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A double portion of Davis dexterity is promised in Warner Bros.’ new screen drama, “A Stolen Life,'' coming to the Strand on Friday. The film stars Bette in her first cinematic dual role—as identical twins who fall in

love with the same man. Glenn Ford plays the object of the girls’ affection, and Charlie Ruggles are seen in other important roles.

Lucky Star Claims Good Luck Can Go A Little Too Far

More than three years have passed since Dane Clark, War- ner actor currently appearing in that studio’s “A Stolen Life,” the Bette Davis starring film now at the Strand, drove a bat- tered old jalopy from the east coast to Hollywood in search of fame, fortune and the pursuit of stardom.

Today he has achieved all three. Perhaps he’s a little light in the fortune department, but he has reached stardom, and quite a few people know his name and face.

Somehow Clark links up his good luck with that bailing wire jalopy of his. He calls it his good luck car and he’s hung onto it in spite of being finan- cially able to own fancier jobs.

But recently the actor suf- fered a change of heart and is no longer sure of its being a good-luck piece. On the way to work at Warner Bros. where he was working in “A Stolen Life,” Dane’s antiquated auto lost a wheel in full flight. The wheel sped across a lawn, barely miss- ing two old ladies, and hurtled into a residence, smashing things enroute.

The car, with only three wheels down, skittered and swayed, finally coming up hard against a palm, where it sighed and stopped.

Now the actor is in a quan- dary. Has his good-luck car outlived its luck? Should he junk it for something sturdier? Or should he patch it up and give it another chance?

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Bette Davis Doubly Good In Dual Role At Strand

(Prepared Review)

Bette Davis fans get a double portion of their favorite actress in Warner Bros.’ new romantic drama, “A Stolen Life,’ which opened at the Strand Theatre last night. Miss Davis is cast in a role which gives her every opportunity to display her in- comparable talents, _ literally running the gamut of emotions in her dual portrayal of twin sisters, Kate and Pat Bosworth, identical only in their physical attributes, whose lot it is to fall in love with the same man.

Tackles Difficult Task

A less experienced actress would undoubtedly find the characterizations of the two ex- tremely unlike twins too exact- ing and difficult a task. Not so Miss Davis! With truly artistic effortlessness, the star makes Kate a believably lovable, self- less and sympathetic character and at the same time has every- one loathing Pat. Kate, who dabbles in art, meets Bill (Glenn Ford) quite inadvertently on a visit to her cousin Freddie’s (Charlie Ruggles), at a remote island off the Massachusetts coast. Their mutual interests, common ambitions and_ well suited natures destine them to fall in love. But Pat, quick to recognize in Bill another ex- tremely desirable admirer, soon employs all of her feminine wiles to woo him away from guileless Kate. From then on it’s each to his own device with Bette Davis winning any way you look at it, the one love cul- minating in tragedy, the other

in happiness.

Glenn Ford, recently dis- charged from the Marines, does admirably as the handsome, much sought after engineer. Dane Clark, as the artist Kar- nok, under whose strict, if not tyrannical, surveillance Kate works in an attempt to forget Bill, comports himself in ex- perienced Thespian style and earns, beyond doubt, the right to be known as Hollywood’s white hope of 1946. Adding his usual realistic touch to a pic- ture, Walter Brennan acquits himself with consummate artis- try as Eben Folger, a cantank- erous New England lighthouse keeper. Another excellent per- formance is_ contributed by Bruce Bennett, who will be re- membered for his other splen- did characterization as Joan Crawford’s husband in ‘“Mil- dred Pierce.” As Jack Talbot, playboy admirer of Pat in “A Stolen Life,’ Bennett ably handles a role on which the pic- ture’s exciting climax hinges.

Authentic New England

The production is distin- guished by careful and authentic shots of picturesque New Eng- land. Curtis Bernhardt, the film’s director, has woven the plot most expertly into a tautly absorbing screen drama which Max Steiner’s original score does much to complement. The script, ably executed, was writ- ten by Catherine Turney from an adaptation by Margaret Buell Wilder of a novel by Karel J. Benes.

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‘A Stolen Life’ Employs 6 Bettes, 1 ‘Split Screen’

Bette Davis’ current starring picture, Warner Bros” “A Stolen Life,” now at the Strand, is the most pretentious of her many films.

During the film’s production there were as many as six Bet- tes on the set at the same time.

Because the star plays dual roles, twin sisters named Kate and Pat Bosworth, a “split sereen” had to be employed by the cameraman, Sol Polito, A.S.C.

Plays To Stand-In

When Bette was Kate, she “played to” her twin sister Pat, portrayed by Sally Sage, who for ten years was her stand-in.

When Bette portrayed Pat, she had to emote to the other twin, Kate, played by Elizabeth Wright.

Both Sally Sage and Eliza- beth Wright had their own stand-ins, so at this point the count was up to five Bettes. Bette’s own stand-in brought the total up to six.

“A Stolen Life” is the first picture made by handsome Glenn Ford, who plays the male lead in the film, since his two and a half year hitch in the Ma- rine Corps. It is also Bette Davis’ first producing effort. On the screen it is designated as a “B.D. Inc.” production. From this date on she will pro- duce one picture for herself a year and two under the aegis of Warner Bros. Warners will release them all.

Strand Will Show New Warner Drama Beginning Friday

(Advance Theatre Story)

Warner Bros.’ new romantic drama, “A Stolen Life,” coming to the Strand Theatre on Fri- day, is exactly the kind of screen vehicle for which Bette Davis fans have been clamoring. For, more so than any of her earlier films, this unusual story affords Hollywood’s most capable actress the opportunity to display her histrionic talents to an unparal- leled degree. It’s a _ veritable field day for the star as she deftly portrays twin sisters as unalike as twins can possibly be.

With New England, Miss Davis’ own stomping ground, for the principal locale, the pic- ture relates the engrossing story of two sisters and their love for the same man. The one twin, Kate, is a completely lovable, selfless, understanding and sym- pathetic character; whereas the other, Pat, is of an extremely selfish, ambitious, unscrupulous ilk. Their mutual love for Bill Emerson (Glenn Ford), a hand- some engineer who works for the government as a lighthouse in- spector, culminates in happiness for one and tragedy for the other.

Topnotch Supporting Cast

An excellent supporting cast under the direction of Curtis Bernhardt handles the other im- portant roles. Dane Clark, whose last picture was “Her Kind Of Man,” plays Karnok, a talented artist who needles Kate into her first decisive action. Walter Brennan portrays Eben Folger, laconic New England lighthouse keeper who can best appreciate Bill’s ambitions. Others fea- tured in the film are Charles Ruggles as Freddie Linley, the twin’s humorous cousin and Kate’s devoted confidant, and Bruce Bennett as Jack Talbot, on whom the exciting climax of the picture hinges.

The screenplay for “A Stolen Life” was written by Catherine Turney and adapted by Mar- garet Buell Wilder from a novel by Karel J. Benes. The film’s original score was composed by Max Steiner.

‘A Stolen Life’ Makes Local Debut At Strand Today

(Opening Day Reader)

“A Stolen Life,” a Warner Bros. drama _ starring Bette Davis and featuring Glenn Ford, Dane Clark, Walter Bren- nan and Charlie Ruggles, opens today at the Strand Theatre.

In the new film, Miss Davis portrays her first cine- matic dual role. She plays a pair of iden- t1-¢:a le atwins, one of whom is a_ serious, forthright ar- tist. The other is an adven- turess who ri-

Mat No. 1D vals her sister

Glenn Ford for the affec-

tions of a young engineer.

“A Stolen Life” was directed for Warner Bros. by Curtis Bernhardt. The screenplay was written by Catherine Turney and adapted by Margaret Buell Wilder from the novel by Karel J. Benes. Max Steiner com- posed the original music.

Confronted by the eccentric artist Karnok (Dane Clark), Kate Bosworth

(Bette Davis) makes a momentous decision in the above scene from Warner

Bros.' "A Stelen Life,"' currently at the Strand Theatre. The film, which stars Miss Davis in a dual role, also features Glenn Ford, Walter Brennan and

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Charlie Ruggles.

A Star Story With A Human Interest Angle That’s Equally Good For Women’s Pages Or Weekend Supplements

Star Of ‘A Stolen Life’ Led Hectic War Existence

So much has happened during the past few years in the life and career of Bette Davis, now starring in Warners’ “A Stolen Life” at the Strand, that the general public has had difficulty keeping up with her.

Miss Davis was probably the busiest young woman in the entire motion picture colony during all the war years. With John Garfield she organized and then headed the famed Hollywood Canteen which entertained more than 3,500,000 servicemen and women during the war. When its doors were finally closed late in 1945, a reserve fund of $500,000 was turned over to appropriate authorities

for use in aiding veterans.

The star’s wartime activity is mentioned first because it is the one that she herself con- siders of prime importance.

The star’s multiple activities during the strenuous years that followed Pearl Harbor did not deter her, however, from the continuation of her career on the screen.

Always daring in her ac- ceptance or selection of roles in pictures, Bette appeared in “The Corn Is Green,” which had pre- viously been made memorable by Ethel Barrymore in the New York theatre and on tour. A more timid player, even one in Bette’s enviable position in the film industry, would have hesi- tated, if not refused, to follow Miss Barrymore in such an ex- acting and unglamorous role. She played it, however, without mental or emotional reserve, and its success was ample evi- dence that filmgoers everywhere approved the choice.

Prior to that Miss Davis had eagerly accepted another very difficult part, one which was not the title role but certainly the most important of the produc- tion. With “Mr. Skeffington,” Miss Davis won new acclaim for her ability with an unsympa- thetic characterization, of which she has played a great number, beginning, some years ago, with the role of the hateful Mildred in “Of Human Bondage.”

She played herself in “Holly- wood Canteen” and by doing so added materially to the amount of money received by the Can- teen from Warner Bros. for the use of the name and the idea.

Other screen work during the war years included “The Man Who Came To Dinner,” re- leased about the time war was declared, in which she also gar- nered great critical and public applause. In 1942 “In This Our Life,” was released and gave her another chance to show how competently she plays unpleasant characters on the screen. ‘Now, Voyager,” re- leased during the second war year, was one of the star’s most successful ventures and pushed her romantic partner, Paul Hen-

BETTE DAVIS fans will be glad to hear that they get a double helping of their favorite star in Warners’ "A Stolen Life,"" opening at the Strand on Friday. Bette plays a dual role in the film, which features Glenn Ford, Dane Clark, Walter Brennan and Charlie Ruggles in supporting roles.

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reid, to immediate stardom. The year 1942 also saw Bette in “Watch On The Rhine,” the pic- ture which won the Academy Award for Paul Lukas.

“Old Acquantance” followed in 1943, after which the actress appeared as a comedienne song- plugger in “Thank Your Lucky Stars.”

During the same years Miss Davis’ personal life was under- going great and unexpected changes. On August 25, 1943, her husband, Arthur Farns- worth, died unexpectedly in Hollywood. Not long afterward her mother, long associated with Bette in her career and often sharing the star’s home with her, married. Then, on Novem- ber 30, 1945, Bette married Wil- liam Grant Sherry whom she had met a year before at her summer home in Laguna Beach, Califcrnia.

Rivalry Between Twins Dealt With In Strand Drama

(Current Theatre Story)

A twin’s love for the same man her sister is in love with constitutes the central problem in Bette Davis’ latest starring vehicle, Warners’ “A _ Stolen Life,” currently playing at the Strand Theatre. Miss Davis, plays both twins whose love for the character portrayed by Glenn Ford ends in tragedy for one and happiness for the other, and the actress has an excellent opportunity to display her un- limited abilities.

Contains Unusual Conflict

An unusual story, rife with conflict and rivalry, the film is based on a novel by Karel J. Benes adapted by Margaret Buell Wilder and made into a screenplay by Catherine Tur- ney. It presents an acting chal- lenge well met, for the one twin, Kate, is extremely lovable and selfless; whereas Pat is thoroughly hateful and _ con- temptible. Kate loves Bill for his simplicity and modest am- bitions while to Pat he is merely another engaging admirer.

Others in a generally excel- lent supporting cast include Dane Clark, winner of the award for this year’s most promising young actor, as Karnok, an artist under whose strict tute- lage Kate works in an effort to forget Bill; Walter Brennan as a cantankerous New England lighthouse- keeper and_ Bill’s best and most understanding friend; Charlie Ruggles as cousin Freddie, the twin’s hu- morous benefactor; and Bruce Bennett, remembered for his excellent characterization of Joan Crawford’s husband in “Mildred Pierce,” in a dramatic role on which the picture’s ex- citing climax hinges.

With New England as the principal locale, the film’s pro- duction is distinguished by au- thentic sets and realistic pho- tography. The picture was directed by Curtis Bernhardt. Max Steiner wrote the picture’s original musical score.

Bette Davis Back At Strand Friday In Warner Drama

(Advance Reader)

Bette Davis returns to the Strand screen on Friday in Warner Bros.’ “A Stolen Life,” a romantic drama in which Miss Davis plays the most un- usual role of her distin- guished film career — the dual role of identical twins who fall in love with the same man. The highly dramatic situ- ation eventu- ally culmin- Mat No. 1A ates in trag- Dane Clark edy for one sister, happiness for the other.

Glenn Ford plays the male lead while others in a generally excellent supporting cast in- clude Dane Clark, Walter Bren- nan, Charlie Ruggles and Bruce Bennett.

The film was directed by Cur- tis Bernhardt. Adapted by Mar- garet Buell Wilder from a novel by Karel J. Benes, the screen- play was written by Catherine Turney.

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Civilian Dangers Engulf Ex-Marine In Warlike Flood

Glenn Ford, currently fea- tured in the Bette Davis star- ring film, “A Stolen Life,” War- ners’ new drama at the Strand, knows that bobby-soxers play rough.

Ford, handsome Hollywood star who recently completed a two and a half year hitch in the Marine Corps, thinks the teen-agers are tougher than top kicks—and he has wounds to prove his point.

The actor was recently asked to present a large bouquet of roses to Eva Wonderlick, win- ner of a “Queen” contest staged by the Air Transport Command.

This he did, before a large crowd of boys and girls at the Royal Palm Hotel in Los Ange- les.

After kiss- ing Miss Won- derlick and presenting the bouquet, Ford started for home. The girls in the crowd de- scended on him in a body.

The actor took refuge in

an elevator, MarNasde and finally re- treated to a room on the second floor which manager Floyd Wilson had se- cured for him.

But when the girls started breaking down the door, he took to the fire-escape ladder, pulled a latch and was summarily de- posited on the ground after fall- ing a couple of stories.

“War,” says Glenn, “was con- siderably more gentle than those screaming kids.”

Walter Brennan

Waves Too Real On Warner Set

Bette Davis and Glenn Ford, as well as most of the crew of Warner Bros.’ "KR Stolen Life,” now at the Strand Theatre, were all made sea-sick by the small-boat sequences shot in the huge studio tank stage. Wind machines, wave makers and a rov- ing camera mounted on a gyroscope and dolly com- pleted the illusion that proved altogether too real.

Film Role Tempts Star To Try Hand At New Art Form

Bette Davis, starring in “A Stolen Life,” the new Warner Bros. picture now at the Strand Theatre, is supposed to paint a portrait of Walter Brennan, a grizzled old lighthouse keeper on a lonely, wind-swept island. The painting was originally completed by Alexander Rosen- feld, since Bette herself is not as proficient with palette and brush as with the spoken word and registered emotions.

However, during the hours

Miss Davis spent pretending to-

paint the picture, she did touch it up in places. At the sugges- tion of Laguna friends, she may add “plus B. Davis” below the artist’s signature and permit the picture to be sold or auctioned off for the benefit of some de- serving Laguna society.

Unique in cinematic history is the opportunity Glenn Ford has to make love to not one—but two—Bette Davises in Warner Bros.’ "A Stolen Life," now playing at the Strand Theatre. The double measure of romance is due to the fact that the actress plays a dual role—that of twin sisters—in the film, which also features Dane Clark, Walter Brennan and Charlie Ruggles

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Production—For Weekend Supplements

‘Old’ Pants Represent Days Of Patient Ageing

The hole in the seat of Glenn Ford’s pants, worn by the actor in Warners’ new Bette Davis starring picture, “A Stolen Life,” now at the Strand, was no accident.

The hole was put there deliberately, if not maliciously, by the Warner Bros. wardrobe department which had been told to prepare clothes for the young star to match the characterization he was to undertake in the picture— and the New England locale in which it was to be played.

So the trousers with which Glenn Ford was provided in the lighthouse island sequences of the story of “A Stolen Life,” were held against a revolving buffer until the fabric was worn thin. Then they were placed over a sharp table corner and deliberately torn. After a few days of scrambling over the vol- canic rocks of the sea-going lo- cation of the picture, near La- guna, the hole was spread and threatened to become too obvi- ous and revealing. The ward- robe department came forward with a duplicate pair, however; a pair of trousers with exactly the same kind of a hole in ex- actly the same place as in Ford’s first costume trousers.

Handled By Studio Expert

The odd business of making new clothes old and old clothes older is handled at Warner Bros. studio by Fred Waring (not the orchestra leader) who is an expert in his particular line.

Every garment in a studio wardrobe is carefully cleaned as soon as a player in a picture is finished with it—and often several times in between. This natural wear and tear gives Warner Bros., for instance, a gradually growing supply of worn clothing but there are times, such as the opening se- quences of “A Stolen Life,” when this natural aging process is too slow for motion pictures.

Are Washed For Days

Suits and dresses are some- times dumped into washing ma- chines and washed for days at a time to give them a needed threadbare appearance. They are sometimes faded with strong soaps and rinses. Shoes, before rationing, were also aged when needed, by files and sandpaper. Now, because of their scarcity, there is less of that. Felt hats, to be aged, are held against a buffer to provide worn spots.

When wrinkled clothes are needed, the garments are rolled

GLENN FORD comes to the Strand screen Friday in the romantic lead opposite Bette Davis, star of Warner Bros.’ new film drama, "A Stolen Life." Also featured in the film in important supporting roles are Dane Clark, Walter Brennan and Charlie

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into bundles, dampened, put un- der a press and left under pres- sure overnight. That wrinkles them, all right. Dirty clothes are only so in appearance in motion pictures. In reality they are clean clothes spotted with paint, dusted with Fuller’s earth or rubbed with lamp black.

There are hundreds of worn garments in the Warner Bros. wardrobe, all catalogued and ready for future service in scenes that demand such clothes. Even Glenn Ford’s hole-ridden pants were cleaned and put back in stock, after the film’s com- pletion, to await another actor in another role which calls for a hole in trousers.

Seeing Double Is OK But Star Balks At Double Doubles

Playing identical twins in a film all day is difficult enough, according to Bette Davis, who should know, but to have the condition continue into evening hours as well is almost too much.

Miss Davis, currently portray- ing twin sisters in Warner Bros.’ “A Stolen Life,” at the Strand, “played” to two other actresses portraying her other screen self who were later eliminated from the finished film by virtue of a “split-screen,” for eight hours every day dur- ing the picture’s filming.

Thus she grew used to seeing “herself” in the persons of Elizabeth Wright and Sally Sage on the set all day. She was ac- customed, in other words, to see- ing double.

But one eve- ning, while dining at the Crillon restau- rant, her sen- ses almost left her when she saw two of herself enter- ing the swank nigyht spot. The Crillon employs full- length, right- angle mirrors Mat No: ie at its entrance Bette Davis hall as well as inside the restau- rant proper.

This was enough to give Bette a start. What topped her con- fusion however, was that, on leaving, she was preceded by two identical twins. It was this last that almost had Bette in the screaming stage.

Star's Wardrobe Twice Usual Size

Because her role re- quires her to play identi- cal twin sisters, Bette Davis has a larger wardrobe in “K Stolen Life,” now at the Strand Theatre, than in any other picture of her career. Orry-Kelly de- signed the star’s clothes which are all ultra mod- ern. “A Stolen Life” is Bette’s first film as a pro- ducer. Glenn Ford, Walter Brennan, Dane Clark and Charlie Ruggles are fea- tured in the cast. Curtis Bernhardt directed the film.

Anxious To Put On Weight? Here’s An Easy Way To Do It

However it affects some people, the Marine Corps put twenty pounds on Glenn Ford.

The actor served two years, eight months with the leather- necks and, upon receiving an honorable discharge, checked in- to Warner Bros. for the biggest role of his career as Bette Davis’ leading man in “A Stolen Life,” currently at the Strand.

The ex-Marine had counted on using his own clothes as ward- robe for the picture but a quick glance at his suits and his waist- line junked the whole idea.

So Ford shopped for new clothes and a number of stock boys at Warner Bros. are wear- ing his pre-Marine Corps suits, courtesy of the actor.

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BETTE DAVIS is currently playing one of the most exacting roles of her screen career as identical twins in Warner Bros.’ “A Stolen Life," now at the Strand. Supporting her in the romantic drama are Glenn Ford, Dane

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Portraying Self, Bette Davis Takes Acting In Stride

Bette Davis, now starring in Warner Bros.’ “A Stolen Life” at the Strand, took over Las Rosas, one of California’s most historic eating places near the old mission at San Juan Capis- trano, as the scene for a birth- day party honoring her sister Barbara.

The invitations requested the guests to appear in Spanish costumes.

As the star awaited the ar- rival of her guests, an uninvited couple arrived and she, in her colorful Spanish costume, di- rected them to one of the unre- served dining rooms.

As the young lady passed Bette, she remarked to her es- cort, “Doesn’t that waitress look like Bette Davis?”

To which Bette Davis herself replied in amusement, “Yes, everybody always tells me that.”

An hour later, when the news of her presence had traveled throughout the place, the young couple returned requesting her autograph.

DANE CLARK plays an important featured role in support of Bette Davis in Warners’ "A Stolen Life," coming to the Strand on Friday. A stirring and unusual drama of rivalry between twin sisters, the film also features Glenn Ford, Walter Bren- nan and Charlie Ruggles.

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Star Contemplates Purchase Of Home

Her friends at Warner Bros. are willing to bet that Bette Davis, now star- ring in Warner Bros.’ “A Stolen Life,” at the Strand, will soon own a house on the Monterey Peninsula. The star is already mis- tress of Riverbottom, her Glendale home near the Warner studio; a beach house at Laguna; and her New England farm, Sugar Hill, New Hampshire. She often tells friends, how- ever, that the Monterey- Carmel area in California is her favorite spot on the west coast.

It took a week to drown Bette Davis at the Warner Bros. studios for her newest picture, “A Stolen Life,’ now at the Strand. It took a full week and the hard work of ninety or more persons, any one of whom could have rescued her without too much exertion.

When the sequence was finally finished a waggish sound man on the set—the same one who had caught her final gurgle in his microphone—wise - cracked, “Bette never looked wetter—not better—wetter.”

Nature had a hand in the drowning of Hollywood’s first lady during a real blow along the California coast. But for the closeup scenes of her final struggle the star was brought to the studio where a huge tank of water and all the necessary wave and wind equipment had been installed.

Nature in the rough and a closeup photograph just don’t go over well together.

The Warner storm kings can stir up a very realistic no’wes- ter at that. Enough wind ma- chines surrounded the Davis set to blow the top off the Los Angeles city hall. Huge casks of water on the top of steep chutes aided her apparent de- mise.

It is not on record that Bette ever drowned in a picture be- fore. She has died, gone blind, mad and dispirited but she has never suffered a watery death before. In the light of the fact that she reported when she first came to Hollywood that she had once won a life-saving swim- ming record on the Atlantic coast, it, apparently, had never before occurred to her produc- ers to drown her. Here, at long last, was the opportunity.

As the less admirable of two sisters, it was up to Bette to drown _ realistically, without ever indicating, by word or ges- ture, that she could easily save herself by putting into practice a few of her well practiced swimming strokes.

This is not as easy as it may sound. Even pretending to

Glenn Ford plays the romantic lead opposite Bette Davis in Warner Bros.' new drama, "A Stolen Life," now at the Strand Theatre. Others featured in the film include Dane Clark, Walter Brennan and Charlie Ruggles.

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drown, while tons of water are cascaded on you, is not fun and the natural thing to do is to swim away from such danger.

Bette, however, knew from the script that she was supposed to drown in the scene and had known it for all the long months “A Stolen Life’ had been in production. She was well pre- pared for it. Under the careful direction of Curtis Bernhardt she struggled against the water, neither wisely nor well, and con- sequently met her cinematic end in a blaze of technical glory.

“An actress to the last,” sighed director Bernhardt as he ordered the scene printed and the lights and cameras taken away.

New Father Finds Pride Goes Before Fall In Filmland

There’s one thing sure about becoming a new father in Hol- lywood: fun-loving studio work- ers won’t let you forget it.

Curtis Bernhardt, the direc- tor, knows that.

Bernhardt, who directed Bette Davis in Warners’ “A Stolen Life,” now at the Strand, re- cently became the father of a baby boy named Anthony. Be- cause Tony was not yet born by the time work on the film be- gan, Bernhardt reported at Warners as usual. But when Bette Davis, who produced the picture, realized his shaken condition, she promptly and good-naturedly ordered him from the set, telling him to re- port to his wife at the hospital.

The baby was born at 10 o’clock in the morning, and Bernhardt returned, laden with cigars to divide among the crew.

Awaiting him was a life-sized doll and a prop man standing ready with diapers and a stop watch. While the entire crew and company watched, Bern- hardt was schooled in changing the doll against time. His best was 68 seconds for the job.

Getting down to business at last, after a number of rehears- als Bernhardt finally called for action. There was absolute si- lence. Emoting was about to, to start for a particularly tense scene when, instead of the ex- pected dialogue, came a loud re- cording of a baby’s squawling. Bernhardt really knows by now that he’s the dad of a brand new baby boy.

WALTER BRENNAN is seen as a down-East Yankee in the new Bette Davis starring film, Warners’ “A Stolen Life,"" now at the Strand. Others in the featured cast include Glenn Ford, Dane Clark and Charlie Ruggles.

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Voted the outstanding new star of 1946 in the Motion Picture Herald's Exhibitor Poll, Dane Clark has a chance to prove his versatility in an unusual role in Warner Bros.’ "A Stolen Life," coming to the Strand on Friday. Bette Davis stars in the film, which also features Glenn Ford, Walter

Brennan and Charlie Ruggles.

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Hollywood Yarn Starts And Stops In Studio

One of this war’s greatest human interest stories had its beginning and ending in Holly- wood.

The yarn involves two for- mer small-part actors, Glenn Pollock and Tom Ashfield, now appearing in Warner Bros.’ “A Stolen Life,’ starring Bette Davis, at the Strand. The two men entered service at approxi- mately the same time and were together when their transport was torpedoed on February fe 1943.

Both managed to find safety on a raft, but before they were sighted by a coast guard cutter Ashfield was swept overboard, presumably lost.

Set. Pollock, after months in a hospital and more service overseas, was eventually dis- charged, and returned to Holly- wood to resume his acting ca- reer.

He could hardly believe his eyes when, on the set OL. a Stolen Life,” he came face to face with his old friend Ash- field.

Ashfield had been picked up by a submarine for questioning,

LOVABLE Charlie Ruggles returns to the Strand screen tonight play- ing an important role in Warner

Bros. “A Stolen Life," the Bette Davis starring film which also fea- tures Glenn Ford, Dane Clark and Walter Brennan.

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packed off to a German prison camp and eventually expatri- ated on a prisoner exchange to this country. He too had found work as an extra in “A Stolen Life.”

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Hollywood Style Virtue Pays Off Handsomely

Virtue may be its own reward elsewhere but in Hollywood it pays off handsomely.

The bad girl in movies who wins critic’s kudos is a thing of the past and is far more like- ly to get a tomato for her sins than an Oscar.

Gone are the days when the husband-killer roles like that of Bette Davis in “The Little Foxes,” andIda Lupino in “They Drive By Night,” are the prizes that go only to the film capital’s top ranking stars, and whose portrayals of these roles bring fame, fortune, and often an Academy Award.

‘Good Girls’ Win

If a girl is “good” at the art of acting these days, movie- makers will reward her with virtuous roles, and the Acad- emy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences will very probably hand her that mark of approval so dear to the heart of every actress—the Oscar.

Even Bette Davis, now star- ring in Warner Bros.’ “A Stolen Life” at the Strand Theatre, although she has blazed a movie trail of greed, jealousy, hate and all the other cardinal sins in the past, has recently sub- stantiated her position as first

lady of the screen by undergo- ing a complete change of char- acter. In “The Corn Is Green,” she portrayed a noble and self- sacrificing maiden school teach- er working among the coal min- ers of Wales.

Currently Miss Davis is do- ing double-starring duty as the twin sisters in “A Stolen Life.” Indicative of the trend in mo- tion pictures toward virtue is the fact that it is the good sister who gets both the man and the star’s share of the film footage.

Alexis Smith, white hope of Warner Bros. studio, probably topped good women roles for all time by coming right out and portraying an angel in “The Horn Blows at Midnight.” As such, she not only looked to the excellence of her own behavior but kept a steadying hand on her less meritorious co-angel, Jack Benny.

All this sweetness and light, of course, can be carried too far with a screen character en- countering the law of diminish- ing returns. There is, as an example of virtue too rampant on the screen, Rosalind Russell who, in the role of Louise Ran- dall Pierson, in “Roughly Speak- ing,” lost her first husband for that very reason.

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fashion which combines comfort with style. Here the star poses in three new fall models, all of

which boast practical warmth as well as eye-appeal.

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“A Stolen Life” gives versa- tile Bette Davis an opportu- nity to play a double rote for the first time. Her artistry is turned to the characterization of twin sisters: Pat, who is trouble, and Kate, who is true. As Kate she is a warm-heart- ed artist deeply in love with a handsome young engineer, played by Glenn Ford. The setting of their romance is a bleak but beautiful wind- swept island off the coast of Massachusetts. As Pat she is glamorous and worldly with a way with men that sweeps Kate’s romance to disaster. Supporting the star in “A Stolen Life” are Glenn Ford, Dane Clark, Charles Ruggles and Walter Brennan. Two of the Warner Bros.’ studio’s newest starlets, Peggy Knud- son and Joan Winfield, also have important roles in the film drama. Curtis Bernhardt directed the picture.

(SECOND DAY)

Kate Bosworth (Bette Davis), @ young artist, meets Bill Emerson (Glenn Ford) while visiting her cousin on an island off the coast of Massa- chusetts. Bill is a handsome young engineer who works for the government as a light- house inspector. He intrigues her and in order to see more of him Kate arranges to have Eben Folger (Walter Bren- nan), a salty old lighthouse keeper, pose for her. Kate sails to the lighthouse island each day, and between sittings spends much time with Bill. They seem to have a lot in common, and as the days go by find themselves becoming more and more fond of each other. Kate looks forward hopefully to marrying young Bill. Now go on with the story,

(THIRD DAY)

Kate Bosworth (Bette Davis), a young artist, makes the ac- quaintance of Bill Emerson (Glenn Ford), while visiting her cousin on an island off Massachusetts. Bill, a hand- some young engineer employed as a lighthouse inspector, in- trigues Kate, and in order to see more of him arranges to have Eben Folger (Walter Brennan), an old lighthouse keeper pose for her. Kate re- turns to her cousin Freddie’s (Charles Ruggles) house one night to find that her twin sis- ter, Pat (Bette Davis) has ar- rived to look over the males on the Cape. The next day Pat is taken by Bill for Kate. She lets him persist in his error and Kate comes home to find them in a clinch. Kate leaves brokenhearted. Pat has taken over. Now go on with the story. e.

On a visit to her cousin living on an island off Massachusetts, Kate Bosworth (Bette Davis) misses the regular ferry and gets a ferry lift from handsome Bill Emerson (Glenn Ford), an engineer who works as a lighthouse inspector. Kate determines to see more of Bill.

Kate resents her intrusion.

One evening Kate and Bill make a luncheon date for the following day on the mainland. Kate, very happy, romps home to her cousin Freddie’s (Charlie Ruggles) house to find that her twin sister, Pat (Bette Davis) has ‘arrived to look over the males on the Cape.

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Each day she sails to the lighthouse island and spends several hours on the portrait. Between sittings, she sees much of Bill and finds they have a lot in common. Bill leads a leisurely life, and is content amid the solitude and beauty of the seashore. As the days go by, they find themselves falling in love.

(Continued tomorrow)

To accomplish her purpose Kate, an art- ist with aspirations, asks the lighthouse keeper, Eben Folger (Walter Brennan) to pose for her. He’s sour on women and refuses at first, but Kate bribes him with a ship model that he’d been wanting for some time.

To make amends for his error, Bill in- vites Kate to a barn dance the following evening. At the dance, Pat—more adept in handling men than her sister—monop- olizes Bill’s attention. Kate, intuitively feels that she is losing Bill, and she leaves, brokenhearted, with Freddie.

(Continued tomorrow)

The next day Pat, walking along the wharf, is taken by Bill for Kate. Pat lets him per- sist in his error and takes him home for lunch and a drink. Kate, who has been searching the waterfront for Bill, returns disappointed to the house, where she finds Pat and Bill in a clinch.

Pat and Bill are married shortly thereafter and Kate decides to lose herself in work. At an ex- hibition of her paintings, she meets a rough but talented character named Karnok (Dane Clark). Although he insults her, Kate invites him to use her studios for his own art work. He moves in and makes himself right at home.

One day Kate runs into Bill at a de- partment store. Her heart jumps at the sight of him. She discovers that Pat has forced Bill to give up his lighthouse job for one less to his taste but paying more money. Bill indicates that all is not going well between them.

Thanks to Karnok’s taunts, Kate gives up her painting as a bad job, and returns to Freddie’s house. There she finds Pat, who has sent Bill off to Chile in search of greener fields. The next day, while out sailing, the sisters are caught in a sud- den storm and Pat is washed overboard.

(Continued tomorrow)

(FOURTH DAY)

Kate Bosworth (Bette Davis), i a young artist, falls in love with Bill Emerson (Glenn Ford) while visiting on an island off Massachusetts. The romance blossoms until Kate’s glamorous and venomous twin sister, Pat (Bette Davis) ar- rives at cousin Freddie’s (Charles Ruggles) house. Pat and Bill are soon married and Kate decides to lose herself in her work. She runs into Bill one day and learns that all is not going well between him and Pat. Thanks to the taunts of a rough but talented artist named Karnok (Dane Clark), Kate returns to Freddie’s

se. The next day, while out : : — See the regen caught Found unconscious after the accident, with The rush of events gives Kate no time to decide Kate decides that a divorce is the in a storm and Pat is washed her sister’s ring clutched in her hand, Kate on a course of action, She permits the deception only solution. She disappears and re- i Kat é Pat’s is mistaken for Pat. Bill is notified and flies _ to go on. Hoping to make amends for Pat’s be- __ turns to the Cane for a short senti- overboard. Kate grasps fa home, Even he mistakes one sister for the havior toward him, and because she loves him mental stay. Bill, informed by Fred- hand in an attempt to save ther. From the maid Kate learns of her desperately, Kate makes a sincere effort, as Pat, die of her whereabouts, finds Kate.

her —but fails. Now go on _ sister’s intrigues with other men and of her to win back Bill’s love. Then she learns that He tells her that he knows the truth, with the story... impending divorce from Bill. Pat’s escapades have made Bill a laughing stock. _ that he had loved her all along.

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A breathing exer- cise. Fold arms in front, shoulder height and lift rib cage.

One of the sim- plest yet one of the most benefi- cial all-around exercises—jump-

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Many items of merchandise play “double roles.” Work your tie-ins for such items with an enlargement of a ‘double

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Here’s a suggested win- dow or counter poster featuring Peggy Knud- sen. Contact local House of Westmore distributor for cooperative tie-ins with emphasis on displays and newspaper ads.

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“Doubly economical in its double role.’? Suggested tie-up

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LOCAL TWINS WORK FOR YOU 2 WAYS:

Inquiring Reporter Asks Twins: “Could You Do It!”’

Newspaper’s Inquiring Reporter asks

five different twins; “If, like Bette Davis in A Stolen Life, you found it advisable to pose as your twin, do you think you could get away with it?” Answers should prove very interest- ing. Arrange for question to be asked in lobby of theatre, with photos of twins and their answers used for a lob- by display.

LOBBY STUNT

An enlargement of this photo of Bette Davis at the easel with Walter Bren- nan posing is all you need for a lobby stunt in which local artists are invited to do their stuff. Their activities are sure to attract lots of attention. Ar- range for local Art School to award prize for best painting of Brennan. (Film’s portrait shown in inset.) Re- quired still (642-74) is available in your branch set.

Contest: Twins’ Most Interesting Experiences

Invite the twins in your town (one birth out of every 60 is a twosome) to participate in a newspaper, radio or lobby contest on the topic: “Our most

TEASER ADS ON

CLASSIFIED PAGE

Use the “Lost and Found” and “Per-

sonal” columns of your local daily for

teaser ads like these:

Lost and Found:

interesting experience as a result of mistaken identity.”” Columnist or ra- dio commentator invites letters, offer- ing guest tickets for those judged most entertaining. Winning sets of twins visit theatre in a group and are photo- graphed for newspapers. Story ties in playdate with reference to Bette Davis’ double role in the picture.

STOLEN! A young woman’s identity, be- lieved to be assumed by a twin sister. A thousand thrills will reward anyone who discovers “A Stolen Life” at the Strand Theatre.

Personals:

A STOLEN LIFE! My twin sister was drowned in a boating accident which I survived. I had her ring. Now her hus- band, our friends, believe that I am my

ALSO: Arrange for local photog- rapher to award free portrait to “most identical girl twins’’ selected via news- paper or lobby contest.

Dane Clark has been hailed “the year’s outstanding new star” in the Motion Picture Herald’s nation-wide theatre poll. Use this report from PIC Magazine for lobby display to tell your fans that he’s back in action in his greatest role, opposite Bette Davis in “A Stolen Life.”’ Tlustra- tion at right is available as 8x 10 still for use in lobby, program or for newsstand poster in tie-up with

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These distince- tive displays, pitched to the strong star power in “A Stolen Life,”’ keyed the ad- vance’ lobby campaign at the New York H ol l ywood Theatre.

Either or both of these set-pieces may be reproduced in your lobby.

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Illustrated above are the various units from the Warner posters which can be used most effectively for display cut-outs. Plan to use them on your marquee, in foyer set-ups, around your box-office and in merchant window tie-ups. Three-sheet cut-

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ANN: Bette Davis in Warner Bros” "A Stoten Life" is doubly thrilling because it's Bette Davis ina double role. Bette is Patricia... who was trouble. Bette is Kate... who was true. Twin sisters alike in everything except the men they at- tracted. Don't miss Bette Davis in her most magnifi- eent achievement ... ul ES Sere > ge Be wal > ange ee opening tomorrow at the Strand Theatre <<. «+ with Glenn Ford and Dane Clark, too!

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