THE PERFECT MALE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 280, 29 November 1935, Page 10

THE PERFECT MALE

IGAUDETTE COLBERT’S IDEAL QUALITIES NECESSARY He’s got the buoyancy of Chevalier, ! the romantic appeal of Frederick March, the intelligence of Charles Buyer, the I axasculinity of Clark Gable, the boyish- | aess of Joel McCrea and the mischie. • ausness of Gary Cooper, lie’s the ideal J masculine screen figure, according t/j Claudette Colbert. He exists, so far. I only in Miss Colbert’s imagination. L Interviewed on the set while making 11,I 1, Columbia’s “She Married Her Boss,” j e Miss Colbert was asked: “ Whtf qualities of your various leading men would you like to see embodied in one per l ( j wn?” , From Chevalier, with whom she 1 v alayed a lead in “The Smiling Lieut b inant, ’ Miss Colbert chose his buoy- t<

incy. “Chevalier's bubbling spirit.-, . would be about the first thing 1 would ' isk for/k says Claudette. “Every woman wants a little—or a I tot—of romance, and I’d take the rj- ; mantic qualities of Frederic March and , Include them in my composite. “Of course I’d want this leading ' man to have a lot of intelligence, an i . I think Charles Boyer is the personifies- . tion of the intelligent type. “Gable’s masculinity would be a de- , finite portion of this imaginary leading man’s personality. Every woman like- . her man to be a man, and the wellknown Gable he-man qualities woul 1 : be apparent in this figure. “I’d include a liberal sprinkling if: Joel McCrea’s boyishness, also. Every ; woman wants a bit of boyishness in her ; screen idol, her husband or love. 1 i guess it’s the mother instinct. “And I’d flavour this <■ unpoiste per- ; tonality with a lot of mischievousness af Gary Cooper. I’d insist that his’ eyes have that Cooper twinkle also.” j —— According to a Hollywood report. I Paul Lukas is getting six weeks’ leave > of absence so that he may go to Bu«n * pest to appear in a stage musical show, I teamed with Harpo Marx. Elsie Prince, who was so popular in •

“No, No, Nanette.” and other musical remedies in New Zealand a few years ago. is still prominent on the stage in England. She is to play principal boy In the pantomime “Robinson Crusoe” it Belfast at Christmas. Startling camera effects are used to depict the spirit of Peter Grimm, in RKO-Radio’s weirdly dramatic picture, “The Return of Peter Grimm.” with Lionel Barrymore. The secret process was worked out by Lucien Andriot, camera man on the picture, and tests were directed by George Nicholls, Jr., director. • • • • Won’t Minnie be Pleased? Honours continue to be showered upon that international hero of the screen, Mickey Mouse. Following the recent official “approval” of the world-famous character by the Child Welfare Committee of the League of b'ations, the Internationay Film Committee of the League of Nations, the International Film Committee has now bestowed upon him a special medal. Announcing this award in a letter to Walt Disney’s representative in Paris, M. Pillat, the permanent secretary of the committee says: “The committee desires it to be understood that this award is to be considered an exceptional distinction exclusively granted to Mickey Mouse and Silly Symphony films as the best animated cartoons ever created.” If. therefore, the celebrated rodent’s head should appear to have swollen a little in future Mickey cartoons, you will know the reason.