The Key (Warner Bros.) (1934)

jing * Basil Rathbone part, Ve A Tra Romance Amid Irish Revolt Warner Bros. “5 1 comes to the ........ Hardy, on which the pic set as it was i the back decade, f aroused fhe country a3 flaming revolt. an eitatr with Nora api rt pl gd Ed a Bi who later married of his fellow officers. valiantly to for ie lish ‘actors “re V yers. Michael the picture from the screen play by Laird Doyle. ~ New Film Reunites Edna Best And Clive As Dramatic Lovers Edna Best and Colin Clive are reunited as screen lovers in the Warner Bros. picture, “The Key,” _ which comes to the Ee eae Theatre 00 -:..:...4.a55 2 William Poel i in ae ae lar ro These two English players, well_known to both London and New — York, neve: ‘not speared together ie : a eeeated in ate count y by Eve By ve. had the f > LeGallienne while ae, Clive. had inst, closed a ‘Broad Sinn Fein oe. Ho ears. naugh, Halliwell Hobbes, Henry O’Neill, Phil Regan and Donald Crisp, are among those in the cast. ‘Michael Curtiz directed the picture from the screen play by Laird Doyle, based on the play by R. Gore-Browne and J. L. Hardy. Page Two The e eee ne R. Gore Buses, j ba, ed, carried an abundance © movie ope Peer ba ssa William Powell assumes a new type ade an Se of ds ae: i las as Ed Na Best Te IIs Of Incidents That © Changed Her Life picture, ing ah the .. They are: chansad ‘the course Por ine life. Her stage debut in a revival of “Charley’s Aunt” in 1917; her first birth of twin sons, at which t was married to Sey seur first Am I Michael Arlen’s ese Cha ig People,” with Cyril Maude. 5 nce that premiere on Broadway she has been a great favorite with American audiences; her marriage to Herbert Marshall—with whom she generally appears on the stage, both here and in England; her debut in “Escape,” an English picture; her first appearance in the talkies—in “Michael and Mary” with Herbert Marshall (an English film). Her sudden desertion of the lead| ing role opposite John Gilbert in a Hollywood picture, in order to rejoin her husband in New York; the Broadway opening of “There’s Always Juliet,” the most popular of all the plays in which she and Marshall have co starre her decision to make “The Key” for Warner Bros. It is her postponed debut on the American _ screen. “The Key” is a thrilling tale __ of romance and adventure based on the play by _ R. GoreBrowne and J. L. Hardy, and adapted to the screen by Laird Doyle. It is set in the turbulent days when the Sinn Fein’s impassioned uprising set all Ireland ablaze. William Powell has the stellar role while others in the cast include Colin Clive, Hobart Cavanaugh, Ha Hobbes, ry ll and Phil Regan. Michael Curtiz directed. n hit in the eading role of ° “The Constant Wife”; th Galsworthy’s f) ait ardy. eill Has Saar “Gaelic Background — For Irish Romance — coker in “The — or ates ce of es Irish outbreak, now Theatr Sinn seeds given to calm, goodBeare Eso ke in the midst of ] was Share in America, of Nell who had just arrived from | Ireland and has, Se that coun O’N eill was a member of the original group of players that created the New York Theatre Guild. Their first success was St. John > Ervine’s “John Ferguson” and for many months he played an important role in this drama of hime Ulster countryside. Later he was one of the founders of the Celtic Players, which took over the Provincetown Theatre in New York. With them, he ap-_ peared in Padraic Pearse’s “The Singer,’ T. C. Murray’s “Birthright,” “The Workhouse Ward” and “The Rising of the Moon” by _ Lady Gregory and many of the Synge dramas. All of them are a part of Irish literature. For the first time since he arrived in Hollywood, .O’Neill has found a role in “The Key” that measures up to some of those he played in these productions. “My Irish accent had gone pretty rusty,” Her all of a sudden I feel at home again.” William Powell has the stellar role while others in the cast include Edna Best, Colin Clive, Hobart Cavanaugh, Halliwell Hobbes and Phil Regan. Laird Doyle adapted © the drama for the screen from the play by R. Gore-Browne and J. L. Michael Curtiz directed. Cast of “The Key” Called From Man y P. arts: of Universe A tors in rhe Key” were rushed to Hollywood from many parts of the globe to take pe in the production. William Powell, the star, was of course already 10 Hollywood. Edna st, wh it i ace ery: had just arrived from London, “The Key” is the Warner Bros. pcuue which comes ore . Theatre ea focahh he ace a * prief oe fr: at es ‘Hollywood. etal in her. cee ale aca her new ler co Acs had. oa ee ar rected from an pdapiation fe Laird Lasse Time ‘: Sie po ‘Wiliam: owen is iniform again. He appears as an English army officer in the Warner ee: picture, “The Key,” wl te the 1 tion of ae aie Time was when Bill Powell and uniforms were almost synonymous, but not for six years has he had on > a uniform for motion picture work, — and never in a talking picture. His last appearance in mili costume was in “Beau Sabreau” which was released in 1928. In this picture he is an officer of the For— eign Legion. He also appeared in uniform in such pictures as “Beau Geste,” “The Last Command” and others. As Captain Tennant of the Brit. = in “The Key,” Powell ish arm serves with His Majesty’s forces during the uprising of the Sinn Feiners in Dublin in 1920. The picture is a flaming romance set in the turbulent background of the Irish revolt, adapted by Laird Doyle from the thrilling drama by R. Gore-Browne and J. L. Hardy. Others in the cast include Edna Best, Colin Clive, Hobart Cava-— naugh, Halliwell Hobbes, Henry ONeill, Phil Regan, Donald Crisp and JM. Kerrigan. Michael ae directed. a rr the ores : again t that evening. The picture was © entiously.” | Cast of cay ey f : : f t TE Ea ee le nh ah on. even spoke Siuihers Ca fara Hot, bedraggled and dusty, Clive ould finish work in the late afterhe had to work — behind schedule. Lost time had to i ~ f was aoe iidnap ng t nar involved peas fn. FS cael. oe interteth he summed up the experience. “Tm on my way for a good long rest,” he a on. a nen ane pic = five _ mean They be | th a ry Kite Lat vr tia fee Mee q ‘We ner fees film t the ‘Strand. The sles coming © Powell is starred. | ; vn | | are all Irish or Tigh Meine Curtiz, director, is | _ while among the | one “one ‘Canadian, | German, one New Zealander, an | | Austrian, a Dane and a Swede, | besides several A: ito. _ The picture is based on a play | by two Englishmen, R. Gore| Browne and J. L. Hardy.