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An answer to Dorothy Kilgallen
MY dear Miss Kilgallen: The moment I read your list of the ten most attractive men in Hollywood (see your November Photoplay -Movie Mirror) a hoarse shriek tore at my thorax and I collapsed in a faint. In a word, panic reigned, if not pandemonium! For your enlightenment, Miss Kilgallen, that thing called "sheer masculine grace and glamour" is not reserved exclusively for the big box-office ten, nor is it apparent only over cocktails at the Mocambo. So, pardon me, while I make with a list of my own — the ten most fascinating men I have ever met across the footlights.
One, Richard Whorf — young, handsome, and terrific. Mostly terrific. He has a dramatic intensity, a vital sort of magnetism — combined with piercing good looks — that make him unforgettable. If I seem starry-eyed, just remember this time the dream's on me.
Two, Edmond O'Brien. I remember him in "The Hunchback Of Notre Dame." Edmond is the original sock and buskin lad whose poetic charm has something to do with speaking platitudes in a voice that should be reciting Shakespeare. Forsooth, I swoon!
Three, John Justin. Every dream I ever dreamed came true when I saw Prince Ahmad in "The Thief Of Bagdad" — and what could be more thrilling than to have a dream come true in Technicolor! Lady, make with the smelling salts, 'cause here we go again!
Four, Alexander Knox. Totally inexplicable is the fascination of Alexander Knox, who made Humphrey Van Weyden in "The Sea Wolf" such a living, vital person. His charm is intellectual. There is the feeling that behind his enigmatic glance, he has the answer to all of life. I came, I saw — he conquered.
Five, Laurence Olivier. As Maxim de Winter in "Rebecca" he epitomized the fascinating mystery of man. The male version of the Mona Lisa, the masculine of femme fatale. Egad, all this and handsome too!
Six, Richard Ney. Oh, the delightful arrogance of his youthful Vin Miniver! No wonder Greer Garson's feeling was not too maternal. Puck with a social consciousness. His charming assurance makes every woman young in heart. Ah me, love in bloom.
Seven, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. No one's list of attractive men is complete without a swashbuckler, and my nomination goes to aforesaid Doug Fairbanks, despite the fact that he does his swashbuckling in a polished, cultured sort of way. Or mebbe because of that fact.
Eight, nine, ten, Noel Coward. When that gleesome threesome, Hecht-MacArthur, Coward, produced "The Scoundrel," they brought to the screen its first glimpse of real theater. Glib, overarticulate, replete with witty phrases, his chief
By way of illustration of a Nebraska reader's point, this picture of Richard Whorf
attraction for me lies in the suspicion that underneath his veneer of sophistication he is a profound thinker. His thin paleness; his nervous, choppy gestures; funny, hunched walk; crisp, brittle voice; and delicious ego are all part of a charm unequaled in any theater.
Sincerely yours,
Charlotte Bierbower, Hastings, Neb.
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