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Hollywood's Darkhorse Comedian
Douglas MacLean has always worked quietly and without ostentation, but he has been steadily creeping forward until he now holds a place among the first comedians of the screen.
By Edwin Schallert
DOUGLAS MacLEAN is the young chap who has made all Hollywood sit up and take notice. He is the dark horse in the race for comedy honors and has turned out to be a sensational winner.
He was in the past year entered into a big releasing contract with Paramount that has been the talk of the film colony. It is still spoken of on the Boulevard with both superlatives and expletives, and occasionally, too, with some good old-fashioned cuss words of astonishment.
"How the blankety-blank-blank did a star of his presumed rating manage to knock down such a fantastic agreement with such a big company as Paramount?"
It is common gossip that if Harold Lloyd had entered into a similar deal, it should have netted him something like ten million dollars. That is, what MacLean is making out of his contract would compare with such a figure for the more famous comedian, when the
RobSt5ichfenc MacLean has a large store of expetience behind him, having had '' extensive training on the stage before he entered films.
difference in their appeal to the public is taken into consideration. Of course there may be some exaggeration in all this. Hollywood has always been given to the elaboration of salary figures. In one respect, however, one star is just about the same as another — they have all been gilded with the same extra coat of glitter financially, and there is no gainsaying that MacLean's success in a: monetary way must have been extraordinary to attract so much attention.
If you knew him personally, you would hardly say that he would contribute very much to the spread of such an auriferous impression. There is nothing in either his private or public life to suggest a wild debauch of money. He is shrewd, Scotch, and conservative, and is said always to have saved half of everything he made.
MacLean's career has been that of a good, smart business man rather than of a great artist. His outstanding assets are his foresight and preparedness. He has a very winning personal charm. There is a transparent sincerity about him, a cheerful sort of optimism that is quite captivating. When you are talking with