Pauline Frederick : on and off the stage (1940)

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" Madame X " Again — London 153 other country, and one with thirteen years film experience behind her, would have been an ordeal for anyone. The first time Herbert Marshall met her was on the set. Of this he says: " I shall never forget her kindliness and helpfulness to someone of whom she had almost certainly never heard but whose bewilderment and fright must have been apparent. She eased me through my first day's work and I loved her for it." Pauline left England almost immediately after that and they never met again until eleven years later when she was playing in Santa Barbara. In the interim, Herbert Marshall had become one of the finest and most-liked film actors and one for whom Pauline always retained the greatest regard. Pauline never realized her cherished hope of returning to England to play there again. The British public, however, never forgot her, and at the time of her death negotiations were under way for a return engagement there. Undemonstrative and unemotional by nature, yet the English are far more loyal to their stage favorites than the people in America. Once they have taken an actor or actress to their hearts, they will loyally go to see them even though age may dim the star's magnitude and power of acting. There is none of that fading of interest when a star passes the age of fifty. To them there is no age limit. So long as they are able to act, the public in England will flock to see them. Perhaps they have learned to take their cue from the immortal Marie Tempest who, though past seventy, is still one of the most perfect of actresses and the crowds flock to do her homage whenever she appears. The incessant clamor for new faces does not exist to the same degree. For this reason, of course, it is harder for a new actor or actress to get a hold upon the public's interest, but once they do, they are assured of a loyalty that is unsurpassed.