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Adela Rogers St. John, Photoplay, New York, June 1919.
Photo by Stagg
(...) Photoplay, June 1919
„An Englishman for a lover“
Editorial content. „,My Heroes!‘
When you think of all the soldiers Edna Purviance attracted
to California, it‘s a wonder we won the war“ (...)
„,An Englishman,‘ says Edna, ,is so surprising. Sometimes
he‘s so cross you aren‘t sure he mayn‘t throw the tea
things at you. Then suddenly he says the most divine thing
most divinely. Above – Edna and her complete
tea division.
By Adela Rogers St. John
,I SHOULD like an American for a husband, an Englishman
for a lover, a Frenchman for a playmate,
a Belgian for a friend and an Italian for a soulmate.‘
Having uttered which polygamous statement,
Edna Purviance dropped her pretty head back against
a cushion and turned her serene gaze, that
is at once very wise and very simple, upon me.“ (...)
„We went back to the composite harem she
had chosen for herself and I remarked, ,I‘m a little surprised
at your choice. Why an Englishman for a lover?‘
The clear skin showed a faint blush. ,Oh, because they
are so – surprising. Boredom is the one fatal thing
to a love affair and nobody could be bored with an Englishman.
He‘s too mean.‘ She giggled. ,Nothing pleases a woman
so much as to think that a man doesn‘t want to love her but
can‘t help it. Englishmen – and of course I also mean
those wonderful Canadians – are like that.
,An Englishman always acts as though he thoroughly
disapproved of one, and women would rather
be disappointed of than respected. He is always ungracious
about everything you want to do, and yet he will go to
any amount of inconvenience to do it for you. Sometimes
he‘s so cross that you aren‘t sure he mayn‘t throw
the tea things at you. Then suddenly he will say the most
divine things – and say them divinely.“ (...)
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