Evening star., 1941-08-18

supposes 1t is because she has an
inferiorlty complex except when she
Is on the stage. She feels wonderful
then. And enormously confident in
herself; not conceited, or oversure,
just confident. She was not awed
by playing with Miss George. She
was simply delighted and very
anxious to make good. She feels
she has been enormously lucky.
Not many of the girls in the ap-
prentice group find the Cinderella
slipper such a perfect fit. They
work like lovely little slaves and
then at the end of the summer
they just go home, to Chicago, Pitts
burgh and scores of other places
where the theater dream still burns
as brightly as ever.
How do Mary AIMS parents feel
about it?
They love it almost more than I
do" she says. Her father, dentist
who heads the laboratory of a
dental supply manufacturer, is
elated with her good luck. So is her
mother.
Mary Ann is not especially in
terested in the movies right now.
She thinks of herself as having q
long apprenticeship still to serve
in the theater. She is not at all
naughty so far as the movies are
concerned. She would like to learn
acting, however, before she has to
make the great decision. She is
sure the theater has a great deal
to teach her. She feels that way
about life, too.
Speaking of life. she really wants
to keep up with it, she says. 1t is
such a difficult thing to do up here.
You feel rather out of the world
which is a good place to be out Of
and she is so busy. She wants to
read the newspapers, in fact she
wants to read everything but she
cannot find time. Her reading
therefore is limited very largely to
plays. They seem more important
to her than any other kind of writ
ing.
Mary Ann so far has no favorite
critics. They've never entered her
life, nor she theirs. She reads them,
with fervor, too. They write well and
amusingly. She wishes they would
60 in for more detailed criticism Of
acting, but supposes that is ex-
pecting too much. She realizes that
critics are writing for their readers,
not for the actors and playwrights
who come within their ken. Her
favorite newspaper is Variety. She
likes its criticisms of both plays
and pictures She reads it religiously
every week to keep up with all an
giles of show business. Radio, too.
She feels you cannot be too well
informed on the whole broad aspect
of the entertainment business.
Mary Ann will get her advanced
education in the theater. hereafter.
She had no particular desire to 60
to college ever. She did 60 to Ohio
State for a while. more or less
through default. Her family lived
in Columbus then. 1t was the thing
to go to school, so she went. Studied
everything she could find bearing
upon the drama. She was not
brilliant student, she says.
Mary Ann would recommend ap-
premiership in summer theater,
especially Cohasset, to youngsters
who want to learn something prac-
tical about the stage.
Next week, she will start being
an actress; a little actress in Mr..
Brady's production. 1t hasn't affected
her apprenticeship. When some
body called her, she hoped up and
went in search of some props for
THE Male Animal" on which she
is acting as prop girl-one of many.
We went away then, hoping Moth
ing would happen to the excitement
in Mary AIMS eyes.