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flattered me. Actually, I am not a leading man. Or shouldn't be. Not the glamor-boy type. Anyway, he wanted weight and got it. Two lunches a day. Snacks between meals. Then it became a habit. I liked it. Felt relaxed and extraordinarily sweet-tempered. Then what happens? We get out to Hollywood to make the picture. George Cukor has a talk with me, says nice things about my characterization of Miller in the stage show. I tell him the credit, if any, is due the Army. T know the character well,' I tell him, 'because I patterned him after a lot of Brooklyn G.I. Joes I met in the service. Particularly after a comic but lovable Brooklyn taxidriver I got to know while training in Wisconsin.' " 'Fine, fine,' said Mr. Cukor, 'but — er — isn't there something you can do to improve that pan of yours? Jowly, you know,' he added, 'quite jowly,' 'Mr. Hart.' I began. Cukor said, 'I know. Being a "stout fella" on the stage is one thing but, as you know, the camera enlarges. And since I'll be shooting closeups of you — ' 'IVIr. Cukor,' I said, firmly, 'I'm afraid the Army wouldn't like me to look too, too. You see, after the picture is finished, my unit may be assigned to replacements for overseas duty. Uncle Sam wouldn't like me to look so beautiful that I'd jump over the top profile!' " MacDonald (laughing) : "Well, you have modified some since making the picture — our G.I. training, under Lt. Col. Walter Dunham, plus work before the cameras, is fixing you fine — anyway, none of us soldier-actors have any beef, as you pointed out. To be able to do, in the service, what we did in civilian life is getting the breaks, boy. What's more, to be able to do your own job and help the war effort, too (which, since all the proceeds from the movie, as from the play, go to Army relief, we are doing) is pretty stunning." O'Brien: "It's a kick for you, too, isn't it, to dance again with your sister, Grace?" MacDonald: "You said it. When we first tackled show business as kids, Grace and I, we planned never to be separated. Then, right after we did 'Babes In Arms,' on Broadway, and were getting places, I broke my leg. Few weeks later, I broke it again. Doctors said I would never dance again. So Grace went out, alone, in a show called 'Very Warm For May.' Next thing you know, I'm on my pins again and in the movies. Grace, too. A star, on her own. Then there's a war on and I'm in the A.A.F. And we realize our childhood dream is just that. But in one sequence, in this one picture, at least, we hoof it together again." O'Brien: "Matter of fact, in this film, it's not too important, the parts we play. Because we are, all of us, name and bit parts alike, only parts of a stirring and significant whole. Something that adds up to more than any individual. Did you hear what Cukor said couple of days ago? 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