Silver Screen (Jun-Oct 1940)

Silver Screen for September 19 4 0 89 London. Decidedly an achievement. "Balalaika" brought her an offer from Vinton Freedley, the New York producer. Freedley's show was delayed so, to fill in, she stepped into a show that turned out to be a hit, "The Boys From Syracuse." And that was where Hollywood found her for the second time. They quickly signed her to a long-term contract — they weren't making the same mistake twice. Now, with four good pictures under her belt and more of the same to come, she was in New York, reputedly for the purpose of having her dog McGinty psychoanalyzed. McGinty is a hypersensitive dachshund who has been very unhappy about the snubbing he has had to put up with because of his nationality. He has worried so, that he won't eat or sleep. One of his symptoms is a refusal to walk. He simply squats and allows himself to be dragged along the sidewalk until, as she put it : "I know his bottom's on fire and throwing out sparks!" McGinty is much too good a trouper for this — after all, didn't he appear in "The Great McGinty" with considerable aplomb and elan? "I wonder if I couldn't do something to change his looks?" she asked the reporter. "Maybe I could bone his ears, like they bone corsets, you know, and make them stand up." She also has a Scottie named Bonnie, who has gone in for motherhood to the extent of thirteen pups. The last eight came as the result of a casual dalliance with a lecherous spaniel. Bonnie's love for this canine cad cooled quickly and these days when he approaches the Maison Angelus he is sent on his way by scornful barking from Bonnie and one of the results named Sarsaparilla. Looking at her it's hard to believe that she could have lived such a full theatrical life and still have that fresh, peachesand-cream complexion. She has blue-blue eyes and blonde hair — now sun-bleached. Her manner is definitely impish, her grin genuine. She stands at least five-foot-six and is slim. She loves clothes, plain ones, but hates cheap things and would rather have one good dress than a dozen cheap ones. She won't wear slacks, but does wear wedge-heeled shoes. Her accent is mildly British. She says "McGin-tay" in that picture. She is to be an American citizen and wants to talk like one. Says she can't help taking on the accent of every person she works with a lot — with the result that she will soon have an international accent if she isn't careful. Working with Madeleine Carroll in "Safari," she found herself being very British until the director yelled: "Hey, you dames, haul down the British flag and talk so we can understand you!" She says the picture people are trying to amputate Miss Carroll's accent, because patrons resent an English accent in a woman. It gives her an air of coldness they don't care for. They like it in a man, though. She thinks Jimmy Savo and Teddy Hart, of "The Boys From Syracuse," are a scream. Savo, who gave up his usual pantomime to talk in this, is a genius in her opinion. He was terribly ("but terribly") nervous in his first speaking appearances. Teddy Hart, brother of songwriter Larry Hart (Rodgers and Hart), has been hampered, she says, by his brother's reputation, but he's married now and his wife is helping him get further up the ladder. Miss Angelus is crazy about Hollywood and despises people who pretend they don't like it. She swears it's the end of the road for everyone in show business, so why kid about it. Her idol, Judith Anderson, feels that way and she could have her choice of stage or movies. Miss A. is glad that she didn't start with starring roles. Didn't like doing Maisie in "The Light That Failed." It was a cold part and lacked scope. Her father was dying at the time and although this upset her beyond words she told no one about it. 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