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Dorothy is not an ingenue, she is a "Type" and especial care should be given players of this run to get them the parts most suited to their own peculiar genius. Then there is May McAvoy. In Sentimental Tommy she won recognition overnight. And because she showed talent she was at once awarded a nice starring contract from Paramount. We all know the result. Kept off the screen for several months, she was cast as background for Agnes Ayres in Clarence. She stole the picture. Then came The Top of Neiv York. May was horribly miscast here. Imagine Grizel with a blonde bobbed wig looking too cute for words, if you can. So May struggled on. She acored again in Kick In. I hear that she is to freelance. I am glad, because as a freelance, she will have a better chance to find herself. Nita Naldi, whose brilliant Dona Sol brought her fame, is another star continually miscast. A few more of these silly society vamp type of roles will ruin her completely. 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