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Popping Questions at Bob Cuinmiugs
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accompanist, and Rose said I was terrible and I'd never make the grade. Soon afterwards I got a job in the Follies with Fannie Brice, and I used the name Bryce Hutchens. Rose saw the show and told Fannie, "That's a swell juvenile you have in the show, I'd like to meet him." When he met me and recognized me as the fellow he had tossed out, he almost collapsed.
Q. What was your most harrowing experience?
A. On an instrument flight from El Paso to Midland I hit a line squall that was terrific. I was tossed around and flew on my back several times. It was the worst flight I've ever experienced, and I thought it would be my last.
Q. What bores you most? A. Inactivity. I go crazy when I have nothing to do.
Q. What was the happiest period of your life?
A. This past year because I've been doing the pictures I like, and I've been turning my flying into service for the government.
Q. When was life gloomiest?
A. When I first came to Hollywood. I was shy and sensitive and didn't think I'd ever make good.
Q. Have you ever Actionized your past to get a break?
A. When haven't I! I don't think I ever told the truth when I was getting
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started. I once pretended I was an English actor and produced phony pictures showing my name on the marquee of a London theater. It got me a job on Broadway. Later, in Hollywood, when I tried out for So Red the Rote, I said I was a cowboy from Texas and gave a Western name. That worked too.
Q. What is your sore spot?
A. Any criticism about my flying. I don't feel badly if my acting is hammered, but heaven help anyone who says anything against my flying.
Q. Have you ever been in awe of anyone?
A. Yes, Deanna Durbin when I first met her. She was queen of the lot, "Miss Durbin" to everyone and I was awed by her reputation and her reserved manner. I thought she was all movie star until I learned she had a certain brand of shyness. Eventually we became good friends.
Q. With what actor and actress do you most enjoy working?
A. With Sonja Henie because I like to watch her skate ; with Jack Carson because he's a screwball and fun to work with.
Q. Have you a pet theory?
A. I have a belief that the •alvation of the world is in flying and that the war will be won in the air. When I'm flying up there among the winds and clouds, things take their proper perspective. Wisdom conies from the air if we look for it.
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