The Match King (Warner Bros.) (1932)

YOUR ADVANCE PUBLICITY your 1st story . ‘The Match King, ’a Big kront Page Sensation Screaming Headlines Revealing Most Colossal Swindle in History, Inspired Movie Story Immediately upon the heels of the most amazing international financial swindle in modern business history comes First National’s dramatic picture, ‘‘The Match King,”’ paralleling in screen drama the astonishing story one man’s skillful manipulation of matches into a colossal bubble that broke only when general business depression revealed the crookedness of the financial machinations. Seldom has the screen offered a more dramatic sub ren William, King’’ is the story of a man whose power and ambition raised him from WARREN WILLIAM? Chicago street Cut No. 1 Sweepertoa Out15e Mat de world financial power atop a pyramid of credit, built on the ruins of other lives. It is the tale of a financial Juggernaut which once started could not be stopped until it brought the financial world crashing down about its creator’s ears. It is the story of a man who was as ruthless in love as in finance but who learned, to his sorrow that a reckoning was inevitable in either. Warren William, whose work in ‘“The Mouthpiece’’ and ‘‘The Dark Horse’? made him one of the most popular bright lights among the newer stars, plays the title role. Lili Damita, petite and intriguing, is equally vital to the story as the one unattainable objective in the ‘‘ Match King’s’? life. Here is a picture of epic proportions, told against a setting of lavish elegance. Here is realistic superdrama of the modern age which races ject than ‘‘The Match King,’’ played by War and never has an actor had a “‘fatter’’ part than the title role. Out of this real life world-catastrophe, Author Thorvaldson and Adapters Houston Branch and Sidney Sutherland have concocted an intensely dra matie screen play. ‘<The Mateh ——————_________ in breathless suspense from one great city to another, from one European throne room to the next. Contrasting with the crushing, dominating power of its principal theme is the development of a tender love story which threads its way through the whole of the powerful drama. ‘‘The Match King’? is perhaps the most important picture of the present season. The story of the rise and fall of Paul Kroll, the man who dealt in billions and whose word swayed national decisions, holds the fascination of being so near to the truth that it hurts. Damita, Glenda Farrell, Juliette Compton and Claire Dodd all share in the wearing of gorgeous gowns created for this picture. Hardie A\lbright, Harold Huber, Spencer Charters and numerous others in the long roster of excellent players who appear in ‘*The Match King’’ were all selected for their roles with particular care. Howard Bretherton directed with William Keighley as dialogue assistant. ‘*The Match King’’ opens here Merckens at the .................. Theatre. your Zed story Lili ‘Danita Enacts Role Offered Garbo in ““The Match King’’ Lili Damita, who plays the feminine lead opposite Warren William in the First National picture, ‘‘The Match King,’’ which will be shown at GHOSs ee cetacertiwu ss Theatre ON sssacacs F was chosen as the one actress who could suitably interpret the role, after a careful weighing of the possibilities of all Hollywood’s talent. The selection of just the right actress was sifted down to two players, Lili Damita and Greta Garbo. The latter being unavailable, as she had returned to her native Sweden for an extended stay, the plum was awarded to Lili. Damita. The choice of Damita has proved a most happy one for according to reports she gives the somewhat exotic role of a beautiful Continental actress an ingenuous twist that makes her characterization most fascinating. The character in the screen play is the confidant of princes and political potentates, and the beloved of a financial genius, a part played by Warren William. Damita is herself a somewhat mysterious personage, who numbers royalty among her closest admirers. She knew the late Ivan Kreuger, the Match King, personally at the time he was one of the most powerful figures in Europe, and when she herself was the darling of the Continental stage and opera. Among her friends was Prince George of England, ex-King Alfonso of Spain and Louis Ferdinand, grandson of the former Kaiser. The screen play, which was adapted by Houston Branch and Sidney Sutherland from the popular novel by Einar Thorvaldson, is a dramatic story of the greatest financial and political intrigue known, coupled with the personal love affairs of a financial genius who ruthlessly made use of beautiful and socially prominent women to further his schemes for world control. An exceptional cast in support of William and Damita includes Glenda Farrell, Harold Huber, Spencer Charters, John Wray and Murray Kinnell. The picture was directed by Howard Bretherton. William Keighley acted as dialogue director. NOVELTY BOX Vanishing Venus Orry-Kelly, the famous costume and beauty expert, who designed the gowns for Lili Damita in the First National picture, “The Match King,” which comes to the gece ae te Theatre on ............, declares that perfect figures are not judged by the Venus de Milo any longer. She was too hefty. Damita, he says, is the perfect ideal. Her dimensions are five feet three inches tall, one hundred and fourteen pounds, bust thirty-five inches, hips thirty-six, waist twenty-six, thigh nineteen, calf fourteen and ankle eight and a half. When Warren William, who plays the leading role in “The Match King,” saw Damita in her exotic gowns, he remarked: “The beauty experts may not go by Venus, but neither will they go by Damita if they see her in this picture. They’ll stop and stare.” @ & A oy WARREN WILLIAM as “The Match King” in the new First National Picture of that name. Out No.4 Outi5e Mat 5e your 3rd story WARREN WILLIAM— LILI DAMITA FORM UNUSUAL LOVE TEAM Warren William and Lili Damita, two of the most popular players of the screen, have been paired for the first time in the leading roles in the First National picture, ‘‘The Match ‘King,’’ which will open at the Sy ee ‘Pheatra70ns2... Not only had the two never played together in the same picture before, but they had never met personally, although both, of course, were cognizant of the other’s personality, and moved more or less in the same Hollywood circles. They were introduced to each other on the stage of Warner Bros.First National studios by their director, Howard Bretherton. Though of quite opposite temperaments, William being of a cool and determined turn of mind, and Damita hot tempered and temperamental, they played together in absolute harmony, each expressed a high admiration for the other’s ability and personality. The screen play is taken from the novel by Einar Thorvaldson suggested by screaming newspaper headlines that revealed the double life of a certain financial wizard. It is one of the most romantic stories of high financing, monumental swindles and_ political intrigues that was ever emblazoned on the screen. So colossal is the scheme for world control on the part of a financial genius, that even today, although the facts are known to be true, that it seems incredible. There is a strong supporting cast which includes Glenda Farrell, Harold Huber, Spencer Charters, John Wray and Murray Kinnell. The story was adapted by Houston Branch and Sidney Sutherland. your Ath story Famous Movie Star Enacted by Damita in “‘The Match King’’ For the first time in the history of motion pictures one great actress is seriously playing a role that is strongly reminiscent of ‘another great contemporary screen player. The role played by Lili Damita in the First National picture, ‘‘The Match King,’’ which opens at the avessec ne UPOO. OR cigs is said to be a thinly disguised impersonation of a very well known Swedish-born actress, for whom a late financial baron is popularly supposed to have had a romantic, but unrequited, attachment. The chief character of the picture, a part portrayed by Warren William, is inspired by newspaper headlines that revealed a startling fraud following the suicide of a financial wizard. The character is drawn in vivid coloring by Einar Thorvaldson in her novel and from which the screen play was adapted by Houston Braneh and Sidney Sutherland. The play touches on a romantic phase in high financing and monumental swindles that are almost unbeliey your Die story 4 Big Love Affairs in “The Match King”’ Four beautiful actresses are east as the victims of a financial genius in First National’s most remarkable romance, ‘‘The Mateh King,’’? which opens at the ........00.0000.. Theatre on Peers oe They are Li Damita, Glenda Farrell, Juliette Compton and Claire Dodd. They are all held in mesmerie fascination by the personal eharm and magnetism of a colossal schemer, a part played by Warren William, and are eventually sacrificed to his ambition. This remarkable story is taken from the novel of Einar Thorvaldson. The story is so astounding that it outdoes the wildest fiction, and would not be credited if the blazing mewspaper headlines that had suggested the story hadn’t already established the anthenticity of the details. Warren William’s role is that of a man absolutely unscrupulous and ruthless with women. He makes love first himself and then, by some strange hypnotic power, forees them to entangle men of political power for his own ends and to their ruin. In his ambition to control the world, he does not hesitate to use women of every class, women from the lower walks of life, beautiful actresses and society women, Others in an unusually strong cast include Harold Huber, Spencer Charters, John Wray, Murray Kinnell, Hardie Albright and Alan Hale. The story was adapted by Housten Branch and Sidney Sutherland, and directed by Howard Bretherton. your 6th story Lili Damita Wear Exotic Clothes in “‘The Match King’’ They have gilded the lly in the First National picture, ‘‘The Match King,’’? which opens at the ................ Theatre! ON sos cups Or rather the Lili, for the outfits designed for Lili Damita, who is featured with Warren William in the production, are so exotic as undeniably to heighten the allure of this strange little actress. Orry-Kelly, Warner Bros.’ stylist, so has fashioned her gowns and costumes, her daring ensembles and negligees as to catch the irresistible eharm of this great actress. But Damita outsmarts the designers in one seene, for she ungilds the Lili to take a bath right on the screen. The screen play was adapted by Houston Branch and Sidney Sutherland from the famous novel of Einar Thorvaldson, which is the fictioniaation of a character that parallels that of a late Match King, whose finaneial machinations brought grief to thousands of investors. Its theme paints the most colossal financial swindles the world has, ever known. It also reveals the startling and intimate romances of an overtowering genius, who ultimately ruins with utter unscrupulousness, women from every walk of life. Other members of an imposing cast include Glenda Farrell, Harold Huber, Spencer Charters, John Wray, Murray Kimnell, Juliette Compton and Claire Dodd. The picture was directed by Howard Bretherton, with William Keighley assisting. able, were it not known that it was paralled in real life. It also touches on the colossal politieal schemes of a genius of finance, in which beautiful women, some of high social standing, were used as puppets to gain the ends of a man of towering intelligence, There is an unusually strong supporting cast which includes such players as Glenda Farrell, Harold Huber, Spencer Charters, John Wray and Murray Kinnell. The picture was directed by Howard Bretherton, with William Keighley acting as dialogue director. Page Nine 2 AG <p pa ators th