Evening star., 1936-03-29
By Wiliam Fields.

LII L1nOOGE1 SLlc ID OLlIy 10 yCdIo
~ old and has been a dramatic
~ actress for less than one year,
the young Mexican girl known
as Margo is one of the most piquant.
and at the same time one of the most
unfathomable figures of the American
theater.
Her full name is Margarita Bolado,
but in the interest Of pronunciation
she abbreviated it first to Margot, and
then. to avoid the hard T. to Margo.
She will be seen in Washington this
week in the leading feminine role
of Maxwell Andersons "Winterset," 3"
one of the most widely discussed dra-
mas of recent years. A year ago
as has been said-Margo had never
acted a dramatic role-she was a
dancer, pleasing but not particularly
important participant in the musical
comedies and in hotel ball room floor
shows.
She had, it is true, appeared in the
movies before being engaged by Guth-
rie McClintic for "Winterset" Many
will recall her from the Hecht and
Macarthur picture, Crime Without
Passion" In that. too, she was billed
as simply Margo.
Margo-to start from the begin
ning-was born in Mexico City, and
was dancing at the age of S. One of
her uncles was Francisco Castillo,
treasurer Of Mexico under De la
Huerta. With another uncle, two
aunts, her grandmother and three
dogs, Margo arrived in New York at
the age of 6. There she studied ballet
with Fokine and Spanish dancing with
CarSino.
After few years in New York the
family moved to Los Angeles, where
Margo attended school in desultory
fashion, finally abandoning entirely
the idea of getting an education in
favor of dancing assignment at the
Hill Street Mexican Theater in Los
Angeles. She earned SIS a week and
was kept pretty busy staying a few
jumps ahead of the California Labor
Commission. Her age at the time
was II.
A FTER three years Oh that sort of
thing she got job-through Ra-
mon Navarro-in the chorus of Texas
Moon," picture starring Frank Fay
The child labor authorities continued
to plague her.
Determined to try her luck else
where, Margo equipped herself with
some phony stationery and started
writing letters to managers for a job
1t appeared-according to her letter.
head-that Margo was a sensation,
having danced at such places as the
Kit Kat Club in London and the
Casino Marinao in Havana. The
management of San Francisco hotel
was thus lured into engaging her.
She made good and stayed for a
season.
Then came an offer to dance in
Aqua Caliente, but her grandmother
objected. Eventually won over. she
permitted the girl to accept the po-
sition. There, Margo, in addition to
her professional duties, studied MeM-
Sd1A udllCCc, ICtuIIiIlS W hOo ALSClCo |
after six months to dance at the
Cocoanut Grove. At the latter place |
she sang-Mexican ranchero songs
as well as danced, and added to her
From Los Angeles and the Cocoanut
Grove Margo returned to New York
to dance at the Waldorf Astoria. She
made q picture test for Paramount;
it turned out fine, but still the studio
couldn't determine what to do with
her. They were in this state of
when Hecht & Macarthur
her for their first picture,
Crime Without Passion" Margo |
herself tells how she got the job:
II went over to Astoria with another |
girl, who was very dressed up and |
beautiful in long furs. I felt Ill at |
ease and discouraged, and the longer |
had to wait for my interview the
more contemptuous of the picture,
and of movies in general, I became,