Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-07
.ultivated Voice and
the AbiHty TO Sing,
Dance and Speak
Foreign Languages
Prime Requisites
for the Ambitious
Fortune Hunter
Heading Holly
.svoodovard Today.

several languages, although the possession nj
such accomplishments has value
Maurice ChevalierS charm lies in his voice
MS manner Of speaking, his carriage his per-
sonahty Ruth Chattertons dramatic mower
has its source in her marvelously trained voice
The players of silent days who remained on
the screen were those who trained themselves
70 meet new conditions. Those who failed tn
do so have been replaced"
There has never been O better chance for
mature people," adds Rex Bailey another
prominent casting director. People who sue
coed are those who have had experience of
screen.
You need normal intelligence and that Ger.
tain appeal which, for want Of better phrase.
call hun1an-intereSt appeal, or that which
renders you attractive to many people. Clau-
dette Colbert has it."
II asked to select . possible new star from
roomfu or high school girls, Director Eduard
Grfmth would discount prettiness ureTar
natural beauty to makeup or anectation and
would look for the nash Of intelligence I'm the
eyes.
a DVACE to the unknown aspirant Is given BY
three well known successful women.
1T Is good thing to study foreign Lam
guages, voice. dancing anything in faet-be-
cause Is We polish one facet Of ourselves it
adds reflection to the rest" observes KutelIe
Taylor.
we can't know too much, and all our knOwl-
edge adds TO our self-conndence.
study clothes and how to wear them. ns,,dv
character and how 10 develop it pictorialIy. by
infections Of voice and then by facial express
sion. Develop yourself along many lines. IF
you think along only one line your life in
pictures win be short. The more varied YOUR
experience the longer you last"
naturally good voice Is better than A
trained voice." says Lucille Gleason, "but II
yours Is not naturally good by all means inn
prove It. r
Everything you can learn helps. You never
know when director win turn on you and
ask Can you walk . slack wire? Languages
are important now
Good teeth are important. There is great
beauty and charm in white, even molaxs They
cnange plain face into q lovely one on the
screen. First thing to be done by the would-be
star Is to get her teeth fixed.
The most vital thing of an, alasl is that
SCrange thing That sets one girl on from her
fellows. dozen girls may hive In a row and
only one possess it."
Don't dash out and take singing lesson or
Spanish lesson and go into debt on the hone
OF crashing the talking screen on the strength
or that" advises Hedda Hopper
"One Of our biggest silent stars made a talkie
IN which she sang after only few lessons a
melody that has been sung by the world~
greatest voices. She Topped miserably No ora
can become singer worth hearing in TIVE
months.
Hollywood is importing the finest Etronean
actors to make foreign versions Of films YoU
WIZ not be called upon to play in French or
spanish unless you speak one Of these languages
like native
IT'S wen to dance, but know Of one en-.
cehent dancer who CHANGED to get a big mart
In one important picture some years aQo. IL
Went TO her head She was put over by exuerk
cameramen, but she couldn't act Yet she re.
FUSED small parts thereafter, demanding star.
ring roles which she never received and has
now faded into oblivion --''S
Learn to speak good Englsh-that IT, Ia nro-
nounce your words according to the hishest
authority or best tradition of the Stage
Alan Crosland. director of the first talk,e
Jazz Singer" believes that good looks count
Is much as ever.
F1ceure fans are trained 10 beauty" he In.
saSSs. "A rat prima donna or q plain Broadway
star won't have the same appeal as a screen
beauty. Personality Is in demand lint n y,,,se
ns tne voice. A small girl with q deem voica
- out. II your diction Is bad remedy it h,,t
Eememoer tnat the rotund voice Of the stare
won't go on the screen.
"A voice Is an asset. Formerly n hit nlavar
PAD 70 depend on pantomime to attract atteU
ION. NOW the way Of speaking the aI,iIikv "a
naE0eSeRano with The voice can oou,uel ,,nkios -