They Call it Sin (Warner Bros.) (1932)

SHORT LICITY STORIES LORETTA YOUNG’S HOPE CAME TRUE For the first time in her life, Loretta Young visited the Big City whose places of life she has interpreted in seventeen different pictures. Following the completion of ‘‘They Call It Sin,’’ the First National picture which is now at the Theatre, in which she portrayed a girl set amidst the whirl of New York’s night life behind the scenes of the musical show world, she thought it was about time she saw the city which gave the background for most of her screen suecesses, and which she had often longed to visit. Her trip to New York recently is the first time she has ever been East of Salt Lake City, where she was born. Since she was fourteen years old, Loretta has been kept busy in pictures close to Hollywood. All of her former plans to visit New York had always been upset by new and promising assignments. “‘They Call It Sin,’’ Involves Stage Life An insight into the lives of stage players is presented in startling fashion in ‘‘They Call It Sin,’’ a First National picture which will Theatre on Bede necator esereeene (Beene ewer erect ener esenee “4¢ ‘not only paints the Bon ——_—— footlights “but depicts the struggles of the girls to succeed against terrific odds, and the many — temptations that beset their paths. Loretta Young and George Brent have the featured roles. BIOGRAPHIC Blow-up for lobby display | current newspaper readers. : star’s next pictures. Loretta Young Born Gretchen Young in Salt Lake City, she early changed her name to Loretta as more befitting the screen career she planned for herself from childhood. She is one of four lovely sisters, the others being Sally Blane, Polly Ann Young and Georgiana. A brother was in the movies with Wally Reid. Her screen career, wholly accidental, began when she was sent to a studio to take the place of her sister Polly Ann, who had been called and whom she was supposed to resemble. She had done a small bit with Fanny Ward on the screen at the age of four. She was Lon Chaney’s lead in ‘‘Laugh, Clown, Laugh,’’ her first big part. In 1929 she was elected a Wampas Baby Star. After that it was plain sailing. Today she is one of the most beautiful and most sought after young women on the sereen. Her recent pictures include, ‘‘Week-End Marriage,’’ ‘‘The Hatchet Man,’’ ‘‘Life Begins,’’ all for First National. She appears in ‘‘They Call It Sin’’ now at the Theatre. mn Took Una Merkel Long Time To Get In Una Merkel, who plays the part of the chorus girl chum of Loretta Young in the First National picture, ‘<They Call It Sin,’’ which is coming to the Theatre on ieiaicree , although now one of the most successful players on the screen, waited long for fame and fortune This Southern blonde had been in pictures for some to come her way. years, even playing understudy for Lilian Gish, before she got her real She made so good she has been given opportunity in << Coquette.’’ highly important roles ever since. George Brent’s Fan Mail Biggest The artist Hirschfeld has taken a good look at DAVID MANNERS and penned his reactions, as seen above. David Manners is appearing on Warner Lot with Loretta Young and George Brent i in First National’s “They Call It Sin.” Out No.2 Outi15e “Mat 5c Tho Only of Deb Age Loretta Young Stars Loretta Young, who plays leading feminine role in the First National picture, ‘‘ They Call It Sin, oer “which is now showing at the .... in school. featured roles ever since. AL SHORTS and use as advance or Then save for the George Brent Born in Dublin, Ireland, the son of a Dublin newspaperman and the descendant of a long line of Irishmen who fought for Britain, he has lost none of the strain. Even today, he likes a fight better than almost anything else you can name. He ‘early—while a student at the National University in Dublin—took to fighting by joining the Michael Collins-DeValera forces as a runner. He fled later to England for his life, and escaped on .a cattle boat to the United States where he entered into the profession of acting with many stock companies, later owned. His chance came when Ruth Chatterton saw him in a Warner Bros. test and selected him to play opposite her in ‘‘The Rich Are Always With Us.’’ mediate and tremendous hit and followed this picture with many others for Warner Bros., including, ‘‘So Big,’’ opposite Barbara Stanwyck, ‘¢Miss Pinkerton,’’ ‘‘Week End Marriage,’’ ‘‘The Purchase Price,’’ ‘¢Children of Pleasure’’ and ‘‘They Call It Sin’’ now playing at the Theatre. some of which he He was an im Theatre, is riding on the crest of screen fame when most girls are Miss Young is still in her teens, having made a decided hit before she was sixteen and playing George Brent’s fan mail has leaped from almost nothing six months ago to the largest of the masculine players on the First National lot. Not only does he get more than a thousand messages a week, but many of them are now coming in special delivery, most of them begging photographs. Brent has made a tremendous hit with the feminine fans in his recent pictures, which include two with Ruth Chatterton, ‘‘The Rich Are Always With Us’’ and ‘‘The Crash,’’ the Parbara Stanwyck, 8365 ee aT Bie” ae he “Purchase Price,’ — one with Joan Blondell, ‘‘ Miss _ Pinkerton,’’ and two with Loretta Young, ‘‘Week End Marriage,’’ and ‘“‘They Call It Sin.’’ The last named picture is now showing at the Theatre. David Manners Born Rauff Acklom in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the son of a publisher who moved to New York with his family when David was seven years old. He attended public school and high school in New York, and went: to Toronto University to take a degree in forestry. But his heart had been in acting from the first and he returned to New York to take part in several Theatre Guild productions. He came to Hollywood to play the part of Raleigh in ‘‘Journey’s End’’ —a, role which assured him his future in the film capital, for he has been in demand ever since. Recent pictures include ‘‘Dangerous Brunette,’’ ‘‘Stranger In Town,’’ ‘‘Crooner’’ and ‘*They Call It Sin,’’ now at the Theatre. Una Merkel Born in Kentucky—where she acquired that devastating accent—she was educated in the public schools and in a dramatic school in Philadelphia. Her earliest film part was as Lillian Gish’s little sister in a picture made by the Frohmans and never released. Later she understudied Miss Gish on the screen. She made one of the first talking pictures ever made, for Dr. Lee DeForest — before talking pictures were even thought of by the major studios. Her part in ‘*Coquette’’ brought her to the coast with a stage company, and she gathered in screen roles like molasses gathers in flies. Today she is probably the sereens foremost light comedienne. George Brent Has Photographic Mind George Brent, who plays the leading masculine role opposite Loretta Young in the First National picture, ‘‘They Call It Sin,’’ which is coming to the Theatre on has a photographic memory, it is said. This is believed to be a natural rather than an acquired trait, like writing poetry or While Miss Young, David Manners eating caviar. Una Merkel, others in the cast had to study their and scripts closely, Brent just gave it a glance and the lines were ~photoIt is said that he never forgets and never needs a graphed in his mind. eue. Helen Vinson Pianist and Fine Actress Helen Vinson, a new popular player on the Warner Bros. lot is something of a pianist as well as an actress. Her favorite composers are Chopin, Bach and Mozart, but she is not one of those who think that the playing of modern music spoils the ear for the classics. She plays with equal facility the pieces of Herbert, Kern, Gershwin and others of the modern day. Miss Vinson, qe tle Was a = ogi at ON es recruited for picture more Tron &. stage, has an important role in ‘¢They Call It Sin,’’ a First National picture now showing at the Theatre. George Brent have the featured roles. Loretta Young and Newsy Notes For Your Program Richard Barthelmess was the first screen star to talk over the radio. Loretta Young is the most successful actress Hollywood High has produced. Hardie Albright is an expert puppeteer. Sheila Terry was an ice skate champ before she landed on the stage. Kay Francis doesn’t diet to keep that swell figure. Lloyd Bacon was a stock lead and matinee idol. Mervyn LeRoy was a hoofer in vaudeville. Ann Dvorak credits Joan Crawford with being her ‘“discoverer.’’ William Powell had a onepicture job that lasted 39 weeks. Ruth Chatterton likes to sing popular songs of other days. Edward G. Robinson ‘‘ran out’’ on a barrister’s career. Warren William made his stage debut in a dugout in France. Betty Gillette is a champion steeplechase rider. Page Five