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Tkeir Actions Speak Louder Than Words
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going according to rule. All real artists — or geniuses — are abnormal."
La Goudal closed her enigmatic eyes and relaxed, her slender hands resting on the carved wood of the Louis Quince chair on which she sat. I took it that Jetta was getting in touch with her innermost mind. Suddenly she opened her eyes, instantly disconcerting me, as she continued.
"A painter does not see flowers, trees and colors as the ordinary individual sees them." She curved a sculptured arm toward an old, silken tapestry. "The ordinary person, looking at that, would see only the colors you see. A painter would immediately see the spirit of the pattern, the various tones in each different hue."
I vainly tried to find tones in the hues, when la Goudal remarked, "An artist, a genius — whichever you like — is first of all true to himself. He will not do what his inner self tells him is not correct or right for his abilities. He sees, feels, and hears things differently — with a far keener perception — entirely above the senses of an ordinary person."
The throbbing Goudal voice dropped down a tone, gradually increasing in crescendo as she said, "Were I to force myself to do something that went against every fiber of my artistic senses, I would be false to myself — no longer an artist, but a puppet."
Jetta has been called many things by her antagonists. Her recent legal difficulties with Cecil DeMille have been well aired. Yet I must call attention to the fact that the judge said that a real artist could not be expected to do the things expected of an ordinary person. That judge knew something. But he might have said "genius" — for such is Jetta Goudal in more ways than one.
Jeanne Eagels is evidently an ardent admirer of la Goudal's acting. Some time ago she wrote an article called "Jetta and I," describing how artistic natures differ from the average. This occurred when Jeanne had just been temporarily banished from the stage by Equity, and Jetta was fighting in the courtroom for artistic justice.
Miss Eagels is said to be very temperamental. And why not? She is an artist to her finger tips. So true to herself is Jeanne that she absented herself from a few performances of a play. But if Jeanne says, "I can't act to-night," she means she won't act to-night. That's all there is to it.
But so much of an artist is Miss Eagels, that she should be permitted the grace of genius and allowed to act when she pleases.
Jeanne throws tempera
Charlie Chaplin is the dean of Hollywood's geniuses, being the first to be proclaimed one.
A newcomer to Hollywood, David Newell believes in introducing himself in public places.
mental fits, because she generally puts too much of herself into her roles. Jetta only revolts when things go against her artistic principles.
Charlie Chaplin is a genius, and acts like one.
Well, what Charlie doesn't do! Entertaining guests, he will start Continued