Donald Meek In a Violent Role
Donald Meek, one of the most popular of Hollywood’s character actors, has one complaint, and a very legitimate one. He is invariably cast for roles in keeping with his name; quiet, retiring, unassuming parts. It is, presumably, such a natural thing to do. Imagine his pleasure, therefore, at being assigned the part of a fiery little editor in Hal Roach’s forthcoming production, “The Housekeeper’s Daughter.” Hal Roach had quite a tussle with his own casting office before he could persuade them that Meek would make an admirably peppery editor, given to violent explosions of temperament. And Meek is justifying his selection, but not as the conventional ogre of what the screen considers to be a typical editor. Meek is bringing to the part a subtle characterisation of his own, and giving it a very genuine and credible air. Joan Bennett and Adolphe Menjou are co-starred in “The Housekeeper’s Daughter.”
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Waikato Times, Volume 126, Issue 21034, 9 February 1940, Page 8
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