The Maltese Falcon (Warner Bros.) (1931)

BEBE DANIELS AND BRILLIANT CAST Bebe Adds Mystery ~ PRESENT MODERN MYSTERY ROMANCE | To “Maltese F alcon” TO AN ELECTRIFIED AUDIENCE HERE| Role By Blonde Wig Mystery Talkie Here (Advance Story) Bebe Daniels dons a dangerous platinum blonde wig for her role in “The Maltese Falcon,” her latest Warner Brothers picture, which comes to the .......... Theatre .. oe pees next. Miss Daniels believed, and studio officials agreed with her, that the blonde coloring was more in keeping with the role she plays in “The Maltese Falcon,”—an adventurous young woman who is not afraid to risk life or reputation in the pursuit of her baffling ambition. The blonde coiffure sets off Miss Daniels’ striking beauty in remarkable fashion but takes away from the softness of her face—an effect deliberately sought by the star and the studio’s makeup department in their efforts te, add uncertainty to the character she plays. Blonde women are always interesting, in the public’s imagination at least, and they are less easily catalogued as good or bad than their darker sisters. So Miss Daniels’ blondeness adds to the intrigue of the role and increases the mystery of the story. Ricardo Cortez, Thelma Todd, Dudley Digges, Robert Elliott, Una Merkel, Otto Matiesen are others included in the cast of “The Maltese Falcon.” Roy Del Ruth directed. “The Maltese F alcon,” Warner Bros. Latest Production Wins Acclaim Of Crowds te. Theatre (Review Featuring the Cast) Mystery of “Maltese Falcon” Is Laid In San Francisco Lair (Advance Story) O. Henry’s short story “A Municipal Report” w “titten to dis>, ve. the stat ‘t New York, New Orleans and San Francisco were the only story-towns in the United States. In creating so perfect a romance in prosaic Nashville, he simply demonstrated that any place where human beings are, is a field from which romance may spring. San Francisco is the locale for the mystifying and thrilling sequences of “The Maltese Falcon,” the Warner Bros. picture starring Bebe Daniels which comes to the ee Se Theatre .......... next. The film is an adaptation of. the best-selling novel of the same name by Dashiell Hammett, an ex-Pinkerton man. Miss Daniels plays the part of a daring and wily enchantress who is the head of a noted crime gang. The supporting cast includes Ricardo Cortez, Dudley Digges, Una Merkel, Robert Elliott, Thelma Todd, Otte Matiesen, Walter Long, J. Farrell MacDonald, Dwight Frye and Agostino Borgato. Roy Del Ruth directed. : Cut Ne, 20. Cut 30c Met 10¢ Se ee ——— Bebe Daniels in “The Maltese Falcon,” now ‘tinwing & Ricardo Cortes has the leading role opposite the star. _ Bebe Daniels appeared at the .......... Theatre last night in a daring role in ‘‘The Maltese Falcon,’’ a mysteriousmelodrama which is an adaptation of the famous novel by Dashiell Hammett, who was for years a Pinkerton detective, and is therefore able to speak with authority, not only of the pursuer but the pursued. Miss Daniels is vividly effective as Miss Wonderly, the strange and alluring adventuress, who keeps not only the characters in the play, but audiences as well, guessing whether she is the leader of the weird crime ring, or the sinned-against victim of circumstances. The doubtful heroine conquers all the men she meets except the one man who interests her—the head of a detective agency, who, while mistrusting her motives, feels the fascination of her personality. Ricardo Cortez portrays the man in question—accomplishing the difficult feat of making a detective liked—and transforming the unsympathetic role into a forceful and believable one. Dudley Digges, famous in so many Theatre Guild performances is effective as Gutman, a master mind. Robert Elliott is again a detective but with a difference. Other intriguing characters are created by Otto Matiesen, Oscar Apfel, Walter Long, Dwight Frye, J. Farrell MacDonald and Agostino Borgato. Una Merkel, remembered for her portrayal of Ann Rutledge in “Abraham Lincoln” and lovely Thelma Todd are the only women in the cast beside Miss Daniels. The Hammett novel was adapted for the screen by Maude Fulton, Lucien Hubbarg and Brown Holmes. Roy Del Ruth directed with fine understanding. “The Maltese Falcon” is glorious entertainment. It belongs to the elect company of the creations of Poe, De Maupassant and ‘Conan Doyle. It is honest oldfashioned mystery brought up to the minute and presented faultlessly. Whoever absents himself from the eo ea Theatre during the run of “The Maltese Falcon” is depriving himself of an evening of royal thrills. an Wonderly will mystify Gunplay Galore But Not A Single Shot An odd feature about “The Maltese Falcon,” the Warner Bros. mystery melodrama. sstarring Bebe Daniels, coming to the 5 ERAS Cites. BSP Theatre ____._...._-. next, is the fact that though gunplay figures in many of the hectic scenes not a single shot is fired in the picture. “The Maltese Falcon” is an adaptation of the best-selling novel of the same name by Dashiell Hammett, formerly a Pinkerton detective. It stars Miss Daniels as an alluring adventuress who is the head of a weird crime ring. All the characters are implicated .in robbery or murder, though on the sur‘face they appear to be just a crowd of nice folks trying to get along. Bebe Daniels is supported by Ricardo Cortez, Robert Elliott, Una Merkel, Dudley Digges, Thelma Todd, Otto Matiesen, Walter Long, Dwight Frye and J. Farrell MacDonald. Roy Del Ruth directed. Pretty Teacher Goes From Class-Room ‘To Talking Pictures (Biography, April 15, 1931) Thelma Todd who has a prominent part in “The Maltese Falcon” the Warner Bros. mystery picture starring Bebe Daniels, now at the en Theatre, was in the midst of her first term as a schoolmarm, when the opportunity came to enter the Paramount School of Acting from which she later graduated. Among the pictures in which she has appeared are “Fascinating Youth,” “Rubber Heels,” “Nevada,” “The Gay Defender,” “Shield of Honor,” “The Noose,” “The Bachelor Girl,” “Hurdy-Gurdy,” “Seven Footprints to Satan,” “Naughty Baby,” “Careers,” “The Crash,” ‘“Hell’s Angels,” “Her Private Life,” “House of Horror,” and “Trial Marriage.” She was also featured in Hal Roach comedies. Miss Todd was born and educated in Lawrence, Mass. She is five feet four inches in height, weighs one hunded and enty-two pounds and has blonde h r and blue-gray eyes. Another Cortez Conquers In Spite Of Obstacles (Current Reader) The Hernando Cortez conquest of Mexico was no more a victory than that of Ricardo Cortez—in quite another field—in his role in Warner Bros. “The Maltese Falcon,” starring Bebe Daniels, now at the .... par a Theatre. Ricardo has succeeded in actually making a private detective acceptable as a hero — something that precious few actors have succeeded in doing. “The Maltese Falcon” is a thrilling and weird melodrama—which follows the eourse of a strange love-adventuress. Roy Del Buth directed. Oscar Apfel District Attorney in Stirring (Biography, April 15, 1941) Oscar Apfel, who plays the part of the district attorney in “The Maltese Falcon,” the Warner Bros. mystery play starring Bebe Daniels, now at the ...... Theatre, has been successful as producer and director as well as actor. Among his many pictures are “The Valley of Hunted Men,” “When Seconds Count,” “Code of the Country,” “Cheaters,” “Hurdy-Gurdy,” “Marianne,” “Not Quite So Decent,” “True Heaven” and “Half Way to Heaven." He was born and edueated in Cleveland, Ohio. Veteran Actor in ‘Maltese Falcon’”’ (Biography, April 15, 1931) J. Farrell MacDonald, in “The Maltese Falcon,” the Warner Bros. mystery play starring Bebe Daniels, now at the Theatre, is a Yale graduate and an ex-officer of the U. S, Army. A stage career of eighteen years preceded his screen career which covers twenty-three years. He was born in Waterbury, Connecticut in 1875. A few among the numberless pictures in which he has appeared are “In Old Arizona,” “None But the Brave,” “The Four Devils,” “Men Without Women,” and “Too Young To Marry.” Mr. MacDonald is five feet ten inches in height, weighs one hundred and eighty-five pounds and has dark brown hair and blue eyes. HE WANTED HER FOR MURDER! SHE WANTED HIM She leads the most desperate ring of criminals ever known... .. Gets away with murder with her beauty ~~ until she is caught in her own love snare! with RICARDO COR Teta DUDLEY DIGGES UNA MERKEL WARNER BROS. & VITAPHONE HIT BEBE —_—. Cut No: 7 Cut goc Mat 10c Page Three