Road to Paradise (Warner Bros.) (1930)

Vitaphone Makes Possible Hearing The Same Person Speak Two Different Roles! ~ CATCH LINES She found the “Road to Paradise” in a burglar’s kit. * * x Wealth and Happiness in her hands—could she conceal her identity? ** xx 2 She stole another’s identity—and won! * x X A story of twisting roads, through crooked hearts, to paradise! *k x * A mystery of faces alike, of hearts akin! * x xx Everyone has a “Double’—See “Road to Paradise.” x x x The long trail, the lone trail—and then the “Road to Paradise.” * * ** Love of others dragged her down—her own love saved her soul! * # x A mystery drama of love and double identities. x ** * He didn’t love her—could he love her double?—See “Road to Paradise.” CONTINUOUS 10 AM: 70 11:30 PM “==GRAND= IRDAID 1o PARADI Cut 40c Mat 10c Sister of Destiny — faces alike — hearts akin... Yet world’s apart. One rich, One poor. With the poor girl the beloved of the man oS the rich one Suggested by the : adored! It’s as ey. : oe strange as Fate. nered, y : Didson with Mitchell + | LORETTA YOUNG A FIRST NATIONAL JACK MULHALL f . Raymond Hatton Wik vcore Directed by Wm. Beaudine a Mulhall Fight Fan Jack Mulhall, who appears in a leading role of “Road To Para: dise,’ now showing at the........ > is an enthusiastic fight fan and is a regular attendant of the bouts of the Hollywood American Legion stadium. Dot Farley in “The Road to Paradise” Dot Farley, who has been a fayorite in pictures for years, takes an important talking role in “Road To Paradise,” the First National Vitaphone production now showing at hee which features Lor. etta Young and Jack Mulhall. Loretta Young’s Rise To Stardom | Whispering Reads Like Cinderella Story | >*“° Nothings SOS Star of “Road To Paradise” Thought She Was A _ Failure. Eleventh Hour Call Brings News of Success (Feature) : Cinderella stories do happen in real life. They are not con, fined to fairy books or motion picture plots. And probably Loretta: Young, who-comes tothe... 2. 4... 3 2% Theatre OR Se ee in “Road to Paradise,” is one of the most famous of the girls to whom the slipper of movie stardom has fallen. Miss Young was fifteen when she broke into pictures. Her sister, Sally Blaine, had already distinguished herself in small bits in pictures, and Loretta, during a summer vacation, decided to try her luck at the elusive role of a screen extra, for the family lived in Hollywood. She appeared in several pictures as a “dress girl,” one of those beauties who is chosen by casting directors for large party sets because of their ability to wear clothes well. They simply form a_ background, and never get close enough to the camera to be seen except for a flash. Especial care was taken one day in obtaining girls for a particularly lovely set on which Colleen Moore was appearing in “Naughty But Nice,” and Loretta Young was one of those chosen by the casting office. Colleen’s eyes fell on her and particularly noted her wistful charm. She suggested to the director that he give her a small bit a little later as one of her chums. In this way she got in several close-ups with Colleen. Her beauty was noted on the screen by First National executives, and they ordered further tests, with the result that she was signed to a long term contract. She gave up high school, but continued her studies under a special tutor at the studio. She was in the seventh heaven of delight—what 15 year old girl wouldn’t be, to have the movies fall in her lap, and to be picked out of hundreds of beautiful. girls by Colleen Moore herself? After several weeks she got her next role—a second lead to Estelle Taylor. She put all her heart into the part, although it was not of great importance. Yet it gave her her first real chance to act. By the time the picture was cut, it was decided to shorten it. Loretta went on the “cutting room floor,” as the saying is in Hollywood. But she didn’t know that her part had been practically cut out, and when the picture was previewed had gathered a number of her school friends to see it. She was only in a few scenes, and then the film went by so fast that she could hardly be seen. That night she cried. It seemed as if, like Cinderella, the horses and footmen and the prince and the slipper had all vanished, and she was going to wake up and discover it all wasn’t true. Although she was_ heartbroken for the next two weeks, she said nothing. When she was summoned into the front office she figured that they were going to tell her that she wasn’t good enough. Instead, the executives told her that Lon Chaney had seen her screen tests, and wanting the lovliest girl possible for the leading lady Chic Loretta Young Movie Star Gives Fashion Hints It’s The Small Things That Count Says Star of “Road to Paradise” Cut—No.21 Cut 15c, Mat Sc Loretta Young, who plays a dual talking role, and Jack Mulhall in the First National and Vitaphone production, “Road to Paradise.” coming to the .orcccccccccccccccccccsce Art In Business William Beaudine, who directs the First National and Vitaphone picture, “Road to Paradise” coming to Be Theatre, is considered one of Hollywood’s most astute business men. (Advance Reader) She doesn’t let her hair get disheveled under her hat at the nape of the neck. She never lets her stockings wrinkle at the back of her ankle. She never wears her hat tilted to one side or the other. These, according to Loretta Young, who plays the two leading feminine roles in First National’s production of “Road To Paradise,” are three things that a smartly gowned woman never does. Being chic, Miss Young believes, depends not only upon the style, the cut, or the value of the gown, but upon ske .attention given, _to. Purnell Pratt as Cop Although he has played on the stage for many years, and was principally noted for his suave portrayals of men about town in New York productions, Purnell Pratt ig taking his first role as a copper, He appears in such a role in “Road To Paradise,” the First National] | Vitaphone melodram> now okowing “I always look first at a woman’s hat and then at her shoes.” says Miss Young. “If she wears her hat pulled far down over one eye, or! tilted far back away from her face at an angle then I know at once that she doesn’t realize what the word chic means. If her stockings wrinkle at the ankles I’m sure of it and if stray locks of hair show at the “A gown may cost $15 and still be smartly worn if the wearer is careful of these three tiny details. If she is not observant enough to know how she looks from the back, then all the expensive gowns in Paris will not give her a well groomed air.” “Road To Paradise,” which was directed by William Beaudine, comes to the Theatre next to have a courteous cop just as a novelty—so he cast Pratt for the ‘seemingly stan “ems, Bie 2 Sratcue en fata, -< role. CAST OF OLD AND NEW STARS IN “PARADISE” FILM (Advance News—Silent) Some of the most famous _veterans of the film industry and one of its favorite youngsters head the big all-star cast of First National’s “Road To Paradise,” com| of “Laugh, Clown, Laugh” had| ime tO: Bes sor ae Theatre See her for her freshness and Ponte foruk olcs ees most important parts in “Road To Paradise,” as she has a dual role. Jack Mulhall is her leading man, and George Barraud, Raymond Hatton, Kathlyn Williams, Dot Farley, Winter Hall, Fred Kelsey and Purnell Pratt are among other |i favorites who have striking charac: terizations to portray. “Road to Paradise” is a novel variety of crook melodrama, packed with excitement from the first flash to the fadeout, and yet it is primarily a character study, showing what heridity and environment does to identical twin sisters. One is the ward of crooks, the other lives in luxury, mistress of her own fortune. The genial and amusing crooks who are the one girl’s guardians and friends discover the wealthy girl who bears such a resemblance to their ward, and cook up a plot to take advantage of this striking resemblance. Their idea is merely to steal jewels, but other startling results follow. She has appeared in a number of pictures since then, and has risen to real heights of fame, her beauty and charm increasing with a few more years of maturity. Today she sees her name in electric lights, and has_ millions of fan admirers throughout the world. Sometimes she pinches herself and wonders if it is all true—for she is only about the age at which the average girl has graduated from high school. “Road To Paradise” is a powerful drama of dual identity. Jack Mulhall plays the male lead, and William Beaudine directed it as a Vitaphone production for First National Pictures. Old-Timer Makes Comeback Kathlyn Williams, serial queen of the old Selig days has a prominent role as the mother of the hero in “Road to Paradise” at the.... et Theatre starting Featured roles are taken by Loretta Young, and Jack Mulhall while the support Loretta YOUNG as the girl who defied the underworld to save the sister she had never met. with JACK MULHALL Raymond Hatton Suggested by the play “Cornered” by Didson Mitchell. Directed by William Beaudine. BS SSSI SAS A FIRST NATIONAL & VITAPHONE PICTURE ing cast includes Raymond Hatton,| William Beaudine directed “Road Cut No. 5 Cut 20c, Mat Sc Dot Farley, Fred Kelsey, and|To Paradise,” which was written George Barraud. by F, Hugh Herbert. a Pace Three