Show The Carroll Beauty vs YS Her Dramatic Talents By ROBBIN COONS HOLLYWOOD HOLLYWOOD-As As if life weren't complicated enough heres here's a lovely lady to inspire more fretting about the tice of it all Its It's Madeleine Carroll How is anybody ever going to know whether she she's s an actress or not There are about three schools of thought on on the subject NN O One ne th those ose v v w who o s say a y t r i she's t the h h. h e M P 4 tW v f 4 most beautiful beautiful beau beau- thin thing S Sin Ij in pictures x m ff w a and n d cant can't S 1 act for lir l S sou sour 0 U 1 rap rap- ap apples ples pIes t two w 0 those who 5 say a y she's th the m In most o 0 S t j f u 1 iw d ti t. thing hi I n g in m l 41 u ur r res e s sand n 1 i and is a compete n nt t v f r t three h r e e e. e 17 1 those who p 1 3 a y s she's h es e's esthe 4 the m in most o 0 s t u 1 1 atc tc a and n d dont don't give a h hoot 0 0 t tS S whet t the h e r MADELEINE CARROLL e en n act Always wanted to be an actress You note from the above there is no diversity of oi opinion regarding the Carroll beauty but a great variance concerning the Carroll dramatic talents This leads us straight to the serious heart of the pro problem DIem does a beauty have a chance to be an actress Will Madeleine Carroll ever get an Oscar even if she earns one Or will she always be the decorative the beautiful the adorning Miss Carroll just Carroll just plodding along in a beautiful rut of beauty Belonging personally to School 3 the dont don't give don't hoot etc I still wondered how Miss Carroll felt about her art and at lunch the other day I bluntly queried Im grateful for whatever looks I have she said but what Ive I've always wanted is to be an actress Ive I've even flattered flattered flat flat- flattered myself sometimes that little by little Ive I've been making progress in that direction Thank he heaven ven Ive I've more of a sense of humor about it now than when I started ox on the stage Then I was sure sure Id I'd be nothing short of a second Duse no Duse-no no matter how long it took or how hard I had to work I remember one of my first parts parts parts-a a line four-line bit as a maid I took it so seriously I wrote to managers in London that they must come up to catch me in the play And then when I had a chance to go into films I films I thought Id I'd never stoop so low except perhaps under an assumed name and hiding the fact from my friends They all told me it was the thing to do More money and all So SoI I went into films and a lot of people are re kind enough h to say Im I'm pretty and Im I'm glad because it helps in this business business- but I still want to be an actress Miss Carroll was wearing a military uniform of some sort for One Night in Lisbon and she was looking looking looking-as as usual beautiful If It you so remarked she would deprecate a bit but still not coyly I cant can't be so impressed myself she might say because I have to see this face first thing in the morning morning every every morning All of which doesn't answer our burning question about Miss Carroll and a possible Os Oscar Oscar but but ar-but but you knew the answer all along She cant can't have one Even if 11 she out Betted ut Davis nobody no body would know it because she's a beauty Its It's an injustice its it's an outrage outrage unless unless ss we can persuade Miss Carroll to join School 3 and pot not give a hoot |