WHEN TEMPERAMENT IS RELIEVED.
Like manna from. Heaven was* th« opportunity presented to Margaret^Sullavan recently, while appearing^ be-' fore tlie camera ■ for -The Moon's Pur Home," at the.Paramount Studios. Acting is an exacting profession which. oUen teases the temperament, and causes the performer to wish that he could break a lot of glassware to'-re-lieve pent-up feelings. However; in these days temperament is frowned upon. If a star displays the slightest temperament, the public shouts, Hlgh hat"; the Publicity., Department' says,- Naughty actor, mustn't do"; the front .office yells, "Hey; are you trying to ruin this picture?" So stars sit and suffer in silence. If a carpenter on. the set drops a hammer on his toe, lie may curse like a • sailor's parrot.' But 'if the leading man suffers the same accidenfc he must bear it with a grin; All of which brings us back:to Miss Sullavan. The director, William Seiter," showea her a modernistic :setr filled with fragile bric-a-brac vases, daintyglassware and ■ stately- lampstarids. Margaret," he said, "I want you'to plough through this room and wreck it completely." She Went. When she ha,<i finished there wasn't -a whole article left on the set, and the director complimented her upon her realistic
DEBUT AX 50.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 14, 16 July 1936, Page 21
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