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An Actress Who Knows When to Quit
Florence Vidor, convinced that it is a great mistake for any feminine star to fight to keep her place on the screen after her youth has begun to fade, calmly prepares to retire in a few years and turn her attention to other interests.
By Myrtle Gebhart
IT'S a wise actress who knows when to retire." Florence Vidor sat with her patrician brown head against the gold pillow, her black slipper gently tapping the green rug. Her eyes rested upon the eucalyptus trees stirring softly outside her open French window.
"I shall not give the public an opportunity to evict me," she continued. "In two, possibly three, years I shall retire from the screen."
Every actress talks now and then of that future day when her screen career will have come to an end, but it's usually spoken of in very vague terms as something quite remote. Seldom does an actress set a
definite time limit on her career. The dread day usually dawns with catastrophic suddenness and finds the player quite unprepared for it.
"You cannot continue indefinitely," said Miss Vidor. "It is pitiful to see those whose luster is dimming making frantic efforts to hold onto their vanishing youth. On the stage, one's age can be successfully disguised, but the camera is merciless. Nor, when once she is finished, can an actress return to the screen with any measure of success. Consider Alice Joyce. A brilliant woman, with undeniable gifts. The public loves her still. But she usually plays only supporting roles, often mediocre.