Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-10-20 | Page 3 | Star Breaks Precedents; Turns to Legal Name

Star Breaks Precedent Turns Tarns to Legal Name If the Public Likes You It Wont Won't Mind One Bit She Reasons HOLLYWOOD Oct 20 That P-That ancient tradition of Hollywood thano that tha no ono one ever ever came to pictures with a name name but but what studio executives couldn't find a better one staggered today under a precedent s shattering precedent by Joan Blondell Hereafter Miss Blondell wife of George Barnes Barne screen cameraman has decided she will be known on the screen by her legal name Joan Barnes Mrs Barnes wrote Jack L. L Warner vice-president vice of Warner First National studios and told him that she didn't see wh why she should p pose se under a name other than her own Her argument was that if she were not in pictures her name would be Joan Joan- Barnes and since that was her legal egal name she might as as' well be known by I it both publicly and If the public likes you it will like ike you by one name as well as another she another she reasoned Her action recalled some of the real names lames of screen personalities as contrasted con con- contrasted to the names the studios studioS' chose for or them or or as in a few instances they hey chose for themselves Some resemble the names they were born under For instance the screen name coming the real name following Janet Gaynor Laura Gainor Garry Cooper Frank Cooper now Gary legally Paul Muni Mun Muni Gail Patrick Margaret Fitzpatrick Fitz Fitz- patrick Jean Harlow Harlean Car Car- penter Richard Arlen Richard Van Mattimore Greta Garbo Greta Gustafson Virginia Valli Vail Virginia Gene Raymond Raymon t Raymond Raymond Ray Ray- mond Guion Gulon Anita Page Anita Pomares And some look nothing like the originals Ann Dvorak Anna McKim Lupe Velez Telez Guadalupe Villalobos Carole Lombard Jane Peters Billy Dove Lillian Gillian Bohny Cary Gary Grant Archie I Leach Theda Barn Bara Theodosia Goodman Goodman Good Good- man Lila Lee Augusta Apple Sally ONeil O'Neil Noonan Sally Blane Blanc Betty Jane Young Rex Bell George F. F Bel Beldan dan Mary Pickford Gladys Glads Smith Ann Hardings Harding's real surname is Gatey Gat Gat- icy ley ey John Gilberts Gilbert's Mary Brians Brian's Dantzler And then there is the case of Doro Doro- jI I I I I I I I M I IP c 4 Joan Blondell 11 thy hy Lee She is coming here from from he the the New York stage but she is leav higher ingher name behind her Just n now w she he has no name for t there is already y ya a Dorothy Lee in pictures res The stage tage Dorothy Lee will get some som other cognomen