New-York tribune., 1922-07-30
"A Daughter
Of the Gods,
Divinely Tall''
Nita NaIdi L. One Beauty
Who Does Not Know
That She Is Beautiful
By Harriette Underhill

Naldi, Vo With 70 CONFESS tnat We WIZ
all wrong in our estimate Of the young
woman. She already knows Il, for
after ten minutes We told her all about
Il. Also, her publicity director was
called 10 TO hear our frank confession
Of error. We are beginning, more and
more, TO distrust our judgment OF
people on the screen, although In this
case IL may have been the fact that
some one told Us Nita Nsldi was fright
fully concei,ed that made us believe
we could see IL in her work.
"Coneeitsd1" she said laughing. with
unassumed merriment well, II !
had started out that way IL would have
been knocked out Of ne long ego. Why.
PEOPLE are always making fun Of ne
I'm tho street, They think I'm a strange
locking being and they do not hesitate
20 ssy 90 And then when used 70 20
timidly in and ask managers for 500
a week they would invariably offer me
s7g. That isn't very fattcring, is r.!
And when Id tell them that I got that
much a. show girl - the Winter Gar
den. they would say: ~ you've got the
shuberts fooled Ike that you would
do better 20 stay with them One OF
Che big producers told me 20 80 back
on the stage. Said nc didn't think
screened well anyway and wasn't
worth s75. told him didn't think
he produced good pictures, either, eu.
that bad heard he made very good
buttonholes and suggested his going
back to that lie didn't Ike It At all,
and his hair stood on end-all four OF
them. He'll never give me chance
hats certain"
"But you don't need chance with
any one else, now that you are mem
Der Of the Paramount stock company
with a hve-year contract"
That's true, but ! didn't kno"
vas going 20 get that when ] told the
other producer what knew OF his e1-
emplsry past. You know It's swfully
diHcui. 20 get on when you are as tail
a.fsm. No man wants 20 play oppo-
si,. = young gisnte''"
Nature certainly was in generous
mood when she made Nita Nsldi' FOR
shs 4, the most magniAesnt-looking
creature you can possibly imagine. She
is tall and broad-shouldered and deep
ehested and she tspers down 70 the
tinlest feet and ankles which look as
though they might belong TO Mary
pickford or q Gloria Swanson. Miss
Nsldi had on black velvet sandals with
French heels and We asked her what
size they were. Two and half" she
answered; another Of my absurdi-
ties. You know ought 20 wear 81
least a FIVE. I'm all wrong"
II ever there was girl born who
had ''vamp" written all over her Il
Is Mia Naldi. No wonder that di-
reetors refuse 20 cast her for any
other role; and how William Fox ever
let her eteape him when lie eontem-
plated a return engagement Of "A
Fool There Was" is more than we can
understand. II we we're her manager
we should insist on her being mys-
tsrious and never dining In public IN
less she promised 10 order nightin-
gales tongues instead Of planked
steak, which she says she loves. AlsO
ws should insist on her speaking with
a foreign accent and wearing some
weird jevslry. When we saw her she
rad on q black hat with a black para
disc on u and q black satin gown
without en- ornament Not . piece Of
jewelry did she wear. Miss Nsldi il
very pale and she doesn't use any
rouge. Her eyes are very large and
very dark blue, and they have q de-
eidedly Celestial slant Her hair il
the blsekest hair ever grown, ard wher
she let's II down Il falls 70 the bottom
Of her gown. She is strikingly hand
rome and 60 unusual that IL isn't any
wonder every one stares st her. But
her appearance is no more fascinating
than her way Of talking, and the next
time any one says Aren't there lO'
Of morons in the movies:" I'll take
them 70 Nita Nsldi and let her dis.
abuse their minds.
'I've been interviewed only once be-
fore" she said, "snd, as a matter Of
fact, ought not 70 be At all. All Of
the people who are interviewed love
the big outdoors and nature and tennis
and swimming and walking. and hate
all Of them. ! like 10 motor well
enough, but hate 10 walk or play golf
or tennis or swim. or do anything that
requires the least exertiOn. ! Ike 70
eat and 20 shopping and dress and 20
70 the thester." A woman after our
own hesrt.l
"And. OF course, you love your art p
"oh, yes, Of eoursel II II weren't for
ny art shouldn't have any money
With which TO eat, nor 10 shop. nor 10
dress, nor 70 20 10 the thesterl"
In spite Of her strange appearance,
which certainty does not suggest
America, Miss Naldi was born right
here IN New York. She began her
stage career at the Winter Garden, and
her hrst picture was "Dr. Jekyll and
Nr. Hyde with John Barrymore.
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