Thieves Fall Out (Warner Bros.) (1941)

All Out for EXPLOITATION Feature Joan Leslie... Joan Leslie, screen’s lovliest new ingenue and sweet sixteen to boot, was recently chosen by the Chicago Daily News as 1941’s most exciting star discovery. Promote contest to find: 1. Local girl who most closely resembles Joan. (Measurements are: Weight, 118 Ibs; height, 5’ 4”; bust, 32°; waist, 24”; hips, 34°; auburn hair and hazel eyes.) 2. Local girl most likely to succeed. 3. Most popular co-ed or high school girl. Walking Street Bally... Are 30 Days Time Enough To Get A Wife And Baby? For The Answer—See ‘THIEVES FALL OUT’ At The Strand! Fun on the Radio... Here’s an opportunity for radio contest fans to indulge in a bit of artful alliteration and mixed metaphor. Film’s characters bandy the following dialogue about: “Idle money is wasted money—because money makes money, and the money that money makes, makes more money !”’ Also... “SA skunk sat on a stump. The skunk thunk the stump stunk, and the stump thunk the skunk stunk!’ Announce that passes will go to those who can top these tongue-twisters or to those who are not stymied in saying them quickly. ——_—_ FY | | | SYNOPSIS (Not for publication) Eddie Barnes (Eddie Albert) wants to marry Mary Matthews (Joan Leslie), but there are obstacles. Eddie’s father (Alan Hale) is a bitter rival of Mary’s father in the mattress-spring business. Matthews won’t give the boy an increase enabling him to marry. Eddie’s grandmother (Jane Darwell) takes charge. She lends Eddie her life savings, pending a loan on a policy, to buy the town’s third mattress-spring company. Running Time......... 72 minutes Gangsters buy Eddie’s policy and in the manoeuverings he almost loses | everything. But it’s Grandma who solves all the problems. | THE CAST | PG ETI OS 5 oo eh Ear ans, <a 4 Aperde S ece dsks aa EDDIE ALBERT [ VESEY, WER CIRC WS a cece # aig a EP eo bios onp ord eT sasGue’ cel ba os tai ee JOAN LESLIE Cheers AONE oa ste cosas oss fore ee re ee Jane Darwell | WRODORE WS ATIES 2s oo oe Sg! so coice ga es ae ese ge et one Alan Hale Ceorgeshonnisby |. 5 oh. bw ss ale. Vie i SU RINGRL As Geld William T. Orr TitnoGardon’ .cts sc... OL... 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Parker; Dialogue Director, Gene Lewis; Film Editor, Clarence Kolster; Sound by Stanley Jones; Music by H. Roemheld; Gowns | by Milo Anderson; Makeup Artist, Pere Westmore. | I Funny Line Contest... Ad mat 202 can do double duty as a program or newspaper gag wherein readers are asked, ““What do you think Eddie Albert is whispering to Joan Leslie?’’ Could it be . . . “I'd like to be an astronomer so I can study your heavenly body”? Patrons sending in funniest gag lines are awarded passes to show. Sweet Sixteen Styles... Make tie-ups with local merchants for co-op ad or window displays of sweet sixteen styles. Use Joan Leslie scene mats and publicity stories as well as fashion tie-up stills below. Order from Warner Bros. Still Dep’t, 321 West 44th Street, New York City. Featuring EDDIE ALBERT: Featuring JOAN LESLIE: Bada... « TDG Silk Dre 20 hore, JL 111 Kirsten Pine 4.5. 2.2 -. WS 34s Selle i ae ae JL 107 Jeweley 220... e4 EA 40,7 oy Cotes eee JL 139 BierHohik Fae EA 53 Evening Gown ....... JL 154 So ee * Charbert Parfums. JL Pub A 174 Music Shops ..... EA Pub A 33 House of Westmore and R.C.A. R.C.A. Records ...EA Pub A 40 adie. se JL Pub A 231 A Treat for Granny... _ Every ad prominently mentions Jane Darwell, Academy Award winner for her portrayal of Ma Joad “Grapes of Wrath.”’ In your show she’s a dynamic grandma who’s responsible for major part of film’s hilarity. Hold special matinee for Grandmothers. Serve tea, cookies, and arrange to give each a flower or some other remem brance. Make it a real party! For Quizzers... Ask patrons, “If someone offered you $100,000 provided you could get yourself a wife AND a baby within 30 days, how would you go about it?” Award guest tickets to those giving the funniest answers. Teaser Ideas... The following lines will attract attention on teaser eards or as ad underliners. Wanted: A wife and baby in 30 days! Apply at Strand Theatre (Playdate ). It’s larceny, but you'll love the way “Thieves Fall Out.’ Strand—Playdate/ Laughs come in when “Thieves Fall Out”—Strand—Playdate! PRINTED IN U.S.A.