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Polo
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What with the hazards he takes for fun in playing polo and those he takes for the films in playing the hero, Jack Holt is usually to be found either on horseback or on crutches
IS Mr. Holt there?" "Mr. Holt is playing polo. "Where can 1 reach him?
We want a story on him." He's at Midwick playing
"But you can't reach him. polo."
"When will he arrange to have some photographs taken for us ?"
"I can't say. When Mr. Holt is playing polo ..."
I hung up the receiver wearily, wondering if there ever :> or was a time when polo did not occupy every moment of Jack Holt's time.
For several years I've had a speaking acquaintance with this actor. That is. we've progressed to the "Nice weather, isn't It?" stage. Mr. Holt's next remark is, invariably, "Excuse me, I'm just off to play polo."
Pinned down to an interview, Mr. Holt lets all the barriers down, tells you all about himself, his likes and dislikes. I mean, he does to this extent. He'll give you a firm, tight-lipped smile and say, "I like to play polo."
1 wonder what polo has cost Jack Holt. In popularity,
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And Between Chukkers, Jack Holt Does a Little Motion Picture Starring
By Helen Carlisle
in prestige. Two years ago he was a star on the Famous Players-Lasky program, which means that his pictures played the best houses all over the country. Now — how many of you have almost forgotten Jack Holt ?
Following his break with Famous, he entered the free-lance field, working often for companies so obscure that no one in Hollywood knew he was working. And when Hollywood forgets, or loses interest in an actor, the motion picture public quickly follows suit.
Starring a Side Issue
|\/Ir. Holt tells me that his split ^^^^^^^^^^^ iVl ^jjj^ Famous was caused by a —————— ^ disagreement over stories. I think
there may have been a disagreement over polo, too. Holt never tried to serve two masters. He served polo, and worked as an actor on the side.
Yet he was a good drawing card on the Famous program. He made a hit in the Zane Grey Westerns, and on his departure from the studio, no actor was found who could take his place. Gary Cooper, the first selection, couldn't drag folks in off the sidewalk, and so was groomed as a leading man in dramatic pictures. Lane Chandler was the second try. A tremendous pubficity campaign was launched for him, but it was a flop. Nobody got excited over either of Jack Holt's successors. H the fans couldn't have Holt as a W^estern star, all right. But they wouldn't accept a substitute.
So, with the passing of time, the handsome Mr. Holt is again back with Famous, signed to star in four more Zane Grey Westerns. If he comes back to the popularity which once was his, he may remain on the program indefinitely. But only time will tell whether he can come back, never what he has lost by his two years among the "independents." {Continued on page 75)