The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-16

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Selznick had penciled-in her name
as Scarlet O'Hara just before vi
Wien Leigh came along.
Screen Changes
Her Appearance
Miss Goddard has a definite adj
vantage over at least 80 pei cent of
the upper-bracket actresses here:
It's a mobility of expression, or a
ducky trick of creation, or some
thing, which provides startling
changes of appearance on t h e
screen. And all Hollywood has COM
mented that often it doesn't recog-
nize her Immediately in the studios
or at parties.
That sort of versatility is valuable
in a business where hundreds of
women look as if they'd all step
ped off the same production line.
Miss Goddard is less likely to be
typed. She already has shown her
self as something of a wistful
gamin, dangerous glamorist and
though little cutie.
In about a couple of months, prob
ably, you'll see her in her second
gamin part, with Chaplin in THE
Dictator" Soon she'll 60 into Cecil
DeMille's Northwest Mounted Po-
lice" as the half-breed girl, and
she'll have a lot more acting to do
than Madeleine Carroll, who's nomi-
nally the feminine lead.
Right now, Paulette Goddard is
being thoroughly scared in THE
Ghost Breakers" another comedy
mystery with Bob Hope. It's her Sc
cond role at Paramount, where she
year contract.
She Nearly Became
Scarlet O'Hara
Loss of the Scarlet O'Hara as
signment was a tremendous disap-
pointment to her, because Selznick
was ready to announce her for it
just before he saw the English &C.
tress. l said 1 guessed that Sell
nick must have had a pretty hard
time, too, breaking the sad news
and Miss Goddard said he had done
it very nicely, with the c%onsoling
observation that she was, at least,
the best Scarlet in America.
Even SO, she couldn't hold back
her feeling, and as she sat there be-
ing alternately furious and forlorn
Selznick looked at her admirinsly.
why didn't you show that much
emotion in your test?" he asked.
I asked Miss Goddard whether
she's pestered constantly to talk
about the Chaplin picture, and she
said yes, and SO is Mr.. Chaplin.
"People have no idea how busy he
is, doing everything himself. It's
practically all finished now, except
for some war scenes, and [ guess
it'll preview in about six weeks.
AS a sample Of his dual activities,
she told about a scene she watched
the other day. 1t was a Ions truck
ing shot in which the camera began
at the front-line trenches and mov-
back, past secondary lines and
machine gun nests and on past
artillery emplacements. Chaplin
rode on the camera truck, directing
extras along the way. At the last,
while the camera swung to one
side, he hoped off, raj ahead and
took his place, and the scene end
ell on the familiar figure Of the lit
tie tramp.
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