Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-09-23
HOLLYWOOD.

I1oLL WoOO.
A short while ago, a credulous
columnist stated that Bonita Gran
vile was about to leap into matri-
mony with q service boy she had
just met. And what made the
story 50 funny is that Bonita is per-
haps the only young actress In
Hollywood-with the possible ex-
ception of Joan Leslie-who re-
CARDS marriage as something to
think about first, and to do the
leaping later.
when I was very young" says
Bonita, who is all of %, II was very
much in love with Jackie Cooper
But we outgrew each other. Now
want different things in a husband
These are difficult days for an un-
married girl. All the emotion Of q
war that has just been won, the
feeling in the air for security, OF
belonging to some one, make II
easy to fall for boy you love. But
I promised myself at the beginning
Of the war that I wouldn't marry
while the war was on, and I think
that will apply for at least another
year-until there is no danger Of
being emotionally Influenced by a
feeling of sympathy"
One Of the aftermaths Of the err
roneous engagement report to the
nonexistant CT. Russell Caldwell
was the mass of presents from fans
and friends that had to be returned
Il couldn't return the flowers" says
Bonita with a small note of salts
faction.
She Believes in Career.
Bonita has been working since
she was years old, and the ques-
ton Of whether she will retire when
she does marry, is hard for her tc
answer. 1T depends on who ]
marry" says Bonita. "If he's ir
business and lives in another city
than Hollywood, I suppose I'd have
to give up my work. But I could
never settle back to being just a
housewife. I've been working toe
long. I'm not the type to play
bridge. I'm a firm believer in mix
ing career and marriage 1t is only
when work interferes with home life
that 1t is a mistake to work. I shall
be married once only. And I would
want children. Then I'd make only
one or two pictures a year"
The question Of Miss Granville's
future in pictures seemed settled g
little while ago. when, discouraged
with a lack of the type of films she
wanted to make, Bonita was on the
verge Of saying good-by to Holly.
wood for a fling on the Broadway
stage. At this point she was Offered
the lead in RKO's All Men Ar,
Liars" followed by lead il
breakfast in Hollywood" Depend
ing on what comes now, she viii
either stay here and work or accep
the starring role in Little Benny,
on the New York stage.
Bonita's first big picture breal
came when she was Is years old-a
the brat in These Three" TIL,
daughter Of musical comedy actor
Bernard Granville, she came witt
him on a vaudeville billing to Lo
Angeles in 1881, and because sh,
looked somewhat like Ann HARDING
she played the then famous star
daughter in westward Passage.
She has played daughter to nearl,
every star of note, including Ka!
Francis, Edward G. Robinson
Claude Rains, Fay BANTER, Una
O'Connor and Ian Hunter.
She's Nearly % Now.
1--WE been in pictures so long,
says Bonita, that people don't be-
lieve I'm only %, and after this yea.
I'm not talking about how old I am
I actually overheard some one sa,
the other day. Why, she must b.
near So" When you are near &C
Bonita, that wifi sound like musi,
to you
The last brat Bonita played in pic
lures was in Youth Runs Wild.
She would rather avoid meany role
In the future. unless the part is yer,
good. BY the way, she nearly lost he
best part in pictures-in "Thes
Th-ee'-when she refused to dye he
hair black. My mother had I,
darken it with mascara and 1 slep
with a towel around my head. Nov
if good part came along I'd do a
Ingrid Bergman did in For Whom
the Bell Tolls'-I'd shave my head!
Talking about hair, Bonita own