The Matrimonial bed (Warner Bros.) (1930)

Oo “THE MATRIMONIAL BED” — A Warner Bros. and Vitaphone Production Paging the People in the Picture (Biographical Feature) WORLD’S BEST-DRESSED WOMAN IS FLASHING LILYAN TASHMAN Miss Lilyan Tashman who plays the part of Sylvaine, the Parisian charmer, in “The Matrimonial Bed,” the Warner Bros. and Vitaphone production, now at the Theatre, was born and educated in New York City. Her early career on the stage included roles with the Ziegfeld and Belasco productions. She began her screen work with Paramount in 1924, appearing in “Happiness Ahead,” “French Dressing,” “A Texas Steer,” (Biography) Michael Curtiz Makes Masterpiece Of French Farce Michael Curtiz, who directed “The Matrimonial Bed,” the Warner Bros. and Vitaphone production now drawing record crowds to the in Budapest, He was educated Theatre, was born Hungary, in 1899. at the University of Budapest and the MHungarian Royal Theatrical Academy and became prominent both as actor and stage manager in PR his native city. «Michae/ Curtiz’ fe-has~. went: —~—Steck-S-216 qeete ts Devas oe tart Rome, Paris and e. Copenhagen and is a thorough cosmopolitan. He was with Reinhardt when the latter went to Denmark as an actor and directed for a Danish company for two years. Following his service in the World War he went to Vienna as director and ‘producer and after several years there returned to Berlin, His first American picture was Warner Bros.’ “The Third Degree” starring Dolores Costello. This production was everywhere hailed as a masterpiece. Among his pictures are “A Million Bid,” “The Desired Woman,” “Good Time Charley,” the super-spectacle, “Noah’s Ark,” “The Glad Rag Doll” and “Under A Texas Moon.” Mr. Curtiz has won a place among the few really worthwhile directors and he is barely thirty years old. Mr. Curtiz, knowing Paris as he does, was able to direct the adaptation of the French farce of M. Ives and M. Andre Mouezy-Eon with a finesse which catches every comic possibility of the clever piece. “Lady Raffles,’ “The Woman Who Did Not Care,” “Hardboiled,” and “New York Nights,” are among her pictures. She was Erma in “Bulldog Drummond,” Velma in “Lone Wolf’s Daughter,” Dagmar Lorne in “The Trial of Mary Dugan,” Joyce Wheater in “Marriage Playground,” and Eleanor in “Gold Diggers of Broadway.” Miss Tashman is five feet five inches tall and weighs one hundred and twelve pounds. She has blonde hair and blue eyes. She has established herself as a clever portrayer of sophisticated characters. Her flashing personality is augmented by her gift for wearing clothes swankily and for chosing the sort of clothes that absolutely suit her person and her personality. She has earned the sobriquet of the world’s best-dressed woman. In the spicy farce Miss Tashman wears imported French frocks in a way to credit Du Barry. In private life, if she may be said to have a private life, the charming lady is the wife of the seren actor Edmund Lowe. (Biographical Feature) MISS MERCER ABLY PORTRAYS ANCIENT FRENCH SERVANT Beryl Mercer who portrays the delightful ancient servant Corinne in Warner Brothers Vitaphone production “The Matrimonial Bed” at the Rr eee Theatre, is a native of Seville, Spain. Her father was of Castilian ancestry while her mother was of English and French descent. When dark-eyed Beryl was three, political duties took her father to London, and it was there, a year later, that she made her stage debut at the Drury Lane. Throughout her childhood all holidays were spent before the footlights. At seventeen she was made leading lady for Sir Herbert Tree, the great English impresario and before she reached twenty she was a star. After more than a decade on the English stage, Miss Mercer came to New York making her debut on Broadway in 1914. She returned to England at the outbreak of the world war to do her bit, serving for three years as an entertainer in France. A medal and citation were conferred on her by Queen Alexandra. After the war she came back to the stage, playing with Ethel Barrymore in “The Twelve Pound Look,” and in “A Well Remembered Face,” with Norman Trevor. Her success in Barrie’s “The Old Lady Shows Her Medals” was phenomenal and she was greeted in the screen version of the play “Seven Days Leave’?— with equal enthusiasm. ADVERTISEMENT RES WARNER BROS. Pprelent The 2 MATRI MONIAL L Two Column Slug—Style D—Cut or Mat Scene fram" TheMastrimonial Bed" arner Bros Production— BRADBURY AS CHARBONNAIS Production No. 5—Cut or Mat (Biographical Feature) James Bradbury 48 Years on New York Stage, Seen Here James Bradbury, Sr., who plays with such gusto the part of Charbonnais, the ancient tippler in “The Matrimonial Bed,” the Warner Bros. and Vitaphone production, now at the Theatre has been. on the New York stage for forty-eight years. : He is a native of Old Town, Maine. Among character parts of distinetion created by Mr. Bradbury are those in “The Leopard Lady,” “Skin ner’s Bid Idea,” “Hot Heels” and “Waterfront.” Bradbury, Sr., also played Gwynne in “Blockade,” John Forbes in “Midnight Madness,” Johnson in “Scarlet Seas” and Pat in “Woman from Hell.” So genial is the personality of this ancient gentleman that he rivals in popularity men of half his age. (Biographical Feature) Arthur Carewe Plays Hypnotist in Spicy French Farce Arthur Edmund Carewe, who plays the part of Dr. Friedland, hypnotist, in “The Matrimonial Bed,” latest Warner Bros. and Vitaphone production, now at the Theatre was born and educated in Trebizond, Armenia. His stage career led him to Broadway stardom. His screen career began with the old Vitagraph company. Among his pictures are “Trilby,”“The Phantom of the Opera,” “Unele Tom’s Cabin,” “The Cat and the Canary” and ca Man’s Pati Mr, Carewe is six feet tall, weighs one hundred and sixty-five pounds, has black hair and dark brown eyes. One of his best portrayals is Dr. Friedland in “The Matrimonial Bed.” By his understanding of hypnotism he is able to restore the memory of the supposedly dead husband, and start the ludicrous chain of events which makes the adaptation of the successful Parision farce one of the funniest of the year. seen at the (Biographical Feature) FLORENCE ELDRIDGE WIFE NO. 1 IN SCREAMING FRENCH FARCE Florence Eldridge, who so cleverly portrays the first wife of the mentally muddled M. Noblet in “The Matrimonial Bed,” the Warner Bros. and Vitaphone French farce which is now drawing crowds to the ae ee Theatre was born and educated in Brooklyn, N. Y. Her stage career includes roles in “Ambush,” “Six Characters in Search of an Author,’ “Cat and Canary,” (Biographical Feature) WORLD WAR VET IS PLAYWRIGHT AND TALKIE ACTOR Since James Gleason could first walk he has been on the stage. His first view of the interior of a theatre was from behind the footlights. ;| And now, he is not only a success‘|ful stage and screen artist but a =| playwright and motion picture He is now to be Be ere es Theatre in “The Matrimonial Bed,” latest Warner Bros. and Vitaphone production, a French farce in which he plays with gusto the second husband of a lady whose first mate returns to set things agog and askew as well. scenarist as well. Gleason was born on the East Side of New York. When he was four years old his family moved to Oakdand,.. Calif.,. where they purchased the Liberty Theatre. “During school vacations he appeared on the stage. Upon his return from the World War he commenced writing for the stage. His first success was “Is Zat So,” which was soon followed by “The Fall Guy” and “The Shannons of Broadway,” in which he-co-starred with his wife. He entered pictures at the MetroGoldwyn-Mayer studios writing dialogue for “The Broadway Melody” and “Angel Face.” He has appeared with Mrs. Gleason in a number of short comedies for Christie and only recently they made “The Shannons |: of Broadway” for Universal. Among Gleason’s most recent pictures are -“Puttin’ on the Ritz,” “Cyclone Hitchey” and “Dumbbells in Ermine.” (Biographical Feature) “PEANUTS” BYRON CAPTIVATING MAID IN FRENCH FARCE Marion Byron who so daintily plays the part of the French maid in “The Matrimonial Bed,” the Warner Bros. and Vitaphone production now at the Theatre, was born in Dayton, Ohio and educated in the publie schools there and in Denver and Detroit. Her first stage experience was in 1925 in “The Patsy” under Louis O. MacLoon. She played in a number of Los Angeles productions, among them being “Tiptoes,” “Cradle Snatchers’ and the “Hollywood Music Box Revue.” Her picture career began with M-G-M as lead for Buster Keaton in “Steamboat Bill.” She was also in Hal Roach comedies. Other pictures were “His Captive Woman,” “Broadway Babies,” “So Long Letty” and “Song of the West.” Miss Byron who is four feet eleven inches tall and weighs eighty-seven pounds is affectionately known as “Peanuts.” She has dark hair and blue eyes. Her hobbies are bridge and dancing. Is| “The Dancers,” “The Great Gatsby” and “Young Blood.” She entered pictures in 1928 when Frank Tuttle asked her to play a part opposite her husband whose professional name is Frederic Mar She has since played Lucille Mo1 in “The Eligible Mr. Ban, Blanche Hardell in “Studio Murdexr— Mystery,” Helen Carr in “Charming Sinners,” and Sibella Greene in “The Greene Murder Case.” Miss Eldridge is five feet three inches in height and weighs one hundred and ten pounds. She has brown eyes and light brown hair. Her favorite sports are tennis, swimming and horseback riding. (Biographical Feature) “FOLLIES” BEAUTY IS CAST IN SPICY FRENCH FARCE Vivian Oakland who plays the part of Suzanne in “The Matrimonial Bed,” latest Warner Bros. and Vitaphone production, now at the Theatre, was born Anderson, but had her name changed to that of her native town, Oakland, California, at the age of five, when she was launched on a stage career. She made her first appearance at the famous old Aleazar Theatre in San Francisco. In 1916 she appeared in the Ziegfeld “Follies,” the engagement being followed by others with Dillingham and Erlanger. She was for two years on the Orpheum circuit. Her picture debut was in Edwin / ~~. Carewe’s First National production / “Madonna of the Street.” For two?’ years she was under contract to Hal Roach, engaged in her favorite line, comedy. Miss Oakland is a stately blonde. She has blue eyes, weighs one hundred and thirty-seven pounds and is five feet six. Miss Oakland is the wife of John T. Murray the actor. The couple have a daughter. ADVERTISEMENT The private life of a eS French philandere: in Paris, the city that has taught the rest of the world all it knows about love! One-Col. Ad—Style E—Cut or Mat