Motion Picture (Aug 1940-Jan 1941)

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THOSE JESSE IF YOU WANT THE ANSWER FOR LORETTA YOUNG'S SUCCESS IT'S DUE TO PERFECT TEAMWORK OF THE FAMILY. THE BIG IDEA IS TO HAVE EACH SISTER SURPASS THE ONE WHO PRECEDED HER. "ONE FOR ALL AND ALL FOR ONE" I #IDDINGLY, I asked Loretta Young l# to tell me her success secret. Turning those big, blue, provocative eyes Wk of hers full on me, she replied : la "It isn't my success secret. It's the I ■ family's. You should know that." She was right. I certainly should know, by this time, the way her clan operates, the perfect teamwork represented by the film careers of Mrs. George Belzer's four beautiful daughters. Know, for example, the reason why each sister scores a greater success than the sister who preceded her. Polly Ann Young was only a leading lady. Sally Blane became a star. Loretta 40 became not only a star, but a $200,000-ayear glamor girl. And now, movie moguls who have taken an interest in the youngest of the Youngs, fifteen-year-old Georgiana, confidently predict that her success will top even Loretta's. This isn't the story of the family, nor yet of Georgiana. It's the story behind Loretta's success, and the explanation of what is happening to her now. Yet, as Loretta pointed out, her mother and sisters must be included. An article that failed to reveal their "one for all and all for one" system would be leaving out the most vital factor behind any of the sisters' success stories. Mervyn LeRoy, now a director-producer, used my desk telephone to summon Loretta into the movies. But as everyone who has heard the story will recall, he was trying to reach her sister, Polly Ann. "Polly Ann's in Salt Lake City. Wouldn't I do for the part you have in mind ?" asked Loretta. "Oh, you must be the baby sister," said LeRoy. "Well, this part is for a grown girl, honey. I'm afraid you wouldn't do." Loretta's reply that she was a grown girl got her an interview, and she was given the part. But when, two days later, LeRoy brought her into [Continued on page 75]