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JANUARY 1925
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she was flashing off on another strand of thought.
" The name of Kronk," she said, "was very nearly going to have been famous. Did you know that?"
"As a screen star?" I asked.
" No," said Claire, " as an opera singer. When I was at school I suddenly developed a voice, and my music teacher sent home to fell my father and mother that with training 1 might become a very famous soprano.
" I was getting on famously, and saw myself a prima donna, when a dreadful thing happened. I lost my voice ! I was out with a skating party of my school friends one winter afternoon, and suddenly-well, I don't quite know what happened — but I fell, and my throat felt queer, and the doctors told me I had strained my vocal chords." " Luck for the screen," I murmured.
Claire and Bert Lytell are a favourite pair of screen lovers.
Claire Windsor's home in Beverly Hills, California.
Below : She would make a delightful mannequin.
Left : Herbert Ra-^linson, Clai>e Windsor, and Aileen Pringle on their way to open a new Movie Theatre at St. Louis.
" That's as may be," answered Claire coolly, " anyway, I didn't think of the screen for a long time after."
"Didn't you dance?" I asked.
" Was there ever a star in Hollywood," asked Claire, " who didn't dance at one time?"
" Yes," I said promptly, " Joe Martin !"
Claire laughed. She laughs quickly. She laughs delightfully. There is a quirk at the corners of her mouth.
" I've been told," she said, " that I was a waitress before I went into moving pictures. Lots of people have told me so. I dare say even you have believed it."
I looked uncomfortable, and said " O, NOV
" Which means O YES !" said Claire. " Well, I was a waitress, but only of the studio kind. It was in my first picture, a bit I got as an extra, and the story of that part has haunted me all my life since that time."
" Then you didn't dance?" I persisted.
" f}h yes, I danced," said Claire " I
^"^ danced all over Seattle, and all through the war I used to give charity matinees and dancing exhibitions for the various War Funds. But right at the end of the War I went with Billy and my mother and father to reside in Los Angeles. And it was through the girl in the next apartment that I got my first introduction to the motion picture studios."
" So they saw you — and liked you," said I. "And made you a waitress?"
" Luckily," said Claire, " without much of the usual waiting, and then came a big stroke of luck. Lois Weber saw me and took a fancy to my looks and asked me to sign a contract to appear in several of her pictures.
" How many films did you make with Miss Weber?" I asked.
" Oh, I can't remember exactly," said Claire. " I remember the early ones,