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Made Good
to seek movie careers, hardly a dozen restless sisters not to try it.
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then New York and the Winter Garden. Her photographs were published from coast to coast, and her figure was hailed as a rival to that of Venus de Milo. Movie magnates discovered her. She is in Hollywood now. Her name is Joan Crawford one girl among thousands who ran away from home and won her niche in the world through pluck, perseverance and daring.
But where Joan succeeded, an appalling array of girls have failed.
At three o'clock on a morning several years ago in Salt Lake City, a slender, brown-eyed, red-headed girl crept out of bed beside her mother, went softly into an adjoining room, and donned her clothing. Then, with suit case in hand, she stole away into the night toward the railroad station. She had seventy-five dollars in her purse, which had been painstakingly saved. From this she used thirty-five dollars to pay for a ticket to Hollywood.
This runaway believed she could become a famous actress — believed it from the depths of her heart. She had been in Hollywood twice, and had played bits in the movies. She had studied the ways of the stars, their technique and their bearing, and had come to the conclusion that the chief asset of each was selfconfidence. And she
decided, if that was it, she'd exhibit it, too.
Can you guess the name of this girl? She has developed into one of the most alluring women on the screen. She is in constant demand by the major producers. She owns a beautiful home, with servants, has accumulated real estate, stocks, and bonds, and is rated wealthy. She is Margaret Livingston.
"Would I do it again?" Margaret said in reply to my question. "I don't
Telling her guardian she was visiting friends, Jane Winton sought a stage career in New
York. Photo by Spurr
know. When I think of the privations, the heartaches, the disappointments and failures, before success arrived, I often wonder if it really was worth while. My advice to all other girls is, 'For God's sake, don't try it !' "
While Margaret and I chatted on one of the big, barnlike stages, a celebrated actress passed. "There's another runaway!" said Margaret.
It was Jetta Goudal. Yes, Jetta had run away from her home in France when she was sixteen. She hadn't gone far, but it was "away." Like Joan Crawford, Jetta did not care for her surroundings. Something within her urged her to seek the unknown.
"As a young girl I was very determined," she said when I listened later to her experiences. "Also I was very inex