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Screen Play by Richard Macaulay * From the Saturday Evening Post Serial by Robert Carson

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Mary Astor
that no woman
can resist...or
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Directed by JOH NH USTON * Screen Play by Richard Macaulay * From the Saturday Evening Post Serial by John Carson

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Falcon”
team-mates
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mincemeat...
delicious!

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CF0SS the Pacific

with “The Maltese Falcon’’ cast
topping “The Maltese Falcon” thrills!

MARY ASTOR
SYDNEY GREENSTREET

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Directed by JOHN HUSTON * Screen Play by Richard Macaulay
From the Saturday Evening Post Serial by Robert Carson

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From the Saturday Evening Post Serial by Robert Carson

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(Lead Theatre Announcement)

‘Across The Pacific’
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Opening at Strand

and her father, Dan Morton
(Monte Blue), held captive.

(Opening Day Story)

Humphrey Bogart
In ‘Across The Pacific’

The stars of “The Maltese
Falcon” (remember it!) re-

Following the lead set in

other services and the Cana-
“All Through The Night” in

“dian Army because of his

which he battled the Gestapo,
Humphrey Bogart now turns
his active attention to would-
be Jap saboteurs in his latest
Warner Bros. success, “Across
The Pacific,” coming to the
Strand Theatre on Friday.

Reuniting the quartet which
made “The Maltese Falcon”
the hit it was, “Across The
Pacific” fea-
tures Bogart,
Mary Astor,
Sydney
Greenstreet
and Director
John Hus-
ton. Once
again Strand
Theatre pa-
trons will
find that
same “Mal-
tese Falcon-
ish” succes-
sion of fist
fights, gun
duels, suspense and crackling
dialogue.

Bogart is cast as Rick Leland,
once a captain in the United
States Army, now dishonor-
ably discharged. Rejected be-
cause of his record for Cana-
dian’ Army service, Rick
boards the Japanese vessel,
“Genoa Maru,” headed for
Yokohama. On ship, he meets
Alberta Marlow (Mary Astor)
and Dr. Lorenz (Sydney
Greenstreet).

Lorenz who admits his great
admiration for the Japanese
slyly prods Rick into: talking
about his discharge and also
revealing his great knowledge
of military installations guard-
ing the Panama Canal. In New
York, Rick leaves the boat
long enough to report to his
superior. It becomes evident
he is in the Army Secret Serv-
ice and Lorenz is the man he’s
after.

Carrying along the game,
Rick “sells out” to Lorenz and
reveals certain information in
an effort to trap Lorenz and
his fellow conspirators. Al-
berta, going to the Bountiful
Plantation in Panama, becomes
Rick’s self-appointed assistant.
Business leads to pleasure and
soon they’re in love.

Once in Panama, events
develop swiftly. Suspicious of
Rick, Lorenz’s men cane him
severely. Alberta disappears.
Rick is told to go to the Boun-
tiful Plantation by loyal
Chinese. He is captured at the
plantation by Jap agents.
There he finds Lorenz, Alberta

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Humphrey Bogart

‘Across The Pacific’
Coming to Strand

“Across The Pacific,” Warner
Bros. adventure picture about
a ruthless attempt by would-
be Jap saboteurs to blow up
the Gatun Locks of the Panama
Canal, will be the Strand
Theatre’s next attraction.

The picture reunites the
quartet which made “The
Maltese Falcon” the hit it was
— Humphrey Bogart, Mary
Astor, Sydney Greenstreet and
Director John Huston. “Across
The Pacific” starts its engage-
ment on Friday.

Richard Macaulay did the
screen play from the Saturday
Evening Post serial by Robert
Carson.

Rick then learns of Lorenz’s

plans to blow up the Gatun

Locks of the Panama Canal.
The situation calls for swift

turn to the Strand Theatre
today in another adventure
thriller, Warner Bros.’ “Across
The Pacific.” Reuniting Hum-

action in the Bogart manner
and “Across The Pacific” is no

phrey Bogart, Mary Astor,
Sydney Greenstreet and Di-

disappointment. rector John Huston, “Across
“Across The Pacific,’ his The Pacific” pits Bogart against
third production following a ruthless band of would-be

“The Maltese Falcon” and “In
This Our Life,” is John Hus-
ton’s last directorial job before
reporting for active service
with the U. S. Signal Corps.
The screen play was written
by Richard Macaulay from the
Saturday Evening Post serial
by Robert Carson.

Jap saboteurs who plan the
destruction of the Gatun Locks
of the Panama Canal.

The time is pre-Pearl Harbor
and Rick Leland (Humphrey
Bogart) has just been dis-
honorably discharged from the
U. S. Army in which he was
a captain. Turned down by the

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After their success in “The Maltese
Falcon” Humphrey Bogart and Mary
Astor are reunited in the Strand’s next
attraction, “Across The Pacific.” War-
ner Bros.’ expose of Jap saboteurs.

Rick Leland. Humphrey Bogart Unidentified Man,
Alberta Marlow Mary Astor Tom Stevenson
Dr. Lorenz. Sydney Greenstreet | Captain Harkness Roland Drew
A. V. Smith Charles Halton Dan Morton Monte Blue
Joe Totsuiko Sen Yung Captain Higoto Chester Gan
Sugi Roland Got First Officer Miyuma,
Sam Wing On... Lee Tung Foo Richard Loo
Captain Morrison Frank Wilcox Steamship Office Clerk,
Colonel Hart Paul Stanton : Keye Luke
Canadian Major, T. Oki Kam Tong
Lester Mathews Chief Engineer Mitsuko,
Court Martial President, Spencer Chan-
John Hamilton _‘ Filipino Assassin. Rudy Robles

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Rick Leland (Humphrey Bogart), after being dishonorably dis-
charged as a captain from the U. S. Army, attempts to enlist in the
Canadian artillery but his identity is revealed and he is rejected.
He then boards the “Genoa Maru,” a Japanese vessel heading for
the Orient. Aboard, Rick meets Alberta Marlow (Mary Astor) and
Lorenz (Sydney Greenstreet), with an admiration for the Japanese.

Rick and Alberta fall in love. Lorenz gets Rick to talk about his past.

The boat docks in New York and Rick presents himself to Colonel
Hart of the U. S. Army. It becomes apparent that Rick is in the Army
Secret Service. Lorenz is the man he’s after. Rick “sells out” to him.
In Colon, events develop rapidly. Following a mysterious telephone
call, Alberta, Rick's self-appointed assistant, mysteriously disap-
pears. Rick gives Lorenz the data he promised but is severely beaten
up by Lorenz's men as Lorenz becomes suspicious. On a tip, Ricks
goes to the Bountiful Plantation but is captured by Lorenz's men.
There, too, he finds Alberta held prisoner, Lorenz and Dan Morton
(Monte Blue). Morton proves to be Alberta's father, a dipsomaniac
whose plantation Lorenz is using as a front. Rick learns of Lorenz's
plans to blow up the Gatun Locks of the Panama Canal. In a thrill-
ing climax, Rick overcomes his guards and wrecks the attempt.

(Running Time: 97 minutes)

Directed by JOHN HUSTON

Screen Play by Richard Macaulay; From the Saturday Evening Post
Serial by Robert Carson; Director of Photography, Arthur Edeson,
A.S.C.; Film Editor, Frank Magee; Art Directors, Robert Haas and
Hugh Reticker; Sound by Everett A. Brown; Special Effects by
Byron Haskin, A.S.C. and Willard Van Enger, A.S.C.; Gowns by
Milo Anderson; Dialogue Director, Edward Blatt; Musical Director,
Leo F. Forbstein; Makeup Artist, Perc Westmore.

record, Rick heads for the
Orient and the Chinese Army.
He ships on the “Genoa Maru,”
a Japanese vessel,

Aboard, he meets Dr. Lorenz
(Sydney Greenstreet) and Al-
berta Marlow (Mary Astor).
Lorenz, admittedly a great ad-
mirer of the Japanese, plies
Rick with liquor and gets him
to reveal his
past and
also the fact
i oe
knows the
details of
the Panama
Canal de-
fense instal-
lations,

When the
ship docks
in New
York, Rick
leaves and
reports to
his superior.
It now becomes’ known that
Rick is in the Army Secret
Service and trailing Lorenz.
En route to the Canal Zone,
Rick “sells out” to Lorenz and
promises him the Canal’s de-
fense secrets once the boat
reaches Panama. Alberta, her-
self going to Panama to the
Bountiful Plantation there, be-
comes Rick’s self-appointed
assistant, although uncon-
scious of his real identity.
They fall in love.

In Panama, things begin to
pop. Rick turns over certain
information but Lorenz be-
comes suspicious of him and
Rick is severely caned by
Lorenz’s aids. Following a tele-
phone call, Alberta myste-
riously disappears. On a tip
from loyal Chinese, Rick heads
for the Bountiful Plantation.

Rick next learns that the
plantation is the secret hideout
of Japanese agents, led by
Lorenz, who are plotting the
destruction of the Gatun Locks
of the Panama Canal. Rick
realizes he has to act fast —
and that he does.

“Across The Pacific” is. John
Huston’s third picture, follow-
ing two earlier successes —
“The Maltese Falcon” and “In
This Our Life.” It is also his
last picture because immedi-
ately after its completion Hus-
ton reported for active service
with the Army Signal Corps.

The screen play was done by
Richard Macaulay who based
his script on the Saturday
Evening Post serial by Robert
Carson.

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Mary Astor

‘Maltese Falcon’
Team in New Film

The stars of “The Maltese
Falcon,” last season’s out-
standing Strand Theatre hit,
are réunited in “Across The
Pacific,” opening Friday at the
Strand.

Humphrey Bogart, Mary
Astor, Sydney Greenstreet and
Director John Huston are again
teamed in this new Warner
Bros. adventure film which
treats with the ruthless at-
tempt of would-be Jap sabo-
teurs to destroy the Gatun
Locks of the Panama Canal.

The story is based on a
Saturday Evening Post serial
by Robert Carson. Richard
Macaulay did the script.

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