Screenland (Nov 1950-Oct 1951)

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flow It flflppencd \ Patrice made a name for herself as dancer on Broadway before Hollywood called. Patrice Wymore in "Tea For Two," Warner musical in which she made film debut. WHEN Patrice Wymore answered the Warner Brothers' summons to Hollywood and timorously boarded an airplane for that destination, she was about as sure she would become front page romantic news as she was that the motion picture industry would proclaim her a new Sarah Bernhardt. Pat had narrowly missed being in a bad airplane crash the year before and had supplied herself with remedies to ward off air fright. Being of the school who believes if one pill is good then three are better, she had hardly boarded the plane when a big sleep overtook her. She vaguely remembered landing at Chicago and her next recollection was being shaken by the air hostess, who gave her the news that she was at the end of the line, Hollywood. The tall, blue-eyed, blonde Patriqp was also unaware, from a personal point of view, that such a person as Errol Flynn existed. Sure, she knew of him. Who doesn't? But he wasn't included, even remotely, in her dreams or schemes. Pat had the usual number of boy friends in New York, no ideas of matrimony, and a clear mind fixed on her future and her career. No romantic notions cluttered up her thinking. Or so she thought. She thought it, subconsciously, when she met the celebrated Mr. Flynn very casually at the studio. Director William Keighley introduced them after he'd singled her out for the test which led to her being Errol's leading lady in "Rocky Mountain." This is the point at which fate entered (Please turn to page 64) \ 44