Dumb-Belling Her Way to Fame
Paje TWIG Dumb-belling Her Way to Fame The layingl of Suzanne, merry, ing.nuoUi and abounding in whimlical error, have become the talk of the Itudio, Experts in movie behaviorism and worldly willdom haven't been able to de- termine whether her malapropisms are genuine or feigned. She has "a lin.:' but whether it is native clevemell or congenital "dumbne.s" is an unsolved problem. ,......•••...... She couldn't make any sense out of (l dictionary because it wasn't written in complete sentences. way's mental capacity. For ex- Movie Veteran at 19 Years of Age ample, she was handed a dte- tionary and asked if she knew how to use it. She said: By GEORGE SHAFFER Bovard family, founders of th University of Southern Calif 01 "The book I've got at home Hollywood, Cal. nia here. makes sense, but this one isn't ALTHOUGH but 19, .Mary The actress's mother, Mr: even written in complete sen- Belch, former Blooming- I"l.. Hulda Belch, and her brothel tences." ton, Ill., girl, is already a Albert, 18, now make their hom She informed Director Prinz HoI Lyw 0 0 d "trouper." Her with Mary in Hollywood. He that she wanted to be an act- screen career began on a daring father resides in Chicago. Th ress instead of a dancer "be- chance When, three years ago, mother and brother moved rror cause actresses get to sit down the high school sophomore long their Bloomington home whe oftener." distanced Bob Palmer, RKO· Mary came west to take up he Radio studios' casting director, • • • movie career.
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