The Keyhole (Warner Bros.) (1933)

3rd day of run Screen Kisses Must Be Just Right Lest They Become Funny It might be thought that a kiss is just a kiss. But it is not always so in the movies. The kiss is one of the hardest scenes to record so that it will seem natural and convineing. It must express just the right emotion desired, such as passion, or desire, or tender love or friendliness. The difficulty lies in making it graceful, the least exaggeration putting it in the line of burlesque on the sereen. The sound that the lips make must be just loud enough to be perceptible, otherwise it becomes comedy. One of the most difficult kisses to screen and record takes place in the Warner Bros. picture, “The Keyhole,” co-featuring Kay Francis and George Brent, and now showing at NG) aon ten eet Theatre. The occasion is when Brent, paid by Miss Francis’ husband to spy on her, kisses her on her bare back. He has fallen in love with her and the kiss is supposed to express strained passion and respect. It took Director Michael Curtiz an hour to get the right posture to make the kiss show becomingly graceful and an equal length of time to obtain just the right sound from the lips to make a soft yet audible recording on the delicate recording instrument. But it was taken at last. The sereen play by Robert Presnell is based on the story “Adventuress” by Alice D. G. Miller and is a glamorous s* ~ of mad love mak ing in the © * nights of the couilinecthes “cast are Glenda Farrell, Allen Jenkins, Monroe Owsley, Helen Ware and Henry Kolker. Ath day of run Kay Francis Threw Birthday Party on ‘‘The Keyhole’ ’ Set Business comes before pleasure in the motion picture studios these days—even birthdays have to take second place. At least two people on the Warner Bros. lot discovered this during the making of “The Keyhole,’ now showing at the ............ pesos Theatre. One was Kay Francis, co-featured with George Brent in this drama of millionaires’ wives and private detectives. The other was Michael Curtiz, director of the picture. The birthdays of both fell while the picture was in production. Director Curtiz found a belated hour on Christmas Day in which to celebrate his nativity, which occurred the day before Christmas. Kay Francis, less fortunate, was in the middle of some of the most important scenes in “The. Keyhole” when her natal day arrived, January 13th. Making the best of the imperious demands of art and business, the charming brunette star ordered a huge birthday cake sent to the studios, and staged an impromptu “come one, come all” party on the set, with fellow players, cameramen, electricians, property men and extras participating. Simultaneously, she sent portions of the birthday cake to various departments on the lot, while star, director and picture earried on, far into the night. Besides Kay Francis and George Brent, Glenda Farrell, Allen Jenkins, Monro? Owsley and Henry Kolker have important roles in “The Keyhole.” The picture is based on a novel by Aliee D. G. Miller. Page Six vp-= PFS ih mesa = porting Pees nies CURRENT PUBLICITY MONROE OWSLEY, who supports Kay Francis and George Brent in “The Keyhole,” at the...................... Cut No.3 Cuti15e Mat ic Sth day of run Kay Francis ‘Back’ on theScreen,Easyonthe Eyes in ‘The Keyhole’ Kay Francis back on the screen at Warner Bros., according to a report from the studios. We'll say it is, judging from scenes in her latest picture, “The Keyhole,” now showing at the Rieter Theatre. And what a back! “Styles from now on will show more of the human figure,” decreed Orry-Kelly, the studio designer, and proceeded to demonstrate with Miss Francis. She appears in a wealth of beautiful gowns, but of a great poverty in the amount of mat ae ANY low decolettage both in front and under the arms and especially in the back. There is little left to the imagination, but be it said for Miss Francis that it is about the loveliest back that has come from Hollywood, and very easy on the eyes. George Brent is co-featured with Miss Francis in this story of adventure in the tropical clime of Cuba. HENRY KOLKER ,AS HUSBAND NO.2 (A MILLIONAIRE) IS UNAWARE OF HIS WIFES (KAY FRANCIS) COMPLICATED AFFAIRS / ff OF. rial. They | ; are revealing in their new _nt.. ~ aecentuating the curves, and with a a CURRENT SHORTS George Brent Abandoned Army Career for Stage George Brent, who shares the leading honors with Kay Francis in the Warner Bros. production, ‘‘The Keyhole,’’ now playing at the.................... theatre, very nearly took up the army as a career instead of the stage. The strong military strain in his blood— his ancestors had served for genera tions in the British army—was final ly overridden by George’s growing interest in the theatre, which came to a climax when he became identified with the famous Abbey Theatre movement, headed by W. B. Yeats and Lady Gregory, in Dublin. | Glenda Farrell, Allen Jenkins, Monroe Owsley, Helen Ware and Henry Kolker have the other leading parts in ‘‘The Keyhole,’’ under the direction of Michael Curtiz. ‘Patches, the Coming Fad’ Says Orry-Kelly, Stylist ‘Girls, start saving your scraps and bits of left-over material for patches! ’’ That’s advice from Orry-Kelly, Warner Bros. studio designer. And he doesn’t mean that the depression is going to take a turn for the worse, either. last-minute Patchwork, the stylist says, is about to become the latest fashion fad. The grandmother’s quilt is dooomed, for girls all over the country will soon start tearing them up to make quai little jackets of them. _ : Warner isros.” Star, is the first to wear the new style on the sereen in ‘‘The Keyhole,’’ now SHOWING cb UNG sr a ene, Theatre. It’s a jacket of rough crepe, in sl.udes, of dull henna, brown and tan, with lighter beige patches contrasting in satin. the whole sewed together with yarn in the old-fashioned blanket stitch. And it’s worn with a skirt, searf collar and flared cuffs of beige crepe. _— : both re Allen Jenkins Would Welcome Role Change Allen Jenkins’ one ambition is to play a role in pictures in which he can act like a gentleman and talk like one. He has been cast in ten Warner Bros. pictures in the past year and in each he was a crook, a bum or a ‘‘heel.’’? The latter term fits his role in his last picture, ‘‘The Keyhole,’’ now showing at the.......... theatre, with Kay Francis and George Brent in the featured roles. “‘T don’t mind heavy roles,’’ he says, ‘‘but I would like to talk the King’s English just onee in my life instead of slang out of the side of my mouth. Even if I could be a clever crook, it wouldn’t be so bad.’’ 23 Different Gowns Worn by Kay Francis Kay Francis, in her latest picture, ‘“‘The Keyhole,’’ now showing at the a Re ee theatre, has 23 changes in gowns and a different neckline for every costume. ‘“The days of the plain old round, square or oval neck are gone,’’ says Orry-Kelly, studio designer. ‘‘The tricky necklines showing a wealth of detail are now the thing.’’ Two Oklahoma Girls Play Leads in “The Keyhole” — ™ Miss Francis was born in Oklanoma™ ‘City. Glenda Farrell made her debut in the town of Enid. In ‘‘The Keyhole,’’ Warner Bros.’ production now playing at... theatre, the two actresses are to be seen in vividly contrasting roles. Kay Francis and George Brent are cofeatured in the picture. THE BLACKMAILER TAKES HER JEWELS IN LIEU OF HUSH MONEY -> °° EAR Ye Z JSS Ce eeeodececoees ia > AS THE LOVE-SPY, WHOSE MOTTO IS “PUT OUT THE LIGHTS BEFORE you KISe / \ Law => 'S iS a Ss mm ie ALLEN JENKINS, PLAIN WY N mm eo COP’, MASQUERADING N 4 =a AS BRENTS VALET, St : = roe IS “TAKEN DOWN THE 7 1) SA TIMELY CONFESSIONS FROM ALL PARTIES BRING ABOUT THE PERFECT ENDING? > °° MONEOE OWSLEY, AS HUSBAND NO 1,(THE GIGOLO) THREATENS | ry “4 SUICIDE IF HIS DEMANDS ARE CE} NOT GRANTED BY KAY FRANCIS: WINS gD Maes : : h The artist Meggs becomes a “Peeping Tom” and records on paper, some of t L film at the Strand this week. Kay Francis and George Brent supply plenty of romance and adventure it ins in th dy roles. et Oe ee NOTE tT itibatoatantie layout is preferred, see 4 col. cut on page 8. Out No.17 Out 60c Mat 20c N A\| FARRELL °° 2 RSV Say So ee . S aoe LINE” BY A BROADWAY = a 2€4\| GOLD-DIGGER IN THE << Se PERSON OF GLENDA ae TS <— bright spots in “The Keyhole,” the new Warner Bros. Ae : n the picture, with Glenda