he most intelligent mei in Holly. wood are those of a distinctly selec group who make a living by committing murder, and arson, robbing banks, holding up mail trains, browbeating defenseless women and perpetrating other fiendish deeds without number, states the "Oregonian."
That's because the motion pi is a business where the law ges works in r Off screen, on doesn't need lege education to pursue a crime. But in pictures it's different. The large rity of Hollywood's nest ski carry moonies degrees On the other han handsome hero who stamps out their wicked ness for the finale and shows up their crude mant risms in the drawing room is, more likely n not merely, a graduate of the school of hard knocks who finds it difficult to balance a tea cup on one knee.
The explanation for this contradictory situation is fairly simple. Screen heroes get by personality, good looks, physique and a little acting ability. Screen villains, how ye a tough They must giv the impression telliger and learning a ones of the leading ad men evea] all idence to prove that ang men spi Nain: he uld first look to their higher education Th Warr Byrne liywood's toug pugilist, ble-bum gotten the e screen and his id do cally aight to some alley, Hymer duate of Yule. an accomplished pianist and something of an orator.
Gravel-voiced Andy Devine's characterizations on screen and radio suggest nothing so much as stupidity and yet Andy is one of the most educated men in Hollywood, if the rumper of colleges attended means anything. He wa student—ani ed—football Santa Clara university, Arizona State Teachers college and St. Benedict's in Kansas.
One of the most monstrous figure in the gangster era Harold Huber, who still seems more at home behind a machine gun than n the comedy parts he now essay: ed three college degree: York university. one of
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