"TEACHING GRANDMOTHER."
Paul Speegle, a very candid theatrical critic, writes in the "San Francisco Chronicle" about the ineptitude of Hollywood studios to appreciate talent when they see it, and quotes the example^ of EUen Drew, Margaret Randall, and Lee Bowman. The former was a stock actress before she changed her name and became featured in a picture with Bing Crosby ("Sing You Sinners") and Ronald Colman ("If J Were King"). Miss Drew had struggled long under contract as a stock actress and knew more about acting than the teachers who wanted to teach her how to act. Lee Bowman, who was trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, the University of Grenable, and the Conservatory of Music, failed to get his chance with one studio and walked into another—and a job. He appeared in "Having a Wonderful Time" and "The First Hundred Years," and is also featured in a new picture, "A Man to Remember." Margaret Randell is an extremely talented young lady, a leading member of the Goodman Theatre in Chicago; her fault was that she knew more about acting than the director and his assistant, and got few chances of showing her talents, oo she has returned to the stage.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 155, 29 December 1938, Page 14
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