CASTING FOR TYPE.
"Movie actresses . wanted.-^ Only 'experienced- typists heed .apply." ■ That want-ad, did-not appear' in .any-Holly-wood, newspapers but it .would have been appropriate recently, .-,. for 'in selecting players, -for;, classroom scene* in Columbia's "More" i.Than a-Secre-tary," with Jean Arthur.' and-George Brent heading the 'cast; only ,those screen players with ,'such talents;' were considered. -Jean- :Arthur's-:- current role •is that of an instructor in a girl's secretarial school., and the V director, Alfred , Green,. was determined": that only real typists, or. student, typists, would -'-be ' used ■*> in .ofder; .to lend authenticity ■to .the .scene.- -Lionel Starider; * Dorothea \ Kent,' -Heginald Denny, and.'Ruth Donnelly-are--mem-bers <■■ of '■: the supporting " cast. of. >Uw film.' .•;.■••■ ■;■• ;•- ■ -■ •-.:- r •-'■'
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 71, 25 March 1937, Page 18
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110CASTING FOR TYPE. Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 71, 25 March 1937, Page 18
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