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No matter who you are, or where you are, you can take cues from JEANETTE MacDONALD— who makes her abilities match her ambitions!
By JOHN KENT
THERE'S a girl I know who wants to be a screen star. Probably you know her, too, for she lives in every block, in every street, in every hamlet, town and city. Let's call her Mary Doe.
She's always talking about her "great ambition." She likes to sigh because unkind Fate deprives her of "her chance.'' She's sure that if someone would only give her "an opportunity," she would become famous overnight — and live very, very happily ever afterward, surrounded by adulation, wealth, leisure and romance. Poor Mary! You all know her — she talks so much and does so little !
It's Mary, especially, for whom this story is written. I want to tell her about Jeanette MacDonald. I want to try to prove, by citing the example of one of the most successful women on the screen today, just how much hard, hard labor is involved in the climb to stardom — and just how much harder work is needed to maintain that position. I want to show Man just what "great ambition" really means, when it is converted from talk into action.
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Jeanette has won her way to most of the pinnacles from which Mary would like to view the world. And she started from scratch, with nothing to carry her forward except her own abilities, her own courageous determination and her own hard work.
Today she earns a tremendous amount of money every week. She has a beautiful home, a beautiful car, a magnificent wardrobe. She is acclaimed a great singer, a great actress, a brilliant personality.
Jeanette, in short, has everything that Mary vaguely wants — everything but leisure ! She never has time to talk much about her ambitions, for she is too busy toiling to fulfill them. She has worked — as few people ever work — to reach her place in the sun, and, now, having reached it, she still works, constantly, to climb still higher. You see, she knows that. . . .
". . . this is the most competitive profession in the world. One can only press forward or skid backward. I don't know the meaning of leisure. If I [Continued on page 68]