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her popularity with adolescents i
still terrific. She's a nice kid, toe
even though she does have a pro.
pensity for getting into private -lif;
jams. She's easier to talk to or
the set than almost any member O.
the lady" group-which is one ol
the things I have against the lat.
ter. speaking as a reporter. Th.
ladies are reserved bunch. They
don't relax in conversation. I'm
speaking of Hollywood ladies.) O
If they do, they talk on the theory
that their private lives are inter.
esting only to themselves. AS a
private individual I agree. As g
columnist don't. But to return tc
our theme, if I had to choose be.
tween Lana and Ingrid in a picture
Id take Ingrid.
Katie VS.. DOttie.
The fourth place on this list is
occupied by Katharine Hepburn ano
Dorothy Lamour. In private life
and in he" films, sometimes, I find
Miss Hepburn trif1e on the af.
fected side. But not even DottJ
would deny that Kate is the better
actress. For all that. I'd rather see
Miss Lamour with her sarong or in
clothes.
Ann Sheridan was the first of the
current crop of sweater girls. Only
at that time they called it 'oomph. u
However, I can't see Ann as the
super-siren. She's a nice, simple
girl. And regardless of the dia-
logue of her films, that's all she will
ever be. And that's not bad either
For the sake of comparison, let's pu,
Annie into competition with Claud-
ette Colbert. who in her films con-
Veys the charm and that certain
something OF ell-brought-ur
young woman. Out of the theater
give me Miss Sheridan every time
But I'd rather see Claudette on the
screen.
have paired Carole Lands with
Gene Tierney who is also under
contract to Fox and who was edu-
Gated at a fashionable finishing
school in the East. Genes HolIy-
wood case is rather. odd. In private
life she has all the mannerisn1s of
Well-brought-up girl. In her pic
lures she has played everything
from a titled Englishwoman to some
hotsam in the Far East. Her fig
ure Is as good as Carole's, but there
is less emphasis on it in her films,
Both are mighty popular with the
maze hlm-goers of the Nation. l
nave no preference here.
NO list of sweater girls would be
complete without Jane RUSSELL
name. the girl who owes her posi-.
ton in pictures to the extent of hel
publicity. which has always dwelt
heaVlly on her physical excellence
Jane can be viewed in The Out.
law, and that is her only film
Ihere is no one on the other side
OF the feminine fence with whom
TO compare her. 1t takes a screer
LADY much longer to reach the
top OF the movie pile. A lady ha.
TO be able to act. A sweater cir
Just has to be herself. Writer,
note: The word lady is used in its
superficial meaning only.)
A Gentle Creature.
This brings us to No. 8. How
about Anne Baxter as compared
with Maria Montez? Anne has
played several peasant girl roles
on the screen, but she is gentle ano
ladylike at all times and relies on
ability rather than on sex appea
to put her charm across. There's
a lot of fire in Maria, but she has
little way to 60 before she is bet
ter than Miss Baxter for my money
Annabella or Alice Faye? I like
Alice better now that she is a more
serious person. Annabella has not
had much chance to prove herself
In American pictures It's a pity
because the wife of Tyrone Power
has rare charm and gentleness of