron Claw,” “Way Down East”. and other early productions. : Biography of GEORGE FAWCETT George Fawcett, one of the screen’s best-liked character actors, was born on his father’s estate near Alexandria, Va. He attended the University of Virginia, specializing in chemistry, then went in stock in Baltimore, later playing in road shows and on Broadway. He ap peared with Maude Adams and played in London, later starring in “The Great John Ganton.”. His sereen career began in 1914 when he was seen with Wallace Reid in “Peter Ibbetsen.” ~~ Dorothy Mackaill Cut No. 17 Cut 65¢ Mat r5c Page Five