Hollywood (1942)

>*& s A MESSAGE TO MEN'S HEARTS! Whisper your allure... your gay enchantment . . . w.ih Apr 1 Showers Talc! Its luxurious perfume speaks a language that men understand. .. and remem hcr. I,'S the fragrance that appals to them. Let Its allure; ment linger about you. always. Exquisite but not Expensive. April Shortens Talc 'o|»[(in <J ions ;ii <p,'oi-r Montgomery [Continued from page 23] CHERAMY perfumer Men love "The Fragrance of Youth" Q. What are some of your idiosyncrasies? A. 1 eat loo fast, hate formal clothes, tics, being lied down to hours or anything else, ami being lolrl what to do. I knu» m> responsibilities bmh to the studio and lo my family and 1 like to take rare of tin in on my own withonl being reminded constantly of m) duty. Q. What task do you usually put off doing? A. Writing letters, giving interviews and having fining!.. Q. What is your most persistent nervous habit? A. Pulling liiv tie loosi — when 1 wear one. Q What unkindness have you done which you most regretted? \. I'm no lily, but I've never consciously hurt anyone. The worst thing 1 ever bad to do was Bhool a horse lo pul it out of its misery when it broke a leg in a rodeo accident. It was actually a kind thing lo do. but I feel like a heel. Q. Who is your severest critic? \. I suppose the answer should be my mother or father or «ister or brother, bill the U-Utb is it's my agent, lien Medford, lie »nrrie> more about nie than my family, the whole studio and the columnists combined. It n i I've found his advice is friendly a well a good sense, and if he weren't much too young. I"d say he"s been more than a father to me. Q. Do you like to see women in uniform during their off-duty hours? A. Definite!? not. I like them looking feminine. Q. On what subject do you like to argue? \. Polities. Q. On what subject do you consider yourself most uninformed? A. The motion picture business anil women. Q. What experience in your life do you believe most strengthened your character? A. Seeing myself in The Cisco Kid and the Lady, realizing I was no actor and getting subsequent parts I was equally unsuited for. I was ready to throw up the business and go back to Montana. Then The Cowboy and the Blonde came along and I realized that patience gets its reward. Q. What actress do you think has the most sex appeal on the screen? A. Rita Havworth. Who is the best dancer? Kav Williams. Q. What was the smallest amount of money you ever had to get along on? A. Thirty cents could always keep me for a week, so I never starved. I always grew my eats on the ranch and am growing 'em at home now. The smallest salary I gol since working outside of Montana was 810 a week for painting decorations on a cafe, working from ft a.m. lo ft p.m., hut I managed swell on that. Q. What is your favorite form of entertainment? \. Horseback riding on a cool morning; or out in a pine fores! wilh a gnu: listening lo symphonic mush in the order named. Q. What is your chief sore spot? A. People who predict I'm going lo go Hollywood. Q. Before you started in pictures, who were your favorite stars? A. Tom Mix. and Buck Jones. Q. What movie star would you like to meet? A. \ era Zorina. Q. What is your most highbrow taste? A. Symphonic music. Il makes mc feel all the beautiful sounds and sights in a mountain forest. Q. What failing of childhood have you had to overcome? A. Big hands, but I can't overcome "«-iii ; they're here lo slay. Q. In what ways are you lazy? A. I'm not lazy. There are loo many things I,, (|(l to waste lime being lazy. Q. What moment of your life would you like to live over again? A. My first bear hunting Irip. My nerves were on edge and il was very exciting. I didn't know whether I or the bear was going lo crawl up a tree. But it was exhilarating. Q. In what ways are you stubborn? A. I'm stubborn about taking adNice. I like to think that my ideas and motivations are my own, but eventually I come around lo reason and acknowledge ihe advice was good even if il wasn't my own idea. Q. What kind of food do you like? A. I like plain food, unadulterated and undisguised by fancy sauces; think gilding the lily applies to food as well as women. If there's anything I can't stand it's a good steak ruined by sauces that make it lasle like anything from pineapple juice lo chili con carne. I can eat anything thai doesn't bite me first, bul I like natural flavor in foods. Q. If you could, what would you want changed in your life? A. I've had a pretty good life and I'd honestly hope I could live it the same way. What's wrong with a Montana ranch and Hollywood, as long as you still have the Montana ranch? Q. What talents have you outside of acting? A. Painting, bul I just dabble at portraits now between pictures. When I re