Smart Money (Warner Bros.) (1931)

Cee —— __—_——_ sis ; See —~. EXTRA NEWSPAPER SPA‘ STAR OF “SMART MONEY” VENTURES |She Who Gets Slapped |Authors Of “Public PROPHECIES ON THE TYPE OF FILM | Takes Her Medicine | Enemy” Collaborate THAT WILL BE IN VOGUE NEXT YEAR| Like A Real Guy | On “Smart Money” (Advance Reader) Pretty Polly Walters In “Smart Money” Polly Walters, loveliest of the novices in the Warner Bros. training school plays her first screen role as the blonde Lolo, in “Smart Money” the latest starring vehicle for Edward G. Robinson of “Little Caesar” fame, now at the...... Theatre. Polly is one of the many blondes whose presence is considered necessary by =the small town Greek-barber, who goes to the big town and becomes the king of the gamblers, only to be double-crossed by one oof the light-haired ladies. Polly is not the one, however, It is Irene, played by Evyaly ? Knapp who is the deceiv=r. James Cagney is featured. A\Ifred E. Green directed. Edward G. Robinson, Celebrated on Stage and Screen, Believes That Comedies and Musicals Will Be Ushered In With Passing of Hard Times DICK BARTHELMESS AND BEN LYON ALSO VOICE SENTIMENTS In one roughneck sequence of (Current Story) “Smart Money” the Warner Bros. oe picture starring Edward G. RobinIn writing the novel, which Warson, coming to the........ Theatre | 2€ Bros. made into the picture, ee next, Jimmy Cagney, as the Smart Money”, starring Edward body-guard of Nick the Greek barGa“Robinson. now sat tn@s =... ber, gambling fool of the thrilling Theatre, Kubec Glasman and John melodrama—is called upon to deBright, the authors, were not satisliver a stinging slap on the delicate fied to rely on their intimate knowlcheek of Evalyn Knapp—the lady edge of the gambling fraternity they who is giving away the game of have known or incidents which they Nick to the cops. had witnessed. Those who have seen her reaction] They collected daily clippings of say that she takes her punishment|]every phase of gambling as chronmuch like -a fighter whose leg mus-|icled in big town papers. cles still support him after the| In writing the script of the picknockout blow has been delivered.|ture, they thus had a double fund Evalyn’s will to finish the scene/|of material on which to draw. But keeps her walking, hands up, in-|even this was not enough for them. stead of merely standing still. A|They went back into newspaper files great cast supports the great Rob-|and histories on the subject, and inson. Alfred E. Green directed. |the result was a script which is DD— authentic. (Interesting Feature) Hollywood, Calif—The present vogue of gangster pictures— good gangster pictures, that is to say—is due to the fascination of the public by the terroristic tactics of anti-social persons working to their advantage in a period of social maladjustment. This opinion was expressed by Edward G. Robinson, when asked, apropos of the popularity of pictures of the type of “Little Caesar” or “Smart Money,” in which See Pages 4 * 5 for he is now starring at the........ Theatre just why people loved to Snappy Novelties ! see the gangster as hero-villain. “Sociologists tell us,” declares Robinson, “that American society is Edw. G. Cigar-Smoker today passing through a crisis. | In “Smart Money . | America has from the beginning SEES ee a Adan | HE ; RETURNS T IUMPHANT! Five Previous Big Hits Set man, who was a law unto himself. From him came our ruthless individualism, every man for himself and the devil—well you know the rest of the old saw. This individualism has now turned from legitimate to illegitimate business.” “My conclusion is that gang pictures will continue in popularity as long as the pages of our newspapers bristle with accounts of gangdom’s goings-on. Detective stories, mystery plays, the macabre, gunplay, and the like, are engrossing for the same reason. BARTHELMESS SAYS: Richard Barthelmess differently explains the present-day penchant of the public in the direction of crook pictures and plays. He is the star of “The Finger Points,” First National’s..picture of a newspaper reporter's encounter with the underworkint -tecee praised the virtues of the frontier (Current Story) An amusing affair developed on the Warner Bros. set during the filming of “Smart Money,” the Edward G. Robinson starring vehicle, now showing at the...... Theatre. The production office wondered who was running a cigar stand on the lot. Every evening without fail, a requisition came in for three or four boxes of cigars of different brands, all of them for “Smart Money” company under the direction of Al Green. After about the fourth day they began to think there must be a catch to the thing, and they set out to investigate. The first person they ran into was Robinson himself, his vest pockets bulging with the weeds, a oun : | long one stuck between hisete it might very well be.” he cauing iength “caret yt ei anche enindl 21 ee ee a oe ; his dressing table. Five ot tiously tenders, “tha: a period o& = fee aes. pression is accompanied by wid : . 7 — a spread? pessimism. In bad times, we] y > 9 Bey He £ Oo the gloomier side of life, and what can be gloomier than the’ machinations of gangsters taking the law in their own hands, and carrying on deadly warfare to protect their interests? “A man goes into a movie house. He is suddenly engrossed in a milieu of bandits, moving in an atmosphere half-mad, half-real. It acts as a sort of narcotic. And he leaves, al the end of the program, convinced that the world in which his ordinary interests lie is not such a terrible place after all. Worse things might happen to him. And so, though he entered the movie house an incurable pessimist, depressed by the economic situation, he leaves an unreasoning optimist, elated with the chance of being able to eat, drink, and be more or less merry.” BEN LYON SPEAKING: On this same subject, Ben Lyon, co-starred with his wife Bebe Daniels in “My Past,” offers an interesting prophecy: “T haven't been cast in a gang picture, that is, not yet. I ‘hope they let me stick to romantic roles. I feel more or less romantic about life, I suppose. It follows that I am happier in such parts. I look to see the passing of the vogue of crook pictures with the coming of better times. And when better times come-—and come they must, since the economic pendulum swings— the people will recover their taste for comedy of the romantic or frivolous types. Comedy dealing with ludicrous situations happening to normal persons, or with customary situations happening to unusual characters, has always titillated the fancy of the American public. Plays like ‘The First Year,’ ‘Saturday’s Children” and ‘The Tavern, have always been deservedly popular. As soon as the country gets on its feet aS ip al-or game ii E at its height. The investigators were quite puzzled when they saw the script girl make the rounds, pointing out to each player just which butt to pick up and light. In order to match scenes, a careful check is made at the end of each one to see just what length the players’ cigars have burned to. If, a day or two later, a scene is taken which immediately follows, it would look rather odd on the screen if a small butt had suddenly grown in size or vice versa. The players therefore had to have a supply on hand to’ meet all emergencies. “But why do you need so many boxes every day?” one of the investigators asked. ‘Well, it’s this way,” Robinson explained. “We're helping out by burning them to the proper lengths between scenes.” Mr. Robinson is supported by James Cagney, Evalyn Knapp, Noel Francis, Morgan Wallace, Paul Porcasi, Maurice Black, Margaret Livingston, Clark Burroughs, Billie House, Edwin Argus, Ralf Harolde, Boris Karloff, Mae Madison, Walter Madison, Walter Percival, Larry McGrath, John Jarkin, Polly Walters, Spencer Bell and Allan Lane. The story is by Kubec Glasman and John Bright, authors of “The Public Enemy.” Alfred E. Green directed. MONEY HY EDWARD G . “Smart Money” Director Corrals Ugliest Mugs (Advance Readers Edward G. Robinson play king of the gamblers im Warner Bros. picture “Smal ey” which comes to the: JAMES CAGNEY again, the vogue for comedy will Theatte oe, .next at rg return.” EVALYN KNAPP If you thought he was at his best Digecton, 2 Groce stared #3 e e ° terri Cc pe MARGARET LIVINGSTON ee 2” ? pure Seam “Smart Money” the Warner Bros. era TE in Little Caesat : youre in for the ip progres a RE ER oe ae SS Sige surprise of your life. As a gambling night session. ,all starring ward G. Robinson has a ;. z ie ‘ “A large and capable cast including : fool he offers a characterization that ao gant sa a os James Cagney, Evalyn Knapp, Noel ° ° ° we HC : Francis, Morgan Wallace, Paul Porwill live with the greatest of the cent ant iy 11m. © gutter, ie: Beck ee screen. 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