Too Young to Know (Warner Bros.) (1945)

Starred Still 643-513 Mat No. 202—30c ROBERT HUTTON, youthful Warner star who won audience acclaim in "Destination Tokyo" and "Hollywood Canteen," is currently co-starred with Joan Leslie in that studio's ''Too Young To Know" at the Strand Theatre. Also featured in the film are Dolores Moran, Rosemary DeCamp and Harry Davenpost. Jitterbugging Is Out In ‘Too Young To Know’ Joan Leslie and Robert Hutton were on Warner Bros.’ stage 6 having more fun than work while doing a scene for ‘Too Young To Know,” the romantic comedy in which they are currently co-starring at the Strand. It was a particularly gay scene; it planted them right in the middle of a dance given by the ultra-fashionable girls’ school attended by Joan. The school’s ballroom was jammed with young folks—the girls in gay evening gowns and the young men in_ tuxedos. From the stand came the music of an orchestra directed by Rudolph Friml, Jr. “Now as we do this scene, let’s really show we’re having a good time; act as though you’re actually at a dance,” director Fred De Cordova said. “All right. Action!’ The dancing couples took him at his word. They launched into the job of having fun—and Still RD4 Mat No. 101—15c ROSEMARY DeCAMP, popular featured player, plays Robert Hutton's mother in Warners' "Too Young To Know,"" a romantic comedy reptly at the Strand. cur there were almost as many versions of dancing as there were couples on the floor. “Cut!” called De Cordova. Then he explained why the scene was not done as he wanted ae “The time, you must remember, is 1936. There was no jitterbugging then.” The dancing resumed. But no jitterbugging. Joan Leslie Gives Love-Lorn Advice To Lonesome G.I. On a recent visit to an army tamp Joan Leslie, currently starring in Warners’ “Too Young To Know” at the Strand, Yecame interested in a woebegone buck private, who confessed he was upset over his romance with a girl back in his middle-western home town. It seems the girl in question had started stepping out with civilians just as soon as he had enlisted. Helps Soldier Joan took pity on the lad and promised to write to the girl in his behalf. Though it took her the better part of a week to compose a letter that would have played on the heart-strings of the Sphinx, Joan mailed it, feeling she had done her good deed for the month. After -waiting a reasonable length of time, the actress decided to check up on her matchmaking, and wrote the soldier, making inquiries. A few days passed, then came a wire: “Just heard Heélen’s been married two months. But you’ve been so darned sweet I’ve decided to wait for you!” In her current film, Joan is costarred with Robert Hutton. Clothes Make The Woman! A Word To Wise Teen-Agers By Joan Leslie who is currently co-starring with Robert Hutton in Warner Bros.’ “Too Young To Know” at the Strand. Clothes may not make the man but the lack of nice things .to wear can make a girl very uncomfortable. I don’t think those little numbers one picks up for around $5.98 make one look as well as a dress that costs $300 or $400, but the truth is, even if I wear very expensive things in pictures, I personally feel just as happy in something that costs about $15.00. I think that a dress of that sort definitely is better than one that costs a third that amount. But it’s better, I think, to wear something you like, something that fits your style or type—no matter what it costs. You can’t buy clothes on the basis of pricetags alone, any more than you can acquire friends on_ that basis. Rely On Men I think it’s only smart to listen to the opinions of husbands, brothers and sweethearts. No one of them is infallible, but if three or four males in a row tell you a hat looks silly the chances are it really doesn’t flatter you. It was Eddie Cantor who told my sisters and me something about costumes which all youngsters should know. As a ’teenage person I know most of us like fairly sophisticated things, yet I know from experience we look better and go ahead faster both socially and professionally if we stick to fairly simple things. Ill never forget what Eddie Cantor said: “Just forget the rhinestones and elaborate costumes and try a simple playsuit next time and see how it goes.” It was several years ago that he gave us the advice. We were working in a Florida night club. But every time I hear his name I’m grateful for his wisdom about costume. Keep it simple is the best advice, especially for girls my age. Actor Plans Film Marriage To Joan Leslie In Future Robert Hutton, Warner Bros.’ new romantic star who is currently co-starring with Joan Leslie in that studio’s “Too Young To Know” at the Strand, has become somewhat entangled in a web of cinema matrimony. Not long ago he co-starred in “Janie” and in that film fell head over heels in love with Joyce Reynolds. A sequel to that film was immediately planned, entitled “Janie Gets Married.” But he doesn’t marry Joyce in this picture.. She has retired from the screen. The new “Janie” is Joan Leslie. And, in a cinematic sort of way, Hutton knows what Joan’s like when it comes to love. She was his sweetheart in “Hollywood Canteen,” and, again, in the current “Too Young To Know” he elopes with her, divorces her and remarries her, “Now,” says Hutton, “I’m looking forward to marrying her again. Great game, this picturemaking business.” Ramsey Ames Isn't "Too Young To Know’ The Joy Of Inheriting A Sizable Legacy Part of a sizable fund which Ramsey Ames inherits on her twenty-first birthday, she revealed recently on the “Too Young To Know” set at Warner Bros., will be used to back a prominent musician in forming a rhumba band. Until all details of the deal are set, however, she is withholding the identity of the musician. The money comes to her from the estate of her father, Edward Philips, New York attorney, who died three years ago. The young actress, under contract to Warners, enacts her best role to date in the Joan Leslie Robert Hutton starring film which is currently at the Strand Theatre. Joan Leslie A Trouper At Tender Age Of Two When a five-year-old prima donna got temperamental and wouldn’t go on for her act in a Detroit musical show, Joan Brodel, otherwise known as Joan Leslie, made an unexpected stage debut. Aged two, she toddled across the stage in front of a line of chorus girls and sang “Let A Smile Be Your Umbrella.” That brought down the house. She was the prima donna after that. The only reason she was there to grasp her great opportunity was that her mother had to be there with two older daughters, Betty and Mary, who were in the show. Just for fun, at home, her sisters had taught her the child star’s song. 3 Sisters Team Many a vaudeville engagement and hit performance in night clubs from Quebec to Miami followed for little Joan and her sisters, who formed a threesome of song, dance, acrobatics and imitations. Finally there came an especially big hit at the Paradise Club, New York, and a contract in pictures for Joan. The rest is movie history. After achieving stardom at the age of sixteen in Warners’ “Sergeant York” opposite Gary Cooper, Joan played leads in “The Hard Way,” “Yankee Doodle Dandy” “Hollywood Canteen” and “Rhapsody In Blue.” Currently she is to be seen in Warners’ “Too Young To Know” at the Strand, in which she co-stars with Robert Hutton. The film, which was adopted from a popular Saturday Evening Post serial of the same name by Harlan Ware, was directed by Frede.ick de Cordova. Mat. No. 108—15c Angela Greene Bob Hutton Wears Civilian Suit For First Time In Film For the first time in his brief but spectacular film career, Robert Hutton, young Warner Bros. star, wears civilian clothes before the camera for his role in that studio’s “Too Young To Know,” currently at the Strand. Heretofore, the new screen sensation — the same fellow who ¢ made a hit in } “Janie” — has been garbed in either an Army or Navy uniform in the four major pictures he has done. Bast; teorsca scene in “Too Young To Know,” in which Dolores Moran he is co-starred with Joan Leslie, he has to dress in a tuxedo. After the first “take,” he said: “It didn’t seem right; still think I ought to be in some sort of a uniform.” The next day, he was—in the uniform of an Army Air Corps captain, for a part of the story projects him into India with that branch of the service. But the tux he wore? It was his own. He bought it five years ago for $12.50 to wear in a play staged by students at the Feagan School of Dramatics in New York. “One of the best investments I ever made,” he recalled. Mat No. 106—15c Flirtation Still 643-8 Mat No. 207—30c Robert Hutton and Joan Leslie, lovable sweethearts of ‘Hollywood Canteen," are in love again in Warners’ new comedy-romance, "Too Young To Know," currently at the Strand. Also featured in the film are Dolores Moran, Rose mary DeCamp and Harry Davenport. yp