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YOUNG MAN ON
By DOROTHY SPENSLEY
IT LOOKS LIKE THE BIG BREAK, AT LAST, FOR DENNIS MORGAN— WHO PLAYS WYN, THE PHILADELPHIA "MAIN LINE" BOY FRIEND, TO GINGER'S KITTY FOYLE
FOR the moment it looked as though that ol' debbil, Production Schedule, would deprive Dennis Morgan of his chance to play Kitty Foyle's Wyn in the Ginger Rogers-RKO film taken from the quotable novel by Christopher Morley. Aside from the fact that Kitty's lover, as a portrayal, was important (Morgan won over all other testees, and there were plenty ) , it meant a break away from outdoor and action roles recentlv handed the
young fellow with the bland grin, and it meant the first loan-out under his yearling Warner Brothers' contract.
While he likes the he-man roles, active sportsman off-screen that he is, Morgan welcomes the introduction to the drawing room ; and Hollywood is of the opinion that as a Philadelphia "Main Liner," an aristocrat to his well-turned heel, it's perfect type casting.
Morgan, who has been kicking around Hollywood for five years, and has several
battle scars to prove it, has no false illusions that a high-powered dramatic moment in any of the eight films he has made for the Freres Warner brought about the Foyle assignment. He doesn't seem to have any false illusions at all, come to think about it, and if he has, he keeps them tucked away among his clean handkerchiefs, so they won't get soiled. The way he explains .it is simple, direct, like the guy himself, and he crosses his long legs, [Continued on page 61]
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