Two Seconds (Warner Bros.) (1932)

4 BEFORE YOU DO A THING READ THIS PAGE THE STORY Before John Allen enters the death chamber, the doctor explains that it takes about two seconds for a man to review his whole life while in the electric chair, John sits in the chair, visualizing his life as the dynamos hum. The drone dissolves into the buzz of a riveting machine. We see John and hig pal, Bud, working on the girders of a huge skyscraper. John is serious-minded and not very enthusiastic when Bud arranges a “blind date” for him. The two men wait for Bud’s girl and the “blind date” but when John discovers she is a girl he had met before and dislikes, he escapes and runs into a dance hall. Here a slick taxi dancer picks him up and John is smitten with her. Bud warns him, but John will not listen. One evening she persuades him to drink. John becomes intoxicated. In his muddled condition, the girl takes him to a justice of the peace and ‘they are married. John gsobers up and decides to stick it out. is afraid to climb the girders. His wife finally succeeds in persuading him to return, telling him it was not. his fault. He rushes to the skyscraper and climbs a girder to test himself. He has a vision of Bud hurtling through the air, becomes dizzy and falls, landing on a scaffold a floor below and injuring his hip. Because of his mental state, his recovery is very slow and his wife supports him. He never realizes where the money is coming from until Shirley coolly tells him it comes from Tony. Crazed with anger, John, helpless, manages to hide a few dollars and plays the horses. With his winnings, he pays off the debts to the landlady and in the frenzy of a madman gets out of his chair and walks for the first time in months. He goes to the dance hall where he finds his wife with Tony. He pays Tony back the money he had given his wife, and then kills Shirley. John gives himself up to the police, pleads guilty and is sentenced BIOGRAPHICAL BRIEFS EDWARD 4G. ROBINSON—Celebrated on stage. On screen in “Widow from Chicago,” “Hole in the Wall,” “The Night Ride,” “A Lady in Love,” “The Bright Shawl,” “Little Caesar,” “Smart Money,” “Five Star Final,” “The Hatchet Man” and “Two Seconds.” Born in Bucharest, Roumania, VIVIENNE OSBORNE—Varied experience on stage and sereen, Best known films are “The Beloved Bachelor,” “Husband’s Holiday,” “Two Kinds Of Women,” “The Famous Ferguson Case” and “Two Seconds.” PRESTON FOSTER — Popular Broadway stage player. Prominently cast in “Two Seconds” on stage and brought to Hollywood to play the same role. J. CARROLL NAISH — Featured “The Crowd Roars” Seconds.” ADRIENNE DORE—One-time “Miss America” and one of the most gorgeous young blondes on the screen. Since joining First National, her best roles have been in “Alias The Doctor,” “The Expert,” “Union Depot” and “Two Seconds.” BURTON CHURCHILL—Stage and screen veteran whose pictures in_ elude “Nothing But The Truth,” “Secrets Of A Secretary,” “Hus| band’s Holiday,” “Taxi,” “The Rich Are Always With Us” and ‘Two Seconds.” WILLIAM JANNEY—Young featured player with important roles in “Salute,” “Coquette,” “Dawn Patrol,” “Right Of Way,” “Those Who Dance,” “Man Who Played God,” “A Successful Calamity” and “Two Seconds.” MERVYN LE ROY — (Director) Among his many achievements and “Two 6 M : 99 66 e seamen NE ae ALGAE Soe EM Resin See verte reyes gsernnge errr eee = The Mouthpiece, The Ferguson +) are “Rraadwav Rehies 9 at ic cuapeiaeipabiiine tinacdeaeeeeceanscneo ace Secs _* eraaercee esebomcnosomaioneti ee ee ee Se —e —— SS 9 aamecginagtet eee oes <i erx SROORIS = ; oO ae —= Sol . a o rt aks : Ps ~watarivy, 118 WIIG, spends fis money f € Cannot unde Case Stuff,” “Little Johnny Jones, very lavishly and continues to meet Tony, the dance hall ’ proprietor. John is not aware of this, Bud knows and one day as they are working, he tells him. John, angered, refuses to believe him, He picks up a pair of tongs and starts for Bud, who loses his balance and falls to his death. John broods over this. His nerves are so shaken that he the verdict—his mad belief being that it was no crime to kill Shirley. He is trying to explain this to the judge when he becomes dizzy—he sees Bud falling—everything goes into a whirl—and again the sound of the dynamos is heard. The warden speaks to the doctor, which breaks the terrific tension of the witnesses as the picture fades out. CAST OF CHARACTERS Bud Annie ee Mane Ee Th FREDERICK Howarp Sakura sivas arom ae HELEN PHILLIPS po A Se JUNE GITTLESON Sie Sir Siocon ee SORE Te Jitu DENNETT ROAD Wns caw Gaeer BSE On Luana WALTERS pee NOs See ee Otto HorrmMan PRS SS EDWARD G. ROBINSON SO NS es Cae oe ge PRESTON FostER ESA Mae ee ae teen VIVIENNE OSBORNE DRM Pant uate rs Wee J. CarRoLut NaisH FOE Bad OS Paes Sor ARP on ee Guy KIsBBEE RUM As SAL As Ree eG EE ADRIENNE DorE MaRS Seta toieeen se rere WALTER WALKER COME ee Lanes DoroTHea WOLBERT TBARS GEN Ree Su Epwarp McWapr A Btn Seas ghee te BurTON CHURCHILL Petals poe ALE cA ANT WILLIAM JANNEY Pe aOR RC ae PU Ros ORL Ge ay Lew Brice FRANKLIN PARKER PRODUCTION STAFF Author Page One Se SAY peninine eur es RRS LESTER ELLIotTT Sgt oa ee abe Harvey THEW cee ee Oe Mervyn LeRoy Coeds ANTON GrRoT Sot Po.uito TERRILL MORSE GUY KIBBEE—Versatile and aeccomplished character actor who contented himself for many years with touring the sticks with road shows. When he made his appearance on Broadway in “Torch Song” Hollywood claimed him. His latest pictures for Warner Bros. are “Union Depot,” “High Pressure,” “Blonde Crazy,” “Taxi,” “Playing Around,” “Show Girl Of Hollywood,” “Numbered Men,” “Too Young To Marry,” “Local Boy Makes Good,” “Top Speed,” “Broad Minded,” “Little Caesar,” “Five Star Final,” “High Pressur,” “Heart Of New York” and “Two Seconds.” Now under contract to Warner Bros. Born in San Francisco, Cal. OFFICIAL BILLING First National Pictures, Inc. present: EDWARD G. ROBINSON In “TWO SECONDS” with Vivienne Osborne—Guy Kibbee—Preston Foster Directed by Mervyn LeRoy A First National and Vitaphone Picture RUNNING TIME LENGTH 57 100% 75% 20% 20% 407% 68 MINUTES 6219 FEET WHERE TO FIND IT Page AOCENBOYICN. gee oy 19 Advanee Stories... 5 i, fe BARNOR Or SEN tee eek 18 iogmapniess ool aed x CARE Oe mec hace en a 1 Curtent Storiegis....60 52 3 Exploitation 2.0" oe 16, 17, 18 Page Feature Stories Newspaper Ads. .7-14 inclusive Official Billing .-3 7, -3@ 1 SOS a ea 3,5 Review (350/700. . aeeee 5 Rum g Time 2 od ee 1 Seene Cite 23 eee 6 SyROpSINs 8 ee eee 1