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Photo by Brows.
Mary Nolan will play opposite John Gilbert in "Thirst."
I JUST met four girls who wanted to know if they could be arrested for sending arsenic to radio announcers," Fanny said breathlessly, as she rushed, in and .slid, into the chair-, by., mine,: "and I assured them they would probably . be acquitted, . even "if it was, fatal. , Surely the public would be on their side, if they knew the whole, sad story."
I settled myself comfortably, and even .got out a handkerchief to show my preparedness for a really touching story.
"It was like this," Fanny began. "The night that 'Noah's Ark' opened, a lot of picture executives felt unequal to the struggle of getting through the crowd to the theater, so they settled down comfortably at a friend's house and turned on the radio. As luck would have it, they tuned , in on the announcements of who was arriving at the theater, what was worn, and; so forth.
"In a burst of what he probably considered inspiration, the announcer grabbed several celebrities, and asked them to say a few words into the microphone. One nice, young" ingenue started to speak, and the producers groaned.. , ,. H[er, . .voice . , was tei$#>le-h 'And I thought of Using her in a pic
PIiQto by Chidnoff
ture with dialogue,' one of them lamented. 'Excuse me a minute. While it's on my mind, I'll call up our casting director and tell him to forget her.'
"Then another girl came on the radio. The announcer asked her to describe the dress she was wearing. She got just awfully coy and saccharine, as she gushed, T have on a little frock that has lace ruffles going round and round, with a little rhinestone buckle in front.' The producers chorused that they had never heard of her, but they jotted her name down for the taboo list, in case she ever came 1 up for a part. By the time the audience had filed into the theater, a lot of girls had unwittingly talked themselves out of perfectly good roles.
"One producer was indignant, because none of his stars' was ballyhooed as being present at the opening, and another was furious because a girl working for him was there. He said she ought to be at home resting for the next day's close-ups. Oh, well, players can't please them, no matter what they do.
"Anyway, the girls who talked over the radio that night are indignant. It never occurred to them that it might mean losing a good part.
"It was a resplendent opening, even if the picture was ay little like something made out of pieces from the rag bag. :
The flood scenes are!
marvelous, of course. They are a real triumph of direction. But the modern story is just too sill)' for words, and the dialogue is childish."
"And did I hear you say that Dolores Costeblo's voice had improved ?" I asked, in my most polite manner.
"Well, any one would admit she looked gqr. geous. But Twill never believe she appears in talking pictures of her own free will. Why can't they feature Dolores in a picture about a mysterious woman who never speaks ? Let all the other characters talk, and sparethe audience the shock of hearing Dolores. I've never seen any one else? '
quite so beautiful
An interrupting cry : came from me, "I've-' seen Betty Compson." "And I've never heard
Margaret Livingston has made sixteen pictures in eleven months. Fanny ! tells a secret about Miss Livingston.
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