Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-05-27 | Page 11 | Movie Star Fills in for Absent Critic

i s lovie i ovie Star brar CL I Fi Fills FilIs In for Critic i Br y MARGARET SULLA SULLAVAN VAN If Guest C Columnist for Sheilah K Graham m a moM mo- mo actor refuses to play playa a aIn bain M picture In role that act invariably inv sweeping com comment ent- ent most ost Rouses critical and aimed dl- dl If l it being at the player to toL seems opinion The iThe prevailing such suc-h L that film players receive Ive should be glad to toBo large rge ge salaries we Bo anything we we are told FAS a matter of fact tact that would l the simplest thing to do o. o Turning Turn Turn- always stirs up a ing down a part or ng with studio executives Andose And those ose things are no fun un That we weEre were were Ere re willing to face ace such battles hould bould prove that our interest ex extends ex cx- tends far tar beyond the salary checks ire a receive Value the Money Of ot course we value tho the money arned ed To many of us Its It's more wo we ever dreamed existed But lint Isn't- everything and c certainly Is reason Treason why we shouldn't exer- exer some judgment in shaping our se esome j veers Nobody regardless of ot his walk in life fe wants ants to kick over the traces if t f a 11 promising career That in- in lades hides movie actors So we ly Iy dont don't want to play roles we Ret let will be harmful to our future That success is wholly deCent de- de ident Cent upon the quality of our And its it's impossible o play lay a part well when you OU know a your heart that you are arc unsuited or tho character you are portray- portray ng So you see there always ways are re two VO des Ides to a controversy between a and a player Personally lIy I never h have ve walked at of any role although there have en Ii 11 times when I wanted to so o ly IY that nothing else eLe seem seemed d to totter I had that te feeling Ung when I Ird rd my last Jast picture The Moons Moon's Home I cant can't explain the rea- rea now but butI I was positive I never d been 4 been so miscast in my life Ute As result I was VElS miserable miserable and and In the picture would be bad It emed med ed to me that the only thing do was get out of It it So I asked per a release from my contract 4 Persuaded to Stay Walter WaIter Vanger the producer anted me inc to stay in the picture ut ut he ho didn't order me to go rough brough with it as is so often otten done other t other studios He talked to me men n me that th the picture Uy y would be very good for tor me mc MHO cuso the role was different from 1 I ever had played before We Ve pent tnt tint almost an entire day discuss discuss- ng g the tho picture and my desire to tot el t rout out of ot It By the time we find fined fin- fin tied ed d Mr had convinced e. e th that t I was lucky to be in the sr I r Pro In n glad now that I stayed in e. e picture rye Ive heard its it's one of I- I best I ever have made Hor Hower How How- er r r that doesn't mean all aU actors BUld tild have haye as much luck If they c whatever was handed em aera S please dont don't judge actors too rahly when you OU read in the fur fu- fu U- U r that they have refused to pIa play Lain roles Just remember they ye ve their side of ot the question t too o. o i 4 4 when they are perfectly will- will to be taken of off salary which happens you may know ty f 1 are fighting for you as 85 well veIl as selves You cant can't be entertained uless w ess the players in a picture give performances And that's vir- vir ib 11 y Impossible if It they are mis- mis it t. t dont don't mean to Intimate that ITS always are right right but but they e part of tho the time at least So Soey Soy Soy I ey y certainly deserve to have their theire Be e e of a casting argument given i le e consideration