Show These ii Movie People CONNIE REFUSES TO BE SERIOUS EVEN EE IN I REAL L LIFE By DAN DA THOMAS NEA EA Service Writer HOLLYWOOD Cal Aug 6 Be 6 Be yourself says Connie Talmadge So many persons seem anxious to convince the world that they play a a. pretty serious role In life Ufe declares decluES the blond comedienne They like to give the Impression that th-t at heart h rt they are really profound and full of deep thoughts If only the rest of hu hu- humanity humanity hu- hu manity inanity would take the trouble to un un- understand understand un- un understand them Miss Talmadge wont won't admit It but it-but but she Is probably referring to her fellow screen players Somewhere In the neighborhood of 75 per cent of them are re Just such characters Playing Pla serious Isn't my way re remarks re- re remarks remarks marks the actress I 1 believe In laugh laugh- laughter ter t r and the tile Joy of living Im I'm positive positive positive tive that the very best b thing thin In irs the world is to make other people laugh Its It's not easy but is wonderful when you succeed I have been doing it all my life life life- kidding laughing and trying to make others laugh with me Ever since the days when Norma Natalie and I grew up u In irs the little wooden frame house in Brooklyn Broo lyn I have been the family joker and Im I'm glad of it It Connie makes makes' no pretense about be being be- be beIng belog ing log among the lofty intellectuals She would rather dance than then read a book and and admits It The fact that she In Injects In- In InJects Injects life Into an endless string of par par- parties parties parties ties proves that she never tires of them People tell me that I should use my spare time more seriously than I Ido Ido do do she says says' They try to Incite me meto meto meto to study psycho-analysis psycho or some- some something thins thing equally dull I 1 rather play Leave the seriousness In our family to Constance Talmadge who isn't a lofty Intellectual I and doesn't want w to be Norma because she is naturally that way The movies mo offer a good example of human tendencies especially among women As A soon as a girl be begins be- be begins begins gins to get somewhere playing In com corn comedies comedies edies she Immediately dashes off Into drama I have watched dozens of girls do just that very ery thing And comedies are really more dif dif- difficult difficult dif dif- difficult to play than dramas In come come- comedy comedy comedy dy the slightest over emphasis turns a a. situation into a burlesque and it U is ruined But whether a person is In pic pic- pictures pictures pictures tures or some other oth r walk of life lIle he or she should fight down the urge to act at all times If you are naturally of a serious temperament be serious If it not be funny |