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If Marie
Dressier
had
actually
stolen
"Anna
Christie"
from
Greta
Garbo,
why
should
Garbo
have sent
her roses?
Is that
the way
to treat
a thief?
Charles Ruggles says that he
has never known of a bit of
business that wasn't sanctioned
by the director.
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ipl( j of scene stealing are: Marie Dressier
.una ( hriMie"; Lionel I'.arrv■iii Norma Shearer, in "Free Soul"; Helen ■in Ronald Colman, in "Xrrowsmith."
GUILTY!
Certain notorious scene stealers are brought to trial and the legend of theit thievery is stripped and debunked.
Zasu Pitts says that scene stealing is like cradle snatching— just a phrase to intrigue the imagination.
By George Kay
A list of the incorrigible kleptomaniacs includes Zasu Pitts. Roscoe Ates, Edward Everett Horton. Mitzi Green, Roland Young, and Jackie Cooper.
That there is such a thing as a scene's falling into some strange lap might just as well be admitted. The spectacle is met with too frequently to admit of any denial. But to account for it in a word insinuating slippery-fingered work — that's something else again.
Stealing implies secrecy, furtivencss, evil motivation.
If Marie Dressier had actually stolen "Anna Christie"
from Greta Garbo, why should Garbo after the premiere
have sent roses to Miss Dressier? Is that the way to
treat a thief?
And why should Norma Shearer after Robert Montgomery, according to all the cp ***•"'» had stolen "Strangers May Kiss" from' her. ir"w on being costarred with him in "Private Lives"? hadn't she learned her lesson?