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From under my Hat
of a camera; and Mix thought so little of John that he never offered to buy the painting, one of John's best.
Elizabeth Taylor's family have reason to remember the Cazalets well. Elizabeth was born in a tiny cottage ( Little Swallows ) on her godfather Victor Cazalet's English estate, Great Swifts.
Victor Cazalet made a trip to New York during the early part of World War II. He was devoted to Elizabeth and wanted to see her, but he was in New York and she in California.
Although Victor had thousands of English pounds, he had no American dollars; and though he was the house guest of the wealthy Mrs. Ogden Reid, owner of the New York Tribune, he telephoned me to ask if I could arrange a lecture for him in Los Angeles which would pay him enough money to make the trip West. I was able to book him into the Ebell Theatre here. He stayed with the Taylor family one week, and that was the last time he ever saw his beautiful godchild.
Victor was looking forward eagerly to seeing her on the screen in National Velvet, but never lived to have that pleasure. He lost his life during the war while flying with Igor Sikorsky. The Nazis shot them down, thinking the plane was carrying the great Winston Churchill.
Coming home on the lie de France after that first trip to Europe, I learned that a benefit was always given for survivors of sailors lost in service. Not being able to sing or dance, I decided to wear the one beautiful gown I'd bought in Paris, a Jenny model made of cloth of silver. In fact, that was the gown that attracted the eye of the London producer who had offered me a part in his play.
When it was my turn to perform, the applause was healthy. I realized it was aimed at what Neysa McMein would call my design. As I waited for the applause to subside, some stories I'd learned from Wolfie popped into my feeble brain. Those yarns spilled out of me like water over the bridal falls. I realized for the first time that as long as Wolfie's stories held out, I could hold my own in a wellassorted group of experienced entertainers.
Wolfie's stories are still being told.
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