Evening star. [volume], August 30, 1939, Page A-13, Image 13

About Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972

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No Marriage for Rosalind
Because She’s Too Proud
Miss Russell Explains She Just
Couldn’t Face a Failure
At Anything
By SHEILAH GRAHAM.
HOLLYWOOD.
Extra! Extra!! Rosalind Russell steals “The Women!” To beat
such hardened campaigners as Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford and Mary
Boland is no mean feat, and I tip my bonnet to Rosalind.
Miss Russell is one of the nicer emoters in Hollywood, and I have
often wondered why she has yet to say a matrimonial "I do.” So this was
my question when we lunched recently at the Victor Huso I’ve too much
pride,” the brunette actress replied—*
which was a new one for me—until
she explained, “I couldn’t bear a
failure—I'd want to be absolutely
sure my mar
riage would be a
success. And how
can any one be
sure?”
Rosalind was
engaged to be
married when
she was 21. “It
lasted nine
months before I
realized I had
made a mistake
—being engaged
nine months, I
mean. It gave me
too long to think
a b O U t it. You ShelUh Graham,
either marry right at the beginning
—or you don't. .
“I find,” continued Miss Russell,
“that, as I get older, I get more
choosey. I demand more from the
man I would marry.' What do 1
want? It s hard to define. The man
I was engaged to had every quality I
want—chiefly, a sense of humor and
honesty—and yet, I didn't love him
enough to marry. I suppose that's
the real reason I haven’t married
yet. I haven’t been in love.”
Rosalind is one of seven children—
which is primarily the reason be
hind her outspoken candor. “All the
others are very respectable,” sh«
giggles. “Lawyers and stock brokers
and things.” "How do they feel
about having a movie star in th(
family?” I ask. "They don't fee]
much about it,” she replies. "When
people ask them about me they mut
ter something about—'yes, Rosalind
is in a place called Hollywood, and
working in something they call mo
tion pictures.’ They only go to see
my pictures when they hear the
picture is good—which is not too
often.”
Miss Russell was born in Water -
bury, Conn., some thirty-odd years
ago. Her lawyer-father died re
cently. It was Rosalind’s original
plan to be a ballet dancer—"al
though I hated standing on my toes
—I was so tall.” At 16 she received
an offer to tour with a well-known
ballet troup. But her mother refused
permission. She said—says Rosa
lind—"No daughter ’of hers would
work in an atmosphere of gas jets,
gin bottles and bad language.”
But the adolescent heart of Miss
Russell remained unbroken — “1
didn't care one way or another about
being an ^ctress. I'd been acting all
my life—to get the things I wanted.’
Instead of a footlights career, Rosa
lind was sent to school—“You'd bet
ter write ‘schools,’ ” Rosalind says
“I was In and out of every college
In the East.”
She became an actress because—"I
wanted Independence.” Stock was
followed by Broadway. “The Second
Man” won her a screen test with
Universal—which she never made—
"T was rushed out here and hung
around the studio, but no one seemed
to know or care what I was here for.
I decided to go back to New York.”
At this time Metro was planning
to produce “What Every Woman
Knows,” in which Rosalind had ap
peared in New York. So they signed
her—but not for that picture—for
“Evelyn Prentice,” with William
Powell and Myma Loy. “I was of
fered the lead in the remake—
‘Stronger Than Desire’—but I said,
‘no—it was a bad picture the first
time.’ ”
Rosalind's big chance came with
“Rendezvous”—Myrna Loy was on
strike for more pay—“which is how
I got the picture.” Her worst movie
—‘‘Trouble for Two.” Her best—
“The Women,” about which Rosa
lind first cracked, “I wouldn’t play
in it if it were offered me on a silver
platter.”
“I’ll take it now—with spinach. I
think it’s a swell picture (she
touches wood)—and I’ve never said
that about any of my pictures be
fore.”
(Released by the North American Newspaper
Alliance, Inc.)
Under a new decree in Prance
profits on materials used for na
tional defense will be limited.
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing
Capitol—"Winter Carnival," the
"oomph” girl at the Dartmouth fes
tival: 11 a.m., 1:40, 4:25, 7:10 and
9:55 p.m. Stage shows: 12:40, 3:25,
6:10 and 8:55 p.m.
Earle—"The Old Maid,” starring
Bette Davis and Miriam Hopkins:
11 a.m., 1:40, 4:20, 7:05 and 9:45 p.m.
Stage shows: 12:50, 3:35, 6:15 and
9 p.m.
Palace—“Pour Feathers,” adven
ture on Britain’s frontiers: 11 a.m.,
1:40, 4:20, 7 and 9:40 p.m.
Keith’s — “When Tomorrow
Comes,” with Irene Dunne and
Charles Boyer: 11:40 a.m., 1:40
and 3:40 p.m. “In Name Only,”
starring Cary Grant, Carole Lom
bard and Kay Francis: 5:45, 7:50
and 9:55 p.m.
Columbia—“Hotel for Women,"
inside dope on the female sex: 11:25
a.m., 1:30, 3:35, 5:40, 7:40 and 9:45
pm.
Metropolitan — "Coast Guard,”
drama of the sea: 11:45 am., 1:45,
3:45, 5:45, 7:45 and 9:50 p.m.
Little—"Stolen Life,” Elisabeth
Bergner at her best: 11 a.m., 12:40,
2:30, 4:10, 6, 7:45 and 9:45 p.m.
Trans-Lux — News and shorts;
continuous from 10 a.m.
Open-Air—"Life of Henry VIII,’
with Charles Laughton: 8 and 10:25
p.m.
IN THE COUNTRY:
Olney—"Rebound,” comedy hit
with Mary Brian: 8:40 pm.
Cross Roads—"Post Road,” com
edy about a spinster and a kidnap
ing: 8:40 pm.
Roadside—"The Still Alarm,” com
edy melodrama about a brave fire
laddie: 8:40 pm.
‘Oomph Girl’ Teams
With George Raft
Fan interest in the possibilities
of George Raft and Ann Sheridan,
the "Oomph Girl," as a co-starring
team has led to the Warner Bros.’
announcement that the players
would appear together for the first
time in "Torrid Zone,” a story of
the Central American banana In
dustry.
"Torrid Zone” was written by
Richard Macaulay, Jerry Wald and
Mark Hellinger, the last of whom
will also serve as associate producer
on the picture.
The growing prominence of Miss
Sheridan as a result of her "Oomph
Girl” designation, and “Each Dawn
I Die,” Raft’s latest release, are
credited with stimulating the inter
est in the new team. Miss Sheridan
has risen from 24th to 1st place
in studio fanmail since March 16,
when 25 men-about-town voted her
"America’s Ooomph Girl.”
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