HOW SAD!
That a little boy- can oe an actor and' - still be all "little boy" was proved re- [. cently by Scotty Beckett on the set 'at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The scene 'was one in which a father (Frank Morgan) explains to his son,(nine-year- , old Scotty) one of the age-old prob- , lems of the world. The scene is a '■ long one, and in it the boy must re- ' fleet many different moods, fear at • first, then defiance. As he listens to [''his father, he becomes brave, then sad . with realisation. As the scene nears , its end, Morgan says, trying to explain: "You must be strong where others are ' weak; kind where others are cruel. • Stones hurt most those who throw 'them. Are you afraid, my son?" The little boy looks up, lips quivering and tears falling down his cheeks. "No, father," he says in a small voice, "not now." On these words Director Frank [ Borzage quietly says "Cut." There , isn't a stir among the many, on the stage. A wardrobe woman dabs at her eyes with a square of cloth. Then ! suddenly the little actor asks: "Is that i a real beard you're wearing, Mr. Morgan?"
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 121, 23 May 1940, Page 18
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194HOW SAD! Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 121, 23 May 1940, Page 18
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