Evening star., 1940-05-19

get powder all over the mans coat
and he hates 1t, and generally your
hair gets mussed up If the director
wants the leading man to grab you
around the neck"
Ann Sheridan was a bit more
cheerful. probably because Of her
youthful enthusiasm. Said she:
Nav, don't mind 'em. Even get
a mild kick If I'm kissed by a fellow
happen to like. Johnny Garfield
and I had quite a love scene in
They Made Me a Criminal That
was really fun, for we Just let loose
and didn't have to worry about the
camera angles so much. But Of
course there's no real thrill in them,
and they do make a mess OF your
makeup. There's certainly no SUBJ
stitute for the real thing"
No Reaction at All.
Hedy Lamar has made only three
pictures in this country, but is rec
ognized as the colony's outstand-
ing glamour girl-the one M-G-M
would like to believe every man in
the world desires to kiss. Hedy
blushed as she thought it out a few
moments.
Il don't think I get any reac-
ton at all" said the dazzling bru-
nette. IF it's in the script then it's
up to me to do it Then, as an
afterthought and with a sly twinkle
she added: But you see I've never
kissed Clark Gable-yet."
Let's listen to some more reac-
tions from well-kissed screen hero
ines:
Dorothy Lamour the little lady
who Is supposed to glow with South
Sea warmth beneath that thin
sarong was pretty short with her
answer)-"Dont be silly. There's
no more kick in movie kiss than
there is in the one the minister
gives the bride after the ceremony"
Madeleine Carroll-"I've found
love scenes the most difncult and
most embarrassing things in the
world. If you can visualize a tender
love sceen with so persons watching,
you'll get what I mean. I've never
overcome this feeling of making
love in department store window
on a crowded street when doing one
before the camera"
Doesn't Mean Thing"
Brenda Joyce t19-year-old coed
known as the most unsophisticated
star in Hollywood-"I've been
kissed four times on the screen
and, frankly. don't like 1t a little
bit. I usually don't sleep the night
before I'm going to make one.
just get ice cold all over"
Ann Sothern-"A nice private kiss
under the watchful eye of 4
dozen or 50 technicians, electricians,
soundmen, carpenters and others Is
hardly conducive to romance. But
don't get me wrong-I'm not against
kissing"
tered"
Florence Rice-"A movie kiss ism t
unlike sock in the jaw, crying or
another emotional action required
by the script. In other words, 1t
doesn't mean thing"
Patricia Morison-"I think any
normal girl gets q certain reaction
from being in a mans arms and
being kissed, even if it is only
scene before the camera. But I try
to remember I'm the girl in the
script and that it's not Pat Morrison
being kissed"
Linda Darnell Hollywood's young
est romantic staD-"Even though
screen kissing is just a matter Of
my heart always pounds
violently. Nothing about 1t is the
way I had dreamed or planned-but
gosh, it's a thrill just the same"
Alice Faye-"Kissing on the screen
is always the most difficult assign
ment in the script for me-. It's al
most impossible to make each one
different and at the same time con-
vincing. I dread the kisses-but 1t
would be dull world without EN-"
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