The Public Enemy (Warner Bros.) (1931)

Se es ae “A Knockout. Treatment Bold. Acting Excellent. Lines Pointed. Direction Fascinating’ \ NE ie ge = + " —_——— as "an \ ——— 9 —Mirror Snitz Does Hard Guy In ‘The Public Enemy’ (Biographical Feature, March 31, 1931) Snitz Edwards, who appears in “The Public Enemy,” the Warner Bros. production now at the Theatre, creates another of the tough customers for which he is famous. He has free-lanced for many of the foremost producers, among them being First National, Warner Bros., Universal, Paramount, Hodkinson, Metro, Selznick, Goldwyn, United Artists, Associated Exhibitors, Metro-Goldwyn, Astor, Ralph Ince Productions, P.D.C., and others. Among plays in which he has appeared are “College,” “Night Life” and “A Dangerous Woman.” Boy Talkie Actor Is | Atlantic Boardwalk to Football Captain (Biographical Feature, March 31, 1931) Junior Coghlan, who plays the part of the hero as a boy, in “The Public Enemy,” the Warner Bros. production now at the .......... Theatre, is a rabid football fan and captain of the team at the junior high school he attends. Though but fifteen he has been in pictures for nine years. Among pictures in which he has distinguished himself are “Slide, Kelly, Slide,’ “Yankee Clipper,” “Marked Money,” “Square Shoulders,” “Let ’Er Go, Gallagher,” “River’s End” and “The Public Enemy.” Junior was born in New Haven, Connecticut on March 15, 1916. Burbank Boulevards (Biographical Feature, March 31, 1931) Mae Clarke, who is appearing in “The Public Enemy,” the Warner Bros. production now at the ...... . Theatre was dancing and emoting in amateur musical and dramatic shows in Atlantie City, when Earl Lindsay, the producer, induced her to enter the professional ranks. After singing in night clubs and touring in Keith vaudeville she secured an engagement as premiere danseuse in “Gay Paree.”? Her first picture experience was with FoxMovietone in “Big Time.” Miss Clarke was born in Philadelphia on August 16, 1910 and edueated there anc in Atlantic City. She is five feet two inches tall, STARTS FRIDAY Last Two Days" GEORGE ARLISS in “THE MILLIONAIRE” BOR rT, THE HOME OF THE WEETFAPHONE N FRIDAY THE ANSWER WILL FLASH ON OUR SCREEN! A WARNER BROS. & VITAPHONE HIT OF GREED! EDUCATED IN EVIL! EXISTING BY GUILE! His hateful breed is a challenge to all humanity! Women are his prey. Men are his enemies. His vicious plans defy all law and decency! Who is he? What is his secret? How does he operate? HEATHe JAMES CAGNEY JEAN HARLOW JOAN BLONDELL EDWARD WOODS Directed by William Wellman Cut No. 11 Cut 60c Mat I5¢ | rackets, who, if seen on the silver | mination of the trend toward de | tures good-looking youths as arch| racketeers, the film in no way glori VILLAIN OF OLD DAYS, WHOSE CURLING | MUSTACHIOS, BLOOD-CURDLING LEER THRILLED CROWD, IS NOW OUTMODED Handsome Youths Whose Looks Belie Their Evil Deeds, Are the Modern Villains In Real Life And In Such Startling Exposes As “The Public Enemy,” At Theatre (Feature) Back in the days of the silent movies, a sleek, curled moustache was the symbol of villainy. Crooks were always bluejowled monsters with cauliflower ears and flattened noses. Heroes were always handsome and stalwart. The line was clearly drawn between these categories, and audiences always know at first glance just what the actor was supposed to portray. Heaven forbid that a gangster should be young and handsome. That would have been in utter defiance of all conventions. Movie audiences did not as a rule, come in contact with 7 denizens of the underworld, so i they took the movie version ifor granted. Now that many prominent citizens have come in none too DEVASTATINGLY good a light into the public eye, all pre vious concepts have been discarded. JAMES CAGNEY Cut No. 19 Cut 15¢ Mat 5c There are hundreds engaged in the screen, would set feminine hearts fluttering. The movies have had to change their types, and they are compelled to stick very closely to actual gangland history to put over a picture convincingly. The latest example in pictures of this type might be termed a cul pietion of the great racket industry | as it really is. This is “The Public] Enemy” which William Welman directed for Warner Bros. and which comes to the Theatre Women — helpless before his onslaughts! Men—facing destruction, yet fearing to fight, even for life! See this remarkable expose of a menace that threatens the very foundations of society! It’s Real! Real! Real! Blue jowls and cauliflower ears are out. Instead we have dapper, good-looking young men, kindly looking seniors and, in fact, a mixture of types such as we meet in every day life—and in the ranks of the racketeers. James Cagney and Edward Woods, who play the leading roles in the picture, are two youngsters -who have all the appearance of juvenile leads. A few years ago, an audience would have laughed at the idea with of handsome Edward Woods _ porJAMES traying a hard-boiled gangster. But C A G N E Y today it is accepted as a matter of course. Thes two actors portray a JEAN HARLOW pair of beer barons, inseparable friends from childhood, the Damos & T a A Re D and Pythias of gangland. Kubee Glasmon and John Bright, THRILLING two men who know gangland from THOUSANDS cellar to garret. Glasmon and Bright wrote the story of “The Publie Enemy” around characteres they had actually met and known. Every angle of the story was checked over to see that no unnatural angle entered, nor any touch which would set a gangster laughing with derisive mirth. They wanted to hold the mirror up to gangland, as it were—to “put it on the spot” and let the world see it in all its ghoulish details. That is how the story severed into a composite picture of actuality, beginning in the year 1909 and visualizing its evolution in the heretofore unexploited back-o-theyards districts. And that is how it came about that types were chosen to parallel those actually making shameful history for more than one big town. Though “The Public Enemy” pie DAILY! A Warner Bros. & Vitaphone Hit SPRATT LEE STS ITT ON RE OT Cut No. 9 Cut 20c Mat 5c BEN AND BILL MEET IN “THE PUBLIC ENEMY” (Advance Reader) Ben Hendricks, Jr. who plays a plug-ugly in “The Public Enemy,” the Warner Bros. picture featuring James Cagney, which comes to the Theatres -s... +5.aa< was pleased to again meet William Wellman, the director. The two had last been associated when Bill directed a Buck Jones Western in which Ben was the heavy. SNE i Public Enemy” are Jean Harlow, Joan Blondell, Beryl Mercer, Donald Clark, Mae Cook, 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. William Wellman directed. fies them. Rather it is a challenge to all who value childhood and the home to see the activities of such organizations as the Boy Scouts and the Big Brothers be fostered to counteract the influence evil surroundings. Supporting James Cagney in “The Page Nine