Filmindia (1941)

Marry A Film Star And— All That Glitters Is Not— If you are one of those people who like to bask in reflected glory then marry a star. Personally, we think that there is no woman so unfortunate as the woman who marries an actor. When a woman who is not in the film business marries a well-known actor it is a great mistake. When a man who is not in the film business marries an actress it is a tragedy. Unless a girl is absolutely devoid of feelings and has as little personality and intelligence as a mouse she will surely revolt after a few weeks of playing second fiddle to her husband. If she is a ravishing society beauty she may succeed in attracting a fair amount of attention to herself. But somehow or other the screen's glamour boys seem to take to themselves homely-looking wives and these poor girls are as effectively hidden from the public as though they were being sat upon by an elephant. Don't mistake our meaning. We don't mean that they are hidden from the public eye by jealous husbands. Far from it. What we mean is that their already practically non-existent personalities are totally eclipsed by their husbands' dynamic ones. ' , . . .as though they were being sat upon by an elephant." ''he Jooks horrible before he shaves in the mor^iing.'' NO GLAMOUR AT HOME There are of course some women who would not mind this as long as they were happy in their home life. But an actor's wife has little hope of happiness. Her husband is away at work for most of the day and often at night. When he comes home he has left his famous "charm" at the studio and he is as cantankerous as a gouty colonel. In fact he is so tired of being pleasant in front of the cameras, that a reaction sets in and he is as unpleasant as possible at home. Perhaps you women fans think that any sacrifice is worth while as long as a woman has the pleasure of being married to a glamour boy. But remember. An actor is not a glamour boy to his wife. She knows he gets holes in his socks just like any other man and that he looks horrible before he shaves in the morning and that his screen image is very different to his real one. If as we've said she is not pretty then she must continually be tormented by the thought that she has to compete with the seductive beauties her husband acts with. The most indifferent of wives must find it hard to reconcile herself to the fact that her husband spends most of his day acting in tender scenes with ravishing beauties. Then too, she must know that she is a subject for constant criticism. Such remarks as "I don't know what he sees in her" and "How on earth did she manage to hook him?" are a few of the catty remarks which feminine lips utter with such venom and which she must know are being uttered in connection with her. Her husband is a public idol and has fans and cronies falling over one another to serve him. He gets so used to this adoration and pampering that he expects the same atten* tions from his wife. He forgets that like al] women his wife would like a little flattering attention too. But no, the big brute is too full of his own importance to even think that she might like to be called "his little lotus flower" occasionally. When they go out together ili public people become swivel headed in their desire to get another look at the actor, but his marriage partner goes unnoticed. Their home is invariably cluttered 'practically ivears the trousers^ 44