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THE MOST MISUNDERSTOOD
MAN IN HOLLYWOOD
# # . Hollywood, judging Lebedeff by its own code, finds him wanting* But, judge him by the code of a Russian gentleman—
It's all right to be eccentric in Hollywood— after you're a success. But Ivan Lebedeff made the fatal mistake of being different before he was a success. And that's rather unforgivable in the film town.
By
ALFRED CRANE
IT is all right with Hollywood if Garbo holds herself aloof from the crowd — stays a mystery. Likewise it is quite cricket for Connie Bennett to hold her beautiful blond head in the air and ritz the rest of the gals. Or Mary and Doug to entertain all the visiting royalty . . . and get real choosy with the invitations. Or Ronald Colman to play hermit and slight all the cute little tricks in the colony.
Yes, that's all perfectly well understood with the rest of the gang. You see, they all figure that it is okay to be a little "different" . . . high-hat . . . eccentric ... or anything their hearts desire, because they've worked up from nothing. They now have the right to rub it in everyone else's hair— and the boys and girls are supposed to 86
like it. Fame is allowed the right of way in Hollywood!
But one must work up to it gradually!
That's where Ivan Lebedeff made his big mistake. Why ... he wore spats and carried a cane while he was still looking for his first job! He was seen to bow low from the waist and kiss a lady's hand while he was practically working "extra" in pictures. Hollywood was quick to look and judge. The judgment voiced the opinion that no one had the right to be strolling up and down the Boulevard, cane in hand, acting as though he was playing the role of the object lesson in "Our Betters" while he was actually hungry! Who did he think he was, anyway? And he claimed that he was a prince of royal blood from Russia— that he had been a page in the court