Movie Classic (Mar-Aug 1936)

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work for lunch at noon. By one or onethirty, shooting is resumed and the company is seldom dismissed before six in the 'evening. At night, the "lines" for the next day's shooting must be studied. What of the rare "days off?" Well, there are wardrobe fittings, and there are interviews, and there are portraits to be made, and there are story conferences, and there are a million and one other distracting duties. And yet Jeanette, fighting for her ambition and knowing that she must either forge ahead or slip behind, has managed to squeeze out of each day extra hours for study. Every day she has spent an hour and a half with her voice teacher ; until recently she spent another hour every day with a French teacher. Lately, she has studied Italian, and during the last few years, she has also studied operatic roles and acquired an extensive repertoire in French, Italian and German. tf'-pHERE is no end to ambition and *■ there is no end to the work of fulfilling ambition," she explains. "No singer ever reached the point where voice lessons and constant practice could be eliminated. There is always the fight to keep at a peak, always the battle to avoid bad singing habits, always the uncomfortable knowledge that others are striving for place and some one of them will take yours unless you keep in the van by constant improvement. "No one truly ambitious can ever fully realize an ambition, for ambition changes from day to day and forever keeps ahead of achievement. Once I thought that my ambition was to earn a certain amount of money each week. When I had reached that goal, my ambition had raced on ahead and the amount seemed very unimportant. Now, I am no longer working for rewards that can be measured in money. I am working for the self-satisfaction of achieving new goals." What are those new goals? Opera and the concert stage. She will not admit as much in so many words because she believes it bad luck to talk about definite plans for the future, but I have heard from seemingly reliable sources that she has already received offers — that her debut in grand opera is in the immediate offing. It will find her ready because she has worked to be ready. She once told me a story that I want to pass along for Mary's benefit. It concerns one of the highlights of her career, her concert engagement in Paris. She was desperately anxious to succeed. Her nerves were keyed to the breaking point. She did not know whether her French audience would be friendly or inimical. And every day for a week, her nerves broke just before she gave her concert. She could not keep food on her stomach. She was physically ill. But she carried on, in spite of it, and won one of the greatest ovations a Parisian audience ever gave a star. And that, Mary Doe, is the meaning of real ambition. ■ $ I '■■ COME TOO ■&'J? ■ *ji* 14oM^ft(X}^ J^bif 'Willi ! YOU'VE always wanted to see Hollywood, and here's the chance of a lifetime! Plan now to join the second Annual Movieland Tour for the most thrilling vacation trip that can be imagined! You read about last year's trip in the movie magazines. How the entire party was entertained at a big cocktail party at the home of Raquel Torres . . . dancing at Cocoanut Grove ... visited Universal studios and saw sound sets in action . . . met Irene Dunne on the set where she was filming "Magnificent Obsession." The tours this year will be even more thrilling. Plans are under way for parties at the homes of Movieland's most famous stars. Parties at the Ambassador's Cocoanut Grove ... in the Blossom Room of the Hollywood Roosevelt . . . dinner and entertainment with the stars at the famous Brass Rail . . . visits to the homes of movie folks in Beverly Hills. The gates of 20th Century-Fox and Universal studios will be thrown open, you'll see pictures in the process of "shooting." This is the kind of vacation money alone could never buy. Fawcett Movie Magazines, sponsoring these Tours, make it possible for you to see and do things no ordinary traveler could hope for. Sightseeing jaunts on the way West will show us some of the most gorgeous scenery America has to offer. We'll travel in luxurious style on private trains. Parties strictly limited to 200 persons — just one big happy houseparty. And the entire two weeks' trip costs very little. You pay a flat sum which includes everything — transportation, meals, hotels, entertainment; all details of travel looked after for you. Two Movieland Tours are planned — one leaving Chicago, July 19th, one August 9th. You have a choice of departure dates. Want more details? Fill in and mail coupon below. J. C. Godfrey, Fawcett Publications, Inc. 360 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, 111. Please send me free booklet describing your Hollywood Tours. Name Ad dressCity Movie Classic for March, 1936 69