VICTIMS OF RUMOUR
Thoroughly annoyed by persistently printed rumours that they were not speaking, that they fought openly on the set, and that their director (Edmund Goulding) had to use every ounce of his diplomatic suavity to keep them from each other’s throat while they played their scenes as two women, both in love with the same man and hating each other, in ‘ The Old Maid,’ Bette Davis and Miriam Hopkins hit upon the perfect way to correct the errors and bring out the truth. Getting a pair of boxing gloves from the property man, they “ fought ” a brisk one-minute round of boxing while the “ still ” cameraman on the set, Bert Six, snapped a series of action shots, which they sent to every gossip columnist who had intimated that they were unfriendly. Goulding refereed the peace-propaganda bout, and appeared in all the shots.
“ It’s easy to understand How the rumours started,” Miss _ Davis said. “ It’s a Hollywood tradition that two female stars can’t get along together in the same picture. Like all other traditions it’s stupid and old-fashioned.
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Evening Star, Issue 23729, 9 November 1940, Page 5
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178VICTIMS OF RUMOUR Evening Star, Issue 23729, 9 November 1940, Page 5
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