Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-27
Greenwood
Tries TO Be
..Can,e' Girl
BY CHARLES GENTRY

CHARLOTTE GREENWOOD
an unhappy Coincidence.
A devotee OF indoor sport. sh,
finds that she can't get any toni'
water 10 90 with her gin an,
rummy and that her bridge worl
collapsed years ago from disuse
However. she's still game" cir
IN every sense Of the word ant
all she wants 10 know now Il
what's playing.
She's been trying ever sine,
pajama parties and Nah joins
were in vogue and she wasn't goot
at either one OF those.
The only game 1 did catch
up with" said long. lean and
lovely Charlotte when we inter-
viewed her yesterday, "was
twenty questions. That has
fascinated mo for . long time,
hut I'm very particular with
whom I play. Aren't you:
"Since my past few seasons
In Hollywood, I've been dying
10 get big producer over in n
corner and ask him the 20
which have made mo most
curious.
They 20 something like This:
"Q-Why do they take q we'll
known singer, bring her out to
the coast, muzzIe her and mako
her do everything from skip 10
ski. but never let her sing
"Q-Why do Western heroes
never look at their horse when
they mount them. 1 don't like
horses either but I'd give the
poor beast q glance.
"Q-Why do the two leading
men i'm n picture. who have
built up successful business,
always let q blonde come In
and ruin 1t: Why not give tho
blonde q partnership and let her
carry onc She will anyway.
"Q-Why do children always
have TO be so darn smart on tho
screen: know adults aren't
so bright, but I've seen 14-year-
olds who couldn't count.
"Q-Why can't an honest girl
20 wrong: The pure. sweet and
meek don't always inherit the
earth.
"Q-Why do amateur sleuths
always outsmart the policec
Tho Philo Vances, Nick Charles,
ETC., always make me wonder
why I'm paying taxes for pro-
lection.
"Q-What. In musicals, makes
the two leading characters sing
things In top notes at one an
other. things which should be
whispered intimately:
"Q-Why do nice kind old
ladies who befriend people al
ways open the door and let In
MURDER Living alone that way.
isn't the way like II. -
"Q-Why do comedians al
ways have to fall on their faces:
Aren't their cracks fat enough
"Q-Why does an unknown
beauty always have TO come
from YOUR town: Wherever
YOU live. Detroit, Dubuque or
Des Moines. the little girl on
the screen whom you've never
seen before and never want TO
see again. was the child that
lived right next door TO you.
or course. an idiot would know
that she was born and bred I'm
Guatemala, but. no, she's your
local product. and you can GER
tainly have her.
"Q-Why do all characters In
films with n foreign locale speak
perfect English: Considering
what the dialogue Is generally
like. why don't they do IL I'm
their native tongue:
"Q-Why do they pay eX-
horbitant prices for novel or
a play. change the title, the plot
and reverse the characters be-
fore filming:
"Q-Why do all the glamour
girls want 10 make themselves
ugly: IL looked like Joan
Crawford, I'D stay that way and
insure with Lloyd's.
.Why doesn't crime pay on
the screen: 1t certainly does In
every other industry.
"Q-Why is divorce so diff
cult in the movies: Most OF the
stars have gone through three
before they can get one In
Warner Brothers plot.
"Q-Why does there have to
be so much noise In an alrplane
movie: I get the idea. but I
hate to he disturbed before the
last reel.
"Q-Why does the enemy al
ways appear so stupid in cellu-
loid: Guys come back from
abroad and write books about
how tough the Axis forces are.
Still. on the screen, they are
dumber than your washwoman's
half-witted daughter who al
ways delivers your girdle TO the
bachelor in the apartment above.
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