Show c 4 j Director Foretells Futures 1 After Short Conversation By Ernest Foster t HOLLYWOOD UP UP-A UP A e 15 15 minute conversation with y you u and Director Mervyn LeRoy can cnn tell whether you'll ever be a movie star I LeRoy claims to be no prophet He occasionally has been wrong but his percentage of right guesses is high He has has' amazed more than one young actor r and actress at first meeting b by suddenly predicting ire Yo re going to be 3 a star tf He did this with Clark Gable Lana Lima Turner Susan S san Peters Loretta Loretta Lo Lo- retta rett Young Olivia de Havilland Van Heflin and others Just re recently recently re- re after bri brief f interviews with two newcomers to the screen Phyllis Thaxter and Tim Murdock he told them they would be stars after the public sees secs them for the first time in Metro Metro-Goldwyn- Mayers Mayer's Thirty Seconds To Ovet-To- kyo Physical appearance does not count LeRoy said sl The liThe ability t to act is snot not important t. t The recipe reel reci pc pe for stardom is is within the indi indi- vidual ItIs Itris heart illustrate Miss Thaxter read a dramatic a dramatic s 's scene en for or me from Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo Tears came to her eyes She Sha responded emotionally and naturally to the thc scene I felt her emotion That Is ls the essence of ot great acting to make an an audience feel teel what you feel teel Murdock had never faced a camera until I tested him Yet he had p poise When he he spoke his lines you knew he w was s thinking I 1 Inot not Just mouthing words Murdock was in the Samoan islands is is islands lands with the marines before re receiVing receiving receiving re- re a medical discharge Training Train Train- ing marines for pr a a ayea year yea before fore going going going go go- ing to the south seas gave gave him assurance assuranCe assurance as as- and confidence Either people have heart or orthe orthey orthey the they dont don't LeRoy added If flU flUth th they y have it'll show on th the screen No amount of dramatic coaching study or ambition will bring it t out The less Jess a young player knows about acting and technique the better Great acting is not acting It Itis Itis Itis is being natural If It you have talent let it express itself natural natural- ly y Be yourself |