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IRENE BUtfNE (Paramount Player)
The ability of Irene Dunne to look any age between 18 and 70 has won her many roles in motion pictures.
To Hollywood, she Hill always be recalled as the brown eyed prima donna who, shortly after her arrival in the film city, won the most coveted screen role of the year — tha part of Sabra Cravat in RKO Radio Pictures' "Cimarron" in which she established herself as one of the outstanding personalities in pictures.
Incidentally, she conpetod with 50 other actrossos for tho rolo, most of thorn seosonod troupers.
Miss Dunne not only possesses the ability to look either young or old, but she can perfectly imitate the voice of an aged woman.
In Ziegfeld's stage production of "Show Boat" she scored a tremendous hit in the role of an old woman, a factor that stimulated her selection for the role in "Cimarron," the second picture of her career*
Liss Dunne starred for a period of 70 weeks in "Show Boat," and attracted the attention of William Lo Baron, then vice-president in charge of production at RKO Radio Pictures, but now managing director of production et Paramount studio.
Ho signed her to a long term contract and she was featured in the leading role of "Leathornocking ."
Then followed her appearance in "Cinarron," opposite Richard Dix, which won the acclaim of fans and critics throughout the world.
For her remarkable work in this production, she was given the starring role in "Consolation ferriage" and, later, 17*4 co-starred with Ricardo Cortez in "Symphony of Six Millions**
Hor other pictures include "Thirteen V/omen," "Back Street," for Universal, "Ho Other Woman," "The Silver Cord," and ■Ann Vickers"in