He Was Her Man (Warner Bros.) (1934)

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Forbstein Spon eee ee John Barnes ‘““HE WAS HER MAN”’ 100% with James Cagney 857 Joan Blondell 85% Victor Jory and Frank Craven 60% Directed by Lloyd Bacon 20% A Warner Bros. & Vitaphone Production 40% Flicker Hayes, just out of prison after three years served for cracking a safe, agrees to do another job with Dan Curly and Red Deering. He receives $15,000 but tips off the police because he blames Dan and Red for his pre vious sentence. The police ambush the cracksmen. Flicker disappears, but Dan and Red kill a cop. Dan escapes but Red is captured, tried and _ electrocuted. Dan puts Flicker on the spot and has him trailed to San Francisco. One night, Rose, a_ streetwalker, walks into Flicker’s room. She explains that she is going to get married and go straight and wants her wedding dress, which she hid under the mattress when she was evicted from the hotel. She has no money to get to the Portuguese fishing village where she is to meet Nick, her future husband. Flicker, thinking the city is getting too hot for him, decides to go to the village with Rose and hide out there. One night Nick has to get his fish ready for the San Francisco market and Flicker goes to Rose, who succumbs to his fascination. She then decides not to marry Nick and to go away with Flicker, her newest love. Nick returns for his wedding and is so kind that Rose can’t tell him her new plans, but decides to sneak away. Flicker decides to doublecross Rose and disappears. While Flicker is waiting for the bus two gangsters drive up. He realizes they are Dan’s henchmen and sneaks back to the fishing shack only to find them there ahead of him. The gunmen decide to take Rose and him for a ride, believing she knows about it and will be able to identify them. Flicker tells Rose he is through with her and is going away with the two men, whom he calls his business partners. They see that Rose knows nothing of the reason for their presence and leave her alone. They take Flicker to a lonely spot and complete their business. Nick returns and Rose tell him the truth about Flicker. He forgives her and she promises to be a good wife to him. TT | San et te oe oman ie ae Ree te as ee 6453 feet 3h ea eaten 70 minutes Country of Origin U. 8S. A. Copright 1934 Vitagraph, Inc. All rights reserved. Copyright is waived to magazines and newspapers. This advertising accessory is the property of Vitagraph, Inc. and is leased for use only in connection with the exhibition of the above motion picture pursuant to an agreement which also prohibits its sublease or resale, ree sea ce SONICS AE AID A TAP AAI NEPA Se te EERO AER BS RRL tr” DENYSE TS PERSE 1 BONNIE Page Two UTIVUTUUUUTUTVAUTU TUT James Cagney, lady-killer par excellence, returns to his old playmate, Joan Blondell, in “He Was Her Man,” Warner Bros.’ drama with Victor Jory, Frank Craven and others. The film will be shown at the Strand next Wednesday. Mat No. 4—20c Joan Biondell In less than two years from the time that Joan Blondell, a native New Yorker, was brought to Hollywood to appear with James Cagney, in the Warner Bros. picture, ‘“Sinners’? Holiday,’’ she had become a star in her own right and one of the most popular screen actresses. From earliest infancy, Joan’s life has been closely allied with the theatre. Her father, a wellknown vaudeville performer for twenty years, carried his family with him in his treks across the country on the various vaudeville circuits and each and every member of the group had a part in the act not excluding even the baby, Joan, when she was scarcely able to walk. JOAN BLONDELL at the Strand Following her sensational debut in ‘Sinners’ Holiday,’’ Joan was featured in a number of pictures. Her more recent successes include ‘Smarty,’’ ‘‘I’ve Got Your Number,’’ ‘‘Convention City,’’ ‘‘Havana Widows,’’ ‘‘Footlight Parade,’ =<" Gold Diecerssof 1933327 ““Goodbye Again,’’ ‘‘Blondie Johnson’? and ‘‘Lawyer Man.’’ Sarah Padden Sarah Padden was born in Chicago and educated at St. Gabriel’s school. She went directly to the stage after leaving the school, being associated with Otis Skinner for many years. She was long a headliner on the Keith and Orpheum vaudeville circuits before she turned to pictures. Miss Padden has had important roles in many pictures, including “CAs The arth= Turns,’?’ -& The Man of Two Worlds,’’ ‘‘ Queen Christina,’??,°°Ann: V-i-¢-ke 1s; ‘‘The Power and the Glory,’’ “Women Won’t Tell,’’ ‘‘ Wild Girl’’ and ‘‘Tess of the Storm Country.’? Victor Jory Victor Jory was born in Dawson City, Alaska, when his parents were thee for the gold rush. His parents went to Hollywood when he was a small boy, however, and he was educated in the High School there and at the University of California. He quit the university to join a stock company at the Empress Theatre, Vancouver, British Columbia. For several years he played in stock in various cities including Salt Lake City, Denver, Cincinatti and Columbus, Ohio. Then he got a chance on the New York stage where he played in ‘‘ Berkeley Square,’’ ‘‘ Tonight or Never,’’ ‘‘What Every Woman: Asnows??>sand= (“The Prath Game.’’ After these engagements he returned West where he played in several productions on the Los Angeles stage before he broke into pictures. Among the pictures in which he has appeared are ‘‘I Believeed in ‘Youn? “Sviurders an Eranidads 2 ‘*Disillusion,’2‘Smoky’? and *¢Sailor’s Luck.’’ He is a playwright and composer as well as actor and has two plays and seyeral catchy airs to his eredit. Harold Huber Harold Huber was born in New York City and graduated with honors from New York University. He studied law and _ intended adopting the profession, but the urge for the stage was too strong in him, and he won a small role in the Broadway show of ‘‘ Farewell To Arms.’’ While rehearsing for the small part, the producers saw him as a great comic bet and elevated him to the comic lead before the show opening. He appeared in many Broadway successes __ineluding, ‘Farewell To.) Arms,?? . Mirst Night,’’ ‘*Two Seconds’’ and ““Merry Go Round.’’ Spotted by a casting director, he was sent to Hollywood, one of the few who have been given a contract without having had a screen test. Since his arrival, he has appeared in ‘‘Hi, Nellie! ’’ ““'"The. Mayor ot “Hell,” >“! Mary Stevens, M. D.,’’ ‘‘Parachute Jumper,’’ ‘‘Frisco Jenny,’’ ‘‘ Ladies They Talk About,’’ ‘‘ Blondie Johnson,’’ ‘‘Girl Missing’’ and ‘The Life of Jimmy Dolan.’’ = IIIIUVIUNUTUTRIAUURUTTUU TUTE James Cagney James Cagney was born in New York and as a boy had the usual run of jobs as office boy, bundle wrapper, ete., until he started his stage career as a chorus boy. His next step upward was in big time vaudeville and then to Broadway productions. It was while appearing with Joan Blondell in ‘‘Penny Arcade’? in New York that both he and Miss Blondell were ushered into pi¢tures, the result of Warner Bros. buying the screen rights to that play and making it into a picture under the title of ‘‘Sinners’ Holiday.’’ They retained the two young players for their same roles in the film. Both have since risen to stardom under the Warner banner. Cagney’s more recent pictures include ‘‘Jimmy, The Gent,’’ ‘‘Lady Killer,’’ ‘‘Footlight Parade,’? ‘*The Mayor of Hell,’’ “<Hard“lo —Handle~2—Publie Enemy,’’ ‘‘Smart Money,’’ beBlonde = Crazy..= sax, 2 Lhe Crowd Roars,’’ ‘‘ Picture Snatcher’? and ‘‘Winner Take All.’’ Frank Craven Frank Craven was born in Boston, Mass., and made his stage debut as a child in ‘‘The Silver King,’’ continuing in small roles until he made his first big hit in eo ichieeahCeatd HOt. 22. On Broadway. At the same time he was hard at work writing plays and later became one of America’s most successful playwrights. He both wrote and played in the productions of ‘‘Too Many Cooks,’’ ‘<The 19th Hole,’’ ‘*That’s Gratitude’’ and ‘‘The First Year.’’ Other plays which he wrote but did not appear in include ‘‘ Money From Home,’’? ‘‘New Brooms’’ and ‘‘This Way Out.’’ Craven has also written, directed and acted in a number of screen plays. Among the pictures in which he has appeared are ‘‘State Mair,’? §“City Limits??> and <<"ihe Very Idea.’’ JAMES CAGNEY—‘Jimmy the Gent,” “Lady Killer,” ‘“Footlight Parade,” “Mayor of Hell,” “Picture Snatcher,” “Hard To Handle.” JOAN BLONDELL—‘Smarty,” “lve Got Your Number,” “Convention City,” “Havana Widows,” “The Crowd Roars,” “Footlight Parade.” VICTOR JORY—“I Believed in You,’ “Murder In Trinidad,” “Disillusion,” “Smoky,” “Sailor’s Luck.” FRANK CRAVEN— ‘State Fair,” ~“Oity Limits,’ Ste Very Idea.” HAROLD HUBER—‘‘A Very Honorable Guy,’ “Hi, Nellie,” “Mayor of Hell,” “Mary Stevens, M. D.” “The Silk Express,” “Central Airport.” RUSSELL HOPTON—‘Lady Killer,” “I’m No. . Angel,” “The Little Giant,” “Elmer the Great,” “Air Mail,” “Once in a Lifetime.” RALFE HAROLDE — “Jimmy, the Gent,” “Picture Snatcher,” “Stranger in Town,” “Winner Take All,” “Smart Money,” “Safe in Hell.” SARAH PADDEN—‘‘As the Earth Turns,” “Women Won’t Tell,” “Wild Girl,” “Tess of the Storm Country,’ “Blondie of the Follies.” LLOYD BACON—director—“A Very Honorable Guy,’ “Wonder Bar,’ “Son of a Sailor,” “Mary Stevens, M. D.” “Footlight Parade.”