Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-11

She was a tiny woman, ger
member her. The impressive thi
not her size. however. 1t was !
bit of Gaelic" enough to make
it clear that there was more
than Just the English name for
things like sheep and horses and
even people.
This is an awesome thing to
learn when one is virtually
brand-new in the world. 1t can
make a grandmother memorable,
even one who remains around
but a brief stretch of ones own
life which is what ours did.
There was a phrase she used
which. spelled phonetically, was
something like colleen Gael
dhu." This may not be it at all.
but when we heard those words,
We didn't know how to spell in
even English. So. if there are
any Gaelic scholars in town
instead Of having gone sensibly
to the beach or Europe or some
where-we hope they will be
tolerant.
At any rate what sounded
like colleen Gael dhu" means
slender dark girl-again as we
remember it. One came in the
Office yesterday and. when she
left, there we were thinking of
our maternal grandmother for
the first time in many, many
years.
The slender dark girl isn't
really a colleen but that she is
not only goes to show how the
mind dabbles in reveries on Mon
day instead of getting down to
business.
The girl is really French and
her accent shows it. Her name
is Madeleine Chantel. She is an
actress but at the moment all
she is acting is the part of a girl
going around promotionally for
Love in the Afternoon" the
setting of which is Paris.
Usually when girls. or nom
girls for that matter, come into
the drama department in behalf
of apicture, they have had parts
in it. Sometimes star parts,
sometimes lesser. but usually a
part of some size.
Not Mile. Chantel. She is not
in Love in the Afternoon" at
all. She is in "A Face in the
Crowd" a different picture al
together. This resulted in a little
bit Of confusion but Mile.
Chantel, an intelligent girl with
piquant but perfect English.
managed to get it Strengthened
out.
She and Love in the After
noon," it seems, have the same
background. Paris. This is why
she is travelling in behalf of that
picture. This is also why the
way Of the movies, promotion
ally. are strange but not with
out their odd little Vaccinations.
We did our duty, Mile. Chantel
and the drama department. BY
Allied Artists, her employer. This
Is to say we got it clear what she
was doing in Washington. 1t was
not until after this that we
started talking about her to dis
cover:
/. 1t is interesting to be a
French actress in this country
six years and be travelling pro-
motionally for a movie called
fLove in the Afternoon" 1t is
like having a road tour without
o play but meeting some inter-
esting people and seeing what a
lovely country this one is.
2. Washington is beautiful
like Paris. and the perfect CITY
for upsetting the French concept
Of the United States as being a
huge New York with skyscrapers
and millions of milling people.
3. She does rather a lot of
television in New York and
prefers it to Hollywood, although
she would be off like a shot to
make a movie in the latter.
4. Next to acting, her favorite
occupation is translating French
plays.
5. She likes American acting.
modified Stanislawsky and burn
ingly real though it is. She is
studying with Uta Hagen and
thinks Eli Wallach, who some
times lectures at the school, is
wonderful. Both as actor and
teacher.
s. She made us remember our
grandmother and the latter's
Gaelic. which may make Allied
Artists think this is a strange
thing. That's what we think, too,
but nevertheless it is a nice thing
to have happen on an otherwise
dull day.
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BULLETIN BOARD: Mclean