Hollywood (1942)

She admits it quickly. "I was lonely then. I wasn't married. I hadn't a beau and there were long days on end when the phone didn't ring. Besides, my career wasn't doing too well. I appeared in a few pictures which shall remain nameless, and I did character parts that weren't suited to me. Then the crowning disappointment came when Rosalind Russell was given the part of Sylvia in The Women — the role which I had originated on the stage. I really wanted to do Sylvia on the screen and it was quite a pill to swallow to have it go to someone else.. On top of it all, I had been led to expect the part, and on the strength of it had turned down the role in the London production of the play. "Life was at its lowest then. Once a fortune-teller told me that I would have either feast or famine. It was famine then. Today, it's my turn to eat. I'm not lonely any more. I'm married for one thing, to Bill Murray. A man makes all the difference in a woman's point of view." "Then I've been busier this time, too. I have so many other things to do now that I can't spend too much time worrying about my movie career. I'd like it to nourish, but instead of moping after a day's work before the camera, wondering if my eyelashes were on straight or if I'll get another part, I have loads of other things to work on and worry about. There's my radio program every Saturday and the business of rounding up guest stars for it, interviewing the people and writing the show. Also I'm writing magazine articles, and preparing for a lecture tour. "I've changed my opinion about some of the sore spots of Hollywood, but not many. It seems to me that the conversation, which used to be only shop talk before, has now switched to the war, farms and what other people are doing — which is a blessed relief. But I still think the architecture of the city is weird. And I still think it's a horrible place for a young girl because of its lack of men and the resultant frustration." The forthright Miss Chase looks like a smart long-legged sketch in a fashion magazine. Her costumes are correct, expensive and one leap ahead of current fashion. She's a smart girl, both by virtue of inheritance and environment. She is a well-travelled young woman and before the war she practically commuted between Europe and New York. All this has contrived to make Illka a mighty bright and well-informed girl, with a trigger-fast wit. But she can be serious, too, and the problem that interests her most is the postwar adjustment between men and women. "Women are taking over men's jobs," she says, "and doing them well. How are men going to react to this when they come home? I think it's swell for women to become more independent, but a career isn't so filling after all. No matter how much fame she achieves, and how much money she earns, a girl isn't worth a hoot without a man in her life." Hey, Ilka's getting sentimental! £§ MURRAY KNOWS BRIGHT ANSWER! Fred MacMurray, star of The Forest Rangers, a Paramount Picture, says: — "Can you tell a 'gentleman' no matter what kind of clothes he's wearing? A good clue is the way he keeps his teeth. So movie standards require that teeth absolutely shine." For this super-polishing, many stars choose Calox Tooth Powder. Two ways to othki your denf/sf follows hot ft/ A** so can you -with Calox Notice your dentist's technique when he gives you a dental cleaning. First, he thoroughly cleans your teeth. Then, and only then, does he polish them. In your home care why be satisfied with less than BOTH cleaning and polishing, when you can get Calox? CalOX gives )0li five special ingredients for cleaning and brightening. With every stroke of the brush, Calox helps detach food particles, remove deposits, cleans off surface stains. And with every stroke Calox polishes, too, making your teeth shine with their own clear and natural lustre ... In Hollywood, many a star trusts to Calox-care. Try Calox Tooth Powder for your smile! McKesson &Robbins,< Inc., Bridgeport, Conn. 53