Photoplay (Jan - Jun 1943)

The Champ! (Continued from page 31) Was A Lady." Then Hollywood discovered her. She became a leader in the "Sweater Set." She is unlike most star actresses. She doesn't have a secretary, a personal hairdresser, or even a business manager. On the set her best friends are invariably the chorus girls and boys she dances with. She likes plain American cooking, but highly seasoned. The pepper pot is always near her when she's eating. She bathes in jig time. Five minutes is usually enough. She hates showers and likes to take a tub bath at least twice a day, one warm, one cold. SHE abhors slinky clothes, favors sport things. She looks good in a sweater, and knows it. She was very thrilled when she was invited to put her mark in the forecourt of Grauman's Chinese Theater, a sort of Hollywood Hall of Fame. It proved she was now a genuine movie celebrity. But instead of taking her footprints, as is the custom, they took her leg prints. Her bedroom is done in light pastels. Her dressing table is piled with perfumes. She collects them as a hobby. She is always experimenting with lipstick. There have never been any objections. She wears a nightgown to bed. She's tried pajamas, but doesn't like them. Her nightgowns run the gamut of colors, from white to purple. They're nearly all caught in the middle by a ribbon, and they're all of pure silk — or have been to date. She sleeps without a pillow and piles a mountain of blankets on herself. Regardless of the famous California climate, she says she's always cold when she goes to bed. She loves to walk barefooted. She walks barefooted about the house and on the lawn of her Brentwood house. She believes walking barefooted helps her legs. She's the kind of a girl who can walk barefooted, wear a sweater and please her public. HER biggest and most publicized romance was George Raft, and this is how it started: She first met George Raft when she was working in the chorus of Frank Fay's revue, "Tattle Tales." She and her sister went out with Raft and a friend. "I was a squirt of fourteen or fifteen then," she says. "I had to be home by twelve o'clock." After this initial meeting, she didn't see Raft again until she was married to Jackie Coogan and working at Paramount. Then Raft was a better friend of Coogan's than of hers. It was long after her divorce from Coogan that Raft asked her for a date. He had a third party arrange the meeting. "He's a very shy person," she says. He took her to a "Bundles for Britain" party. They went with each other constantly after that until Betty decided to terminate the romance, and this is why. After many talks between them George went East to discuss the matter of a divorce with Mrs. Raft, from whom he has been separated for years. He asked for a divorce again. It was practically the same story. He and Mrs. Raft, who couldn't agree on marriage, couldn't agree even on the terms of a settlement. George's lawyers are still discussing the matter with his wife's lawyers and it looks as though George and Betty won't be able to get together again unless George can get a legal separation from Mrs. Raft. The love problem of Betty and her "Honey" is certainly a much more difficult one than any they have faced in a Hollywood scenario. The End C^ffce first y ou're welde* •whos 6 hands Ive ever kissed/ REASY grime left my hands rough as sandpaper. Just wouldn't wash off! Then I got wise to Hinds Honey and Almond Cream. ..yep, started using it before and after work. Say, Hinds helps against drying, ground-in dirt. Now my hands wash up soft and happy. ..whiter-looking than I'd ever hoped! Copyright, 1943, by Lehn & Fink Products Corp BEFORE WORK— housework or factory work — use Hinds. Tests prove grease and grime wash off faster, hands come out cleaner. Hinds skin softeners actually help guard your skin against drying, ground-in dirt. AFTER WORK -Hinds again! Extracreamy, extra softening. Gives red, chapped skin a softer, whiter look, a comfy feel. It benefits skin abused by work or weather. AT TOILET GOODS COUNTERS HINDS CREAM i.om «. fink WORK SLOWED UP by sore bands.' Irritation from ground-in grime makes hands unsightly, uncomfortable.. . makes work difficult and slow. Use Hinds before work, and after wash-ups, to reduce risk of irritation which may lead to ugly dermatitis, if neglected. ALSO, HINDS HAND CREAM IN JARS. QUICK -SOFTENING, TOO! 10c 39c. L HINDS A HANDS Buy War Savings Bonds and Stamps and wherever skin needs softening ! 95