The Maltese Falcon (Warner Bros.) (1931)

BEBE DANIELS £ Theatre, Had Many Heart Affairs (Biographical Feature) Bebe Daniels, who is starred in ‘‘The Maltese Falcon,’’ the Warner Bros, mystery romance, now at the Theatre has had many affaires de coeur along the more or less rocky road to fame. Her first love episode was enacted, so she says, in a little red brick country schoolhouse in La Canada, near Los Angeles. My firet Adonis had sleck, red hair, wore a celluloid collar and had the dreamy eyes of a poet,” says the pretty star. “I had torn my sleeve and mussed my hair on the way to school. In fact I'd been thrown from my pony, Peanuts. I stole glances at this boy all day in school, hoping he wouldn’t see my torn dress, but only me. Oh, he was so handsome!” The first romance lasted, at least until Bebe had the habit of dressing up in her best voile for school— just for the benefit of the handsome read-head, LEAVES FIRST BEAU The dreamy-eyed boy, at last accounts, was still on the La Canada farm. Bebe left him for fame, riches, stardom and a black-haired Adonis who does not wear celluloid collars and who is not dreamy-eyed and poetical but practical and business-like. In between the. two romances, the first and the last, were romantic excursions in the realm of stage, screen and real life—all punctuated by that ingratiating personal . ~Mty that ha« earried Bebe from extra — bita on the stage as a child, to great | » emotional roles and staasing parts in such pictures as “Rio Rita,” “Dixiana,” “My Past” and “The Maltese Falcon.” Ben Lyon is the black-haired practical playboy who was to make the ideal mate for the girl who calls herself an extremist—either up in the heights or down in the depths. Soon their names were linked in Hollywood gossip, but it was dismissed as just that. “Bebe Daniels marry Ben Lyonf Never!” commented the wise ones, and the romance continued through a year— then eighteen months. HOW THEY MET Their first meeting was under peculiar circumstances. Bebe had been playing in pictures since her first contract with Harold Lloyd, making “Lonesome Luke” two-reel comedies. Ben had been in pictures in Hollywood for a number of years. Each apparently knew everyone else in Hollywood—but they never met until a chance took them both to the same party at a beach house. It was there that it happened. There was no delay. Ben called her back the next day and it was on. No one is foolish enough to try and explain why love matches ignite —particularly in Hollywood of all places. But in this instance, perhaps, although neither of the contracting parties knew it, kid psychology had something to do with it. The theory—if it is a theory— might be something. like this: JACK AND CHARLIE “When Jack Pickford and Marilyn Miller went their separate ways, Jack returned to Hollywood where he became very attentive to Bebé Daniels. Their friendship continned for months. It was one of “the most-talked of affairs in the] film capital. -It continued during the time that Miss Daniels was “engaged” to Charlie Paddock, the sprinter. And on the telegraph wires. for some time thereafter. away to a whisper. It Be? GRUNDIES, | | IS NOW THE WIFE OF BIG BEN LYON Pretty Star Of “The Maltese Falcon,” Warner Bros. Mystery Melodrama, Now At _. nouncement of the engagement got a big play in the newspaper and Bebe was seen places with Charlie was also seen places with Jack Pick ford. The “engagement” finally died Whether it NOW PLAYING WaARNE WARNER BROS. VITAPHONE PICTURE helped the is a matter at the box office conjecture. SUNNY In the time, Ben Lyon’s name was linked th that of Marilyn Miller. Then Ben came West again for the ania ated photographs, and Marilyn remsined in-the East. And that was that. Perhaps the kid did have something to do with the meeting of two famous persons of this famous quartet. At } the long engagement culminated in the wedding, and Bebe and Ben got into Ben’s big car and fled to the golitudes of Santa Barbara and Del Monte. They were married June 14, 1930. They returned from their honeymoon to resume their sereen work, and to say little about romance—rather. to live it. BOTH SAY “I DO” They moved into the big beach house together — where they still live—and re-arranged the furnishings that had been adapted to a onestar home, to fit a two-star domicile. Both had their own ideas about But she Tonight! ANOTHER MA Who Will Police baffled! Nation in terror! mystery masks the workings of the most desperate band of criminals ever known. Whose hand? Whose brain is behind it all? Can it be a woman’s? MALTESE FALCO ~.... with BEBE DANIELS RICARDO CORTEZ C't No. 6 Cut 60c Mat 15¢ | 4 facility of listening to reason and N WILL DISAPPEAR With all her fascinating loveliness! different Bebe who will take your breath 1’Em Over interior decoration, but both have in a country schoolhouse—could enter a romance in no other way. A close friend has said that one of their first agreements was that it was to be a long engagement—but giving and taking. Which is one of the prime necessities of a happy married life. Each is ambitious to go far in the screen field. Each wants to have @ career and romance. “It can be done,” says Bebe, “if both parties to the agreement understand. It can seldom be done where one is a professional and the other a non-professional. It is hard, but it can be done!” To this day they discuss their romance only with their eldest friends. With Ben and Bebe this romance is strictly their own, and they have avoided the spotlight, as man and wife, as carefully as any Hollywood couple in history. Bebe plunged into the romance with Ben with the same temperamental abandon that she has always evidenced. The girl, whose first cradle was a canvass wardrobe trunk in her mother’s repertory theatre— who broke down and cried like a baby when a famous producer informed her she was to be a screen star——-who fell for a celluloid collar not a public one. They both would give themselves time to be sure they were right before they leaped. They were, “The Maltese Falcon” is an adaptation of Dashiell Hammett’s bestselling novel. The cast includes Ricardo Cortez, Dudley Digges, Una Merkel, Robert Elliott, Thelma Todd, Otto Matiesen, Oscar Apfel, Walter Long, Dwight Frye, J. Farrell MacDonald and Agostino Borgato. Roy Del Ruth directed. Robert Elliott Is Again The Ominous Crook-In-Waiting (Biography, April 15, 1931) Robert Elliott, whose slow-voicedcop delineations have made him famous, again presents a variation of the part, in “The Maltese Falcon,” the Warner Bros. picture starring Bebe Daniels, now at the .... Theatre, Mr. Elliott, who was born in Ire. land, coming to America when quite young and devoting his time to the stage. He entered talking pictures in Warner Bros. “Lights of New York.” Other pictures are “Romance of Underworld,” “Lone Wolf’s Daughter,” “Protection,” “The Valiant,” “Thunderbolt,” “Captain Thunder” and “The Doorway’ to Hell.” é Robert Elliott is six feet one and Who's Doing The Killings? one half inches: in height, weighs m one hundred and eighty-five pounds f and has dark brown hair and blue Agi eyes. Matiesen of Denmark Does Amusing Crook In “Maltese Falcon” (Biorraphy, April 15, 1931) ix Otto tiesen, who plays the part of Cairo, “Tackadaisical crook ~in “The Maltese Falcon,” the Warner Bros. mystery melodrama starring Bebe Daniels, now at the Theatre, is known all over the world for his unique characterizations. Born and educated in Copenhagen, Denmark, he has traveled and played in Germany, England, Australia, Canada and the United States. He entered pictures in 1913 in England after an expensive stage experience, Mr. Matiesen is five feet eight and one half inches in height, weighs one hundred and fifty pounds and has brown eyes and hair. Dwight Frye Seen in ‘‘The Maltese Falcon’”’ (Biography, April 15, 1931) ter part of Wilmer the Kid in “The Maltese Falcon,” the Warner Bros. picture starring Bebe Daniels, now at the Theatre does the part with marked sincerity and a zest which is characteristic of the work of the man.w has wen for himself an enviable pucition among screen players for unique roles. Others in the cast of the supreme mystery thriller, which is an adaptation of Dashiell Hammett’s best-selling novel, are Ricardo Cortez, Dudley Digges, Una Merkel, Robert Elliott, Thelma Todd, Otto Matiesen, Oscar Apfel, Walter Long, J. Farrell MacDonald and Agostino Borgato. Roy Del Ruth directed. Admiral Byrd Visits Bebe On “Maltese Falcon” Set Deepest a ee er N ; (Advance Reader) Admiral Richard E. Byrd, a personal friend of Bebe Daniels, who is starred in “The Maltese Falcon,” the Warner Bros. picture” which comes to the .......... Theatre .. ee ey next, was permitted to visit her on the set during the filming of the strange thriller, on his promise not to divulge the sort of character the screen favorite really purtrays, until the picture was released. He expressed his admiration in no uncertain terms. A away! Page Five Dwight Frye who plays the sinis—