Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 February 1949 — Page 16

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Flees Hollywood Typing to Sco Hit as Brassy Doll on Broadway

- By Erskine Johnson

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“I was typed as a sweet little It couldn't last.

Dig town in “Loco” and a revival

Now she’s touring the country as the dumb “Born Yesterday” chorine who becomes dangerous after acquiring a little knowledge,

JEAN'S SWITCH from gingham to silks of a brassy doll left

the play opened here. And the minds behind the open mouths ran true to form. They Immedi[ately offered Jean a couple of soft-brained brassy doll roles. She turned them down. Typecasting again. Now she's in danger of being typed again. No wonder she was a little breathless.

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back. Jean isn’t in those. she knows it. So she’s. cas the picture along with the rest’ of Hollywood. Her choices: Clark Gable tor’ the millionaire junkman and Marie Wilson for the dumb chorine.

» ” . NEW YORK'S Mayor Bill O'Dwyer, after once turning down the idea, Is about to give Hollywood an O. K. to film the story of his rise from Irish immigrant through policeman to mayor, . » ” DAN DAILEY'S stardom as a song and dance man--he was nominated for an Oscar for “When My Baby Smiles at Me” is one of those typical Hollywood stories. Dan got his start in the movies as a professional heavy after Hollywood discovered him as a dancer. He slapped more dolls around than Jimmy Cagney, killed more than Bogart and claims he was twice as sinister as Sydney Greenstreet—‘‘the only man in pictures I'm prettier than.” . ~ » M-G-M DECIDED he was too ugly for their pretty musicals in 1940 after they found him dane-

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antee that he gets his money

Blake, dance artist on and screen, is gs now. lay. ing her fourth week of La Restaurant. She appears in two shows daily and Saturday.

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