Hollywood (1942)

idea of how to handle the present. With no thought of the future, there was no incentive." Then Jane drew up a new blueprint for living. She has been under contract to Warners for nearly seven years and has played in fifty-nine pictures, sometimes working in as many as three at one time. She started as a stock player, then was jumped into the lead of the Torchy Blane pictures, following Glenda Farrell. She wasn't quite the type and the pictures were not worldbeaters. There followed pictures on loan-out to other studios, in which lots of Wyman footage ended up on the cutting room floors; then bits in big pictures, and leads in what she calls "horrible B's". Within the last year she had a series of sweet, unexciting ingenue leads, but nothing to attract Oscars. And now a very happy Jane has her first big, meaty, straight dramatic role with Olivia de Havilland in Princess O'Rourke. Not only that, but she was selected recently in the annual nationwide movie exhibitors poll as third in the ten "best bets for stardom" next year. "Now I realize that all those years of experience were good for me." declares Jane. "They were training which I needed. Before I went in pictures I had no acting experience; I had trained only as a dancer .» Most of the girls who are skyrocketed to stardom go down just as fast. I'm glad I went slowly. "I would not have been ready if Ihadhad a big break at the beginning of my career. Sometimes I was discouraged, but I Helmut Dantine's magnificent portrayal of the German aviator in Mrs. Miniver won him a strong role in Warners' gripping film, Edge of Darkness learned to be patient, work hard, profit by past mistakes and make sensible plans for the future. I learned to depend on myself, rather than a 'lucky break.' "Most important, I learned to have faith in myself. If one has ambition, some talent and believes whole-heartedly in it and is willing to work, then one usually achieves a goal. Breaks have little to do with it." This is a far cry from the former Jane Wyman who lived only for the present. What made her change? Jane's brown eyes twinkled. "I think meeting Ronnie, a little more than three years ago, helped a lot. He never sat me in a corner and gave me 'good advice.' but I guess I absorbed some ideas from him. Ronnie is that rare man — level-headed with a sense of humor! "Another thing I've learned." Jane confessed, "is that nothing is ever perfect, because there is always some greater perfection ahead worth hoping and planning for. I shudder when I think how I used to ignore the future. "When Ronnie and I were first married, I felt I was completely happy. But I was even happier after the baby was born. Then we both had better pictures too. "Then came the war and Ronnie joined the Army. Although I felt he should go, it would be ridiculous to say I'm happy with him away. But I firmly believe in 'Happiness Ahead,' after the war is over and he's back." Jane uses this motto to good advantage; she takes her role of war-widow completely in stride because of it. H THE GIFT OF A GE M U I 1M E ROOS When you know there's going to be an important gift for you, it's polite to hint you'd like MOST to get a Roos Sweetheart Cedar Chest. It's a perfect gift to mark a Big Moment in your life — one you'll treasure all your life. Roos Sweetheart Cedar Chests have heirloom-quality craftsmanship. Lovely styles to suit any room or personality. Thick moth-defying interiors of % inch aromatic red cedar. And most styles include a MOTH INSURANCE POLICY to further guarantee — of Defense Against Moths (No. 5922) you get the ROOS self-rising VTIL-TRAY, too — in this featured style. Also available in most other Roos styles. Gives extra convenience and utility. Streamlined design; full chest length; lined bottom. May be readily lifted out of chest. ED ROOS CO., FOREST PARK, ILL KOOS LO-BOV the neicest idea in Cedar Chests LO-BOVS lend beauty and exlra utility to living rooms, halls, bedrooms — any room Top section is extra-deep cedar chest Lower section is extra-deep drawer More moth-proof storage space than average 48" cedar chests. %" red aromatic cedar interior Many modern and period styles. Style shown is in newest exterior veneer treatments. 51