San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-05

with him he wanted to cast her in
the feminine lead for his Forthcoming
Thief of Bagdad." Feeling unsuited
to the role she resisted the flattering
proffer, and secured release after
months of screen idleness.
L~-sShe has the nerve to mo movie
y.afectors when they ask her to- get
into the makeup mode of curled
hair, shaved eyebrows and cupid-bow
lips, by which they pour all types
into one mold.
She firmly but graciously refuses
social invitations where she feels
mental stimulus is lacking and the
"yes chorus" rehearses the ready af-
formations of the studio kow-towers.
Miss Brent even has the affront
cry to disagree with the inanities of
4 interviewers-the crowning apostasy
of all.
From which you are not to gather
that Evelyn Brent, one of the most
promising young Hollywood picture
players. is irascible, uncivil or con-
ceited. Quite the contrary. Her
readiness to gainsay what her intel
ligence rejects is merely the concern
of a positive nature to maintain
viewpoint anu puisuc NiS"A ~" u"
bition.
That determination is almost
challenge in her deep-set, sombrous
brown ewes and the square shoulder
line. She doesn't gush. She has no
Observation-Disclosures smirk. She
| is deliberate rather than shy. She
saws she has lived more mentally
than physically, although her arms
- 1..,,,J ond hard from beach
swimming and riding.
She refuses to affect the toothful
smile for photographers merely to
"Iook cheerful" She knows what
she wants. what she believes herself
capable of and she doesn't swerve.
II have no decisions about my ap-
pearance." she said. 81 couldn't be,
IL / wanted to be, pretty-pretty in
yenue lead. / want to exploit char
acter roles. So many directors seem
intent upon making girls conform TO
certain type, discarding all their
native characteristics. Because curls
- once the token of movie'ingc'
nue.. all must now friz their hair. Be-
cause ID. w. Griffith once ordered
three dabs of red on a pair of lips,
all film ladies must now have cupid
bows. =,
ssThis continuity holds good not
alone in the studios but in the streets
as vell-American women in all
walks seeking to look and act ex-
actly alike. Depressing monotony,
rebel"
Miss Brent recently returned from
Epgland, where, as the highest sal
aired American actress on the screen,
She did Is pictures for London pro-
ducers. Breakdown in health brought
her To New York, where she was
signed by Douglas Fairbanks to play
in his then projected pirate story.
"That role would have been great
iv tn INV liking" explained Miss
Brent. "But when, after months of
die waiting, under salary, the Thief
~ Bsgdad' was decided upon. / felt
hat Il would be an injustice to Mr..
Fairbanks and to myself to attempt
role 70 which / am not suited and
20 he kindly released me from the
contract"
EVELYN Brent, in her early twen-
los was born in Florida, worked
throughout her girlhood. acquiring
Experiences which she says enigmat
cally. lied me to expect nothing OF
ife except the fate of the moment,
md which, ] suspect, bred that in
.ependence which can utter an I'M
Compromising mo" when occasion
demands.
It's a poor rule, however, that has
ho executions, and so Evelyn said
rYesn a few months ago when b. p.
Tineman. movie producer, asked her
be his wife. and yes" again when
Metro asked her to star in Hold to
Hsser," now in production.
Helene Chadwick at Work Again.
Helene Chadwick's tilt over the once
'idely heralded movie morality clause