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Ruth Roland hasn't a corner in all the valuable
real estate in Los Angeles. But she has several
corners that many another star would gladly trade
her contract for
Two glimpses of Ruth as a little girl: at the left, just after her graduation from the high-chair; and above, just before her graduation from high school
eaVeS from a
T^uth Roland 's Diary a Gi/f -Edged
By FAITH
T-^HERE are one or two interesting things still left in this jaded night club of a world.
One of them is to read about humble beginnings budding into fame and fortune. Anaemic acorns into opulent oaks, as 'twere.
The other is to read private diaries — if you can make the grade. One doesn't always get the chance. But you are going to — so don't complain.
I have got hold of Ruth Roland's diary. And there is enough material in it to put old Sam Pepys in the discard. Not that hers is that kind of a diary. Quite the contrary.
You all know Ruth. But lest you have forgot. Ruth was a stage child. Typically. She traveled the West with her mother and was everywhere known 'as Baby Ruth, the most popular child actress in California. She loved the stage and the stage people. Everyone was dandy to Ruth. It never occurred to her that there was any reason why not. And so it never occurred to anyone else.
When she was seven or eight, her
nother died. But before her death she
warned Ruth about the evils of liquor,
the evils of big cities and the ogres
of life in general. Ruth paid heed
and heed has paid Ruth. And how!
If the Barbara La Marrs, the
Valentinos of the world had paid
a little of Ruth's kind of heed,
they might not be where they
tragically are today. The straight
and narrow may not lead to
thrills, but it does lead to bonds
and real estate. If someone
hadn't beat her to it, Ruth would
have coined the cliche, "Virtue is
its own reward." To repeat it
doesn't murder anyone.
Well, then, Ruth came to Hollywood and lived with a maternal auntie. It is characteristic of Ruth that the same auntie now lives with her. Ruth went to Hollywood High School and did parties and had beaus just like any other girl.
A STAGE GIRL, A LOST GIRL
WHEN she was thirteen, a stock company came to town and the grease-paint yodel reached her eager ears. She joined the company against the wishes of auntie, who held the opinion that a stage girl is a lost girl. Or ruined, as they used to say in the dear old days.
When the stock company prepared to pull up stakes, Ruth prepared to troupe along with them. Auntie forbade. Ruth defied. No harm could come to her, she said. Why should it?
Auntie was defeated, but so, momentarily, was
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