HOLLYWOOD'S BEST ACTORS

Evening Star, Issue 22084, 18 July 1935, Page 1

HOLLYWOOD'S BEST ACTORS

KAY FRANCIS’S CHOICE After days of careful consideration, and by using a process of elimination. Kav Francis, who has the leading role in * Living on Velvet/ which conies to the Empire to-morrow, has listed the 10 men in Hollywood who, in her estimation, are the “ most attractive male players on the screen.” They are: Lionel Barrymore, John Barrymore, Richard Barthelraess, James Cagney, Maurice Chevalier, _ Ronald Counan, Garv Cooper, Jackie Cooper, Clark Gable, and William Powell. _ From the list, it may he seen that Miss Francis leans toward what might be called the “ man of the world type.” Cagney and young Jackie Cooper are excepted from this classification. Of the former, sh* says: “No, he really is not my ideal type, hut on the screen the man fascinates me.” In the cast with Miss Francis are Warren William, George Brent, Helen Lowell, Henry O’Neill, Russell Hicks, and. Maude Turner Gordon. Frank Borzage directed. ‘Living on Velvet ’ presents one of the most unique love triangles ever screened. It is th® story of a woman who turned her back on devotion, security, position to wed. a man who asked but one thing from life—the girl his best friend loved.