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Scene from"From Headguerters” Starring Monte Bue-A Warner Bros

“HAPPY” SMITH FINDS HIMSELF JUST THAT

Production No. 1—Cut or Mat

“FROM HEADQUARTERS” THE CAST

“HAPPY” SMITH Gunnery Sergeant Wilmer Mary Dyer

Senor Corroles “Buffalo Bill” Ryan Private Murphy Innocencia

Spike Connelly O'Farrell : “Bugs” McGuire Fritz

Hendricks

Mayor

MONTE BLUE Guinn Williams Gladys Brockwell Lionel Belmore Henry B. Walthall Eddte Gribbon Ethlyne Claire Pat Hartigan John Kelly

Otto Lederer William Irving Pat Somerset

Joseph Girard

Story by Samuel Hartridge Scenario by Harvey Gates

Director

HOWARD BRETHERTON

IMMACULATE MONTE BLUE APPEARS AS RAGGED HERO.

Monte Blue, popular Warner Bros. | entered the country and goes through a series of terrible experi enees which would try

of any man.

star is said to give one of the out- standing of eareer in the new Vitaphone pro

characterizations his

the courage

jundergo terrible hardships through |

is about to leave with a party to jhunt for them, when Corroles brings to him the $5,000) that had been given to Happy. The latter, fear-

juny

“FROM HEADQUARTERS'’— Warner Bros. Latest Vitaphone Talking Pictur.

Vitaphone Stirringly Voices the

~ Melodramatic Love Story of — U. S. Marines In the Tropics

SYNOPSIS OF VIVID STORY OF LEATHER- NECKS IN TROPICS

Under command of Major Evans of U. S. Marines have landed at the little town of San Marealo, on the coast of Latin- American Republie. Evans visits the American Vice-Consul, Senor Corroles. A party of Americans, in- cluding one woman, Mary Dyer, has been lost in the interior at the Rositn Mine, and Corroles tells the Major that “Happy” Smith, a soldier of fortune, is the only man who ean guide the rescue party of Murines the interior. Smith, aun American, has the country for many years, and Cor- Innocencia, is in

Since the U. S. anchor in the has resumed the which made him

nT party

into

been in

daughter, him. dropped

roles’ love with warship harbor, Happy heavy drinking a derelict.

Smith, in a saloon with four com- panion soldiers of fortune, excites the enmity of a party of Marines including Gunnery-Sargeant Wilmer. | He is eventually brought before the | Major, from whom he demands, and | finally receives, $5,000 for his. ser- | |viees in the enterprise. Happy | istirts with six Marines including Wilmer, and soon after leaving the town they come upon the bodies of | Happy’s four adventurer friends, who have heen exeeuted for de- sertion from the “army” of a bandit “general” beease they did not receive their pay.

The party loses three Marines in an attack by guerillas. Reaching the mine, they find that all the men in the lost party have been killed, while the woman has eluded the bandits and has sinee given birth to a child. She and Happy reeog- nize each other, and she soon -dies, after whispering her story to Ser- geant Wilmer. As a result of the information received, Wilmer, who hates and has already come to blows | with Happy, places the latter under) arrest, but before the party starts!

back to San Marealo makes his peace with him and expresses his admiration for the derelict. The!

charge on which he has been placed under arrest is that nine years be- | fore he stole company funds and | deserted from the Marines at Nor folk, Va.

“Happy” and the three marines, | taking with them the baby which is sustained by the milk of a goat they have found at the ruined mine camp, start the return trip, and

swamp fever, starvation and bad | water. Ryan is shot by guerillas and Murphy falls to his death in a swamp.

A month having passed without news of the searchers, Major Evans

ing that left it divided

he might with the

not return, Vice-Consul to be among the dependents of Marines who might be killed, Suddenly Happy and Wilmer, sing- ing deliriously but still carrying the huby, come down the street. of the Village.

had

duction, “From Headquarters,” com-

to the Theatre on

. in which he appears a dissolute soldier of fortune who has lived for many years in the tropics, fighting on whichever side would puy the most money for his services.

Clad in a nondeseript uniform

Appearing in support. of Blue jthis dramatic (Clair, Guinn Williams Brockwell, Joseph Girard,

Belmore, Henry B. Walthall Gribbon, '

in Ethlyne Gladys Lione] Nidie Pat Hartigan, Otte Lederer William Irving, Pat Somerset and John Kelly. The production was and sporting several days’ growth directed by Howard Bretherton and of beard on his face, the immaen-|the original Story by Samuel Hart late Monte is a perfect pieture of | ridge was prepared for the a man who has lived too long an! by Harvey Gates,

aimless life in the Tropies. Even-} Synehronic tually he comes in contact with the/and_ talking United States Marines who have! recorded by

ing storv are

sereen accompaniment, sound.

sequences are vividly Vitaphone,

Later, Major Evans reveals to “Happy” that Mary Dyer had divulged — his Story to Wilmer.

‘Happy” was a Captain of Murines who had loved Mary Dyer. He had learned

‘ nine years before at Nor- folk that her husband had stolen the company funds. To

rrotect Mary’s happiness, he had soured and made it appear that he himself had stolen the money, Major Evans Intimates that the Marines will he glad to have “Happy” return to the organization, but “Happy” indicates that he will stay with Innocencia ind take care of Mary Dyer’s baby. |

Scene from ‘From Headquarters’ Starrin Morite B/ue-A Warner Bros Product‘on

SOME SENORITA, I’LL SAY Production No. 2—Cut or Mat

“BIG BOY” GETS NEW BUDDY ROLE

Gunn (“Big Boy”) Williams, who a hit as the O’Brien the

registered such of

Warner Bros.

has

buddy George in

“Noah’s Ark,’ has a prineipal sup- porting role in Monte Blue’s new Vitaphone picture, “From Head- quarters,” which comes to the Theatre on :

Williams plays one of Monte’s buddies in this production. In the cast are Henry B. Walthall, Gladys Brockwell, Ethlyne Clair, Eddie Gribbon and Pat Hartigan. Howard Bretherton directed.

Lazy Charm

All the lazy charm of a little vil-

‘lage in the Tropics is shown in the

Warner Bros. Vitaphone production, “From Headquarters,” starring Mon-

|te Blue, which will be at the

Theatre for days, beginning on

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American, cheerful, and a aman of excellent antece

| discovered.

| ticipated in a succession of stirring

Vitaphone spectacle, |

RMAC Starring Monte Hue

GUERILLA WARFARE IN LATIN’ AMERICA

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DERELICT ROLE In | NEW TALKING FILN |

For nine years “Happy” Smith pparently dents, had been a derelict soldier of fortune jy the Tropics, taking part in the in terminable revolutions of the cou) try, and fighting on whichever ij would pay him the most money, His past was a mystery—but he was jy a part of the world where no ques tions were asked.

And then the United States My rines landed, intent on protecting the lives of American citizens, and great change came over “Happy” Smith. He became _ intimately involved in their operations, and eventually the secret of his past was

But in the meantime he had par.

events which make of “From Head

quarters,” coming to the

Theatre on ee , Olle jof the most absorbing and exciting productions ever shown on the

screen. This is a Warner Bros, Vita phone talking picture, and the addi tion of dialogue served vastly to inerease the dramatic power of the story.

Monte Blue is the “Happy” Smith, |and other prominent roles are played by Ethlyne Claire, Guinn Williams, |Henry B. Walthall, Lionel Belmore Eddie Gribbon, Gladys Brockwell, Joseph Girard, Pat Hartigan, Wiliam Irving, John Kelly, Pat Somerset and Otto Lederer. Howard Breth erton directed from the story by Samuel Hartridge, adapted by Har vey Gates.

Monte Blue’s Cast

In “From Headquarters,” his latest Warner Bros. Vitaphone pro duction, Monte Blue is supported by a east which includes Ethlyne Clair, | Guinn Williams, Gladys Brockwell, Joseph Girard, Lionel Belmore, Het rv B. Walthall, Eddie Gribbon, and Pat Hartigan. It comes to the Sacpcd. a aT Theatre 0

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Marines in the Tropics

“From Headquarters,” the newet Warner Bros. Vitaphone production 'starring Monte Blue, coming to the | sare Cheam Theatre on ...:: ore cane , is a rousing story of the * 'U. 8. Marines in the tropics.

Warner Byes Production

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From Headquarters” Talking Picture of

The Marines

goldiers do not make a war pic-

vurel F ; "This js convincingly illustrated in

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co Bros. Vitaphone production tgrring the popular Monte Blue, which comes to the qheatre OM

(, 8. Marines

wae Many appear prominently throughout the story—and yet it is yot in any sense a war picture. Rather, it is a stirring tale of trop. al love, of the dangers encountered ina war-torn eountry of the lropics, and of a man whose heart led him to become an irrespousible derelict

produced with remarkable fidelity. Yonte Blue, a8 the man who has. werifeed everything for love, and ag still remained cheerful in the tye of veritable exile.

Bthlyne Clair, Guinn Williams, H +B. Walthall, Lionel Belmore, Jo- weph Girard, Gladys Brockwel, Ed- | lie Gribbon, Pat Hartigan, Pat Som- uvet and Otto Lederer. The produe- tion was directed by Howard Breth-

memes Ghee ee em eee eS

Marines Wake Up Tropic,

U. S. “Razzberry” Cue For Action in “From Headquarters”

That popular American fruit the razzberry, comes to the fore in “From Headquarters,” the new War- ner Bros. Vitaphone production star- ring Monte Blue, and is the means of starting a feud that has a great hearing on the entire story.

Monte Blue, as a roistering sol- dier of fortune in a barroom of a little town in the tropics, hears an American Marine, in the person of Guinn Williams, singing the stirring song of the service to an attractive senorita with whom he has formed

meneed without delay.

“From Headquarters,” coming to the Theatre, on , is said to furnish a

Marines. Supporting Monte Blue in this rousing comedy-drama are Eth- lyne Clair, Guinn Williams, Gladys Brockwell, Joseph Girard, Lionel Bel- more, Henry B. Walthall, Eddie Grib-

phone.

Scene from"From Headguerters" Starring Monte Bue -A Warner Bras Production

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_ ADVANCES AND REVIEWS

“WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH THE KID”

MARINES IN LATIN AMERICA |

“From Headquarters” Talkie Hit At The Theatre

THEA TRE—War- ner Bros. present Monte Blue in a melodrama of the Marines in the tropics, adapted by Harvey Gates from the story by Samuel Hartridge. Directed by Howard

Bretherton.

The supporting cast includes Guinn Williams, Gladys Brockwell, Lionel Belmore, Hen- ry B. Walthall, Eddie Gribbon, Ethlyne Claire, Pat Hartigan, John Kelly, Otto Lederer, Wil- liam Irving, Pat Somerset and

Joseph Girard.

“From Headquarters,” = Warner

na foreign land. an acquaintance and at the conelu- Bros’ latest starring vehiele for The entire story is luid in this sion of the ditty sends a lusty razz- he sti : be nythieal ‘country, with ne scenes berry quivering out into the still Monte Blue whieh opened last nig it whatever-in the United States, and air of the village. To the outraged ut the Theatre, is the atmosphere of the Tropies is marine this means nothing less than « Vitaphone talking picture. It is a a-fight, and hostilities are com- triumph for all concerned in its

making. Monte Blue is at his best, the dialogue, symphonic and sound aecompaniment are superb, the story dramatic and the support excellent.

Blue’s supporting cast in this re-| perfect picture of life in a war-torn It is genuine sereen entertainment uukable talking picture -ineludes | country of the tropics, and of the and will please the most exacting en- | part played in it by the American funs. Howard Bretherton’s direction

is easily upto his own highest stand- ard, whieh is high praise indeed, Monte” Blue’s rele that “Happy” Smith, an American, for nine years has sold his services

who

uton and Harvey Gates wrote the bon and Pat Hartigan. The produe- : to various revolutionary leaders in peat after an original story by tion was directed by Howard Production No. 4—Cut or Mat a Central American republic. He Samuel Hartridge. Bretherton, and the story, written is loved by Senorita Corroles, Symphonie accompaniment, sound | by Samuel Hartridge, was adapted MONTE BLUE AT HIS BEST daughter of the American vice and dialogue sequences are recorded | for the screen by Harvey Gates. consul, He leads a company of by Vitaphone. | Speech sound and symphonic ae- Marines to the Rosita mines to lcompaniment furnished — by Vita- IN TALKING FILM OF THE rescue oa party of Americans, in

| leluding « Woman. He has won

Sergeant Wilmer,

Half their

the enmity of lin charge of the party.

Town in “From ARE THEA TRE—Warner Bros. present Monte lnumber are dead by the time they | Headquarters” INFANT FIRST C Blue in “From Headquarters,” a Melodrama of Marines in the reach the mine. They tind only the OF FEVER-STRICKEN Tropics. Story by Samuel Hartridge. Scenario by Harvey woman, Mary Dyer, and her new- | MEN IN JUNGLE Gates. Directed by Howard Bretherton. born baby. She had saved herself All the lazy charm of a little = THE CAST | from the general miaissae re by guer | lage in the tropics is shown in “From | “HAPPY” SMITH MONTE BLUE |"!!!#s by taking to the jungle. She ; Headquarters,” Monte Blue’s new How «a man will instinctively care srg Sergeant Wilmer a. Williams ier. ego ee ee ner rite i . . : : a er ‘ story er | = opps ai ee for something peeonh ” - — “sta > a ta advo Rete reat was tates “Tasos” Gnder ar around the little town of San Mar- | he himeelf mny uetually be in a de-| «Buffalo Bill” Ryan _ Henry B. Walthall | Test #8 # deserter. Two more men cal. The picture is next week’s | lirious condition that has brought | Private Murphy = Eddie Gribbon perish on the return trip. Wilmer’s | attraction at the .............--- ‘him very near to death, is foreibly Innocencia : = __.. Ethlyne Claire report to the major, based on Mary Theatre. | siustrated in the newest Warner Spike Connelly Pat Hartigan — 8 story, oe Happy” of the The crooked, twisting streets; the ; Vitap! std Oo Farrell : John Kelly ay er — tim —desertion and picturesque buildings with their eee ee ~Bues sone Otto Lederer es — Pre atin eg, Se ai thatehed roofs; the latticed win- “From Headquarters,” starring | Fritz . William Irving |° ered reinstatement in the Marines, lows, with the bars formed of small Monte Blue, which comes to the Hendricks Mut Somnrest | — he had been a ( aptain, but | tee branches bound together with Theatre om ......----+:: . : Major Joseph Girard | Pre ers to stay with his two friends. leather thongs; the black-skinned na- Four men start on a perilous jour —_—_ | ‘ives, wandering leisurely to and | "'°¥ through a wild country in the The Immaculate Monte Blue is! of fans and everyone else who sees

fro, or lounging in convenient cor- lers; the great oxen, drawing creak- ng carts; the flocks of ducks and thickens feeding in the streets— . convey an atmosphere that tells — aimless existence on the equa-

hi = ito this picturesque town come

nighted region.

“st are Ethlyne Clair, Guinn Will-

=~ oward Brether irecte F 1erton directed ial nto adauarters,” and the orig- idapted °¢ by Samuel Hartridge was Cantey Vien the sereen by Harvey

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An Invinc; Vin | _ Player Iloward Bretherton director of American Republie, whose past is a|Major. Mary’s husband had stolen Glad ——. ‘Tom Headquarters,” the latest | mystery. He guides a squad of ma- the edmpany’s commissary funds. Monte Bi Brockwell, a member of | Warner Bros. Vitaphone production _rines to a mine in the interior to | To protect her happiness, Happy had )arner = supporting cast in the | starring Monte Blue, coming to the | rescue some Americans. But one of | deserted, making it appear that he tion, p rothers’ Vitaphone produe- i : Theatre on _..,|the party 18 alive, Mary Dyer and | Wis guilty of the theft. He is of: | «MO the rom Headquarters,” coming | majored in law at Stanford Uni- | her new-born baby. She and Happy | fered a place in the Marines avain_| OS 2a Theatre on versity in California, spent three | Smith, as the guide is known, recog but declines, He will marry Inno bars pict "++ +.-y appeared in many years as salesman and demonstrator | nize each other. The woman, just hewrues the Senorita who loves him, | ; Cilifornia. te made at Inceville, | for an explosive manufacturing com- ‘before she dies, tells her story to the jand care for Mary Dyer’s baby | » the great ranch ; , -_- then | Sergeant and he arrests “Happy” as | daughter.

Whieh j : studio e néluded in its roster of pl

pany ay- | went

Tropics, carrying 4 new-born baby back to eivilization, and always in

seen as a happy, drunken American in rags and tatters, living in a Cen-

their minds is the thought that the |tral American Republic in his latest

infant must be cared for.

assailed by swamp fever, starvation, |ner Bros., “From of bad water and the whieh greatly pleased a large audi instinet |enee at the

the ravages t attacks of raving bandits,

forces them to give their first

Other members of Blue’s supporting

erton,

uel Hartridge was adapted for the |

sereen by Harvey Gates. Vitaphone perfectly records sound

One Never Knows!

in Pennsylvania—and into the motion picture busi- as

}

Though | Vitaphone talking picture for War-

Headquarters,”

Theatre

Monte is, if anything,

last night.

which began an engagement at the ane: Theatre last night, if the expressions of delight on the

part of the audience is any criterion. |

The star’s role is that of an Amer ican soldier of fortune in a Central

a deserter from the Marines, He had been a Captain. The woman’s hus-

the production. The story, by Samuel Hartridge, adapted by Harvey Gates, is highly

'dramatie, interspersed with comedy.

Monte as “Happy” Smith, forces an American Major of Marines to pay him $5,000 to guide a squad to the Rosita mines in the interior to res-

the United States Marines, and the | thought always to the baby. leven better as the ragged dereliet | cue a party of Americans, including tntire region awakens to < PT of Monte Blue, Guinn Williams, Hen- than he has been in well dressed so- a woman. Sergeant Wilmer, in ‘ramatie ineidents, And eventually | 'Y B. Walthall and Eddie Gribbon ciety roles. H gives a really great charge of the rescue squad, hates

their activities eeecal the ial of |ure the men who take this terrible |and very dramatic characterization “Happy.” After various hardships, | ¢ mysterious “Happy” Smith an | Jonrney, and its depiction on the | and one that will delight his millions sud the loss of half of his command,

American citizen who has spent nie sereen forms one of the most dra the Sergeant and Happy reach the years as a soldier of fortune in this matie sequences In film history. P mines. Guerillas have killed every MONTE BLUE S one except the woman, whe had hid

den in the jungle. She has sinee

Rem. plays the role of | _~ in a, saree ese? * NEW TALKIE Does iad came = » nd othe > i ,|Ethlyne Clair, Joseph Girard, Mio : give ) , to a daughter, and is Eamemhors of the Belmore, Gladys Brockwell, Pat Har- WINS FAVOR discovered near death by the res

She and “Happy” recognize

‘ams, Gladys Br rec Oe Lederer, and Pat Somer cuers,

; ockwell Jose 1+. | tigan, Otto Lederer, ar 3 Reise ,

ard, Lionel Belmore — mi iset, and the production was filmed Monte Blue has another hit in his each other, Ss Before dying she tells thall, Eddie Gribbon and Pat ne ti ‘under the direction of Howard Breth- new Vitaphone talking picture for Sergeant Wilmer her — story. He Ba, . ee The original story by Sam- | Warner Bros. “From Headquarters,” places “Happy” under arrest as a

| deserter.

With the baby they start back for the coast. One fever-stricken Ma- rine is drowned in the swamps, an

aphone in ace animoan;, |#tnd speaking sequences. |!

‘ound and esd om accompaniment, <— : Tt laughed and applauded and some | other killed by guerrilas. Happy Seno. handkerchiefs were seen dabbling at aud Wilmer and the baby finally

moistened eyes. ‘report to Major Evans, more dead

than alive. When they have reeoy

ered, Wilmer makes his report to the

Howard Bretherton

5 has directed | with rare good judgment, bringing

cene from ‘From Headquarters Starring te B/ue-A Warner Bros Prodction.

ho afterward became fa- ness!

: scree ,out the drama and emotion of the

nieture until it grips the heart as the imagination,

athe first worked Bretherton band had stolen the company’s mon

years as | | finally | ey. To protect her happiness, “Hap py” Smith had taken the guilt.

“YOU ARE BRAVE, SENOR’”’ Production No. 5—Cut or Mat

. well one heenme a direetor.

GLADYS BROCKWELL

SUPPORTS BLUE ON VITAPHONE

Gladys Brockwell who appears as the outeast in “From Headquarters,

Warner Bros.’ Vitaphone productio

sturring Monte Blue as a Marine—

now playing at the

Theatre — was born in Brook- vn, New York, und made her stuge bow as an infant in the “rms of her mother, Lillian

Brockwell,

rT well-known > : stur of the time, j } She pluyed her 3

first speaking G/adys Brockwe// part ut three

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“FROM HEADQUARTERS”

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THE BEST PICTURE — MONTE BLUE — EVER THAT'S THE VERDICT—OF ALL WHO— WITNESSED THE PRE-SHOWING.

THE U. S. MARINES — FURNISH THE SPIRIT — AND MOTIVE OF THE PLOT. SOLDIERING IN CEN- TRAL AMERICA—RESULTS IN FLAMING EXCITE- MENT AND SENSATIONAL “PUNCHES.” HEADQUARTERS" DRAMA—WITH THE ACCENT—FIFTY-FIFTY—ON

IS — A COMEDY

THE “COMEDY” — AND THE “DRAMA” — VITA-

| PHONING GETTING THE MOST — OUT OF BOTH

ELEMENTS—OF ENTERTAINMENT.

MONTE BLUE IS IMMENSE—AND SO IS GUINN WILLIAMS. THESE TWO CARRY THE COMEDY— AND SHOULDER THE PLOT — WITH GREAT SUC.

THERE IS—A PUNCH—A THRILL —OR A

Her first vaudeville tour was with ae Saas

Franklin Ardell over the Sullivan CESS.

and Considine Cireuit. LAUGH—IN EVERY FRAME. She played her — first motion

pieture lead in “The Counterfeiter’s

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appesied with Mesec Hayskawe (fh WARNER WINNERS—RUN TRUE TO TOP FORM. William Hart, Robert Edeson and

others. She was later under the

supervision of D. W. Griffith in |

What beeame the Triangle Company. She also played the feminine lead in “Double Troubles” Fairbanks. Tn ehair”

“The Old High at period from cighteen to eighty. With Universal she eo-starred with Milton Sills in “The Honor Svstem,”

her charneterizution covered. |

_ WHAT “VITAPHONE” REALLY MEANS

opposite Douglas |

}

By GEORGE E. QUIGLEY

: ‘he rogress of t: r und she is remembered for many Phe progr rotalking vampire roles under the Fox man-| pictures and of pictures synchro ugement. _ |nized with sound effects and musi Among Miss Brock well s cinematic enl scores, has heen ec rapid that triumphs are “Oliver Twist,” “The

Hunchback of Notre Dame,” “So | much confusion sig,” “Spangles,” “The Country has arisen w ith Doctor” and “Seventh Heaven.” j respect _ to the |} proper termi- nology to be

ALL TALKING TRAILER

A U. S. Marine — his clothing in tatters comes from a jungle hut and begins the absorbing story ||| — tells of the ||

rmployedin connection with

them, Origin

jally, the only

laystem Wis the

| dine recording

|and reprodue

ing svstem and

}the only pro

jduct was that George E. Quigley of The Vita

phone Corporation, whieh adopted the «dise system as licensee of the Western Electric Company. Other producers have adopted the dise svatem us well, some «as licensees lof the Western Electric Company

and some as licensees of other ecom- | panies,

The term VITAPHONE is a regis tered trademark used to describe the product of The Vitaphone Corpora-

tion. Originally there being no pro-

great Smith who also is a Marine — Smith, who has given up all to save a wo- man.

From the forest, Smith himself appears Monte Blue—and then—

A brilliant

trailer sure to pack ’em in!

At cost at all exchanges.

}duct except that of The Vitaphone |Corporation and the equipment used | for reproduction being that installed |by Western Electric Company or its | Electrical Re Inc., the term | VITAPHONE became rather loosely | used to deseribe not only the pro | duct but the machine. There be ing at the

jand there being only one machine

subsidiary company,

search Products,

ho other

product time

for the reproduction of sound, use

this

Was not particularly confusing With the

however, and

and wus not

damaging. | growth business, the adoption of sound pictures gel erally, other producers took licenses, some to record on the film and sme to record on the dise, and machines of other manufacturers made their advent the field. The ness of terminology continued with the result that. the VITA- PHONE today used those

into loose

term

iwho are not fully informed to de

scribe the dise recording method and the machines designed for reprodue tion of sound reeorded | method.

by that

|neous. The word is a registered

trademark owned by The Vitaphone

motion | Corporation

and can properly be used only to describe the product of that Company. The Vitaphone Cor. produces short subjects, referred to acts j Numbers, trailer deseriptive of pie- tures of Warner Brothers pictures pand First National pietures, and the

' scores the

poration

| commonly as or

accompanving produced by Warner J Ine.,

sros. Pietures, and First National.

pictures |

The term | champion

fable | ship for which he is famous,

VITAPHONE PRESS BOOK—MONTE BLUE in “FROM HEADQUARTERS”—Warner Bros. Latest Vitaphone Talking Picture eS eee ssSs060.

HUSKY SCREEN FAVORITE PLAYS LEATHERNECK HERO

IN VITAPHONE THRILL

Monte Blue, star of Warner Bros. “From Headquarters,” now at the Theatre is a man of many

thrilling adventures. Some day he promises to write a book about them, but in the meantime the interesting

facts of his life deserve publication. |

Indiana,

Born in Indianapolis, with Cherokee Indian blood in his veins, Monte had a hard fight for

life, but developed the unconquer

enthusiasm ound good-fellow

His early experience took him all

over the United States as sailor, soldier, lumberjack, mfner, eow- 'puncher, factory hand and super-

}intendent, Indian agent, locomotive

BIG BOY WILLIAMS

IN BLUE TALKIE

Guinn Williams, known as “Big Boy,” was born in Decatur, Texas, of the millionaire Congress- from that state. At ten full-fledged cowboy.

attended tary

son man Was a

He mili- and Was au student at Texas State Col lege when atoan athletic meet at Texas and AL & M. College, with hundred contesting, he high point min, his special- ties being diseus, shot and javelin events.

His SUCCESSES with Texas Stute basketball team enused

schools

seven

Wits

Stock S-246

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pean properly be applied only to the j the Chicago White Sox to sign him

product of The Vitaphone Corpora-

tion, including its aets and numbers, |

its trailers and its sCores,

WARNING

The name Vi Trade Mark The Vitaphone owned 1000, tures, Inc.

© one is permitted word “Vitaphone” except in connec- tion with the product leased from the Vitaphone Corporation or Warner Bros. rictures, Inc. _ Anyone using the name in any other connection infringes this Trade Mark and will be proceeded against accordingly. THE VITAPHONE CORPORATION

H. B. Warner, President.

taphone is a registered owned exclusively by Corporation, which is by Warner Bros. Pic-

to use the

Vitaphone

ito a contract for baseball, which Was cancelled on aeeount of the ol) jection of his parents. At twenty

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he came to Los Angeles and almost Immediately secured 4 position film company of Will) Rogers feet one and one-half” inches in height, weighing two hundred and five pounds, Rogers at christened him * sig s0¥;," 11 Which has stuck,

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