Louise Currie

a B movie and serial actress of the 1940s Born Louise Gunter in Oklahoma City Oklahoma she attended Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville New York Moving to Hollywood Currie enrolled in Max Reinhardts drama school At the time I was not necessarily a movie fan but once I came to California of course thats what Californias all about the movie industry Attracting the interest of movie scouts while appearing in one of the schools stage productions Currie surprised them by expressing no desire at that point to enter movies She wanted to wait until she graduated and was better equipped as an actress before she decided her next career move When she was ready she signed with agent Sue Carol After she made a movie at Columbia Harry Cohn wanted to put her under contract but Currie would have none of it she thought it would maybe be more interesting to freelance She stated in 1999 that that was more fun for me because I was able to pick and choose and do what I wanted rather than all the little contract players who had to do exactly as they were told and go into films that they didnt want or like So I had my independence and I chose to do it that way The notoverlyambitious Currie worked steadily during the next few years with small uncredited parts in As and leads in Poverty Row flicks She found herself in a bunch of Westerns her bullwhipcarrying role in GUN TOWN was her favorite and also as the heroine in Bela Lugosis THE APE MAN She was again menaced by Bela in VOODOO MAN Her most enduring and fondly remembered credit is ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN MARVEL considered by many the greatest cliffhanger of all time two years later she acted for 12 episodes opposite another serial marvel THE MASKED MARVEL Currie enjoyed the fastpaced shooting schedules of her B movies and serials Fortunately I had enough training that I could do my scenes and not mess them up not muff the lines And I thought that was more stimulating and interesting than pictures like CITIZEN KANE in which she played a reporter where you just sat on a set for endless hours doing nothing which to me was just a trial and a bore So I sort of enjoyed the activity and the fact that you could do something quickly and do it well and have it finished But Im sure that most of the people that started with big A productions would never have understood that or been able to cope with it