The Sisters (Warner Bros.) (1938)

Mat 202—30c ROL FLYNN — the screen's most gallant lover and dashing adventurer, ls a new chapter in his spectacular success story with his brilliant work “The Sisters" also starring Bette Davis, and coming to the Strand. Vew Role Proves Flynn Conuine Dramatic Star faptain Blood, Robin Hood, ptain Geoffrey Vickers jd play, booming cannon, lan | horizontal to the ground as ses’ hoofs thunder across the lley of Death, black war arrows ining through the air The Perfect Specimen .. . high nedy with plenty of the slashy action of the prize ring @ demon press agent in ‘‘ Four ’s ee i And then ‘‘The Sisters.’’ (ould he do it? That was the question that swept tough Warner Bros. studios and ) whole of Hollywood when it fs announced that Errol Flynn il Bette Davis would be co-stariin the Warner Bros. film verin of Myron Brinig’s celebrated wel, which opens next Friday at Strand Theatre. Could Errol Flynn, dashing, rolantic, sword playing, swashbuckmg hero of ‘‘Captain Blood,’’ The Charge of the Light Brigte,?” ‘The Adventures of Robin tiod,’’ who had demonstrated a ire flair for light comedy in ‘‘ The Ierfect Specimen’? and ‘‘Four’s \Crowd,’’ suddenly turn to stark fama and get away with it? Flynn himself had no false op‘timism. |‘What am I going to do with jut my sword, my pistol, my lance, We bow and arrow?’’ he chuckled. [1 don’t know, but I guess I _ — out right now.’’ te watt’ ts the answer now to § . In Errol Flynn, the wree ’ . i 8 foremost heman, they so have as . = » have as fine a dramatic actor as they have a dramatic actress in his co-star, Bette Davis, accord ing to all advance reports on the picture. It was Miss Davis, incidentally, who was first to sing Flynn’s praises for his work in ‘‘The Sis tere,’” After the first day’s ‘¢rughes’’ were screened in one of the studio projection rooms —— a screening not attended by Flynn ed back on ‘‘ The Sisters’’ set. she dash ‘‘He’s wonderful!’’ she ex claimed. And she’s been repeat ing it ever since. It didn’t take the rest of the studio long to discover Miss Davis had been right. ‘«The Sisters’? is an entirely new departure for Flynn. He has none of the tools that have been nis stock in trade with which to work. The role of Frank Medlin, the ne’er-do well newspaperman, provides him with nothing more than lines of deep dramatic con tent to speak. Yet there ’s enough similarity between Medlin’s char acter in the story and Flynn’s in real life to provide a working parallel. Medlin possesses a strong wanderlust, a desire to ship for foreign ports. Flynn ’s wanderlust is celebrated, and there was a time when he couldn’t resist the lure of the sea. Now, with a career on his hands, he manages to keep his sea-faring whims in check. Be that as it may, the screen ’s most dashing gallant has taken a role completely foreign to any he has ever played, and made it his own. Mat 209-—30c IN S dhe Fi HER MAN — Bette Davis combs the San Francisco water "The Sist a her wandering husband in a stirringly dramatic scene from ers" coming to the Strand Theatre on Friday. Errol Flynn, Bette Davis Co-Starred Co starred for the first time in their Errol Flynn and Bette Davis come to the Strand Theatre Friday in ‘<The Sisters,’’ adapted from the glorious love story by Myron Bri nig which has been one of the best selling novels of recent years. spectacular careers, Josides the brilliant star team, the eust includes a list of players that reads like a ‘‘Who’s Who In Hollywood ’’ Anita Bryan, fan Hunter, Donald Crisp, Beulah Bondi, Henry Travers, Alan Hale, Dick Foran, Patric Knowles, Lee Patrick, Laura Hope Louise, Jane Crews. Ilarry Davenport, and many others. The story opens in the early nineteen hundred, on the eve of Teddy Roosevelt’s election. The many readers of the novel will re member that the story is concerned with the fortunes of three beauti ful sisters who start their lives in a small Montana mining town, with most of the interest centered on the oldest sister, played by Miss Davis, who marries a wandering newspaper man (the role taken by Flynn), and goes with him to San where her life is a struggle for love and happiness Francisco, against overwhelming odds. The other girls marry, respectively, a middle-aged millionaire, and the town banker. Advanee notices hail the star team of Flynn and Miss Davis as one of the most brilliant combina tions in sereen history, with their superb acting setting the tempo for the rest of the brilliant cast. The vigorous story, which gives a fas cinating picture of American life in the early nineteen hundreds, is said to be an ideal vehicle for them all. Mat 103—15e ERROL FLYNN and BETTE DAVIS are teamed for the first time in "The Sisters," the year's most dynamic love story, coming to the Strand Theatre on Friday. They're Sisters Again ‘«The Sisters,’’ the Warner Bros. picture opening at the Strand Theatre next Friday, is the second production in which Jane Bryan has portrayed Bette Davis’ younger sister. She had a similar role in ‘* Marked Women.’’ ‘¢The Sisters,’’ picturization of the Myron Brinig novel, stars Miss Davis and Errol Flynn. Third of the trio of sisters from which the story gets its name is Anita Louise. Miss Bryan, who is Miss Davis’ protege, also worked with the bril liant dramatie actress in ‘*Kid Galahad.’’ LA Stars Switch Sides Bette Davis swings to a sympa thetic role after a succession of distinetly unsympathetic character ‘zations while Errol Flynn, her co star, switches to the unsympathetic side of the ledger after a series of romantie roles in Warner Bros.’ picturization of Myron Brinig’s novel, ‘‘ The Sisters,’’ which opens at the Strand Theatre next Friday. Mat 201-——-30¢ BETTE DAVIS — man-wrecking temptress of "Jezebel," has the most sympe thetic role of her brilliant career “The Sisters,” adapted from Myron Brinig's best-selling masterpiece. It comes to the Strand Theatre on Friday. Bette Davis Sacrifices Beauty for Drama’s Sake Bette Davis has neve balked at having her natural beauty marred if a situation demanded it. One day an acquaintance visit ed Miss Davis on the set of “The Sisters.” her latest Warner Bros. picture, which opens at the Strand Theatre next Friday. The actress supposedly had just sur vived the San Francisco earth quake and fire. She looked sick and distraught. Her hair was in disarray. Her streaked with grime. Her volum inous clothing was dirty and features were torn. “Don't I look awful?” she re marked as she called over her wardrobe woman to apply a lit tle more synthetic dirt to her clothing. Bette looked just as she de scribed herself. A thin coating of oil held the dirt and grime to her face and, in places, showed through, adding to her disreputable appearance. But she didn't mind; in fact, she obviously en joyed it. Bette has never in her sereen career voiced a word of objection when the makeup department’s “wrecking crew,” so-called because they are artists at destroying whatever natural beauty a player possesses, appears on the scene to work on her. Quite the contrary is her attitude. She offers suggestions to aid the artists “mess up her pan,” as she describes it. “Why shouldn't 1?” she asks. aie naaei S MEET — Helen Hayes (center), first lady of the stage, visits the set of “The Sisters’ at the ‘avitation of Bette Davis, first lady of the screen. Donald Crisp, Errol Lewis gather round for 4 chat. © This Is A $250,000 Movie Quiz Picture @ “Tn no ray FIRST LADIE ing beauty. Even if | certainly wouldn't ob ject to them messing me up if ean't do it were necessary. You justice ton role and worry about vour looks at the same time.” That is one of the secrets of Jette’s success as a dramatic actress. Always she worries about her performance first and her ap pearance next. “In “Marked “ nan, after she had supposed!) been beaten ‘ by Eduardo Cianelli, she spent many hours with the makeup de partment wrecking crew helping them plan the bruises and tlie handnzes she was to weal And if ever a top-flight cinema star looked worse than she did in this sequence, it wasn't Miss Da vis’ fault. It won't be her fault, either, if in “The Sisters” her appear ance as a refugee from the San Francisco earthquake and fire is not convincing. Less hardy and_ less talented young ladies of the screen might insist they could convince audi ences of their condition by sheer force of dramatic appeal, but not Miss Davis. “If you're supposed to have just come through an earthquake and fire you should look the part as well as act it,” she contends. “I¢ you've been beaten up you should look like you've heen beaten up. They can continue to do what they will to my face and my costume as long as the roles are worth it.” Flynn and Associate Producer David Mat 208—-30c¢ | Advance PUBLICITY | |