Often takes Tespim honours from stars in "In Old Chicago." another player and so retired with great dignity from camera range, Brennan, according to the Hollywood referees, had earned the decision by a shade, Spencer Tracy is one of the few Hollywood stars who does not fear supporting players. The reason is that Tracy depends upon a low key for his effects. He talks softly, he reacts almost imperceptibly. As a result he makes almost.any other performer look crude and violent by Comparison. Now, Luise Rainer is a pretty fair actress, if you enjoy that sort of histrionics. ' M.G.M, teamed up Miss Rainer with Tracy in. "Big City." and he made her appear so actor ish that her fans let out a roar of pained rage that bounced from the rock-ribbed coast of Maine to the sun-kissed slopes of California. Tracy, underplaying,. made her seem hysteria cal, "Larceny" not Always Deliberate Some supporting players become scene stealers without a deliberate plan of larceny in mind. For instance, in "Marie Walewska" (coming soon to Shanghai), the veteran Maria Ouspenskaya, product of years on the legitimate stage, had nothing but the kindliest feelings toward Greta Garbo.|and Charles Boyer, the stars, To the veteran Maria this was just another picture, rendered more interesting than most, perhaps, by the presence of Garbo, but still just another chore of make-believe Yet, without any intention on her part, and solely due to the veteran's consummate ari she stole scene from Boyer and casually as one would light a match. It was in the scene where Boyer, as Napoleon, came to visit Garbo, with whom he is smitten, Ouspenskaya, thus thrown into a scene with Boyer and Garbo, delivered her lines over so magni
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