Movieland. (1946)

This is the sort of reading that en¬ gages George’s spare moments. He studies mathematics hour upon hour, pencil and paper at hand. When his mind wearies with the complexity of such material, he relaxes with a few quick volumes of astronomy. A man with an intellect like that is not likely to want to tell Sidney Skolsky — one of Hollywood’s more humorous journalists — whether he sleeps in the top or the lower echelon of his pajamas. Nor will such a man remember his wife’s birthday, or their wedding anniversary. Nor will he ever be known to romp home behind a bunch of begonias, bearing a beribboned box of candy. Because he is of British blood, and the British regard Christmas as the supreme holi¬ day, he usually rushes around on the 23rd or 24th — having held frenzied consultation with his calendar — and buys some magnificent bit of jewelry. Last year he gave his wife a wrist watch set with rubies and diamonds. In one respect, he himself is senti¬ mental. Several months ago, a fan sent George an impressive gold ciga¬ rette case on the back of which were engraved a motto and the titles and ratings of eleven of his pictures. George carries this and shows it reluc¬ tantly to those who note that it is unusual and make inquiry. The engraving reads: “Give full growth to that which still doth grow.” Intellectual as George Sanders’ ap¬ proach is to life in general, he has an impressive sense of humor. Where¬ as a good deal of his time is taken up in a cerebral, as contrasted to the more ordinary emotional, attempt to grow more familiar with the universe in which we live, there also is going on at the same time, a drama that might be called “George Sanders’ Combat Against The Unscientific.” The first time he saw a man coming down a hillside on a pair of skis, George decided that the antic was not very bright, considering the equip¬ ment used. 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