Talk:Gangster's Boy

A fact from Gangster's Boy appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 22 March 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the 1938 film Gangster's Boy starred silent-film actress Betty Blythe, who took on roles that she liked despite a source saying that she was "more or less retired"?

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The result was: promoted by Z1720 (talk) 01:33, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... ~~that the 1938 film Gangster's Boy starred former child actor Jackie Cooper and the silent film actress Betty Blythe, who was thought to be "more or less retired"?~~

Reviewed: Sjarifuddin Baharsjah
Comment: I think that the hook is interesting because not only are both stars notable, but Cooper was at the beginning of his film career while Blythe was considered to be "more or less retired". Although Blythe's filmography shows that she wasn't "more or less retired" like the article stated.

5x expanded by SL93 (talk). Self-nominated at 04:22, 19 February 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Its long enough and the expansion is from a small stub in terms of readable text. The hook is interesting enough and its not over long. All the paras are cited bar the plot description and I see no evidence of close paraphrasing. Image is great but only fair use so cannot be used. I made some ref tweaks. Thanks for the article. Victuallers (talk) 15:28, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Victuallers How would you feel about ALT1 ... that the 1938 film Gangster's Boy starred former child actor Jackie Cooper and the silent film actress Betty Blythe, who was thought to be "more or less retired" despite acting until 1960? SL93 (talk) 01:03, 12 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

That's fine too. Victuallers (talk) 08:05, 12 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

SL93: I'm not sure about the ALTS-- the source for "more or less retired" continues to say "she occasionally accepts a role in pictures that she particularly likes" so it's not like people would have been surprised that she took this role, which is what I think the hook is implying— it's also only one article (and as you mention she continued acting for a while, so is it really correct to say she was "thought" to have been retired if just one source says it? What do you think? Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 13:18, 17 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Eddie891 Victuallers ALT2 ... that the 1938 film Gangster's Boy starred silent film actress Betty Blythe, who took on roles that she liked despite a source saying that she was "more or less retired"? I also tweaked the article. SL93 (talk) 13:48, 17 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I think that ALT is more accurate Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 14:09, 17 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(#3) IMO this is just making work. The hook didn't say "she was thought to have retired" it said "who was thought " and that requires just one person and if it implies more to some readers then I can still sleep soundly. But go on, the latest hook is fine too, but I am going to lose interest if this is going to repeat. I suspect only a few people could tell you the difference in meaning between these hooks. Victuallers (talk) 14:17, 17 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]