Evening star., 1951-08-26
The Passing Show
Portrait Of q Girl,
ADewy Crisp One
Peggy Dow, Southern Young Lady
Who Made Good in Movies
By Joy Cormody

you like your young feminine movie stars letuce-crsp
Miss Dows crispness is remarkably attractive quite
distinguishing mark the glamour set Of whom
think OF themselves as even when they are untidy OF
appearance-and mentality
Apparently too it quality that paying off since the lady
young Tnnessean her degree drama North
University keeping quite busy quality pictures She
which gives her quite You"
Irwin Shaw adaptation OF his own story OF world turmoil
and the upset young.
She Looks Dewy Acts Professional
dewy to look and act is perhaps some
Caswells department and we shall not go into it.
is pleasant stick to the specific Miss Dow and leave
any generaizaons experts to just right
Dows most conspicuous assets mind OF her own
itself quickly If happen to make that chronic
bunder asking Miss Dow about yearning to be legitimate
Movies and acting" she of course have
feeling But also have feeling of mpatence
with those went to school with at who ook at me
had betrayed my integrity by going TO HOLLYWOOD inns
business proving devotion to art by starving or living
on virtually nothing while looking for job on Broadway well
can be silly.
She Meets the Same Useful Elder Stors
meet sd e he chance to work with them and learn from
anything greater In New York the De you eoud nd
greatly This you were lucky AS
for my chance Hollywood I've made 10 pictures and worked
with all kinds famous helpful players directors etc
Maybe it's accelerated sort Of course but like it,
How did she happen to go into aetns' Miss Dow has
MY mother" she says lovely mean just that
as we use the phrase wanted to be
an did everything help give me the background
So south-learnng the rudments Of being lovely
leaand then was sent to Northwestern to
SS-oS
way
Miss Dow under no fresh young females on
ready the top Ihere not
in journalism either" she surmises.
But they background that be useful she insists
And they approaching the profession OF acting
with some intelligence that might not so easily
elsewhere"
She Regards Intelligence os Top Asset
She believes intelligence Of the actors most precious
and it part of her deep delight In having WORKED Win
Arthur Kennedy Bright Victory"
Kennedy Of the most intelligent as well as
one of the young the theater the screen
Miss Dow lady by instinct to say that
any Kennedy OF her favore
persons.
She will talk however, about her favorte playwright.
That's Shaw. Like else, she sWears py
Shakespeare bounde enthusiasm Tor shaw
Charles Laughtons drama
Don Juan another fascinated spectator at
this most profound witty poetic and graceful OF shaws works.
she enchanted ever since.
Wisdom Blended With BriIiont Language
Until then believe that brilliant language could
be wisdom with much OF rresBtoe
charm. -, T..
Miss Dow has been the busiest players In
HOLLYWOOD since she tried her best TO
keep interfering too excessively with her faVote
reading She does all the physically nealy
things that keep bubbng condition but she believes
mental exercise that comes from wrestling
with the writers have put paper.
pleasant stretch of both during the next w
weeks OF call rather nan personal
will Tennessee TO Vlst the lovely
lady mother the family she likes so much
relax and not think ABOUT nef
picture assignment.
She has it figured out quite crisply.