The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-28
.Fhh of GROWING UP)
 Bonita Granville, Ex-Vixen,
 Young Woman at IS
Kid-tO-Adult Jump Easy
BY PAUL HARRISON NEA Service Staff Correspondent

NEA Service Stan Correspondent
 Hollywood-Two years ago Bonita Granville was the hell-child of Hollywood, malevolent little meanie extravagantly praised for her evil deeds in These Three" The picture lifted her at once to the top rank of character players, and she has remained there ever since by dint of more villainy and an oc- casional venture into sweetness and light.
 But now" walled Miss Gran vile. I'm Is. It's the most unat- tractive age in the world! Oh, 1t is, but definitely. Last year was lit- tie girl, and next year I'll be an in- genue. But what am I today?"
 I5-Year- Old Vet"
 Sitting there in her dressing room and watching her readying her makeup and long golden hair for the next scene, anybody could have told Miss Granville what she is today-a very attractive, if very young, woman. Put her into adult clothes and hairdress, and higher heels, and she could play a college senior.
 Nor could you guess her age by listening to her talk. Most movie youngsters are conversationally sure of themselves, but Bonita is vet eran with the confidence of seven years of picture-making and three years on the stage. Apparently she is one of the very rare child &C., tresses who are able to progress from juvenile to adult roles without a break.
 Under her Warner Brothers con- tract and frequent loan-outs to other studios, she has been very busy, with a total of three weeks off in eight months. T don't mind, really" she said. But I would like to get in little more swimming"
 Pretty soon I'm going to start a series of pictures - the Nancy Drew stories. They're about a girl of my age who's the daughter of a famous lawyer. She gets into ad- ventures and becomes an amateur detective and solves a lot of cases. They're good movie stuff, and series are awfully popular these days. And I'll be featured in them, which is something.
 "No, there isn't much romance in them. There is a boy, who keeps popping up at the right time and doing what I tell him. I had a little romance in White Banners, that we finished lately. In a scene with Jack Cooper, he kisses me on the forehead. It was the first pie ture in which I've ever been kissed. That gave the publicity department an idea and it tried to work up an off-stage romance between us. wouldn't stand for it.
 Keeping Up Studies
 NO, don't have dates" she said. "Of course I go to parties, and some grown-up parties, and I like to dance. I have two groups of friends and one of them is from my Hollywood high school days and they're not in pictures.
 Miss Granville will get a high school diploma next year. but ex- poets to go on studying languages and literature and history under instructors at the studio school.
 She already has had five years of French, and, incidentally, five years of dancing and five years of piano instruction. Now she wants to study voice and designing. She already designs most of her own clothes and has good deal to say about her movie wardrobes.
 Five feet one-half inch tall, with out heels, Bonita is anxious to grow another inch so that she can wear clothes more smartly. For years she has been stretching every day, try ing to grow faster.
 No Longer Typed"
 Before Samuel Goldwyn cast her as the sly, lying little poisoner of