BIOGRAPHY OF STARS

Chronicle (Levin), 30 November 1946, Page 6

BIOGRAPHY OF STARS

ANITA LOUIS' CAREER In spite of the fact that she has done far more modern roles than she has costume pictures, Anita Louise, voluminous skirts and white wigs somehow are synonymous. Perhaps, it is her fragile beauty which one always associates with ohe belles of a by-gone day, and of course several of her outstandmg roles have been as the vis-a -vjs to dashing and gallant heroes of inother age. After an absence from the screm of a year and a-half durtng vvhieh ,ime she was a nurse's aid at San .a Monica Hcspital, Anita returned to make "Dangerous Blondes" for Columbia, which was followed by •'Nine Girls" and "The Fighting Guardsman." Before that, of course, she had playcd in many othcrs, having startcd her carecr as a cliild actress. Anita was born in New York City, •January 9, 1917; hcr father was a dcaler in antiques, her mother a non-professional. At the age of seven, the blonde youngster made her stage debut in the New York production of "Petcr Ibvetson." 3hc has been prominent in the Iheatrieal world ever since. Anita's early schooling was obtaincd at the Profcssional Children 's Schooi in New York and the Greenwood Schooi for Girls in Hollywood. Before the war, Anita travellod rxtensively all over Europe and the United States, and her favourite continental locale before Hitler marched in was Alsace-Lorraine where her grandparents lived. Her first picture was a silent movie, "The Sixth Commandment" with Neil Hamilton. With the idvent of the taljdes, Anita hit her professional stride. Such pictures rs "Millie," with Helen Twelvetrees; "Our Betters," with Contance ."The Most Precious Thing in Life," "Are We Civilised," "Swan Song" and many others established her as one of the screen's most talented young actresses. Anita Louise, a young woman of intelligence and poise, speaks three languages, is an a.ccomplished pianist and dancer. She plays a good game of tenr.is, is adept at fencing and riding, and is an excellent swimmer.

Ingrid Bergman has left Hollywood for New York to rehearse for a stage play, "Joan of Lorraine," and left the film "Arch of Triumph" in confusion. The confusion was not caused by Bergman, but by Michael Chekkov's unfortunate illness. This actor has had to retire from the role of Gestapo agent in the film, Charles Laughton replacing him, and the script is being frantically rewrit-, ten to give him most of his scenes with Charles Boyer. Some of the re-taken scenes demand, however, the presence of Bergman. The studio is now trying to arrange forj her to fly back to Hollywood for at1 least one day's work. Never more beautiful to look at, ' Olivia de Havilland, playing 'the dual role of sisters in Universal's psychiatric thriller, "The Dark Mirror," gives the double characterisation with rare finesse and subtlety. The gentlemen in the film's murder case are Lew Ayres and Thomas Mitchell. Ida Lupino has been helping David Niven to shop for furnishings for his new Hollywood home. Studio gossip has it that the friendship between the two is more than platonic.