Show LIVING IS HIS GOAL Cagney Airs Airs' New Idea On Careers By ERSKINE JOHNSON H HOLLYWOOD 0 L L Y WOOD NEA This This fabulous town of at Hollywood is la lamade made up of a lot of at individuals each with his own idea of at how to get the most moat out of at life Ufe A quotation from one of our mot moitt successful stars brings out outa i a new individual idea The words were Jimmy Cagney's Some people make moke a career out of ot acting I make a career out of living JivIng It Is Jimmys Jimmy's answer to a a. lot lotof lotof lotof of questions people ask him The first time I heard Jimmy say ithe ithe it ithe he was stretched out on the sand of at his private bench beach at Newport Harbor a 8 comfortable hour and a half's drive from tram Hollywood and Vine The qu question Uon asked Jimmy on that occasion on was Why do you make only one or two pictures a year when you are in constant demand for more But dont don't think from hl his re remark remark remark re- re mark that James Cagney is a 8 lazy man Far from it Conserves Energy En I He has more energy left than i most of ot our movie personalities He Ho conserves his energy He doesn't spend hours and nights In the thee hot spot pot clubs of Sunset Strip just to be seen so he will be cast in lri pictures Instead he spends his time at athis athis his farm in Connecticut at his hiB ranch home in Hollywood at hf his beach house or on his occasional yacht cruises He has plenty of time time for tor his wife and children He has lots of ot time to absorb sunshine sunshine sun Bun shine and pl plenty nty of time to think He stars in one or two pictures rb a year He He doesn't do any untila until a story comes come up which he thinks is right The liThe Time of Your Life Life- is the latest He doesn't waste his effort Tin rm wondering if It he he hasn't done his audience a a. favor too with this plan of his When he is seen in one or two films a year year usually usually one one his his face stays new to the audience The stars who make four to six films per year wear out with the audience Letters in my mail prove that Old Face to Public The public is asking for new faces but they never say they're tired of Jimmy Cagney Some of ot the other stars are doing this same thing Cary Gary Grant Gary Cooper Claudette Colbert and a few others toll follow ow the same erne plan Each time they I bring a fresh interpretation to the i screen creen not just juRt a tired repetition I of their last performance I If all aU those stars who have I reached top blUing billing were to limit f rw y SL F J ry err ry a Yr h d rf s V VI I r A i. i JL CAGNEY MAKES LIVING CAREER Jimmy Cagney's philosophy is make a a. career out of living not living not a career out of ot just acting he answers anyone who questions him I i I I I themselves to one or two pictures a year all Hollywood would bene bene- fit Then the newcomers would get geta a better chance to show their wares to the audience thus giving more variety for you in ir your lo local lodal al theaters The dividends to Jimmy Cagney from his philosophy of making m a career of living arc are these He keeps his health his peace of mind and keeps the studios standing standing stand- stand ing ng in line with scripts for him im to consider He has been married for 14 years year's and the records show no headlines smearing his private life Ute with fights or divorces He Hels is one of the happiest men in Hollywood When things get confusing for you think of the Cagney philosophy philosophy phy hy of making a career out of ot living iving Maria Marla Montez who said aId shed she'd never sign another long term contract contract contract con con- con con- tract at a big studio is talking with a a. big studio about signing one Don Red Barrys Barry's current current current cur cur- rent flame is Geraldine Brooks I Iwonder Iwonder Iwonder wonder if he still thinks about J. J Crawford Those certain in independent In- In dependent producers dont don't mists miss a trick They have their own bookmaker bookmaker bookmaker book book- maker on the set and collect a percentage of his profits |