Picture Play Magazine (Jan - Jun 1931)

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16 Gloria Swanson is undeniably brilliant, but in her fight to maintain her position on the screen she has sacrificed her femininity. I HAVE just finished looking through some back numbers of Picture Play — always an interesting diversion. And, oddly enough, the stories that stick in my mind are those in which various heroes of the screen described their dream girls. Their descriptions included looks, traits of character, companionship, adaptability, compatibility, this, that, and the other thing. The only item not touched upon was the matter of intellect. Apparently our heroes, like Tennyson, feel that beauty unadorned is adorned the most, although Tennyson may have had a different meaning in mind when he composed that aphorism. Yet on meeting a person outside the studios, the first thing he asks is, "What's she reallv like?" You describe Beauty Gets Though Hollywood's stellar bodies are of their intellects. But now the minds of into four classifications — brilliant, intel article shows how they rate By Samuel his reigning favorite, dwelling on her charms and inherently sweet disposition, even though the player may that very day have thrown a sun arc at a luckless electrician, because he had the light shooting down upon her, instead of up at her, revealing her double chin and wrinkles. Your interrogator squirms a little, thanks you for the information, hems and haws a while, and finally blurts out, "Yes, but is she dumb?" And when you get down to the business of analyzing and cataloguing the prominent women in pictures, it is amazing how few there are whose intellects stand up under the cold light of analysis. For the purpose of discussing them, we may divide them into four classes : brilliant, intelligent, clever, and shrewd. Brilliant. It is astounding how few actresses there are who can qualify for this class. Constance Bennett, certainly. It isn't Constance's looks, nor her ability to wear clothes, nor her sophistication, nor her chic. It is Constance herself. She has all these qualities and, in addition, she has the faculty of cold analysis. She labors under no delusions concerning herself, either as to her ability or her appearance. Asked what she understood by the phrase, "a brilliant person." Constance was the only one who could express her views, and who could also differentiate between the four classifications mentioned. "You speak." she said, "of a brilliant violinist, a brilliant actor, a brilliant student. A person may be brilliant in one line and stupid as a fool in others. How many of us could, by any stretch of the imagination, be called really brilliant in every sens Without fear of contradiction by any one who knows her. I think I may say that Constance is brilliant. There are few subjects she cannot discuss, not only intelligently, but with sympathy and underIt is not book learning, but the poise and Photo by Ball Though Lilyan Tashman's self-assurance is uppermost, she is a brilliant conversationalist when away from crowds. standing