Salt Lake Telegram | 1941-02-06 | Page 18 | Virtue May be Own Reward, but Naughty Roles in Films Pay off in Cold Cash

Virtue May Be Own Ovi Reward But Naughty Roles in Films Pay Payoff off in Cold Cash By Paul Harrison HOLLYWOOD The NEA-The old saw about virtue being Its Iu own reward never r was vas truer than th-an it is in Hollywood these days daS Theres There's mighty little compensation compensation compensation tion for tor actresses actress S 'S who go in for tor characterizations of purity and the business Ls is cluttered with good girls who have been smothered by sweetness and light Meanwhile the wages of are going up and the bad babes are getting most of the stellar rolfS roles and publicity Only Indirectly do morals figure In the desirability of screen scree-n parts paris Its It's simply that scenario writers are not Able eble to make virtuous ladles interesting theres there's no shading shading shading shad shad- shadi i ing in these characters and consequently consequently con con- there Is little acting to toto toto toto to be done On the other hand authors authors authors au au- au- au thors always aJoS can put plenty of soul searing tension high-tension emotionalism emotion emotion- Into the roles of harlots hussies and she t You'd be surprised at how eagerly eagerly eagerly eager r ly these parts are sought and by whom Bonita Granville Just now turned 18 and as tU thoroughly nice a 0 kid as youl find between Western avenue and the ocean eagerly tested for the role of Ivy y in Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Did very well with the test too Another who wanted the same same assignment was Laraine Day a Utah youngster of conspicuous decorum and stern Item religious con con- Metros Metro's 1932 filming of the Jekyll Hyde story won an academy acad ared- emy erny award for FredrIc March and made mode Miriam Hopkins a screen star tar As the Ivy of easy virtue she lured the doctor to her room and the scene ne that followed was a sensation Uon even in that pre Hays office day Miss 1 Granville well we-Il knows knos the advantages of screen iniquity She began begon her career as the hell-child hell of ot These Three and ivas was cheered as a dramatic prodigy Cast in ordinary teen-age teen parts pam though she he Immediately began skidding toward oward obscurity Old enough now to play feminine leads Scads and in daner danger dan- dan get r er of ot becoming just another pretty face ace she desperately needs a job of f real acting After failing to win the prostitutes prostitute's tute's ute's role Miss Day who was vas born in Roosevelt Utah and who made her screen debut in Scandal Scan del dal al Sheet was satisfied to take a murder charge and the leading role role- in The Trial of Mary Dugan Ingrid Bergman will play Ivy