Times Square Playboy (Warner Bros.) (1936)

PUBLICITY William Tells How To Make Ladies Love You Wear Right Kind Of Boutonniere, Says Star Of ‘‘Times Square Playboy” If you'd really like to be a ladies’ man, infringe on the rights of floorwalkers and head-waiters and sport a boutonniere. But, be careful of your choice of flowers in your lapel, advises Warren William, the suave, well groomed, boutonniere-wearing movie star, who comes to the...... sibabsndve Pte Theatre’ on...-cu.........§ in the Warner Bros. picture, ‘““Times Square Playboy”. “Tf you pick out the wrong flower or the wrong color, you might just as well expect a bad evening ahead,” says the star, who has been wearing a posie in his left lapel since the day he stepped out of his A. E. F. uniform and slipped into spats. The Warner Bros. actor really ought to know his subject. He started studying flowers and women back when a girl stuck a big sunflower in his jacket, dragged him into a ten cent art gallery, put his arm around her and then told him to look “friendly like”. Men who go in for blind dates shouldn’t wear boutonnieres, insists the star, who wears a large variety of them in his new character of “Times Square Playboy”. “It’s better not to wear one at all than the wrong kind.” Now for blondes, William prescribes pink or red carnations. “ye never seen a blonde yet who didn’t go ga-ga over a fellow sporting a pink carnation.” With brunettes, he says a man should wear a white carnation. A green one—the St. Patrick’s Day variety—is best for red heads, if one can be obtained. A white one will do in a pinch, however. Bachelor buttons are his ideal as boutonnieres at cocktail parties, especially if the man has his wife along and there are a number of good looking single girls around. Two or three forget-me-nots look well in the lapel of the fellow who has a yen for the heiress he has in tow. “The engaged male could do nothing better than wear a Cecil Brunner rose when out with his bride-to-be,” William continues. “At his wedding, he should wear an orange blossom or carnation— the color of the latter to be decided upon after the bridegroom determines the color of the girl’s tresses. Two orange blossoms are for the man who marries the second time. Three for the third.” When the lapel won’t accommodate the necessary number, William advises the man give up the idea of marriage. “A daisy is the best flower to wear when escorting a tailored woman,” he says. “Lillies of the valley go well with women who practice baby talk, or lisp. “Gardenias are the flowers to wear with divorcees and widows. A sprig of lilac for the girl of the clinging vine variety. None for gold diggers. “But,” advised the star, wear nothing but white carnations when you’re stepping out in soup and fish, regardless of the girl.” While William was giving this advice on boutonnieres, June Travis, his dark-haired leading lady in “Times Square Playboy” sauntered up. “What a perfectly pretty carnation you’re wearing, Warren,” she bubbled. “She’s the exception which proves the rule,” said the fastthinking star as he adjusted the pink carnation in his lapel. “Times Square Playboy” is a sparkling comedy drama taken from the famous George M. Cohan play, “Home Towners”. Besides William McGann from the screen includes Barton MacLane, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart, Dick Purcell, Craig Reynolds, Granville Bates and Dorothy Vaughan. The picture was directed by William McGann from the screen play by Roy Chanslor. Music and lyrics are by M. K. Jerome and Joan Jasmyn. Page Four Catchy New Air Sung For Film By June Travis Composed especially for June Travis, Warner Bros. starlet, “Lookin’ for Trouble,” a _ song written by M. K. Jerome and Joan Jasmyn, is the vehicle that introduces the young actress as a blues singer, in “Times Square Playboy” which comes to the............0. Theatre Miss Travis, whose singing talents were only recently discovered, sings the blues number in a Manhattan night club sequence. Jerome, Warner Bros. contract music writer, has composed a number of hit songs including “Just a Baby’s Prayer at Twilight,’ “Bright Eyes,” “Dream Kisses” and Old Pal”. With Miss Jasmyn he wrote “Romance After Dark,” featured in “Freshman Love,” and “Covered Wagon Days,” sung by Dick Foran in “Moonlight On The Prairie”. There is a brilliant cast which includes besides William and Miss Travis, Barton MacLane, Gene and Kathleen Lockhart, Dick Purcell, Craig Reynolds, Granville Bates and Dorothy Vaughan. William McGann directed. June Travis Taking Archery Lessons Ambitious to be a feminine William Tell, June Travis, young Warner Bros. actress, is taking archery lessons from Warren William, with whom she is featured in “Times Square Playboy”, which COMOSE TOME. Sicveccsentcsenteedess Theatre During their luncheon hours, the couple can usually be found on the studio back lot pulling bows and aiming arrows at everything which doesn’t walk, creep or crawl. June Travis Fulfilling bright future made after her first leading film role in “Ceiling Zero”, beautiful June Travis is adding to her laurels by her work in “Times Square Playboy” which opens at Nl OReranteerort TREALTE ON. .ssreseessereeere the predictions of a Mat No. 104—10c William and MacLane Take Up Wrestling Warren William and Barton MacLane, teamed up as master and trainer-buter, respectively, in “Times Square Playboy”, the Warner Bros. picture, which comes to thesievircr sce Theatre: ON... .scsecescaneese F also teamed up as sparring partners during the filming of the production. MacLane spent his weekends at the William home putting the star through the paces, training him in boxing, wrestling and sprinting. The occasion for William’s sudden interest in athletics, was the necessity for the star to wrestle and box in the picture. Big Shots On Big Binge June Travis Becomes ~ New Screen Oomph Girl Chicago Society Miss Now Has Leading Role in “‘Times Square Playboy”’ By W. E. Oliver (By Courtesy Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express) And now the “Oomph” girl! She is June Travis, nee June Grabiner, daughter of Harry Grabiner of the Chicago White Sox. She came out to Hollywood on social calls and found herself, to her surprise, standing in front of a microphone, with a new name, kissing Jimmy Cagney. A short time ago, June Grabiner was vacationing in Florida with her family. A Warner Bros. scout saw her, asked her to Gene and Kathleen Lockhart, noted film comedians portray big shots from Big Bend who go on a big binge in the big town to accompaniment of woe, laughter, tangled lives and hang-overs in “Times Square Playboy’, the Warner Bros. comedy based on a George M. Cohan stage hit, Which Opens. Ab ENE. ..rrcssrerccssssereierscsreerers eRe TRG GENO: ON usiacscasssuap stantadhnsestomeetec teed Mat No. 201—20c Six Winners Of Beauty Contests In Comedy Film Contrary to popular belief, movie studios are not closed to girls who, to a blare of bugles and a rumble of drums, won beauty contests and titles in their home towns. Six of them, five brunettes and a blonde, were found working with Warren William on the Warner Bros. lot during the production of “Times Square Playboy”, which COMES = TO=THE. «io. cocccccssessscssenves Theatre The girls and their titles follow: Vonda Pein, “Miss Washington” of 1934 and “Miss Seattle” of 1934 and 1935. Maryon Curtiz, “Miss Burmingham” of 1982. Colleen Colman, ‘Miss Chicago” of 1932, won under the name of Irene Colman. Neomi Judge, “Miss Minneapolis” of 1933 and a Wampas Baby Star of 1934. Ruth Moody, “Miss Denver” of 1931. Claire Whyte, “Miss Texas” of 1928. The girls, under contract to Warner Bros. admitted they came to Hollywood determined to enter pictures on the strength of their titles. “Times Square Playboy” is a sparkling comedy drama _ taken from the famous George M. Cohan play, “Home Towners.” The picture was directed by William McGann. Warren William An Autograph Chaser Hollywood knows of no greater movie fan than Warren William, Warner Bros. star of “Times Square Playboy”, now showing at DIG Siseckeceessockoveere Theatre. Film Lovers Warren William and June Travis end their love battling in a thrill ing scene of romance and laughter in “Times Square Playboy”, the Warner Bros. comedy coming to EMG ssaresstecsagenscees TREGETE. O7,..0..00c00.s0s00se Mat No. 114—10c take a test when she came to Hollywood again. When she came with her family on their next jaunt to the coast, June was surprised they remembered. The test turned out well, and here is where the “Oomph” comes in. Grabiner, the girl, was all right for the screen. But Grabiner, the name, was not right for the marquees. Naturally partial to the name she bore through her Chicago girlhood, June felt a little disappointed. She had her name tested by a numerologist for “Oomph”. “I don’t believe in such things,” she explained to me on the set of “Times Square Playboy”, in which she is playing her second leading role, “but the count didn’t come out right. So I was open to suggestions.” The studio decided they needed a name with enough “oomph” in it to suit her personality. June is, as you see her on the screen, crisp, vigorous, straight talking and trig. She chose Myra Moore but decided it sounded too much like a farmer’s daughter adopting a new name for the city. A round robin poll was conducted on Warner’s lot. Some one hit on the name June Travis. It was given exhaustive tests for “oomph” and found to have plenty of it. Numerologists checked it for numbers and it came out right for success. The publicity men counted it to see if it would fit headlines. Perfect count. Thus Miss Grabiner became June Travis. One of the strange experiences in the transition from Grabiner to Travis was the time Mervyn LeRoy said, “I’m always getting you mixed up with June Grabiner, Miss Travis.” June thought he was ribbing her, but he added on the level, “She’s a very lovely girl, but I believe you have the edge on her.” I asked June Travis if changing her name affected her outlook. She found little difference except a feeling of self-confidence that came with the masquerade. The switch didn’t shake her outspokenness, however. Speaking of making love on the set she said: “A mike doesn’t help any in giving you romantic thoughts. Away from it I could give making love some thought. But in front of those cameras I get as much out of kissing a man as kissing a totem pole.” “But that famous James Cagney episode?” I was referring to her first “screen” kiss in, “Ceiling Zero” when she forgot her lines and gasped, “Oh, Jimmy, oh!” The “oomph” girl blushed a little and came back: “I kept my feet on the ground, didn’t I?” “Times Square Playboy”, which COMES tO thE...........ccccersercsees Theatre Ol iccestcessscarseezstseseesnaess , is a sparkling comedy drama taken from the famous George M. Cohan play, “Home Towners”. Besides Miss Travis the cast includes Warren William, Barton MacLane, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart, Dick Purcell, Craig Reynolds, Granville Bates and Dorothy Vaughan. The picture was directed by William McGann from the screen play by Roy Chanslor. Music and lyrics are by M. K. Jerome and Joan Jasmyn.