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The sc ree n's glorious new love-match! ~------~'MERLE OBERON
A UNIVERSAL PICTURE with TURBAN BEY THOMAS GOMEZ · GALE SONDERGAARD · RAY COLLINS · ERNEST TRUEX • GEORGE DOLENZ • JEROME COWAN
Direct~d by ARTHUR LUBIN • Produced by WALTER WANGER • Associate Producer: Alexande r Golilzen From the Novel' Peacock's Feather" by George S. Hellman • Screenplay. Ernest Pascal • Adaptation. Emmet Lavery THE ~IAN ON THE CO,'ER
Hollywood put him on ice-but not to give him the freeze! Hollywood discovered Charles Korvin was red hot-and turned the dampers down! And Hollywood acted real smart! A tidal wave of fan mail avalanched the Universal lot after the handsome he-man Korvin made his initial bow as the suave jewel thief in "Enter Ar ene Lupin'" last year. It was a veritable heat wave of rave letters-from women. Dowagers, debs, bobby . oxers, husiness girls wroLc, ''Thi is for us!'' Critic , too, confirmed Universal's judgment that the) 'cl picked a new star. But de"piLc the clamor of the fans for "more Korvin," Universal waited eight months hefore casting him in another picture. The right film for his second . crccn appearance ju ~ t wa n'L around. Un Lil iL turned up, the studio prefcrrecl Lo k<'cp him iclle ra Lher than waste hi. talents in an unsuitable film. The) found what they wanted for Mr. Korvin in "This l.ove of Ours," a screen adapLaLion of Lhe farhous Luigi Pirandello play, "A It Wa Before, Dt'llf'r Than B<'for<',"in which he co-sLars wilh Merle Oberon and Claude Rains. niwr. al really played it smart when they asked Charles Korvin Lo hid<' • his Lime a bil. His second film role, in a gripping, colorful drama, is Lhat of one of the principal characters; the doctor-and it's one of the biggest acting plums of LIH' year. Korvin's a natural for the part and he handles it mag nificently. Charles Korvin was anoLher "unknown-to-Hollywood·' before "Ar ene:' Tor had he had much theatrical experience. He played in stock for three summers and then went to Broadway for a small part in .,."Tinter Soldier ." Ile left that show for an 11-month run a the male lead in "Dark Eye ., from which Univer al igned him. Korvin can acL, though, and hi natural histrionic abilities are enhanced by his background. JJis life has been aried; rich in experience. (conli nued) He wa · born in Czechoslovakia, raised in Hungary. He has studied at the Ecole du Louvre and the Sorbonne. He has taught in grammar schools: German to London school kids; English to young Parisienne . He has been a newsreel cameraman, covering Europe; a news photographer covering the battle of Madrid during the Spanish Civil War; a guide and lecturer at the Louvre; a supernumerary in the Paris Opera. He is an authority on Alpine climbing; has an enviable knowledge of art and a collec tion of over a thousand records of chamber music, about which he know plenty. He is a prodigious reader and a linguist, peaking in addition to his native tongues, French, German, Spanish and English. The "love that man" response to Mr. Korvin from thousands of female fans all over this country is indeed understandable. He's quite a fella! He's big- and strikingly handsome. He's suavely sophisticated-and real. He's charming-and intelligent. And, as the Hollywood Reporter. aid of him, "he's destined to become as big a star as this busine s has een."
Ta Ling one of his own '"concoction ··-cooking is a hohhy with hi1n. Korvin passt'~ on a funny ~Lory- he co-stars "ith 1\fC'rl.- Ohnon in 'Thi" Love of 01ir$."'
Korvin points out on the map the places he covered a~ a newsreel camera. man.
This is quicker than walk ing aronnrl the studio.
\fr. and :\lrs. Korvin at home - " ith their record coilPction. Universal is the company that believes in discover ing and developing new screen personalities players whose talent and naturalness give their act ing the ""human touch."
E ll a R ai nes wanls to play "shiny .faced American babes" be· cause hefeel a Lh omc in Lh a t eharartl' r. Sl'e why?
Here's a prc,-ie" of D eanna Durbin in a ne" roll'. tha t of motlwr. expects hr r firsl child n!'xt year.
Turhan Bey got his first screen kiss in his last picture, " Night In Paradise," before entering the army this greatly pleased his cager fans. WITH UNIVERSAL APPEAL
lartha O"Drio coll shows off her new feather-hob -which high lights her gay prettiness anti gamine p.-ro;on ality.
l\laria Montez welcomes her husband home from the lightin;r French. Radiant happiness adds to her beauty as the l!lan10r- 011s jt>wel thief in "Tangier."
Louise Allbritton really means that "Huckleberry Finn" pose. But next to outdoor life and acting, ht>r hobby i a collection of perfume and hats. Ilandsome David Bruce is Univcrsal"s "jack-of-all-trades," hav ing been a frontier outlaw, lunch wagon operator and mystery story writer in his la t three pictures. Yvonne de Carlo rode her own horse, King, during ouldoor locaLion shols for her nexl piclure "Fronlier Gal." They have won many rodeo prizes Logcthcr.
Susanna Fosler is sure she will achieve her life-long ambition to be an opera star. How could you stop her glorious lyric soprano voice?
Universal salutes game little Ann Blyth who broke a vertebra in her back in a tobaggan accident and spent many months in a plaster cast. As a re~ulL of privale bedside in truction, Ann graduated high school (in a wheel-chair) with her class last spring. Warner Brothers Lhoughl so much of lovely Ann's ahiliLy Lhey borrowed her for a tlillicull parl in "M il1lrl'."' She acrp1 i tll'fl lwr~rl f nob Iy.
PP!;~;) H)an, rcccnll) relur11cd from a Pacific LSO Lour. models the jaunly uniform cap. But "isc Peggy Looi-. along a couple of sarongs for her 'in" in~ and dan<'in~ a('l.
:-:ialrn, one of Holly" ood's most decor alt> hooting and inginf!; his way through a series of action films into a widening circle of fans. The largest indoor Technicolor set ever con structed portrays the palace courtyard of King Croesus (wealthiest man in history.) Over 250 extras and more than 100 trained animals, fish and birds were necessary for this picture of an cient Greece-plus two pools of turquoise-tinted water and a 26-foot statue of the goddess of love. Other fabulous scenes are played in the magnifi cent Delphic temple; and a night-gathering with players carrying burning torches adds to the beautiful pictorial values. There are two hath scenes designed with great lavishness. And star Merle Oberon wears exotic headdresses and heav ily jeweled, headed and equinned co tume in striking colors as the Persian Princess Delarai. Turhan Bey plays Aesop (of fable fame) and wins the beautiful princess in breathtaking love sren<>s. Most American towns were frontier towns in their early clays. The exploits of the frontiersman, "the frontier guy," figure largely in the opening chapters of their local histories. So, to a le ser extent, do the activities of the "frontier gal." The lives of some of the e frontier gals, such as Betty Zane, Calamity Jane, Cattle Annie, Poker Annie, Belle Starr, .Ma dame Moustache, Bella Cora and Rose of the Cimarron were so vividly dramatic that they became national celebrities in their day and legends in ours. These frontier gals were not refined. They were rough and tough. They rode pony express. They fought Indians. They owned and operated saloons and dance halls. They dealt poker and faro. They got into shooting and cutting scrapes. Some of them turned road agent. With all their wildness though, they had sterling qualities of heart and mind and the courage and character needed to build up a new country. They have become a prized and permanent part of the stirring story of America. For her second starring role in motion pictures, Yvonne De Carlo plays one of these pioneer feminine firebrands in the title part of Universal's "Frontier Gal," an action drama filmed in Technicolor, among the California mountain . She ings, dances, fights and loves as a dance and gambling hall owner in wild Western cowtown. Rod Cameron i co-starred with her. Fuzzy Knight and Andy Devine are in the cast. Born in Vancouver, it elf once a frontier town in the Canadian West, Miss De Carlo wa a rodeo star before she turned film star. What's your pleasure, stranger? Scenes from the Technicolor production, ·"FRONTIER GAL" (!(!This Love of 0111·s·· Charles Korvin as the young French doc tor falls in love with beautiful American dancer Merle Oheron. enterta1rung in a cheap night club after a tragic misunderstanding results in a separation ...•. try to recapturt> paRt love. ··s11111ly L111ly~ .. I Lovely Ginny Simms sings three tnneful numbers as a \ night club enter tainer in tbe fah- 11 l ous SkylinP Cl11h. As the amiable card sharp Colonel Applehy, CliarlP Coburn rates plaudits from Pvny erilif'. Jealous wife Louise Allbritton di covers On their honeymoon, Bill Terry prevents secretary Peggy Ryan·s imaginative diary. bride Peggy from continuing her diary. \ irginia Grey as the aclrl'SS with designs on Jon 11 all ven Ls her anger as hf' makes up with his "ife ..... Ald10111(h Peggy's glamorous appearance iu court has asoured the granting of a divorce. Susanna Foster sings modern lyrics to the glorious mu sic of Tschaikovsky in the magnifice11l finale scene. and Susanna enter tain six orphans on Christmas day as part of David Bruce·s scheme to "in Susanna ·shcarl. But he doesn·t know that she has convinced the producer she is his daughter - in hopes of landing a part. \i1NIVERSAL is highly optimistic-so optimis tic that we have increased our production budget approxin1ately $10,000,000; and have included plans to enlarge the studio with new buildings, new stages, and n1ost important of all, have rnobilized some of the best producing, directing and writing talent in the industry to make pictures at Universal studio. Every inovie con1pany has its ups and downs but we definitely believe that with the insurance Universal is taking on every picture, as far as pro duction resources are concerned, our progran1 for 1945-46 will be marked with all ups and no downs. You will, fron1 tin1e to tin1e, hear n1ore about the details from us. This is just to let you know that we start the new season with inuch optimisn1. We extend our greetings to our thousands of exhibitor-friends who have actually been a party to Universal's success story. Here's hoping we both con tinue to entertain the public, to grow and to prosper. The que tion every woman asks of her love ... the story mo t women keep locked in their l-1earts. Vnive~sal puse11ts MERLE OBERON CLAUDE RAINS CHARLES KORVIN with CARL ESMO ND • SUE ENGLAND • JESS BARKER RALPH MORGAN • FR ITZ LEIBER • HARRY DAVENPORT Screenplay by Bruce Manning, John Klorer and Leonard Lee • Based upon the play entitled "Come Prima Meglio De Prima" by Luigi Pirandello Associate Producer, Edward Dodds • Produced by Howard Be nedict