COMPARING WEEPING CAPABILITIES
Actresses in Crying Contest A crying contest took place at the Warner Bros, studio during the filming of a scene for “Yes, My Darling Daughter,” the comedy. The weepers were Priscilla Lane and Fay Bainter. Neither belongs to the class of actress who has to have menthol blown into the eyes. Just a nod from the director is all they need.
Miss Lane took one minute fifteen seconds by the script girl's stop-watch before she wept enough to start the tears rolling down her cheeks. Miss Bainter had to start dry-eyed and cry as soon as possible after the scene had started. It took her twentytwo seconds. She stopped almost immediately after the scene was over, but while she was at it tears streamed from her eyes. Miss Lane, on the other hand, could not stop for nearly five minutes
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21558, 22 January 1940, Page 5
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143COMPARING WEEPING CAPABILITIES Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21558, 22 January 1940, Page 5
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