The Public Enemy (Warner Bros.) (1931)

a 4 ) “Bound To Do A Knockout Business. Gripping. ActionPacked Melodrama. Colorful? —nis seu PLATINUM BLONDE OUTSHINES ALL AS VAMP OF THE SILVER SCREEN (Feature) So fast do fashions change that Miss Anita Loo’s statement that gentlemen prefer blondes, while true in the main, needs now to be modified to read geneltmen prefer platinum blondes. There are so many variations of the fair-headed charmer, such as the ash blonde, the golden, the peroxide, the tawny, the tow, that it is necessary to be explicit in describing the arch-blonde of them all —the platinum. The platinum blonde, as the name suggests, is the expensive type — hard, glittering, alluring, dominating, mistress of all feminine wiles— half moonlight, half sun-glare —sinuous, soft, f winning— and = able to coil and recoil on ; occasion. The day when ithe dark enchantress held the stage—day Baras, the Nazimovas, and the rest, has passed. This is the day of the platinum petter—this is the time for girls of the type of Jean Harlow— new screen sensation. JEAN HARLOW Cut No. 20 Cut 15¢ Mat sc Jean Harlow appears as_ the woman who alone can stir the dark | | love of the young beer-racket king in “The Public Enemy,” the Warner Bros. picture which comes to the Theatre Enemies of Society | Often Exemplary in Their Family Lives! (Current Story) Kubee Glasmon and John Bright, who wrote “The Public Enemy,” the Warner Bros. picture now at the Sree Theatre, steered clear of an error which has crept into many earlier films dealing with the life of the enemies of society, which pic|’ tured them as invariably insensible to the claims of home. The authors recalled one of the most ruthless of the recent foes of humanity as a man whose only pleasure, after hours, was his home, his wife and children and his mother. Tt is notably true that women of easy virtue see to it that their children are put in schools where they may be shielded from contamination. This astonishing twist, which makes those who disregard outsiders, foster their own—is evidenced in “The Pub| | lice Enemy” in which one of the worst of the hoodlums marries the girl of his choice with all proper ceremonies. James Cagney is featured in “The Public Enemy” and the cast includes Jean Harlow, Edward Woods, Joan Blondell, Beryl Mercer, Donald Cook, Mae Clarke, Mia Marvin, Leslie Fenton, Robert Emmett O’Connor, Mur_ ray Kinnell, Ben Hendricks, Jr., Rita Flynn, Clark Burroughs, Snitz Edwards, Adele Watson, Junior Coglan and Frankie Darro. William Wellman directed. CAN’T PLAY WITH GARBO BUT FATES LATER RELENT (Advance Reader) Edward Woods, who is prominently cast in “The Public Enemy,” the Warner Bros. picture which comes to the Theatre 3 See next, had signed up to play opposite Greta Garbo in “Romance,” but had to forego the part on account of the long run of “The Last Mile” in which he was playing the lead. It was his effective work in the role which caused First National to secure him for “Mothers OCry.”, James Cagney is featured in “The Public Enemy” as the mysterious hidden power that menaces society—with young Woods as his partner in evil. \ of the Theda| next. James Cagney, is featured and the cast includes Edward Woods, Joan Blondell, Beryl Mercer, Donald Cook, Mae Clarke, Mia Marvin, Leslie Fenton, Robert Emmett O’Connor, Murray Kinnell, Ben Hendricks, Jr., Rita Flynn, Clark Burroughs, Snitz Edwards Adele Watson, Junior Coghlan and Frankie Darro. The story, which is an expose of one of the evils of times, was written by Kubee Glasmon and John Bright. Screen adaptation is by Harvey Thew. William Wellman directed. TRUTH about the MODERN ‘MENACE! Lovely women caught in a net from which there is no_ escape. Prey to the world’s most dangerous men! JAMES CAGNEY JEAN HARLOW JOAN BLONDELL Their story will shriek a message to amazed millions! A Warner Bros. & Vitaphone Hit! STRAND Cut No. 14 Cut 20c Mat 5¢ JEAN HARLOW AGAIN ENACTS BLONDE SIREN (Current Reader) Jean Harlow who is seen in “The Public Enemy”: the Warner Bros. picture now at the Theatre again is seen as the storm centre of the dark powers which threaten the happiness of our Country. She was last seen as the blonde siren who won the heart of the aviator in “HeH’s Angels.” James Cagney is featured in “The Public. Enemy.” 4} Authority Places Average Gangster Life Near Thirty “The Public Enemy” Comes to the Theatre Sovecseteaes Next (Advance Story) That racketeering, though sometimes profitable, is unfailingly hazardous is brought out starkly in “The Public Enemy,” the Warner Bros. picture which comes to the Theatre next. In the pursuit of their occupation, two young beer-racketeers portrayed by James Cagney and Edward Woods, meet their end at an early age. This is in keeping with the statement made by Chief of Detectives John Egan, of Chicago, following the famous St. Valentine’s day massacre. He estimated that the average life of a gangster is between thirty and thirty-one years. This estimate was made on the basis of some five thousand gangster deaths during the ten years following the inception of Prohibition. Of the seven killed in the massaere, the oldest was thirty-eight, while the youngest was twenty-nine. It is rarely that a racketeer remains in the business long enough to approach middle age, and very few attempts to break away from the life have been successful. That is almost as dangerous &@ move as double-crossing. “The Public Enemy,’ a drama which offers the constantly increasing menace of youth trained in the ways of the underworlds, was written by Kubee Glasmon and John Bright and adapted for the screen by Har ‘|vey Thew. The cast includes James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Edward Woods, Joan Blondell, Beryl Mercer, Donald Cook, Mae Clarke, Mia Marvin, Leslie Fenton, Robert Emmett O’Connor, Murray Kin~ell, Ben ‘s Hendricks, Jr., Rita Flynn, Clark | Burroughs, Snitz Edwards, Adele Watson, Junior Coghlan and Frankie Darro. William Wellman directed. Burroughs, Snitz Edwards, Adele Watson, Junior Coghlan and Frankie Darro. William Wellman directed. Blonde Daughter Of Katzenjammer Kid In “Public Enemy” Here (Biographical Feature, March 31, 1931) Joan Blondell who is prominently cast in “The Public Enemy,” the Warner Bros. production now at the Theatre, is the favorite daughter of Eddie Blondell, known all over the world as “The Katzenjammer Kid.” Joan’s mother, brother and sister still appear in her father’s vaudeville act. When but a few months old, Joan was carried on in the act with her family and for the first twelve years of her life, traveled all over the world with them. She celebrated her twelfth birthday in Sydney, Australia, and remained in that country for six years, during which time she developed into a very able singing and. dancing comedienne. After returning to America, she left her family to join a stock company in Dallas, Texas, remaining there for several months. She then went. to New York to appear in “Tarnish” at the Provincetown Theatre. This was followed by a season in the Follies. She then was seen in “The Trial of Mary Dugan,” “My Girl Friday,” “Maggie the Magnificent,” “Sporting Blood” and “Penny Arcade.” While playing in the latter production, she was signed by Warner Bros. to enact the same role in the screen version, which was released as “Sinners’ Holiday.” Following this, she appeared in “Office Wife,” “Other Men’s Women,” “Tllicit” and “God’s Gift To Women.” Joan Blondell was born in New York City on August 30, 1909... She is five feet, four inches tall, weighs one hundred and eighteen pounds and has ash-blonde hair and gray eyes. All of his with women? life he had taken what he wanted .it was his code.. how could it be expected of him to do differently DEVASTATING! Tragedy and drama _behind _ society’s greatest menace.... making kings of outlaws. .. .-and outlaws of children. .. . .... Who is to blame? Where will it end? LUAUEUNUUUEUUNUAALELL UAT A UUUUUEEUUD SHOUTOUT HTT” TUUAUHANAGRUEENTTUUAL EAE WITH JAMES CAGNEY A Warner Brothers. — Vitaphone Production (White on Black) JEAN HARLOW Joan Biondell « Donald Cook ¢ Edward Woods ° Beryl Mercer « Leslie Fenton YOUR THEATRE SIG Cut No. 7 Cut 4oc Mat roc Adele Watson Here In “The Public Enemy”’ (Biographical Feature, March 31, 1931) Adele Watson, who appears in “The Public Enemy,” the Warner Bros. production now at the Theatre, is a graduate of St. Catherine’s College, St. Paul, Minwhere she in nesota, specialized music and the drama. She was for a time in business and on the vaudeville in 1918. stage, entering pictures Among the films in which she has are “Rolling Home,” of Lies,” “Don’t Doubt Husband,” “Black Pearl,” Skies,’ “The Very Idea,” Heaven” and “This Thing Love.” appeared “Tower Your “Blue OVAZZ Called Miss Watson was born in Minnesota. She is five feet seven inches in height, weighs one hundred and thirty-five pounds and has dark blue eyes and blonde hair. | World War. World War Ace Directs “The Public Enemy” (Current Reader) William Wellman, who “The Public Enemy,” the Bros. production now at the Theatre, was an ace in the His subtle direction of the great picture which so marvelously depicts the ominous cloud which hangs over the United States has brought paens of praise from the critics. James Cagney is featured as the leader of the farces of evil. LESLIE FENTON LEAVES SCRIVENING FOR SCREEN (Current Reader) Leslie Fenton, who plays the part of the debonair leader of dark forces in “The Public Enemy,” the Warner Bros. picture now at the Theatre, is as accomplished as a writer as he is in the field of acting. He recently returned from England where he spent several years as a contributor to magazines and papers. James Cagney is featured in “The Public Enemy.” directed Warner ‘Page Seven