The St Louis Kid (Warner Bros.) (1934)

ey and Ellis Big Cast In | ‘The St. Louis Kid? wa exceptionally large and wnted cast was selected to in support of James Cagney ', bis latest starring vehicle for ymer Bros., “The St. Louis » which comes io thé5 ee Jimmy himself is said to have new laurels in this picture hich has been hailed as his gost hilarious and most exciting to date, notwithstanding the ‘yt that he recently played with | seh sucess in “Here Comes the vary,” “He Was Her Man,” ‘Jinmy, the Gent,” “Lady Killer” igd others. | patricia Ellis has the leading i pminine role opposite Jimmy gi is the romantic interest in ie picture. Although still in her wns she has had a long stage arer and recently has made {ood in such pictures as “Big ifurted Herbert,” “The Circus town,” “Side Streets” and “Convation City.” Allen Jenkins, Hobart Cavauugh, Spencer Charters, Dorothy ‘are and Arthur Aylesworth fm an excellent comedy team fy the hilarious situations in the jiture. All are among Hollymol’s_most famous comedians. fis Dare, however, only recently # mie her bow in picture work in Tappiness Ahead,” before that uving been a comedienne and jusical comedy star on Broadny. Other well known players intile Robert Barrat, Addison Tehards, Charles Wilson, Wilim Davidson, Harry Woods, trtrude Short and Eddie Shu The picture, based on a story Frederick Hazlitt Brennan, subines riotous comedy with whdramatic thrills and a novel ‘mancee. Ray Enright directed “ production from the screen pity by Warren Duff and Seton 5. Miller, TAR STORY i hgney Learns To | lrive Truck Like _ Expert For Films } a | ath Soe yin gots 0d oe * bis colorful career, he had “ been a truck-driver until ier Brog, decided to star him "The St, 1, th | wee other jobs that Jimmy h 3 efore he became an actor, a8 an office boy on a New ming eet a bundle wrapb, * €partment store, a bellhte _ newspaper cartoonist, imps OW business he has been & from an electrician to man, ("thin tors ee —" a truck was one of est jobs that P* tncounterea — | vin i Went a ten-ton truck is quite ving a touring tt from dri Few Points out. A truck Ph ag of course, and ome ~ More to driving one wy Steering the wheels. . is filled with thrills, %% ~ rollicking comedy in Ne 5 ey gets into more ” he has ever been in .Y Not only uses his . ra . the male popula ames hig leading ) Patricia Ellis, ac well as ” ee And it looks like Jimmie Cagney got the point, deftly delivered by Patricia Ellis. Both appear in Warner Bros.’ latest comedy, “The St. Louis Kid,” coming ‘to the ee ee On. ......with Allen Jenkins and Dorothy Dare in the supporting cast. Mat No. 3—20c ON THE CAST ON THE CAST Hobart Cavanaugh One of Cleverest Character Actors Quietly and unassumingly, Hobart Cavanaugh has made himself known as one of the cleverest character actors in Hollywood. Cavanaugh, for the past year under contract to Warner Bros., has had roles in thirty feature productions, ranging from tiny “bit” roles to large parts in important pictures. He is currently playing a leading role with James Cagney in “The St. Louis Kid,” now showing at the fa ee = Theatre. He has recently appeared in “Housewife,” “Madame Du Barry,” “Kansas City Princess” and “A Lost Lady”. He is known as one actor who can play any type of role, from a newspaper reporter to a gangster, rom a parson to a hard-boiled business man. And he’s played 4qll of them in his recent Warner productions. Every role Cavanaugh plays, whether large or small, is made important, according to theatrical critics, because of his deft playing. He is an actor of wide experience and intelligence—which is another reason why every studio in Hollywood would gladly sign him if he were not under contract to Warners. In “The St. Louis Kid,” he has a highly amusing role, as an alimony-dodging, woman-hating chap who becomes involved with the pugilistic Jimmy Cagney in a riot of laughs. Patricia Ellis has the leading feminine role, and other parts are carried by Allen Jenkins, Arthur Aylesworth, Robert Barrat and Spencer Charters. Ray Enright directed the picture from the screen play by Warren Duff and Seton I. Miller, based on a story by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan. rescuing her from a band of gorillas. Others in the cast include Allen Jenkins, Robert Barrat, Hobart Cavanaugh, Spencer’ Charters, Addison Richards and Dorothy Dare. Ray Enright directed the picture from the screen play by Warren Duff and Seton I. Miller, based on a story by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan. a eee Jenkins, The Hard Boiled Film Actor Once A Chorus Boy The height of something or other is to picture the hardboiled Allen Jenkins as a chorus boy. Yet Allen will tell anybody, without batting an eyelash, that his initial venture into the theatre was as one of those effete young men who form an agreeable background for a_ lovely leading lady. As a matter of fact, he made his bow to an unimpressed Broadway in a musical comedy called “Pitter Patter”. One of the gentlemen of the ensemble was a stage-struck kid named James Cagney. They became friends while kicking their heels in the chorus—and are still friends, now that they share leading honors in “The St. Louis Kid,” the Warner Bros. picture which comes BOS UNO: 5-5: ae eae Theatre on If one asks Jenkins about his chorus boy days, he will declare emphatically that it was the best experience he could have had. Of course, he has always looked more like a truck driver (and he plays one in the new Cagney picture) than a chorus man—but he managed to get along. He had a lot of fights with the stage manager during the run of “Pitter Patter”. He refused to walk like the other boys—and was always being bawled out for being too fresh to his superiors. Allen didn’t stay long in the chorus, however. When he landed in his next show, “Honey Girl,” he had a part. And soon he was featured in such red-meat dramas as “Broadway” and “The Last Mile”. In “The St. Louis Kid,” Jenkins and James Cagney play a couple of tough truck drivers who become involved in a dramatic milk strike in the Middle West. Patricia Ellis has the leading feminine role, and others in the east include Robert Barrat, Arthur Aylesworth, Spencer Charters, Hobart Cavanaugh and Dorothy Dare. Ray Enright directed the production from the screen play by Warren Duff and Seton I. Miller, based on Frederick Hazlitt Brennan’s “Perfect Week-End.” CERT Ec ON THE GAST ‘SERS ners ee rseemenES Dorothy Dare, Star Of Stage Musicals Is Quick Film Hit That red-headed, round-faced little bundle of vivacity who has one of the leading roles with James Cagney in “The St. Louis Kid,” now showing at the Theatre, is Dorothy Dare, newly signed to a Warner contract. The young actress is a recruit from the New York stage, where she scored solidly in “Strike Me Pink,” “The Only Girl” and other Broadway musical comedies. Besides her personable charm, Miss Dare is a singer of no mean ability (she sings with Dick Powell in “Happiness Ahead’) and is a clever comedienne as she demonstrates in “The St. Louis Kid.” Dorothy is a Philadelphia girl, and has just reached voting age. She is of French and Danish descent, and her father was Frederick Christian Herskind, a famous painter of ‘landscapes. Dorothy inherited many of his artistic qualities, but chose the stage as being more suited to her particular talents. And now she’s all set to add to her laurels on the screen. With her in James Cagney’s supporting cast in “The St. Louis Kid’? are such favorites ag Patricia Ellis, Hobart Cavanaugh, Allen Jenkins, Gertrude Short, Robert Barrat and Spencer Charters. Ray Enright directed the picture from a story by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan. PRODUCTION STORY Cagney Knocks Out Foes By Butting Them Like A Goat No one will be able to say that Jimmy Cagney doesn’t know how to use his head, after seeing “The St. Louis Kid,” the new Warner Bros. production which comes to the Theatre on For the dynamic star, in his role of a tough young truck driver in the new picture uses his hard Irish cranium as a means of combat. In other words, Jimmy disposes of an enemy by butting him soundly in the jaw with his head! It all comes about when Cagney promises his boss not to sock anybody with his fists. Those flying fists had already gotten him, and Allen Jenkins, his pal, into a great deal of trouble— and the promise was necessary. But nothing at all was said against Jimmy butting his antagonists in the jaw—which he does with just as much success as his former means of fighting. “The St. Louis Kid,” besides presenting this novel method of conquering an enemy, also shows Cagney in one of his most intriguing roles to date, with a milk war as a background of the exciting romance. Frederick Hazlitt Brennan, widely-read short story writer, wrote the original story, which was adapted to the screen by Warren Duff and Seton I. Miller. Ray Enright directed, and the supporting cast is headed by Patricia Ellis, Allen Jenkins, Hobart Cavanaugh, Addison Richards, Arthur Aylesworth, Robert Barrat, Dorothy Dare, Spencer Charters and Gertrude Short. PRODUCTION STORY Cagney Proves He Can “Take It” In ‘The St. Louis Kid’ James Cagney can take it as well as dish it out, and yproves both points in his latest starring vehicle for Warner Bros., “The St. Louis Kid,’ which comes to the Theatre on In this picture, Jimmie is the roughest, redheaded, hot tempered, but warm hearted Irish truck driver that ever rushed headlong into trouble, in which he is up to his ears from the start of this fast moving comedy drama to its amazing climax. Jimmy gets a smacking from a beautiful girl whose car he has smashed that will warm the hearts of all screen actresses who have been recipients of some of Jimmy’s smacks. Not only does he get smacked, but is made to like it, loving the little hand that smites him. Beautiful and fragile Patricia Ellis is the girl who shows Jimmy where he gets off at, playing the leading romantic role opposite him. There is an unusually talented supporting cast which includes Allen Jenkins in a comedy role as Jimmy’s warm hearted but over-zealous pal. Robert Barrat has the role of the farmer who leads the battle against the milk trust and is eventually slain by one of the gorillas while Addison Richards is the head of the trust. Spencer Charters is cast in a humorous role of a good natured and sleepy jailor whose naps give Jimmy a chance to slip out of jail. Hobart Cavanaugh is one of Jimmy’s jail mates, a woman hater who prefers prison to paying alimony to an unloved spouse. Cagney Whispers When He’s Angry Almost everybody in Hollywood knows who “Whispering Jimmy” is. It is James Cagney, red headed, freckled faced star of the Warner Bros. production, “The St. Louis Kid,” which comes to the Theatre on ae ae colony where the loudest talker is not infrequently the greatest success, Cagney is a notable exception. The madder he gets the softer goes his voice. The more excited he becomes the harder it is to hear what he is saying. The more emphatic he wishes to be the more he whispers. St. Louis Kid Jimmie Cagney plays the title role in Warner Bros.’ “The St. Louis Kid,” now at the _ Saar 9 Mat No. 6—10c Page Three FO rr ss oe