FILM STARS REVIEWED

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 82, 3 October 1931, Page 19

FILM STARS REVIEWED

#HAt A DUCHESS; 3PENJT

.-Interest in .film-stars -is nearly.- universal; it. extends ;no\V;..from Iceland;,in the north- to Stewart -Island. in- the south. There aie few'places on earth where the1 magic name; of-. Charlie ChapliA is not known,.and tho rival claims of Greta Garbo aud Marlene Dietrich divido families in South. African kraals or in North Americau wigwams. There ■.; should therefore be mauy readers of Juno.Head's book on ?'Star Gazing*;" - Film fans- wiilfind it a useful guide; ta;the. Milky Way, of the. cinema,>for the authoress wittily sums up the careers, attributes, merits, distinctions, and. faults of the screen actors of the past, present, and future. If they are uncritical they will not be. concerned with the .fact that "Star Gazing" is very well-written. .It,.re«veals Miss June Head-i-thy- name Jopks very like a pseudonynv—jas a- person.of acute intelligence' with :;;keen qbservation and a gift .for apt .'phrase.;:.;' Her knowledge of the 'film worldl is ho'thorough that one is tempted- to echo Her: bert Spencer's-;. reproof -t6 tho young. man who beat him at'billiards. The "wasted youth" in this case has borne fruit in a very entertaining volume.. Slio should write another on films, father, than film personalities. ■.""■ , ;':.:, Two cheap reprints of nov.cls by Kathleen" NciiTis'liave been -Teceivtid from John Murray. These are "Outlaw Love" and "Hilctegarde."