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Show FILM BUFFOON IS SCREEN BUTTERFLY "For tho flrat tlmo In my life," aald tho hitherto nlwaya neat but not araud comedienne, "I'm iret-tlna; iret-tlna; excited about nice clothee. You ought to aeo my new dinner drwaa: And In her eyea waa th Hirht that never falls when irala talk of gowns. Thero were plenty of atunnlna; dreaaea In tho vicinity vicin-ity Just then Hollywood's fairest stepping; to tho trombones on tho Montmarto f loor and Mian Fa-send Fa-send pasaed aaveral lunch couraes making; notes. . Unliko moat of Ih women In this smart rondexvoua of film folk, eho neither smoked nor danced, nor flirted. la a rather sober home jrfrl. without frivol, frill or wlae-cracking; propensity, who saw no necessity for remodellna; aelf for studio life. "Heretofore Tvo had to look Juat sa homely aa I am," she said. "In thinking; of tho camera, the worso my facial ang-la th better. But In my latest picture I had to worry about vetting tho best possible pos-sible facial angle to look well. I like a 'sold digger ought to look to be successful, and at th same time to preserve the comic char- By JACK JUNQMEYER. HOLM WOOD Aug.- li. Ionise Fairnda Is a big rlrl now She's doffed- - the .-outlandish togs and the uncouth manner of th screen dumbbell for the air and plumage of sophlatlcatlon. The transformation of filmland's moat foolish . Tapper Is startling even to studio Intimates, who know her .versatility.- It marks a turn-idg turn-idg point In her career, paving the way for development of untapped emotional resources merely skimmed skim-med by her burlesque) roles. This observation Is baaed on such of her work - as I saw rn Warner Brothers production of "The Gold Diggers." In which she delineates the crassly mercenary 'chorus girl In contrast to Hope Hampton's more subtle role. Not that Miss Fa send a Is to de- laert the comedy hemisphere of the movies In which she was established estab-lished as Bennett's slap-atlcklenn. but her brtiaqua drollery will undoubtedly un-doubtedly be more and more whittled whit-tled down and Interlarded with solid charncterlratton, as her "Gold Digger performance Indicate. Indi-cate. It will, certainly. If producers pro-ducers recognise her latent capac-, lies. I s The trick hat. hose and shoes of th erstwhile Faxenda are destined des-tined for mothball oblivion. Out of them haa stepped a new and gorgeous .Louise, who will seem agreeably strange W many old sdmlrera and who wilt make many a cinema vamp look to her laurels. lau-rels. The transformation has gone even .a little beyond the ataga. acter. Ml only hops I haven't done the part with too hard-boiled an air in serious concern. "I wouldn't want people to think " Which. In Its spontaneous reve-lltlon reve-lltlon of the Fagenda character, would suggest that whatever transformation Is at work under tho screen makeup haan't gone beyond be-yond that expressed delight In a new dinner dress. "You know," she confided, when T saw myself In certain rushes of the Go)d Diggers I just couldn't help cryingthe camepp boys tried so hard to make me look nice. And It takes a lot to make me cry f Funny Louise weeping at eerl-' ous Ioulse; the passing buffoon tearful before th rising butterfly. Isn't that a terrible thing for a .comedian to dot |