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had her dentist make two guttapercha supports to be sUpped inside the cheeks. They were soon discarded because they proved uncomfortable and interfered with the clarity of her speech.
Charles Laughton, the British actor, then suggested the use of half an apple in each cheek, a device he had tried in "Henry VIII." For a while Miss Hayes played the part in this manner but she found that the pieces of apple softened quickly, and she was constantly tempted to swallow part of her disguise.
The final solution was Miss Hayes' own idea. For the rest of the long run of "Victoria Regina" she used two wads of absorbent cotton moistened with a liquid antiseptic.
The stage experience of Helen Hayes, though she is not so old, bridges the period between the extrav' aganzas of Weber and Fields and the modern theatre.
At the age of eight, she appeared with and under the management of the two famous comedians in "Old Dutch." In the show, too, were John Bunny, Vernon Castle and Ada Lewis, and Victor Herbert conducted in the pit. On the opening night, Lillian Russell and Diamond Jim Brady in all their splendor watched the performance from a stage box. On her way home from the premiere, little Helen blithely skipped up Broadway, making and throwing snowballs as she went.
Since that memorable evening, Miss Hayes' leading men have included virtually all the important actors of
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our times, from John Drew and William Gilette to Vincent Price and Louis Jean Heydt.
Some of the plays in which Miss Hayes has appeared include "Clarence," "Bab," "To the Ladies," "We Moderns," "Dancing Mothers," "Coquette," "Petticoat Influence," "The Good Fairy," "Mary of Scotland," "Ladies and Gentlemen," "Candle in the Wind," "Victoria Regina" and "Harriet." She won an "Oscar" for her motion picture performance in "The Sin of Madelon Claudet," and followed it with a highly praised performance as the young nurse in "Farewell to Arms." In spite of these successes in films. Miss Hayes has not deserted the legitimate stage. After a lengthy run on Broadway, the star generally goes on a tour of the country.
Miss Hayes' continued loyalty to the stage is partly attributable tc movie producers' proclivity for type casting. Now that Miss Hayes hatriumphantly played Queen Victoria and the aging Harriet Beechcr Stowc, Hollywood understands that sh^ knows how to play old ladies, and she has had some fabulous offers for pictures. One recently was made by a producer who wanted her to play a grandmother. Miss Hayes mildly protested that she was tired of playing old women and would like to do another contrasting role for a change. The movie producer demonstrated that Hollywood too, can be flexible. "O. K." he said. "In this picture we'll make grandma young."