Newcomer Priscilla Lane is a very emotional romantic type of girl in real life and, when it comes to cry-for her pictures, directors get the best results by telling her to imagine she is about to lose the man she loves—that he may even. die. The only time this failed to work- was when a tactless megaphonist said, "Now, just imagine you're losing Wayne Morris." "I've lost him," replied Priscilla curtly. "Well, just think of him as your fiance, then," said the director, with quick presence of mind, His reward was a lovely shower, Marlene Dietrich, who is not a very good actress, naturally does not like to have this pointed out to her. And this is the easiest way to make her cry for a film scene, Tender-hearted Marie Wilson does her own tear-conjuring by thinking of the poor little puppy she had as a child, The canine was out in the rain one entire night, no one heard its whimpering and it caught cold and died.
Katharine Hepburn says she can ery as easily as the next woman, but prefers to use glycerine, maintaining that ihe developing of a mental attitude that would make her cry normally would also affect her ability to apply intelligence to her scene.
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