Wine, Women and Horses (Warner Bros.) (1937)

ELEN AH +} | pal BARTON MacLANE /ANN SHERIDAN WARNER (Lead Story) “WINE, WOMEN AND HORSES.” TRACK SARA PfAMING Ore airy SANE ir Be a Geee we oe BRO S.’ —~ eee wD Ww OT5 2 ee es Won First For Grid Feat Barton MacLane made his screen debut Richard De~ in “The Onar pa x ter Back,” winn. 4g the role, HE’LL BET HIS LAST 40 ‘GRAND’ ON THE SPEED OF ORSE...OR THE SMILE OF A BEAUTIFUL DAME! Directed by LOUIS KING Screen Play by ROY CHANSLOR’ From a Novel by W. R. BURNETT A WARNER BROS. PICTURE CAMPAIGN Role in 1924 with when as a student at Wes The glamour and excitement of the country’s race tracks —Saratoga in the East, Santa Anita in the West, and everything down to country fair circuits in between—pervade the newest of the movies dealing with the ponies—‘‘ Wine, Women and Horses,’’ which Warner Bros. will at the Strand Theatre, with Barton MacLane and Ann Sheri‘ Strand Theatre. dan in the leading roles. Movie audiences are used to seeing big Barton MacLane as the toughest of tough guys, or as a cruel, heartless villain (as he was in ‘‘The Prince and the Pauper,’’ for example) but here he’s a genial, lovable race horse follower, who wins the sympathy of the audience at the beginning and holds it throughout. Gambling is in Bart’s blood. Pegg: Bates, whom he loves and marries first, is a small town girl who tries to eradicate the fever. But it’s no go. Bart can’t be content as a poorly-paid hotel clerk, and goes back to the tracks. Always during his career Ann Sheridan has been his good pal, betting along with him, sharing his luck, good and bad. And now, when Peggy leaves him to get a divorce and marry a faithful small town admirer, Bart and Ann join forces for good. *‘Lady Luck’? is a horse they ’ve always won on. When a cruel owner forces the animal to run with a bad leg, Bart buys her out of kindness of heart. He nurses her back to soundness and she wins a big Santa Anita handicap for him and Ann. A magnificently trained movie-horse called ‘‘ Nita’? plays the equine part. Featured in ‘‘ Wine, Women and Horses’’ with the two stars and Miss Bates are Dick Purcell, Kenneth Harlan, Walter Cassell, Lottie Williams and James Robbins. The picture was directed by Louis King, from a screen play by Roy Chanslor, based on W. R. Burnett’s novel. FEMME BOXING FAN Ann Sheridan, star of ‘‘Wine, Women, and Horses,’’ has a s1anding reservation at weekly matches. Conn., players in score a touch the lead in and_ Horses, present next Friday Bros. Barton MacLane VICTIM PICKS A favorite ‘ leyan University, Middletown, he was one of 12 off in football. picture the country to down trom kickHe now has “Wine, Women °° the Warner the now. at OF RIB Ann Sheridan UP PINS ‘rib’? at Warner Mat 104—10e The glamor of the American racetrack scene is paraded before you tn all its forms in ‘‘Wine, Women and Horses,’’ now at the Strand, in which Barton MacLane, above, plays the lead. THE CAST Bros. studio was to send a seamstress across the ‘‘Wine, Women and Horses’’ set, carelessly dropping pins as she goes, to keep little Peggy Bates busy. Picking up pins is the featured player’s one superstition and she can’t resist the temptation even though she knows it is a ‘‘rib.’’ ‘‘Wine, Women and Horses’’ a racetrack drama, is now showing at. the Strand Theatre. Pegzy is the girl who got into movies the hard way. After playing a number of small roles without landing the one she wanted on the stage, she decided that perhaps the screen was better for her. She was right: Peggy Bates clicked with one test, and now has | a prominent role in the picture. Mat 102—10e Ann Sheridan is the feminine interest in ‘‘Wine, Women and Horses,’’ a drama of the racetracks which comes to the Strand next Friday. Barton MacLane costars with Miss Sheridan. PRODUCTION STAFF Pte DUT ners Os ee ae ane Barton MacLane Vere ile ee Oe ee Ann Sheridan Be RASA tas Vesrn eS Dick Purcell ERAN vais Gea aout Peggy Bates Steerer ee ind aac oe EGG Walter Cassell Misa castaegt yn onal ke ache Lottie Williams RAO SA eR Guna clin Bee Ua ton gE Kenneth Harlan “SES o ool coe ROR GARGS Areal oes Eugene Jackson t aU AN aE A tog ran Mma te Page IND, Charley Foy ESE LAN Ga bs peel eS ema ate we ah James Robbins Country of origin U.S.A. Copyright 1937 Vitagraph, Inc. Diener Bie as PA ee eae Louis King Dereen. PMR DS. sks Roy Chanslor ROY Ch st ie ea ak, W. R. Burnett Photography by................ James Van Trees, A.S.C. Bib Fi OR Sa a en Pepe Jack Saper erent NE RRaS ae Reggie Hammerstein PASC AMIE SER incl se ion Se ee Esdras Hartley pe tre pM iio Mitty ose Wee So ee Howard Shoup All rights reserved. Copyright is waived to magazines and newspapers. PLAN (Opening Day) FLYING THOROUGHBREDS AN STRAND SCREEN TanAY SS aGe tea oF NP es es Ov S ww ivr o Movie fans who like constant thrills in their pictures — and especially those who get their big kick from flying thoroughbreds — have a treat in store for them, in ‘‘Wine, Women And Horses,’’ the Warner Bros. melodrama that opens today at, the Strand Theatre. Besides the two women — Ann Sheridan and Pegey Bates, both of whom are loved by the hero, Barton MacLane — there are a whole lot of horses, including one called ‘‘Lady Luck,’’ about which revolves the plot of the melodrama. There are some beautiful scenes of America’s racetracks — Saratoga, Belmont, Santa Anita and the others — and there is the constant excitement of big betting, with the winning or losing meaning important turning points in the leading character’s lives. Barton MacLane, departing from his usual role of hard mugg or cruel villain, this time is a sympathetic hero. He’s a _ racetrack enthusiast and a gambler, to be sure, but you can’t help liking him. Peggy Bates is a small-town girl with an aversion to racing and ‘all it implies; Ann Sheridan is a fellow-enthusiast and fellow gambler with MacLane. Who wins him? Look at the picture and see. ‘‘Wine, Women And Horses?’ was directed by Louis King from a screenplay by Roy Chanslor, based upon W. R. Burnett’s novel called ‘‘Lady Luck.’’ Other notables of the cast, apart from those mentioned, include Dick Purcell, Kenneth Harlan, Walter Cassell, Lottie Williams, James Robbins. SQUASH FOR PURCELL Squash is Dick Pureell’s favorite dish — but not as a food. He is one of Hollywood’s most expert squash players and took a daily workout in the game following his stint as a featured player in ‘*Wine, Women and Horses’? Warner Bros.’ drama of the racetrack which comes to the Strand Theatre next Friday. Barton MacLane and Ann Sheridan co-star.