Evening star., 1936-04-26
MEN WANTED, BUT HOLLYWOOD MAKES ITS TERMS HARD
Actors Dispute Dramatic Coach Who In.
sists Failure Comes From Within the
Would-Be Players Character Touch
Is Factor in Success.

telling stories and tasting delicacies,
laughing and having time for him.
self, just one of the boys"
IF YOU haven't great voice,
beautiful body. a family on the
stage, and somehow don't see your
self working with a road gang or
sweeping out the theater, what can
be done?
Bluff" recommends that dashing
cavalier, Cesar Romero.
Cesar is tall, wark n handsome,
with something the look of a Latin
lover. On the screen he looks mys-
terious, dangerous. boding no good
to the unwary maiden. OF screen
he is strictly American, likable,
friendly, on the level.
He lives in a small Spanish bunga-
low. an earnest young japanese in
attendance. One wall of the living
room has flaming poster advertising
a Spanish bullfight.
mo. I'm not a bullfght enthusiast
and I've never been TO Spain" he
said. Il bought the thing down in
Los Angeles because I thought it
would look we'll here But I wouldn't
go to fight II they gave me the
bull.
I'm in earnest about bluffing your
way into our interesting profession,
though. Otherwise, it's virtually i'm
possible TO get start First thing
any one asks you when you apply
is, What experience?' II you say
None you're out. Yet how do you
get it?
|. II had danced at various hotels,
roof gardens. Observation-Disclosures my
partner and I could get booked. Then
tried to do an adagio dance with
rather heavy partner and got into
trouble With an appendix. The doctor
said dancing was out didn't much
care. Id always hoped to be an actor.
So I applied everywhere. Nothing
doing.
Suddenly an agent I'd never heard
of sent for me. Tulllo Carminati.
who had been starring in Strictly
Dishonorable,' was leaving the cast
and they needed some one to take his
place. in hurry.
"'Can you play that part? asked
the agent
Certainly I replied. 7 didn't
know whether could or not, but Yes
has always seemed a better word
than No
What parts have you played
where you had to use an accent?' went
on the agent.
&c" ET'S see,' temporized, wildly
raking my memory for plays 1
had seen where the actor needed
such thing. I picked out several
plays of the right kind and set my
playing of them far enough away so
they couldn't check up on me.
remember I told him that ! had
played in The Big Pond out in San
Francisco, for one.
Il had already seen the play was
to do, but saw it again that night,
paying particular attention to Nj.
Carminati's performance. Next morn
ing I rehearsed the part, reading the
play for the director. My reading
was copy of Carminati's playing
they were used to that Interpretation.
so they liked it and gave me the part
I played it for a year. Mind you, l
had never been or a stage except to
dance in my life!"
Luck is usually on the side Of the
buffer, I find I remember some
years ago, when I was between en-
gagements and almost fat broke, girl
I admired called me up and asked me
if I'd like to go to Madison Square
Garden with her. Her father ran
the place and would give us tickets
I was dying to go with her, but T.
looked at my cash. Seventy-five cents.
Could I do it?
II figured that the whole family
would 60 in the car, so we'd get there
all right and all I'd need to buy would
be a sandwich or something. ! was
nuts about her-I still am-so I took
a chance I walked TO her house
a long way-and was greeted by her
with: Daddy had to go early, so he
took the car. Wen have to go by
taxi
Marvellous I said, trying to figure
out how much taxi would cost. The
fare turned out to be SIS cents. gave
the fellow a lO-cent tip and put the
other dime in my pocket I don't re-
member who fought that night or any
thing about the winner. All could do
was wonder how We were going to get
home
AT the last minute her father
passed our seats You kids come back
to the Office and Ill take you home
he said Was that a welcome sound?
She never knew how close she came
to walking home"
ICopyright. 1850