Truth About Youth (Warner Bros.) (1930)

‘ i Directed By That B. O. Sharpshooiter Bill Seiter Who Hasn’t Failed To Click Yet! Biography of LORETTA YOUNG Loretta Young in “The Truth About ~ Youth” Cut No. 19 Cut 15¢ Mat sce She was born Gretchen Young in Salt Lake City, Utah; her name was changed to Loretta when a film career came. She is one of three lovely sisters, the others being Polly Ann Young and Sally Blaine, also in the movies. Polly is twenty-one, Sally is nineteen, and Loretta is seventeen years of age. A brother, Jack, was in pictures several years ago with Wallace Reid, but he decided to become a lawyer. When Loretta was four, her family moved to Hollywood. There her uncle was business manager for George Melford, the director. She attended Ramona Convent in Los Angeles. When a film opportunity came along, the girl gave up school; but for a year and half she has been tutored by Mrs. Carman Holiday, who devotes her entire time to Loretta’s formel education. Her screen career began almost by an accident. Mervyn LeRoy, First National director, telephoned Loretta’s home in an effort to secure her sister, Polly Ann, for a picture, but Her brother answered the phone and said, “Polly Ann is away, but Gretchen is Polly Ann was out of town. _—_~~witieré— she looks very maeh—like her sister.” eae “Spend her out,’ said LeRoy, and when Loretta (as they later decided to eall her) arrived he was so impressed that he presented her to Colleen Moore and the result was a small role in “Naughty But Nice.” Colleen Moore “sold” Loretta to the studio executives and the result was a long-term contract. This was not really the beginning, for her first screen role was with Fanny Ward, at the age of four. Her excellent work as a child artist created a demand for her services. She studied dancing under Ernest Belcher; is very graceful and proficient in both classic and ballroom dancing. One of Loretta’s biggest thrills| came when she was cast for the feminine lead in Lon Chaney’s “Laugh, Clown, Laugh.” She was one of forty-eight girls who took tests for that picture. — Another thrill was when she was selected to play the ingenue lead in her first talking picture, “The Squall.” And another thrill came when she was selected a Wampas Baby Star for 1929 with her sister Sally Blaine. Loretta Young is a rabid motion picture fan and visits picture theatres whenever she gets a chance. She keeps a scrapbook and has every line that she has found that has ever been printed about her. Lillian Gish is her favorite actress. She was married to Grant Withers after a romantic elopement early in 1930. She loves dancing and music and yretty clothes. She rides well but dislikes swimming. Motor-boating is another hobby. Her ambition is to own a speedboat and be able to drive it whenever and wherever she pleases. Loretta is of fair complexion, with brown hair and blue eyes, and is slim and willowy. She is five feet three inches in height and weighs less than one hundred pounds, She prefers highly emotional roles to light and frothy characterizations. Her latest First National and Vitaphone picture is “The Truth About Youth.” Biography of DAVID MANNERS David Manners in “The Truth About Youth” Cut No. 20 Cut 15¢ “Mat 5c David Manners was born in Halifax, Nova Seotia, April 30, 1902. He is the son of Lillian Manners and George Merley Acklom, His real name is Rauff Acklom. His father, now retired, was in the publishing business and the family moved to New York City when he was seven years old. Young Manners always liked going to the theatre but it was not until his high school years that he thought of the stage as a profession for himself. As a child he constructed a miniature theatre where puppets reenacted plays he had seen on his frequent visits to the real theatre. His parents wanted him to become a civil engineer but he, having abandoned his childhood ambition. to become a sea captain, was now determined on a. career as an actor. He had many theatricai friends in New York and his parents sent him to matriculate at the University of Toronto because they thought he might forget his histrionic ambitions there. « But his four ..vears in. college Strengthened the véry~ purpose the Ackloms had sought to defeat, for David became one of the shining lights in the Little Theatre movement. After his graduation he returned to New York and almost literally fell into an unsolicited part in “Dancing Mothers” at the Maxine Elliott Theatre. He also appeared in New York with the Theatre Guild. At the urgent request of his parents he finally decided to try business. He secured a position with Durlacher Brothers, a fine arts firm of New York and London which dealt in antiques and paintings. On one of his trips to London he contracted a severe case of pneumonia and was sent to Arizona to convalesce. He subsequently became a cowboy guide. It was in Arizona that he met Suzanne Bushnell, who became his wife. They were going to Honolulu on their honeymoon when they stopped in Hollywood to visit. Manners was cast for the part of “Raleigh” in “Journey’s End” after a friend had suggested that he take a test for the role. He had finished the picture and was ready to go on to Honolulu when he was engaged as Alice White’s leading man in “Sweet Mama.” His first film under his long-term contract with First National is “When We Were TwentyOne.” He is still planning on finishing that honeymoon trip some day! David Manners is six feét tall, weighs 169 pounds, has green eyes and brown hair. He kéeps fit by horseback riding and swimming. His hobby is writing plays. He has the romantic juvenile lead opposite Loretta Young in the new First National’ picture, “The Truth About Youth.” A SEASONED ACTOR Conway Tearle, featured in “Truth About Youth,” the First National production with Loretta Young and David Manners now showing at the Theatre, hag been actively engaged in playing leading parts in films for eighteen years. This tops any male player now starring in either talking or) silent pictures. Biography of CONWAY TEARLE Conway Tearle in “The Truth About Youth” Cut No. 21 Cut 15¢ Mat s5¢ Conway Tearle was born in New York City, but went to England, his parents’ native land, for his edueation. He attended Carlisle and Winchester schools. His childhood ambition was to be a pugilist, which profession he followed. for two years before taking up acting. Tearle’s family has been on the stage since 1712. One of his ancestors played in support of Mrs. Sarah Siddons. Another, William Augustus Conway, was a famous Shakespearian actor. His father, Osmond Tearle, was a noted classical actor of the English stage, and his brother, Godfrey Tearle, is one of the most popular figures before the footlights of England today, Conway Tearle’s own first appearance on the stage was at the age of five at the Academy of Music in New York City. His pugilistic career was terminated when he accepted an engagement at the Drury Lane Theatre, in London. Later, he was leading man at the Garrick and Imperial Theatres. His London experience was in support of such famous stars as Sir Charles Wyndham, Mary Moore, Ellen Terry and Lena Ashwell. In 1907 he made his’ American appear ‘ance with Grace George. Tater i appeared with Ethel Barrymore, Billie Burke, Julia Marlowe, Viola Allen, Emily Stevens, Helen Mencken —in fact, he has played in support of every outstanding woman who has graced the American stage in the last twenty years. Tomorrow You'll Learn The Real — (3 ae LORETTA YOUNG — CONWAY TEARLE — Directed by William A. Seiter PEN-PRES:SIONS OF LORETTA YOUNG ni Here is the lovely star of ‘‘The Truth About Youth,’’ current : attraction as seen by Hirschfeld, famous Russian I vetta has taken the fastest and longest strides ; Cut No. 29 Cut 30c Mat roc earicaturist. to stardom of .@iy"player in Hollywood and her role in “The Truth About Youth” earned for her the honor of playing with Otis Skinner in ‘‘Kismet,’’ one of the most coveted roles in the movie colony. In the cast of ‘‘The Truth About Youth”’ are David Manners, Conway Tearle, Myrna Loy and J. Farrell TRAND Albany Ave. and 14th St. a Cut No. 7 Cut 60¢ Mat r5c She Was Afraid to step out and win back her beau the way another girl won him from her. She could not match the art of the girl who knew men. What was she to do? See for yourself-in this sensationally stirring story! DAVID MANNERS A FIRST NATIONAL é& VITAPHONE PICTURE Page Five