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Continued from paste nineteen same brilliant ability, the same complete understanding of picture-making. But only Katharine Hepburn had recognized it and gone from one producer to another, talking about it. "This man has something. He must be given an opportunity— for the sake of pictures!" IT Was On The Day after the criticisms of The Lake had appeared — in which she is acting in New York — that I talked to George Cukor about her. She had telephoned him, the evening before. She had been discouraged. Critics had not all been kind to her though many had said she was good — but that play was bad. She had been disappointed in herself. And to be disappointed in self is the greatest discouragement to a Hepburn. "She has reached success. There is nothing more difficult than to be a successful actress. To get success is hard. To hold it — " He shook his head. "It's difficult for anyone in any line of work but it is much worse for an actress. I tried to make her understand what she is facing now. She is recognized as great. She has that feeling that she must be really great — " There was real sympathy in his voice. He had watched her upwards; he had helped her climb. But he knew that no one could help her through that hot flame which must continually sear her, now — "I must top myself!" He pondered a moment. "She must have plays where she can burst their seams. Just a good play is not enough. She requires a great acting part. She has hit a great thing. Her conscious integrity (the honesty with self!) is alive on the screen. She doesn't like anything shoddy. Her judgment is not perfect." He smiled. "But if she does Joan of Arc, as she hopes, she may make it a true classic. We will never know what she can do, until — . Perhaps Shakespeare played by a great actress might bring an enormous popularity; unprecedented. Juliet in Romeo and Juliet. A Juliet that was divine — " He relaxed. I do not believe that he realized that he had let us peep through the veils shrouding this woman, today, as she stands on the threshold of a future which must bring us, indeed, performances that burst the seams or performances which will drop her backwards into average mediocrity. "(~\f Course, I Can't see her with the V^ glamour of one sitting in the front row in the balcony and watching her on the screen or the stage. No director can. It is not glamour to us. But an actress either has excitement or she hasn't. Katy has excitement!" Suddenly, his lips tightened. His eyes became electrical points, flashing warning signals. I knew why they said Katharine Hepburn must have prayed in thankfulness that he had not killed her. "Why don't you writers leave her alone? She must be left alone. She is a woman who must be judged by what you see on the screen. She is not a ham or an exhibitionist. She has no phoney kind of democracy. The kind that is nice to everybody. She does not include everyone in a general smile. When she —Wide World The romantic marriage, of Dorothy Mackaill and Neil Miller has ended in separation with divorce to follow. Miss Mackaill, whose screen popularity dimmed with the advent of the talkies, is rumored to be planning a comeback smiles at you, the smile is for you — a human being. "She has a brittle veneer. She allows few people to penetrate it. When she does — she is defenseless. She can't admit many people. A ham actor can be nice to everybody. Smile at you because you are a writer and can say nice things about her. Katy can't. "I could have choked the editor who printed that picture of her with her hands over her face at the tennis matches. She can't let people do those things. Let her wear dungarees. Let her be herself. Her family. She adores that family. That long porch on her home at Hartford. That big family gathering each afternoon, for tea. Katy carrying a tea tray that weighs seventy five pounds to wait on them. Let her keep that family to herself. "She respects herself. She wouldn't allow even a financial sacrifice to impair the quality of her work — " He Was Still talking, his hands pounding the table between us. "She has a sense of humor. A sense of absurdity about herself. She laughs at herself constantly. No self-consciousness. A marvelous abandon. Do you know what that means before a camera? Well, let her keep it. Don't make her self-conscious. Don't make her think about herself to take pictures at tennis matches! "We were making Bill of Divorcement. Mr. Tinker, president of the Fox Film company, had come onto the set— -a special dispensation. The scene was simple. All she had to do was to pick up the 'phone; walk up the steps. She fell flat on her face. Things like that are constantly happening to her. She picked herself up, laughing madly. To her, it was terribly funny. No self-consciousness. Leave her alone. Let the hams tell you about themselves. The ones who like to talk about themselves! "She is quite prim, at heart. She's naturally a good Hartford girl, you know. Let her keep it. She's naturally shy. I HOLLYWOOD