Pauline Frederick : on and off the stage (1940)

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Elizabeth i 69 wit, her craftiness, and her brain! She has put me in my place! It isn't my house that I'm living in — it is hers! " What Blanche Yurka felt, Pauline several years previously felt also. Elizabeth seemed to take possession of her and of her house. Her mother said that during the time she was rehearsing and playing the part she was almost impossible to live with. It was as though Elizabeth of England had come to live in Beverly Hills and she was never a very peaceful person to live with! Whenever a well known person makes a statement, it is invariably enlarged upon by the time it has been passed on from one to another. Therefore, upon this question of Elizabeth's presence being felt by those who portrayed her and particularly in reference to her influence being felt by Pauline, the most extraordinary fabrications have been written. For instance, when she made the statement that it was as though Elizabeth controlled the movements of her arms and legs, this was enlarged upon to the extent of saying that " while under the control of Elizabeth " she slapped one of the cast in the face and kicked another in the stomach. Now, while there may be times when an emotional actress may be somewhat temperamental, never in her entire career did Pauline kick or slap anyone, for she was not given to tantrums at any time, not even under " influence." There is always a reason behind these fabrications. The success of others seems to have a way of annoying some people and so at once they begin to see how they can tear down. Thus, if a singer makes a great success on the screen, immediately these " tearer downers " will assert that his or her voice isn't really that good; that the high notes were taken by someone else and, still further, that they " know the person who took the high notes." Again, if a dancer comes to the forefront and