Winters in New York, Summers in Hollywood An Ideal Program, Declares Miriam Hopkins

"Winters in New York, summers in Hollywood, is my program from now on," said Miriam Hopkins, in an interview with the CRIMSON yesterday. Miss Hopkins is appearing on the stage of the Metropolitan Theatre this week in a scene from Schnitzler's "The Affairs of Anatol."

"When I went into the movies two years ago I never intended to make them my exclusive life work," she continued, when asked why she returned to the stage this winter to appear in "Jezbel," which closed several weeks ago. "My idea of the ideal life is to split my time between the movies and the stage. I prefer New York to California in the winter, because most of my friends are there, and because it is he most wideawake place in the country. But Hollywood has its points, too, specially in the summer. I plan to make three pictures every year.

"Of course I was disappointed at the failure of 'Jezebel,' but that will not affect my plans in the least. No, there is not much difference in technique between acting for the stage and for the screen. Lionel Barrymore and Holen Hayes are two outstanding examples of people who can do both with equal success. It does make a great difference, though, to have your audience before you. You get a great kick out of watching their response. I have noticed that on rainy nights it is often harder to make people laugh. No, Boston audiences are not very different from any others. Sometimes they are a little more intelligent, but you can't generalize about things like that."

Going to college does not help in a stage career any more than in any other; Miss Hopkins believes. "I have seen some very dumb people who made excellent actors," she said. "Don't misunderstand me. I don't mean that all actors are dumb. But the point is that it depends on your emotional make-up, not on your intelligence."