Modern Screen (Dec 1934 - Nov 1935)

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"Ever since I was a child I've wanted to act," she said, "but I wanted to be a great dramatic actress and I'm sure I was at the age of five," she laughed. "My brother and I had a theatre in the backyard. I wrote all the plays, directed and acted in them. I insisted upon being the boss. Not only did I insist that they do what I told them but also that they think the way I thought." During her childhood there was one person who encouraged her in her ambition to act. That was a cousin, who now lives in Hollywood, and is Miss Oliver's only living relative. "She told me to keep on, never to stop, that she was sure I would be a great actress some day. She was the only person who believed in me," Miss Oliver said solemnly, and a tender note crept into her voice as she remembered back to the lean, hard years when a little encouragement meant so much. The kindness of this older girl has never been forgotten and over a period of years she has been the object of Miss Oliver's lavish affection. Material gifts in the way of trips to Honolulu and Europe have also been provided by the generous Miss Oliver. AT the age of fourteen she was singing ■l* in a church in Boston, her birthplace, and soon after she toured the New England states with an open air opera company. Her burning ambition at this time was to become a great singer and, possessed of a beautiful singing voice, she had reason to suspect she might succeed. But her hopes were blasted when she lost her voice and was forced to turn to the dramatic stage. She decided to join a stock company in Boston. Getting a foothold was not easy. Her physical appearance was against her. Young, unformed, shy, inexperienced and, although still very young, she was taller than most men, a handicap difficult to overcome. It was not always that she could get work in the theatre. At one time, unable to get the work she loved, and forced by absolute necessity to do something, she worked in a dressmaking establishment for three dollars a week. And another time in a millinery shop at the same meager wages. It took her four years to save forty dollars, the amount she thought necessary to take her to New York, where she expected to be a sensation. The forty dollars dwindled and one day she hid behind a trunk in her room to avoid facing an irate landlord to whom she owed eighty dollars. Of course, there were good times mixed with the bad and the list of her successes on Broadway suggests nothing of the heartaches which preceded them. Miss Oliver was on the stage thirty years before she received what is referred to as "big money." But she never lost her sense of humor. She never lost her courage for a moment. Of all the disappointments she had to face during her career, the most heartbreaking one was the realization that she must spend the rest of her career in making people laugh. Particularly was this a bitter pill in view of the fact that she had proven herself a great dramatic actress in "The Master," "Icebound," and otherplays on that very same Broadway. "Of course, I don't like to be laughed at," she will tell you with some asperity. "I don't think an3'one does. However, there are two distinct kinds of humor. One is genuine — the laughs you get from a ridiculous situation, by funny remarks or — looking comical. The other kind comes from the so-called wits, who keep yon in stitches with their bright remarks, which are always directed at some unfortunate person — wit at the expense of somebody's feelings." Miss Oliver may relax, secure in the knowledge that her humor will never be followed by hurt feelings. Except her own, possibly, and she tries hard to hide that. "We never let on that we don't like to All Maybelline Preparations tuive this approval 'Member the three m onkeys? Here they are — Jackie (Speak no evil) Cooper, Cora Sue (See no evil) Collins and Freddie (Hear no evil) Bartholomew— viewing M-G-M' s color cart . o o n , "Three Little Monkeys." 74