The Maltese Falcon (Warner Bros.) (1931)

«ai eat Ads toSmash’Em Over in a country schoolhouse—could en helped the picture at the box offiee | interior decoration, but both have }3EBE DANIELS, MANY TIMES ENGAGED, ACCORDING TO HOLLYWOOD GRUNDIES, IS NOW THE WIFE OF BIG BEN LYON Pretty Star Of “The Maltese Falcon,” Warner Bros. Mystery Melodrama, Now At. ___. Theatre, Had Many Heart Affairs (Biographical Feature) Bebe Daniels, who is starred in ‘‘The Maltese Faleon,’’ the Warner Bros. mystery romance, now at the Theatre has had many affaires de coeur along the more or less Her first love episode was enacted, so she says, in a little red brick country schoolhouse in La Canada, rocky road to fame. near Los Angeles. My first Adonis had sleek, 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 punc| by that cecil g personal sxXxtra bits on the st ge as a “child, to great | emotional roles and stai.ing 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 Lyon? 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 Bebe Daniels. Their friendship continued 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 this engagement was one of the most remarkable in Hollywood’s history. Bebe was making a picture called “Swim, Girl, Swim.” It was one of a series of the athletic films that she made at this time. Charlie Paddock, known as the “world’s fastest hu man” was in the picture and the an-! nouncement of the engagement got a big play in the newspaper and on the telegraph wires. for some time thereafter. was also seen places with Jack Pickford. The “engagement” finally died away to a whisper. is a matter of conjecture. ENTER SUNNY In the meantime, Ben Lyon’s name was linked with that of Marilyn Miller. Ther Ben came West again for the aninated photographs, and Marilyn rem:.ined 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 least the long engagement culminated in the wedding, and Bebe and Ben got into Ben’s big car and fled to the solitudes of Santa Barbara and Del Monte. They were married June 14, 1930. They returned from their honeymoon to resume their screen work, and to say little about romanee—rather. to live it. eR se a) ei SAL Oo wR keke S BOTH SAY “TI 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 Bebe was seen places with Charlie But she Whether it Tonight! a facility of listening to reason and 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 a career and romance. “Tt 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 ANOTHER MAN WILL DISAPPEAR Who Will it Be? Police baffled! Nation in terror! hand? it be a woman’s? mystery masks the workings of the most desperate band of criminals ever known. Whose Whose brain is behind it all? Can Who’s Doing The Killings? Deepest ‘ DANUROVS FEMALE" wi BeBe DP)APIELS CH RICRLDO LOLTE LD LDLMLY Dl S in UMA MERKEL ~A Hew ic. povt/ by | DASHEL HAMITT acthor of y « a "Glass LEY ~ THE Waffess FENOK $ PHETUM HK WARNER BROS. VITAPHONE, PICTURE c' t No. 6 Cut 60c Mat r5c Ap blockied ALL. A/T kibtr ELLIOTT Ee lil. TODLS OKO MPTIL LA Dwight FFE SMACK by G4’ DES PUVA ter 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 not a public one. give were right before they leaped. They were, They both would themselves time to be sure they “The Maltese Falcon” is an ad aptation of Dashiell Hammett’s bestselling novel. The cast includes Ricardo Cortez, Dudley Digges, Una Merkel, Robert Elliott, Thelma Todd, Otto Matiesen, Oscar <Aptel, 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 Ireland, 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.” Robert Elliott is six feet one.and one half inches in height, weighs one hundred and eighty-five pounds and has dark brown hair and blue eyes. Matiesen of Denmark Does Amusing Crook In “Maltese Falcon’”’ (Biorraphy, April 15, 1931) Otto tiesen, who plays the part {of Cairo, lackadaisical 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) Dwight Frye who plays the sinister 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 who has wen for himself an enviable position 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, Osear Apfel, Walter Long, J. Farrell MacDonald and Agostino ‘Borgato. Roy Del Ruth directed. Admiral Byrd Visits Bebe On “Maltese Falcon” Set (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) “.:....%5.Theatre .. 5 ae 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. —