The Keyhole (Warner Bros.) (1933)

Te! TOGETHER IN “THE KEYHOLE” KAY FRANCIS and GEORGE BRENT, both popular stars in their own rights, merge their capable talents in “The Keyhole,” the new Warner Bros. film to be featured at the ......................... : Spee Thea tre starting Allen Jenkins, Glenda Farrell and Monroe Owsley are also in the cast. Cut No.7 Cut 30c Mati0e THE STORY | Anne, a beautiful dancer, is married to Schuyler Brooks, an elderly man of great wealth who is extremely jealous of her. His suspicions are particularly aroused by her occasional meetings with Maurice, her former dancing partner. Anne had been married to, him, but thought she had heen divorced when she married Brooks. ever, had purposely completing the no e 0D has given money and jewels, but his demands increase to such an extent she is unable to meet them without going to her husband. Because of his jealously she is afraid to tell him. Anne finally lays her troubles before Brooks’ sister, Portia, who tells Anne that if she can get Maurice out of the country she will see to it that he does not get a passport to return, he being a foreigner. Anne arranges to go to Cuba, knowing that Maurice will follow her. Her husband thinks she is planning some clandestine affair and engages Davis, a detective, to watch her. Davis is a fine looking man and popular with women and it is part of his job to test Anne and see if she will make love to him. Davis is to wire Brooks when he has made his corquest, who then plans to go to Cuba and catch the two in each other’s arms. Anne does everything she can to keep away from Davis, although she is greatly attracted to him. He in turn actually falls in love with her. Anne finally is persuaded into spending considerable time with Davis. He wires Brooks to come to Havana and eatch Anne in the trap. At the last moment, however, he is unable to go through with the scheme, and tells Anne he has been spying on her. After confessing that he is genuinely in love he leaves her to meet her husband to inform him she is straight. After talking to Brooks, Davis goes to Anne’s room to say goodbye. He finds Maurice there demanding money. Anne runs to him for protection. Davis tells Maurice that Brooks is coming to the room and tries.to get him out, but Brooks arrives before he can go. Davis pushes Maurice out on a balcony just as Brooks enters. Anne deliberately walks over to Davis and puts her arms around him. She tells her husband that this is what he has paid to find so she will deliver the goods. She finally convinces Brooks that his scheme has killed all her love for him. Maurice, who attempts to crawl down the balcony on a vine, falls and is killed. Anne is left a widow, her marriage to Brooks being null beeausé her divorce from Maurice had never been completed. Page Two di 4 z ml r —_" A= ATP KH Bs ie « ed SCREEN CREDITS KAY FRANCIS—“‘One Way Passage,” “Jewel Robbery,” “Street of Women,” “Man Wanted,” “Trouble in Paradise,” “Cynara,” “24 Hours.” GEORGE BRENT — “42nd Street,” “They Call It Sin,’ “The Crash,” “The Purchase Price,” “Week End Marriage,” “So Big.” port,” “Girl Missing,” “Grand Slam,” “The Match King,” “Life Begins,” “Wax Museum.” ALLEN J ENKINS—“Blondie Johnson,” “42nd Street,” “Ladies They ‘alk About,” “Hard To Handle,” “Lawyer Man,” “I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang.” MONROE OWSLEY — “Ex-Lady,” “Hat Check Girl,” “This Modern Age,” “Indisecreet,” “Ten Cents a Dance,” “Free Love,” “Honor Among Lovers.” HELEN WARE—“She Had To Say Yes,” “Girl Missing,” “Ihe Reckless Hour,” “I Take This Woman,” “ToVable David.” HENRY KOLKER—“The Crash,” “Jewel Robbery,” “The Way of All Men,” “Quick Millions,” “I Like Your Nerve,” “The Unholy Garden.” MICHAEL CURTIZ—(director)— “Wax Museum,” “Twenty Thousand Years in Sing Sing,’ “The Cabin in the Cotton,” “Doctor X,” “Alias the Doctor.” Suggested Shorts For a perfectly balanced program. the following Vitaphone short subjects are suggested for showing with “The Keyhole”: “NOTHING EVER HAPPENS” Broadway Brevities Musical Two reels of singing, dancing and comedy in a howl “ing travesty on “Grand Hotel.”’ “SEA DEVILS” Pepper Pot Novelty A thrilling narrative of deep sea fishing with humorous dialogue by Frank McHugh. “MAIN STREETS” E. M. Newman’s “‘World Adventures” Interesting and adventurous presentation of the main thoroughfares of the world. 4 ‘ SALES ANGLES AND CREDITS Big Star Merger Puts Sales Punch in “Keyhole” Boxorrice returns on ‘The Keyhole” will be heavily influenced by how effectively you put across the star combination of Francis and Brent. Here is one of the great star mergers of the season—enough in itself to put “The Keyhole” high up in the list of Warner Bros. gross-getters. PrinciPAL story feature is Brent’s role of a private detective hired by rich husbands to compromise their wives. That’s your cue to exploitation and copy. Tu ERE’S enough sensational stuff in the story to support ad copy as “hot’’ as you desire. Romance, _ novelty and class should, however, prove the most saleable stuff for the majority of houses. Suit your campaign to your theatre policy and you can’t go wrong as the picture will support every statement made in this Merchan dising Plan. 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Accessories... a4 & The Vitaphone Corp. 25% Advance Publicity 3-4 present Mg oo ee 11, 13, 15 “THE KEYHOLE” ....100% MARRERO eee. 22 with Biographies............... 9 Kay Francis and Catchlines................... 13 George Brent .......... 85% Current Publicity 5, 6 Glenda Farrell ....... 7576 Exploitation... 17-23 Allen Jenkins and Fashion Layout... 22 Monroe Owsley -..... 40% Feature Stories 7, 3, 9 Direeted by Michael Curtiz 207% nba: 3S 23 A Warner Bros. and Radio Feature ............ 10 Vitaphone Picture ... 40% ShOrts =o ae 4,6 i je ae 1 \ Be iia er | edit lites Lids Sans ‘fs Besos Mba mph. fess |