The Woman in Red (Warner Bros.) (1935)

FEATURE STORIES Miss Stanwyck Conquers Fear of Horse for Film Star of “*The Woman In Red”? Was Thrown and Badly Injured 3 Years Ago : “It isn’t life that matters; it’s the courage we bring to it.”—Walpole. HE pain-racked girl in the hospital bed put down her book thoughtfully when she read the above lines, and gazed thought sky. fully over the tops of the palm trees to the blue California There were thousands of girls in the world, she knew, who envied her for being Barbara Stanwyck, screen star and idol of all those who watched her shadowy image on the silver screen. These same girls probably knew of the accident that sent their favorite star to the hospital. For Barbara had been injured while making a scene for one of her pictures. A horse she was riding had stumbled while galloping, throwing his actress rider. Miss Stanwyck was in a plaster cast for some weeks following this mishap. During those long painful hours, she kept the Walpole quotation firmly in her troubled mind. “It isn’t life that matters; it’s the courage we bring to it.” Those were wise words, thought Barbara. They were words to remember as long as she lived. In the three or four years that have elapsed since Barbara’s initial hospital experience (and that accident was far more serious than Hollywood believed), she has had plenty of occasion to remember. There was another accident a year or two later that again sent the star packing to the hospital, this time with a dangerous injury to her spinal column. But Barbara, with the Walpole words still in her memory, kept up her high courage. During the filming of her new First National drama, “The Woman in Red,” now showing at the WSIS a ras laetieeoces Theatre, the star forcibly demonstrated that same courage. The picture presents Miss Stanwyck as an impoverished Kentucky society girl, who turns professional rider for a wealthy horsewoman. Barbara was astute enough to realize that it was an excellent role for her, even though it demanded that she ride horses throughout the picture. For Miss Stanwyck, since the time of that first accident, has been mortally afraid of horses. She hadn’t been near a horse in three years until that day, at the exclu sive Los Angeles Breakfast Club, when she was photographed riding in a horse show for “The Woman in Red.” She hadn’t realized how terrified she would become when she first set her foot on the stirrup. “I kept thinking of that second vertebra!” she grinned, after the scene had been safely filmed, “and wondering if this horse, too, would find a convenient gopher hole to step into!” But in spite of that terrified first moment, Barbara mounted her horse and with a gay laugh rode about the ring, apparently fearless. Inwardly, a tiny voice must have been whispering, “... it’s the courage we bring to it!” Many of her fellow players in “The Woman in Red,” including Gene Raymond, John Eldredge, Genevieve Tobin and Phillip Reed, knew of Miss Stanwyck’s fear of horses, caused by that first accident, and watched anxiously during the filming of those first horse show scenes. They noticed that as the picture progressed, Barbara gradually became more and more accustomed to riding, and before it was completed, she had conquered her fear. “The Woman in Red” is a glam| orous romance based on Wallace Irwin’s popular novel, “North Shore.” It is intensely dramatic, replete with thrills and with a sensational court trial in which the heroine lays herself open to scandal to save a man accused of murder. Others in the cast include Genevieve Tobin, Phillip Reed, Dorothy Tree and Russell Hicks. Robert Florey directed the picture from the screen play by Mary McCall, Jr. and Peter Milne. The Woman in Red Starring in “The Woman in Red”, a glamorous romance replete with drama and thrills, based on a novel by Wallace Irwin, and given a role that requires all of her famous dramatic ability, Barbara Stanwyck is giving one of the finest screen characterizations of her career at the .... Theatre. Mat No. 6—20e Page Fourteen Thrilling Horse*Show Is Filmed for “Woman in Red”’ Blooded Horses Used in Picture Taken at Famous Breakfast Club F you’re one of those millions who aren’t able to tell the difference between hackneys and roadsters, or one of the brash few who might venture the guess that they’ve something to do with automobiles, don’t be alarmed. Barbara Stanwyck, up till a few months ago, wasn’t able to tell, either. But that was before she began work on “The Woman In Red”, her new First National production which comes to the Bs Ae eS! THEAEVE ONM.cccccccccdeceossseso Hackneys and roadsters, as the star soon discovered, are two different classifications of horses, as shown by wealthy owners in various horse shows throughout the country. Miss Stanwyck, although a good’ horsewoman, had never attended horse shows until the action of her new picture called for a complete horse show to be filmed in all its glory. And with it came a great deal of information on the subject, as revealed by all the horse experts on the set. It seems that horse shows, as such, had never been presented in a movie before, and the producers made sure that the one in “The Woman in Red”. was entirely authentic. Horse shows are pretty much alike all over the United States, except that in Western shows, stock horses are given a showing, which they aren’t in the East. Stock horses (or as they are more commonly termed, cow ponies) are not part of the equine scheme of things on Long Island, although they are in Santa Barbara. Hackney horses, Miss Stanwyck discovered, were driving horses, as their name would vaguely imply. And roadsters are the standard bred horses mostly used these days in the hinterlands as yet untouched by modern conveniences such as flivvers. Hunters and jumpers are just that, although the two types of horses are judged by different standards. The hunters are judged from the standpoint of appearance, while the jumpers win their horse show medals by performance. American saddle bred horses (of which a number of champions are shown in “The Woman in Red,” are peculiar to the United States. The horse Miss Stanwyck rides in the picture is of this breed. She is a blue-ribbon mare named “Magna McDonald” and owned by Marcorita Hellman, Los Angeles socialite and well-known horsewoman. The horse show scenes are technically perfect. Even the judges are bona fide judges, who perform their duties at various shows all over the country. The ring-master and the ring-steward were also actually what they portrayed in the picture. The Los Angeles Breakfast Club was the scene of the horse show, and later in the picture, the exclusive Uplifters Club of Santa Monica, where many of the biggest polo games of the country are played, was used. The picture is a dynamic drama, filled with thrills and with a sensational-court trial in which a young wife exposes herself to scandal to save a man from conviction on a murder charge. Miss Stanwyck heads the cast while others include Gene Raymond, Genevieve Tobin, John Eldredge, Phillip Reed, Dorothy Tree and Russell Hicks. Robert Florey directed the production from the screen play by Mary McCall, Jr. and Peter Milne, based on the novel “North Shore,” by Wallace Irwin. Film Lovers Barbara Stanwyck and Gene Raymond are teamed in “The Woman in Red”, First National’s film version of the best selling novel, “North Shore”. They will ODEN QUCRC eo oars Wiedelicis ce eis) 4-0 theatresOMn:, 65 jocciecas, & 0% Mat No. 1—10c ON THE CAST 2 Surprise Present For Hubby Ruined By Star’s Butler Frank Fay doesn’t know it, but he spoiled Barbara Stanwyck’s birthday surprise for him. Miss Stanwyck, as everybody knows, is Mrs. Frank Fay in real life. It was while working in the First National production, “The Woman in Red,” now showing at the shpoansdceevectates teres Theatre, that it happened. It was Fay’s birthday. The comedian has a fine collection of the first editions of John Galsworthy, and Miss Stanwyck decided to present him as a birthday gift with a copy of the limited autographed first edition of “The White Monkey,” an earlier and quite valuable volume. Returning home from work one evening, she discovered her husband in the library, calmly reading the copy of “The White Monkey.” Hiding her chagrin, she hurried to her butler, who informed’ her that when the book arrived that morning, he had unwrapped it and placed it on a shelf in the library, where Fay had found it! So the actress bought new gifts to carry out the surprise. She presented her husband with a dictaphone and a rare crystal paperweight for his desk. “The Woman in Red” is a drama based on “North Shore,” a novel by Wallace Irwin. Others in the cast besides Miss Stanwyck include Gene Raymond, John Eldredge, Phillip Reed, Dorothy Tree and Russell Hicks. Robert Florey directed the production from the screen play by Mary McCall, Jr. and Peter Milne.