The Secret Bride (Warner Bros.) (1934)

im, Barbara Stanwyck Has A “Glorious” Day of Rest Star of “The Secret Bride” Changes Gowns 35 Times for 160 Photographs day of work than a day of rest. Bite cs STANWYCK finds it is easier to have a The busiest day that she ever experienced was one allotted her as an ‘‘at ease’’ day during the production of her latest Warner Bros. picture, ‘‘The Secret Bride,’’ which comes to the... swe d DROEYO OM: occ ccace lances The picture had been in production for more than two weeks when there came a day when Miss Stanwyck’s presence was not required. The scenes to be taken were those which included other players and the popular star was informed that she could have a day’s vacation. The publicity the studio however. “Miss Stanwyck,” came a feminine voice over the wire, ‘we need fashion pictures of you. Can’t you come out for some still pictures?” That request changed a quiet day at home into a hectic day at the studio. Miss Stanwyck started off her “day of rest” by arising at six o'clock. An hour later she left home and started for the studio to keep a seven-thirty appointment in the make-up department. Finished with the hair-dresser and make-up artists at eightfifteen, the actress went to the wardrobe department for a last department at changed her plans, minute check-up on her gowns for the photographs. Right on the dot of nine she entered the photographer’s gallery and the real business of taking still pictures was started. When noon arrived and time was taken for luncheon, sixty pictures had been taken in fourteen different gowns and with three changes of head-dress. Miss Stanwyck was tired. The photographer was tired. So were the hair-dressers and make-up workers, but just as soon as luncheon was finished, the work was resumed. In the afternoon the posing proved even more tiring. They took her through one of the studio sound stages. She went to one place for a certain window effect, another for a staircase back ground and somewhere else for a’ doorway shot. Between all these different pic tures Miss Stanwyck had to return to her dressing room to change costume and have the hair-dressers and make-up artists re-arrange her hair. There were long walks to and fro all day, with great distances to be covered between the different shots. It was after six o’clock in the evening when a halt was ealled. More than 160 photographs had been taken. The star had worn more than thirty-five changes of wardrobe. There had been eight different hair-dress. styles used during the day. The crowning insult came the next day when Barbara walked on “The Secret Bride” set to be greeted by her co-workers, none of whom knew of her previous day of activity. “Well, here you are,’ someone said, “nice and fresh and rested after your day’s vacation.” In “The Secret Bride,” Miss Stanwyck has the most dramatic role of her career as the secret bride of the attorney general of the state who is compelled to investigate her father, the governor, on bribery charges. The picture is based on Leonard Ide’s play which is a thrilling drama of political intrigue which results in two mysterious murders and a suicide. Warren William plays opposite Miss Stanwyek while others in the cast include Glenda Farrell, Grant Mitchell, Arthur Byron and Henry O’Neill. William Dieterle directed the production from the sereen play by F. Hugh Herbert, Tom Buckingham and Mary MceCall, Jr. Warren William Is Nothing Like The Roles He Plays Polished Sophisticate of Films is Really Small Town Successful Business Man opposite Barbara Stanwyck in the Warner Bros. W crvosit WILLIAM, who has the masculine lead production, ‘‘The Secret Bride,’’ now showing at the BR AP ER ty © au kes Theatre, is a man who leads a double life and likes the arrangement. On the screen he is always the suave, sophisticated man of-the-world chap, but, free from camera work, he’s the typical small town _ successful business man. The movie portrayals which have made him an outstanding favorite of audiences would indieate that Warren spends his life in drawing rooms or attending fashionable gatherings of the film colony. The reverse is true. He manages to enjoy the privacy of the home life he likes despite the whirlpool pace of Hollywood about him. Instead of luxurious dressing gowns with which the public has come to associate all movie actors, Warren is more likely to be found wearing old overalls in the backyard of his home. He likes dogs and hag several of them. He likes boating and Their First Together The first picture in which Barbara Stanwyck and Warren William appear together is the Warner Bros.’ production “The Secret Bride.” Glenda Farrell, Grant Mitchell and other favorites are included in the cast of the picture, which comes to the Strand next W ednesday. Mat No. 6—20ce. Page Ten whenever the time permits, hurries away on deep-sea cruises on the Pacific. Away from the studio, Warren leads the life of a man’s man. He goes in for old clothes, his dogs, his pipe and_ strenuous sports. “Away from the screen I’m not obliged to act or pose,” he says. “T go where I don’t have to pretend—home.” Other movie heroes may be seen at brilliant fetes of the social elect, but this actor who hails from Minnesota finds his interests in the life of the outdoors. His career has the background that bears out the fact that Warren isn’t assuming these interests for any reason but that he really enjoys them. During his youth he worked _ strenuously during vacation days, spending his summers in the hard work of the lumber camps or in the heat of the harvest fields. His college career was spent in the study of engineering. He joined the U. 8S. Army when the World War ecame along and served in the Engineers’ Corps of the A.E.F. It was after the signing of the Armistice that Warren launched upon a theatrical career, organizing a troupe that toured the Army camps of Europe. In his latest Warner Bros. pieture, “The Secret Bride,’ there exists one lapse in the double life that Warren William leads. In this picture he enacts the role of a state’s attorney and in real life Warren has long found interest in the study of law. He is quite an authority on legal matters and governmental procedure and countless books on political economy crowd the volumes of marine books which line the shelves of his extensive library. “The Secret Bride” is a thrilling drama of political plots and baffling murders based on a play by Leonard Ide. Barbara Stanwyck heads the cast which ineludes besides Warren William, Glenda Farrell, Grant Mitchell, Arthur Byron, Henry O’Neill and Douglas Dumbrille. William Dieterle directed the picture from the screen play by F. Hugh Herbert, Tom Buckingham and Mary McCall, Jr. Lovely Barbara Stanwyck with Arthur Byron, who plays her father in Warner Bros.’ production, “The Secret Bride, ” the new drama at the Strand. Warren William, Glenda Farrell, Grant Mitchell, ~ Henry O'Neill and Douglas Dumbrille are included in the cast. Mat No. 5—20c. Perfect Crime Impossible Says Noted Criminologist Technical Expert for “The Secret Bride’’ Declares Criminals Always Leave Clues perfect crime, according to Frank B. Gompert, na ete ’S not one chance in a million of committing a tionally known criminologist attached to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s office. ’ Gompert’s knowledge of crime detection led to his being engaged by Warner Bros. to supervise filming of scenes of a criminological laboratory in the Barbara Stanwyck starring film, “The Secret Bride,” which comes to the Theatre on “Some trace, some clue, always remains,” he said, “when a crime is committed. It may seem insignificant, but there. Often these clues are difficult to find, but once located they open the way for detectives to start work on the actual search for the it’s always eriminal.”’ No moving picture star has more expensive surroundings than this arm of the law when he enters a studio. He brought along more than $18,000 worth of crime detection equipment when he eame for “The Secret Bride” assignment. The script required the examination of typewritten notes to show whether or not two letters had been typed on the same machine. This examination, however, had to take place in its proper setting, a criminological laboratory, and through the courtesy of Eugene W. Biscailuz, Sheriff of Los Angeles County, Gompert supplied the delicate mechanical equipment necessary for the scenes. The criminologist used, as a matter of fact, some real typewriter specimens which supplied an important link in a famous murder case that startled Southern California a few years ago. The machine used for comparison of typewriter figures is known as a ballopticon. It is a projection machine that enlarges the typed figures to huge proportions and projects them on a sereen. Typewriter identification is quite as involved as the art of fingerprinting. The rotary microtrome which was used on the set was particu larly delicate. Used most frequently for comparison of hair, this machine can split a human hair into forty separate and distinct sections. One long wooden cabinet attracted particular attention. It was, Gompert explained, a ballistic tunnel. The tunnel is filled with cotton waste and when a bullet from any gun is to be compared with one known used in the execution of a crime, the “suspected” gun is discharged into the tunnel. The waste material causes the bullet to spend itself without having traveled any great distance and prevents it from acquiring any foreign marks to hinder ready identification. The bullets are then subjected to comparison in a ¢omparoscope machine. Many other mechanical devices also come into frequent use in the work of police authorities in tracking down criminals and in “The Secret Bride,” the processes are followed exactly as in real life. . The human element dovetails with the scientific in the detection of crime and results prove that the chances for escape are small. Gompert says that he, with all his highly technical knowledge and experience, couldn’t commit a perfect crime, and that no one else can. “The Secret Bride” is Barbara Stanwyck’s most dramatie production and is a thrilling tale of baffling murders connected with a political frame-up. Warren William plays opposite Miss Stanwyck while others in the cast include Glenda Farrell, Grant Mitchell, Arthur Byron, Henry O’Neill and Douglas Dumbrille. William Dieterle directed the picture which is based on a play by Leonard Ide.