New-York tribune., 1922-12-28
Young Boswell
InterUieuS
Jeanne EagelS

BECAUSE she s ne aspest star. GHd
one Of the brightest.
ths critics ALMOST agYee about her,
her last act costume 10 IKE nothiHg IN
the yorld.
she hds made Sadie Thompson a very
real person IN "RaiH."
shs thinks journalism is interesiinp
Young Boswell has airdvs had a kind
Of baek-stags fright Aefrsssss over
porer him. but JEANNE BAGELS was
20 gracious that hs felt quite AZ h0ms
IN her dressing room. and Was able 70
light a cigarette on thc fret match. she
appeared in bathrobe. her gold hair
streaming doign her back.
Young Boswell--I hope / have not in
truded.
JEANNE EAGELs-Not at all. This
is my costume.
Young Boswell (reiiersd) Obi How
does u fse' 70 be a star all Of a sudden
JEANNE EAGELS-Ambition Is ex-
traordinary. There Is a certain kind Of
awe and fright about being a star One
feels such a responsibility, I've had op-
portunities 20 be n star before, but /
was always afraid for fear the play
wouldn't take. It's better 20 wait and
see how the play goes, and then let the
management force your name into head
lines. Then it's a trademark You'll
excuse me n leave you and seem 10
act a bit The last scene Is fun. You
might watch Il from the wings.
She disoppsared. Young Boswell
looked about her little reception room,
which explained where actresses 90 be-
tpeen their erits aud their entrances.
The room ioos done IN green ioieker and
pellOw hGngiHgs NTH Chinese dseora-
tioHs. On one ,coU icas the model Of
the third act stdGc-sct. 10 wds fn-
scr.bcd, "To The Ineom parable JEANNE
EAGELS. Moichless Creator Of Sadie
Thompson IN Rain from John d. va.
li1ms." Young BoSUoH wandered out
among thc scenery. 4 great machine
igith hanging hose. iUas producing per
pctuai rain. Some ono irds playing a
phOnogroph. and he could hear The
actors voices. AppareAtiy, somebody
had died or been killed, probably The
actor he had just seen disappear into
his drcssing room. All The illusion iCds
gone. ne wcHt back 10 the little re-
eepiior room that had once belonged 10
Marine Elliott And then sounds Of
applause. and curtain calls, and JEANNE
EAGELS Tedppcdred IN the strangcst
pls feather dangling. q lacy jacket a
pink dress, ard ,ekito topped shoes. She
had completely changed. she Uds no
longer the simple girl Nth foi0ing hdir.
and enthusiastic oVCs.
Young Boswell Where-did you get Il :
JEANNE EAGELS-This is Sadie's
going-away costume Oh, the matinee
girls sob terribly. The first couple Of
rows always have to wipe their eyes.
Poor thingsl This Is quite n rig-out,
/ isn't it, I visualized these shoes on
Sadie and I went all over New York 20
| End them. One day ! saw n sale, and
in the window Just the shoes ] wanted.
went in and tried on the sample.
talked TO the salesman about the
weather. was 20 embarrassed for fear
he might think | wanted them for my
self. | asked him how much they were.
and he said 81, and | thought how much
Was saving the management. And
then he told me there was only one. /
took IL and we had mate made. The
hat is a triumph, don't you think? And
these beads belonged 10 Geraldine Far
rar. (She bent over and shoUcd them
icifh PRIDE She wore them In one Of
her roles, and then gave them 70 my
singing teacher, who gave them 20 me.
think Il is very romantic feel the
romance Of the stage very strongly.
Think OF this having once been the
dressing room OF Maxine Elliott I am
even sensitive 20 what the stage hands
think Of my work. And ! am happy
when ! know that the audience likes me.
or course. applause is applause.
A iuaiier from nearby rcstdurdHi
brought in huge tray.
JEANNE EAGELS Il always eat
here on matinee days / am so worn
out after a performance. We stage peo-
pie are rather strange. We feel the
romance Of the stage so much. IL is
fantastic, but then the people Of the
stage are fantastic. Look how unlike
Sadie Thompson ! am, and yet, | am
Sadie when I'm on the stage.
She pulled Of The hat and ivipcd the
excess rouge from her checks, and she
icasH't Sadie any longer. Just JEANNE
EAGELS.