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By Ed Sullivan
Barrymore to steal the picture, no small accomplishment when you consider the wealth of talent opposed to him. Barrymore will come pretty ciose to winning the Academy Award on the strength of that exhibition, probably the best thing he's done since his jury address in "A Free Soul." The veterans are never far off the mark. Alice Brady showed the youngsters something about scene-stealing and picture-stealing in "In Old Chicago." She had only one big scene in the picture and it came early, the scene in which she kneels at her husband's prairie grave. Yet by the time she got finished with that very moving scene, she had imprinted herself so vividly on the mind of the audience that they never forgot her thereafter. Jon Hall and Dorothy Lamour were the stars of "Hurricane,"
but think back to the magnificent performances of Thomas Mitchell and Raymond Massey, one as the doctor and the other as the governor of the island. In "Life of Emile Zola," only a performer of
In "Lost Horizon," H. B. Warner, Isabel Jewell, Edward Everett Horton, Ronald Colman. It ended up as H. B. Warner's Shangri La.
Paul Muni's quality could have dominated the picture in the face of Joseph Schildkraut's challenge in the role of Dreyfus. In "The Awful Truth," Irene Dunne and Cary Grant had to be very good indeed to save their star rating from the scene-stealing Ralph Bellamy. "Lost Horizon" was a triumph for Ronald Colman—but no less a triumph for veteran H. B. Warner and Sam Jaffe. Whenever they were in camera focus, these two supporting players kept your attention on them.
Animals, of course, have the edge when it comes to grand larceny. You sympathized with George Raft, Henry Fonda and Dorothy Lamour in "Spawn of the North," because the scenelifter was a seal, a most extraordinary seal. He romped away with every foot of film in which he appeared, and there was nothing the human stars could do about it. They didn't talk his language. Most classic example of this, while not in the animal kingdom, is Charlie McCarthy. In pictures and on the radio, the redoubtable Charlie McCarthy swipes everything but the backteeth of other players. And as in the case of the seal, there's nothing that can be done about it.
Amusingly enough, scene-stealers even bob up in Walt Disney's cartoons. For instance, in "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," it was Dopey who committed enough grand larceny to win him a long and extensive term in San Quentin. If the Disney characters could talk, they'd give you an earful about Dopey that would singe your eardrums. Don't think for a moment that Mickey Mouse doesn't despise Donald Duck, who is a scene-burglar of no mean proportions. Mickey told me privately that Donald Duck is a quack.
In the silent days a Pearl White or a Theda Bara or a Wallace Reid or a Rudolph Valentino were sufficient tc [Continued on page 76]
After seeing "100 Men and a Girl," no one ever forgot the taxi driver who had $8 invested in Deanna Durbin. That was Frank Jenks.
izabeth Risdon, as the mother, lped Joan Crawford and added "Mannequin" to her string.
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Ralph Bellamy scored delightfully in "The Awful Truth," although Irene Dunne and Cary Grant retained their membership in the champion class.
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