The Lady Takes a Sailor (Warner Bros.) (1949)

Newspaper Copy “The Lady Takes A Sailor” DENNIS MORGAN and Jane Wyman provide the romantic interest in Warner Bros.’ sparkling new comedy, ‘The Lady Takes A Sailor,"' coming to the Strand Theatre on Friday. Still 717-25 Mat 717-2D Cast and Crew of Comedy Aim at Fans’ Funny-bone Warner Bros.’ “The Lady Takes A Sailor” co-stars Jane Wyman, who once cut crooked pieces of pie in a Los Angeles restaurant, and Dennis Morgan, who once cut trees in a Wisconsin lumber camp. The current Strand Theatre attraction was’ directed by Michael Curtiz, an Hungarian who came from Europe almost 30 years ago and became an expert on Americana in the movies although he still garbles English somewhat, and even at the end of the picture was calling Miss Wyman something that sounded like ‘‘Jonee.” The producer is Harry Kurnitz, who is tall and gaunt and says almost as many funny thing's every day as Milton Berle. He also helped Everett Freeman write the script. So like most motion pictures, “The Lady Takes a Sailor” is the product of a great many varied talents, and in this case they were all aimed at one big target, same being the movie publie’s funny bone. The picture had no more than started its riotous production course when the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences stepped in and picked Jane Wyman as the best actress of the year, thereby presenting her with the gold statuette affectionately known as The Oscar. This impressive honor aroused everybody connected with ‘The Lady Takes A Sailor” to new heights of enthusiasm. It especially pleased Dennis Morgan, who allowed that it was going to be a delight to push the Academy Award winner’s face in the mud. The mud scene is only one of many in the new Warner Bros. picture that presents Miss Wyman in a considerably different mood from the wistful sadness of her portrayal in “Johnny Belinda.” Although there has never been any doubt about Miss Wyman’s versatility, she herself is somewhat cagey about this versatility, commenting succinctly that “it’s nice to be called versatile, but most players are noted for one thing they can do better than anybody else.” RECENT JANE WYMAN “Johnny Belinda”’ “Kiss In The Dark” FILMS DENNIS MORGAN “One Sunday Afternoon” “Tt’s A Great Feeling” JANE WYMAN, Dennis Morgan and Eve Arden are cast in Warner Bros.’ amusing story of an underseas romance, ''The Lady Takes A Sailor,"' now playing at the Strand Theatre. Still 717-45 Mat 717-2C PERILS OF JANE IN WARNER PIC Warner Bros.’ madcap comedy, “The Lady Takes A Sailor,” starring Jane Wyman and Dennis Morgan, is scheduled for the Strand screen on Friday. In the role of Jennifer Smith, president of a National Research Institute, whose integrity is questioned when she returns from a deep-sea adventure with a man who says he’s Davey Jones and an octopus who traps them in a weird underseas tractor, Miss Wyman suffers numerous —“‘indignities” at the hands of her co-star. Besides a mud fracas, she is (a) wrecked in a sailboat (b) burned in a vital spot with a hot cigarette (c) knocked out with sleeping tablets and dumped on a beachhead, and (d) left dangling by her toes from a second-story window. One turn deserving another, the script provides for a scene in which the actress shoves her co-star into a moonlit lake, clothes and all. All of these film matters may not afford dignity, but they will certainly convince audiences that both Miss Wyman and Morgan are cinematically versatile in entertaining the public. Eve Arden, Robert Douglas, Allyn Joslyn and Tom Tully round out the cast of “The Lady Takes A Sailor,” which was directed by Michael Curtiz for Warner Bros. Paar Bea i JANE WYMAN LEARNS DIALECT Besides learning French, acting in “The Lady Takes A Sailor,’ and taking bows as the Academy Award winner, Jane Wyman prepared for her next film role by learning three different ways to speak the English language. Miss Wyman went to London to appear in “Stage Fright,” for Alfred Hitchcock. She will speak ordinary British (as opposed to American), cockney, and a dialect known as grande dame English. Morgan, Lina Romay Clinch, Then Shake Dennis Morgan and _ Lina Romay had the kind of meeting that could only happen in Hollywood when Morgan started his role in Warners’ “The Lady Takes A Sailor” the current attraction at the Strand Theatre. Never having met before, Morgan and the Latin-American singing actress played their first scene in a violent clinch, Morgan dashing in from one side of the set and Lina from the other. When Lina caught her breath, she was able to squeal “Pleased to meet you”” when Michael Curtiz made the introduction formal. JANE WYMAN'S just a foam-lovin' gal in a sequence for "The Lady Takes A Sailor," the Warner Bros. romantic comedy due Friday at the Strand Theatre. Eve Arden, Robert Douglas and Allyn Joslyn round out the cast. Still 717-50 Mat 717-2A DAVEY JONES is Dennis Morgan's rival for the affections of Jane Wyman in Warner Bros.’ novel story, "The Lady Takes A Sailor,"' which begins a week's engagement today at the Strand Theatre. Still 717-32 Mat 717-2B a