The Mind Reader (Warner Bros.) (1933)

ADVANCE PUBLICITY your 4th story New Type of Role For Warren William in “‘The Mind Reader’’ Warren William, who has previously been cast in serious and heroic roles, proves his versatility by enacting a dynamic characterization in the First National picture, “Mind Reader,” which comes to the .......:..... PHCALLO < OD. ooccicce cchecaer ete As Chandra, the Great Magician, he plays the part of a blustering, although altogether likeable rascal. A dyed-in-the-wool fraud who starts his career as a patent medicine man, Chandra winds up as a home wrecker by telling wives their hus bands’ secret love affairs and vice versa. He not only hoodwinks the public, but the sweet girl he marries. But Chandra has his redeeming qualities as will be seen in the picture which is filled with comedy situations and snappy dialogue as well as drama and romance. Warren handles the comedy situations with all the deftness he put into his more serious roles such as in “Employees’ Entrance,’ “The Match King” and “Three on a Match.” The swashbuckling angle of the role is not entirely new to him, however, as he is something of the four flusher as the lawyer in “The Mouthpiece” and as the high pressure promoter in “The Dark Horse.” Constance Cummings supplies the romance as the innocent girl he hoodwinks into marriage, with Allen Jenkins as the comical assistant to the Great Chandra. Donald Dillaway has the juvenile role and others in the cast include Natalie Moorhead, Clara Blandick, Mayo Methot, Harty Beresford, Clarence Muse, Harry Stubbs, Robert Greig, Earle Foxe and Ruthelma Stevens. pal directed the screen play based on the stage production by Vivian Cosby and adapted to the screen by Wilson Mizner and Robert Lord. your 5th story Americans Spend 125 Millions Yearly To Have Fortunes Told The people of the United States spend $125,000,000 a year, in round numbers, on fortune-tellers, accord ing to the most reliable statistics. Just why this business—if it can be called a business—is so profitable and what the principal “tricks of the trade” are, is set forth with unusual realism and dramatic vividness in First National production, “Mind Reader,” starring Warren William, which will be shown at thes ce Theatre mext:..: 2sais One sequence of this engrossing picture is laid amid th> colorful scenes of a traveling carnival show, with its freaks, hula dancers, bearded ladies, human skeletons, Lilliputians, armless and legless marvels and all the other attractions that are sold to amusement-seekers for anything from ten cents to a quarter. As Chandra The Great, who astounds his audiences with his ability to read the future in his crystal ball, Warren William is a carefree, unscrupulous but fascinating rascal. Graduating from the carnival tent, Chandra moves to New York and Teaps a golden harvest among the idle rich of Manhattan before a sudden tragedy makes him a fugitive from justice and involves the wife he really loves, in a criminal scandal. Constance Cummings has the leading role with William and other important actors in the cast are Allen Jenkins, Clarence Muse, Robert Greig and Donald Dillaway. Roy del Ruth is the director. The picture is a sparkling comedy-drama based on the stage play by Vivian Cosby and adapted by Wilson Mizner and Robert Lord. Page Four Scene From The Mind Reader’ Coming to Strand WARREN WILLIAM, star of “The Mind Reader’ which comes to the Seopa TEheatre-on = =. se giving a bevy of beautiful girls a lesson in crystal gazing. Constance Cummings has the leading feminine your 6th story Alien Jenkins Plays New Comedy Role In ‘The Mind Reader’’ Sitting on top of a forty-foot flagpole in the teeth of a balmy December breeze—even if it’s only a December day in Hollywood—is a fairly strenuous way to earn one’s living. Ask Allen Jenkins, who spent the better part of a morning i onnnan—the elevated and wel and wellventilated position during the making of of First National’s production, “Mind Reader,’ which comes neXt......:...cc Jenkins is a flagpole sitter and Warren William, who stars in “Mind Reader,” is his manager and “barker” when he first meet them on the grounds of the cheap carnival show with which they are traveling. Flagpole-sitting proves to be dead as a means of luring nickels from the publice’s pockets. Just as they are wondering where the next meal is coming from, Warren and Allen notice the crowds flocking to the tent of “The Great Swami Rajah,” and determine to learn his secret. They learn it so well that a month later, Warren William has blossomed forth as “Chandra The Great” and is well on his way to a fortune. The drama and comedy that follows, particularly when romance crosses Chandra’s path in the person of Constance Cummings, is distinctly out of the ordinary, both in theme and development. Roy del Ruth directed the picture, with such other important players as Robert Greig, Donald Dillaway, Clara Blandick and Clarence Muse in the cast. The picture is based on a play by Vivian Cosby, and was adapted by Wilson Mizner and Robert Lord. PROGRAM There is a standing order in the Warner Bros.-First National dining room to put two tumblers on Warren William’s table — one for water and the other empty. The latter glass is used to prop up his script. He studies most of his lines while he eats lunch. * * * Both Warren William and George Brent, Ruth Chatterton’s hubby, came near to following their respective fathers’ careers as mewspaper men. role in the picture. Cut No.7 Out 45e Matic ADVANCE SHORTS Warren William Amazed Cast by Stopping Pulse Warren William, as a magician in the First National picture, “Mind Reader,” coming: 10 Gs. sete ‘Pheatre =ONes Sai » amazed his fellow players on the set by actually stopping his pulse beat. They thought he actually did it by holding his breath until he explained that he put a knotted handkerchief under his arm and squeezed it against the artery, thus stopping the flow of Wea) — Le ee pe a waste blood” und~ Cousequentiy tue eats beat. Warren William Studies | His Lines While Eating Warren William, who has the leading role in “Mind Reader,’ which Opens: at-the:5 ee. Theatre Ole a ee , has a standing order with the Green Room cafe on the First National lot to have two tumblers at his place at lunch time. One is for drinking purposes and the other he uses to prop up his scripts. William always learns his lines for the afternoon’s work at lunch. Warren William Now An Expert Turban Wearer Warren William used to wonder how the Arabs and other oriental people who wear turbans got them on without the assistance of an expert. After making the First National picture, “Mind Reader,” which opens at thei... ‘Eheatre: On ercs, , he himself was an expert. He learned how to don the turban all by himself. This is part of his make up as the fortune teller. FO Seo Houdini Taught Phony Seer Tricks to Author of ‘‘The Mind Reader” Wilson Mizner, who collaborated with Robert Lord on the screen play for “Mind Reader,” a First National picture featuring Warren William, which opens at the.............. Theatres ON mds. tence ee learned many of the tricks which injects into the story from Houdi William was a warm personal frie of the great magician who spent ~ latter vears of his life in expos of charlatan soothsa 4d Benver= reveals in a sad amusing way ‘the waTnede the public is hoodwinked by forme __ tellers. — a Warren William Enacts a Wallingford Character Warren William has created a unique character in “Chandra the Great” for the First National picture, ‘Mind Reader,’ which Comes: tO: thes 45 .sen acces Theatre ONS As the charlatan fortune teller, he is a sort of domineering though lovable rascal of the Wallingford type. The picture is an amusing revelation of the tricks of soothsayers in hoodwinking the public, with pleasing romance and dramatic situations. Ballet Dancing and Books Constance Cumming’s Fun. Constance Cummings, who plays the leading feminine role opposite Warren William in the First National picture, “Mind Reader,” comino =t0 the coe ae Theatre PS ERS Seem indulges in ballet dancing as a pastime, reads for diversion and spends the rest of her spare time when not working in driving her car to out of the way places. OR NEWSPAPER SQUIBS Warren William got his first taste of the stage when he joined a theatrical troupe which toured France following the signing of the Armistice. * * * Kay Francis likes airplane trips—but not the after effects. She usually goes to bed for several days to recover, and her recent trip west via plane was no exception. It took her three days to get her “land legs” back again. William Powell, who plays hard-boiled film roles with great naturalness, is really one of the most retiring of all stars in Hollywood. Powell dodges premieres, film dances and other public functions whenever he ean. He refuses to make public appearances and hides behind huge colored glasses in crowds. * * * You’d never guess it—but Joe E. Brown is conceded to be one of the best dressed men on the Warner Bros.-First National lot. \ \