Modern Screen (Jan - Nov 1940)

Page scan 000823 from Modern Screen

Record Details:

Title:
Modern Screen
Date:
Jan - Nov 1940
Publisher:
Dell Publishing Company
Volume:
Modern Screen (Jan - Nov 1940)
Leaf #:
000823
Language:
English
Subjects:
motion pictures, Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography -- Periodicals
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System and Fan Magazines
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Moving Image Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
July 04, 2024
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too obvious that the studio is trying to disprove the 'pretty boy' publicity by giving Taylor a part where he can exhibit some beef and brawn." I thought of that, too, but it isn't a good enough reason, because "The Crowd Roars" was made before "Stand Up and Fight" and in that, if anyone remembers, I was a pugilist who was no palooka in the ring. If any of you had wanted to give it the "Hee haw they're trying-to-prove-that-Tay lor-cantake-it," that was your chance. You didn't take it. That picture was both good Box Office and good for me. So, to a certain extent, my pictures have kept me on a see-saw, now up, now down. "Three Comrades" was a good picture for me. "Stand Up and Fight," "Lucky Night," "Lady of the Tropics" and "Remember" were bad for me. "Waterloo Bridge" gave me a swing up again and now I have hopes that "Escape" will put me on the up-end of the teeter-totter once again. But it's the why of the ups and downs that I'm trying to get at. In my case it may well be said that I skidded because I'm not a fine actor. I know I'm not. I had no experience behind me when I came to Hollywood. I still haven't had enough training — it takes study and time to perfect any art or craft. I have a whale of a lot to learn. Yet, you can't say an actor loses public favor just because he's not a fine actor. Naming no names, for courtesy's sake, we all know actors who make no (Continued on page 68) SEPTEMBER, 1940 27