Screenland (Nov 1942-Apr 1943)

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While I'm a I career girl, and married, to my parents I am still their baby, and I value their approval more than anything in the world. "As for love scenes," Maureen chuckled, mischievously, "I don't mind them at all, and they are very real to me. I easily get into the emotional mood of my character and give my all. However, I detest any mauling before, during, or after such scenes. Fortunately, most actors are gentlemen, and most considerate. When they're not, I can take care of myself. I learned the tactics of self-defense from my brothers for I was a tomboy, always ready for battle." We were talking over a cup of tea in the living room of Maureen's honeymoon home in Bel-Air, which Director Will Price bought for his bride when they were married last December. Through the open windows we could look across the patio and the tiny formal garden, to the badminton court on the terrace, then up the steep wooded hill that forms a back curtain. But I was watching Maureen, instead. She offers a surprise for she is different from what you imagined from her films. She has the angel face, all right, but she's brimming with brisk assurance and self-confidence— she's a blazing fire, not smouldering embers. She insists it took her three years to convince producers she was an actress, not a type. Especially, a demure, docile type. She's not that at all. She can be very earthy, very emotional, and she yearns for sturdy, meaty roles. Since "How Green Was My Valley" and her new contract with Twentieth Century-Fox, she feels she I is on her way. Her current film, "The Immortal Sergeant," is her fifth this year. For her next, she returns to the RKO studio to | co-star with Charles Laughton in "This Land of Mine," a super-production. j Maureen laughs at the Hollywood bugaboo that career and marriage present a problem, and argues that as men combine work with domesticity, so can women. It " depends on the individual woman — not conditions. She's practical, budgets her expenses, and admits she dearly loves a bargain. She does everything in a well-ordered manner that leaves no loose ends to pick I up later. Best of all, she throws a joyous enthusiasm into everything, be it details of I: her career, making her own canopied bed, or broiling the chops on the maid's night out. "We learn quickly in Hollywood," Maureen again took up the story. "For one thing, we learn about clothes, for both on and off the screen they play such an important part in every woman's life. They have a language of their own, and an : actress must know how to define her personality by her costume, for consciously or j unconsciously, what one wears reflects the mental standard, and the emotional status. We all know that clanking jewelry, a bit of cheap fur and a spangled gown will picture \ a woman of loose morals quicker than 1 pages of dialogue. "This has new significance today with so many women in uniform. I've discovered that every man is hoping femininity won't be swallowed up in loyalty to war efforts, so it is wise to wear the uniform only when in service. In 'To the Shores of Tripoli' I played a nurse, wearing my uniform in most of the picture. In one scene I was to meet John Payne when off duty and I ! asked the director if I couldn't wear a simple dress as John had never seen me except in uniform. Well, it must have struck home with audiences, for already I've received more than three hundred letters saying how wise that girl was to let her 1 man see her as a SgOinan, apart from her work. After all, a uniform doesn't emphasize individuality, it belongs to mass production. "During a discussion at the studio the other day, one of our most popular bachelors deplored the growing tendency among girls of taking over the ordering of the meal, deciding the choice of liquor, also the cigarettes, and even lighting them instead of accepting the courtesy from her escort. He insists men don't like this growing independence ; they much prefer, as a companion, the feminine woman with her charming dependence. So, girls, we had better watch our step and not let war service get jumbled up with personal life. "Will and I live simply, saving every possible dollar for bonds, but all Hollywood is doing that — magnificently. I understand the European situation, and I want to help my America — I've taken out my first papers for citizenship, so I feel I really belong. "We have adopted a little plan I would like to pass on to other girls. Instead of | serving expensive foods at our small SCREENLAND parties, Will and I substitute cheaper ones, such as baked beans, hot dogs, hamburgers, and such things, telling our friends that the difference in the cost of menu goes into war savings. For one thing, we always used to serve expensive smoked turkeys which were ordered from near Will's old home in the South. The other night a friend said. 'Oh, I know it's an exigency of war, and I'm for it — but I do miss those turkeys.' And from everyone present came the chorus, 'So do I !' " A moment's pause, then Maureen went on. "We're both contented with our quiet, domestic life. I don't need daily orchids or elaborate gaities, and I _ don't go in for hunks of jewelry. Imagine a screen star without a 'darling topaz' or a diamond, to her name ! "We read a lot, Will has his fancy gardening, I have my music, practicing hours each day. We attend concerts and see the best pictures." Then, with a surprising wistfulness, she added, "We try to live — fully and happily. Like all young couples today, we feel we must cherish every hour." SI