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IT 35 Here's Some 'Inside Information' on Hollywood for Personality Poll Entrants 1 Athletic Girls Now Sought, SaysHutchins Outdoor Pictures Are the Coming Thing and AH the Stars Have Gone Into Training, Ace Broadway Coach Reveals John Hutching, Broadway's most noted dramatic coach, today points out that personality can easily be brought out by purposeful effort, as he concludes a series of two articles written especially for The Eagle. Mr. Hutchins also gives a little Hollywood "inside information" and explains the sudden popularity of dude ranches among stars of stage and screen. Mr. Hutchins, who has taught scores of picture stars how to act, will personally coach the winner of The Eagle Personality Poll for four weeks before she takes her screen test.

By JOHN HUTCHINS Personality is basically a peculiar quality of being interesting. Think of someone whom you yourself recognize as possessing a charming personality. I know that this per son is interesting. 1 successful in a screen test and goes Personality can be de to Hollywood may be called upon to ride or swim or take an active role in some of the more strenuous veloped. Almost every one is born with some particular talent a natural ability of their own.

However, we must rind out natural talent and bring it out. parts of picture making. Her chances of making good will be greatly increased if she is prepared for And it is not hard to bring it out if you make the effort a strong strenuous activity. The Hollywood players are well purposeful effort. aware of this new development, It is possible in certain fields to succeed without a magnetic per Dude ranching has become a great industry in the vicinity of Holly wood.

On these ranches the stars sonality. But in show business it is an absolute requisite, There are thousands of examples of successful stage and screen stars whose relax, ride horses, wear the big hats of frontier days and get Into only real natural possession is a top physical shape. In the East many actors and actresses, such as magnetic personality. Takes More Than Charm Fifi D'Orsay and Ken Harvey, en tnv this real Western life at the xou migni say, wny snouicmt a Lazy Bar Ranch at Walpack Cen person who is fascinating, interest ter, Sussex County, New Jersey, ing and charming in real life be just as interesting and attractive about 100 miles from New York on the Deleware River, run by Sheriff in "reel life?" Fundamentally there are some very important reasons Walter Stanton. Among show people the Lazy has developed amazing why these charming people cannot noDularlty in recent montns ana walls before a camera and immedl' for good reason.

ately project their true personality. These reason are purely technical Lose Audience Viewpoint problems. Show people, you see, get a rather The Eagle Personality Poll, as I one-sided view of their profession understand it, has the basic idea of taking someone who is fascinat because of the fact that they are so engrossed in analyzing human emotions and trying to get under ing in real life and making her the skin of characters that they lose just as fascinating in "reel life." Such a transformation shouldn't be difficult for the winner of a contest of this high order. I am pleased to be able to help in my small way by working with her before she takes her test. sight of the audience's viewpoint.

Katharine Cornell, Lenore Ulrlc and Helen Hayes, of course, all have places up-State where they seek refuge and regain their perspective. But the profession in general is Just The Eagle Poll by its emphasis beginning to realize the importance of "getting away from it all," away from city life and closer to nature. And that's another reason for the Entries in the Eagle Personality Poll continue to flood into The 41 3 Eagle office and among thote received are the contestants pictured on -vTlL Yt Abate, Adelaide Ann Ireland, this page. Above, Dette Campbell and, to her right, Prances Miller. Jl VK I Riht, Ann Letting.

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It does not take a professional di rector or an experienced actor to tell good acting when he sees it. You and you and you are equally capable judges of good and sincere acting and, in my opinion, more so than on personality is the first to give that requirement that prime importance it deserves. Beauty contests seldom result in; worthwhile screen discoveries. The Personality Poll is a new idea and a much more constructive one. That, no, doubt, is the reason why it has aroused such great interest in the show world.

Some Inside Stuff Now here Is a little inside dope on the picture business. In my article yesterday I called attention to the importance of good physical condition. In the coming season, good physical condition will be more important than ever because thousands of are going to be spent In the making, of outdoor Western pictures. They are the new cycle. Hollywood hopefuls at this particular time should bear in mind the particular importance of good physical condition.

The girl who is an expert stage director. The aver age person knows what he or she wants but can't point out to the actor exactly what is wrong and how to correct it. It was Shakespeare who said that acting was simply "holding the mir ror up to life." In other words do a i 4- if. 'I I ing the natural thing, doing on the stage that which you would do in real life. There has never been a better definition given of what act ing really is.

EAGLE PERSONALITY POLL PRIZES The final winner will be given an M. G. M. screen test, together with the following: FOUR WEEKS DRAMATIC TRAINING BY JOH niTCIIINS ORIGINAL COSTUME BY MURRAY MAYER Ql'EEM OF THE LONG ISLAND TERCENTENARY $250 IN CASH Hicksville Scouts Above, Ruth Sehoeter and left, V- 1 tgj- letiy tt helan, tiro eonlcttnntt for jf I i I 4 FIRES AT GREAT NECK ToAidFloodRelief XX IX .4 .1 oreat Nock, April 3 Measured FOUR COUNTY I CASH PLUS THE $100 WINNERS WILL RECEIVE A COMPLETE WARDROBE Hicksville, April 3 The of the Hicksville Boy Scout District Committee Council was Tuesday night for the Commu WINNERS OF PRELIMINARY CONTESTS WILL RECEIVE INSCRIBED COMPACTS the activity of the fire departments yesterday, Spring seems to have come to Great Neck. The Manhasset Lakeville Volunteers and the vamps of the Alert Fire Company were called out four times yesterday twice each to extinguish the grass fires that always preface the coming of the gentle season.

Ttie Manhasset-Lakeville boys answered alarms for brush fires in the Russell Gardens Park and in a field at Lakeville Road. Rnd I. U. Willets Road. The Alerts were called out to put out a fire in a field on Old Mill Road and at the corner of Station Road and Wooley's Lane.

nity Flood Relief Committee in its plans to hold a benefit vaudeville show at the Hicksville High School on Friday evening, April 17. At the court of honor following the meeting of the committee the I fx. Above. Eileen Sheehan and, 1 left. Paula mm js I- following awards to local scouts were made: Robert Berry, camping; Francis Miller, first aid to animals; Alfred Helmers, flremanshlp: Ar thur Frlcke, bronze palm; Peter EAGLE PERSONALITY POLL VOTES A daily ballot entitling the contestant whose name appear! thereon to five votes it printed in the upper right-hand corner of Page Two.

Anyone purchasing The Eagle is entitled to vote. RULES The poll is open to any girl 16 years of age or over living in Brooklyn or Long Island. To enter the poll an entry blank and photo or snapshot must be received at The Eagle office. Entries will be accepted until the close of the voting, April 22. When the voting ends, preliminary, semi-final and final contests will be held at designated neighborhood theaters to select a queen for the Long Island tercentenary celebration and also to choose a Miss Kings, Miss Queens, Miss Nassau and Miss Suffolk to represent their respective counties.

Men and women of prominence will judge the contestants. 200 contestants will be selected from Kings County to qualify for the preliminary contests; 100 from Queens County; 50 from Nassau County; 50 from Suffolk County. Due to these ample quotas contestants will not need an enormous number of voles to qualify for the preliminaries. The votes are merely to reflect the personality of the contestant as shown through personal popularity. Rohback, music and bookbinding Robert E.

Peterman, chairman of the court, was in charge of the awards. TRAIN'OR INSTALLED Great Neck, April 3 Robert Trai- Scouts reviewed for advancement1 nor was Installed as exalted ruler at the May court of honor were: Raymond Abrams, first aid; Leo EAGLE PERSONALITY POLL ENTRY BLANK Kindly enter my name as a contestant in The Eagle Personality Poll to select the Queen of the Tercentenarj celebration. A Miss Kings, Miss Queeni Miss Nassau and Miss Suffolk are also to be selected to represent their respective counties. NAME ADDRESS COUNTY In order to register, this entry blank must be accompanied by a photograph or snapshot which will not be returned, but may be obtained by calling at The Eagle office. Entry blanks and photographs should be mailed immediately to Eagle Personality Poll Editor, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, N.

Y. O'Connors, flremanshlp and safety; Walter Frlcke, metal work; Eugene Staehle, wood working; Richard Metz, safety, and Edwin Thorman, swimming. 'illll M. 1 of the Great Neck Lodge 1543, B. P.

O. Elks, in ceremonies held last night in Masonic Temple, Great Neck. The installing officer was Dominic Guando, past exalted ruler of the Hempstead Lodge. Other officers installed were William Copplestone, leading knight; William Allen, loyal knight; Ambrose Bullen, lecturing knight; Herbert R. Nlnseling, trustee for five years; George Bullen, trustee for two years; James Campbell, secretary; Herbert Anderson, treasurer and George Miller, tiler.

Members of the district committee present at the meeting were Chairman Eugene Staehle Br George E. Graff, Gerald Becad, George Mac-Farland, L. J. Relnacher, R. Glese, Oscar Berry, VOTING ENDS APRIL 22.