Screenland (May-Oct 1937)

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Candid close-ups of famous French picture personalities, now captured by Hollywood Above, Annabella, princess of European motion pictures, who by the time you read this will be in Hollywood. Upper right, Annabella in India, charming the snake-charmers. At left, from top to bottom of page, Fernand Gravet, who has already won American audiences; Bernard Lancret, Danielle Darrieux, and Jean-Pierre Aumont, Hollywood prospects. By Stiles Dickenson a r i s TWO of France's fairest flowers have been plucked for that greater garden of roses in Hollywood. All of this poetic outburst is about the departure ot Annabella and Danielle Darrieux for America to make films in English. Annabella, that's the only name she is known by, first came into prominence when she played the lead in those Rene Clair French masterpieces before he made "The Ghost Goes West." About two years ago she went to Hollywoodto do one film in French. It was "Caravan" opposite Charles Boyer She didnt speak a word of English and it seemed a long, long way from her beloved Pans^ i\ow, she has made two films in London and speaks our language with an enchanting accent After she had made one film they dreaded for her to come to Fans tor fear she would forget her English. She solved the problem by taking a trip to India on an English boat. It was an excellent idea, for anyone who has ever been on one of those boats could not even have a French thought— so smugly English is the atmosphere of them. Well, with that atmosphere and the services of an English ffuide in India, our Annabella returned with her English m better form than eve? and lots of pleasant memories of the trip. Before sailing for America she came to Paris to make her last film in French for a long time, for her contract with 20th Century-Fox is to spend half the year in Hollywood and the other halt in London. . . ... . _ Ti • ' So with this in mind I got out to the studio as often as possible to see her. lhis French film is called "The Citadel of Silence." The scene is laid in Poland at the time of the revolt in 1913. Her leading man is Bernard Lancret, a youngster who I feel will soon be snapped up by the Hollywood scouts. He has great charm and talent and speaks zees Eenglish language with a delightful accent. His first film was "Kermesse Heroique," called in English, I believe, "Carnival m Flanders. This film has been such a success in England and America— running in one theatre in London for over eight months. Lancret and Annabella make an ideal PaOne dav I was sitting with Annabella when she suddenly asked me, "How long does it take to go to thees Atlanta?" She had to repeat the question a couple of times and then explain a bit before I gathered the {Please turn to page 93) 63