One may recall that Miss Rainer quit Hollywood almost a year ago in a state of what might have been termed moral indignation or intellectual rebellion because of the very bad roles which she felt that studio had been dishing out to her. There wasn't much to-do made about it, but Miss Rainer definitely gave them a fast brush. Twice an "Academy Award winner for her performances in "The Great Ziegfeld" (1936) and "The Good Earth" (1937). she felt that she deserved something better than such items as "The Tov Wife." "The Great Waltz" and "Dramatic School" The studio didn't tally, so she blew.
I left because I was unhappy," she L with a touchingly game little smile. "More than that, I was blamed for my bad pictures. And I did not! think that was nice. Why couldn't the critics have said, Oh, why doesn't some one give this poor girl a good story? But, no; each time they said, Well, this isn't going to win an Academy Award.
"What was I to do? I couldn't go into every movie theatre in the coun. try and say, 'Hello, hello—this is not all my fault' Nobody asked me what I thought of "The Toy Wife.' Nobody gave me a chance to say what I thought of repeating a telephone conversion over and over again. Yes, I fought; but it's a-funny thing—if you fight too much, they say you're difficult. Then you get afraid of fighting and begin to compromise. And that's the way it goes.
"So" Miss Rainer continued, "T went away to Europe to do nothing but relax and seek peace, But I was so overwhelmed by producers offering me work that I decided the only way I could have peace was by acting in
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