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Non-Stop Auriol LeeLjHE talkstoyoujusllikethatwhileshcscrewshcrbrighieyesupatyouandoccasionallyramsupinkriininedcyiglassinherrighteye—does Auriol Lee! Not that she slurs her words or is one of those irritating people who take a great grasp of breath in the middle ol a word to carry them over the next spate. It’s just that she is a non-stop express whatever she is doing. She gives you just that same clean, swill feeling of direct speed that an express train does And don’t let me mislead you into thinking she does all the talking. Far from it. She is as good a listener as she is a talker. Even when listening though she still gives you the feeling of speed-that her quick brain is miles ahead of the stumbling words you are uttering.At the moment she is taking a breather alter working hard over the production ol Gertie Maude,” the John van Druten play which is one of the many new interesting shows which nave just started. Incidentally this is the lOtn vonDruten play the fascinating Auriol Lee has produced, and she is one of live women producers w «'» have plays running in London this autumn.Blessed with a Spanish grandmother and an English grandfather on one side of her ’’V';*.mi with a Scottish grandfather and •lt;grandmother on the other, she i.s v«7 »» 1\ ; although both her parents were English. And has some very pertinent comments to nu»»e u the English - this after she had told me uoui rather work in America than in England, asked her why. .•’Why? Mainly because the Americans snobbish than Iho English, and less oppoftiisitel, *•» are warmer and kinder in every way.she i*IBut those are not the only reasons v going back to America almost nnmoi . * ■ would make a shrewd guess that liini •ginia Field has a lot to do with her di*m * ^back to Hollywood as quickly as possi)'_ ^Auriol Lee’s niece and ward, and aunt qui c ^viously adores said n. and w. ^^h'lir -ncl all.’’ me as “perfectly enchanting, bleached I lt;jnBut although aunt liked Virgima s. ^ ^' Lloyds of London, and is h°kinS * fij shn ing her in Ah Baba Goes To Town, the is working on at the moment with UK 1 rather fancy she secretly wishes t wi had taken to the stage instead ol int
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Melbourne Table Talk
Melbourne, Victoria, AU
Thu, Sep 23, 1937
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