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Hollywood's
<N0" Girl
Independent, fearless and individual, Gloria
Stuart has coined an unusual philosophy
which is carrying her to stardom
by John L. Haddon
YOU'VE all read the story, time and again, of the girl Who-Knew-What-She-Wanted — and became Joan Crawford ! or Katharine Hepburn ! or any one of a dozen other movie stars you know . . .
Those stories are true enough, and fine, too. They prove that a serious one-mindedness, plus determination, plus courage can bring a girl to the fulfilment of her dreams, as those qualities really did bring Joan and Katie and the others to theirs. They had that goal since childhood, and so intense was their determination to Have-What-They-Wanted that they fought through, and got it. BUT—
— there's another story in Hollywood. And this is it — this is the story of the girl Who-Knew-What-She-DIDN'T-Want! — and became Gloria Stuart.
And it's just as thrilling, just as fine, just as exciting as the story of those stars who fought for what they wanted, and gained it. Because Gloria Stuart was just as courageous, just as determined, just as smart about what NOT to want. She fought just as hard against the injustice of having to take what she didn't want. And, like the others, she's come out on top.
And so here's her tale — the tale that'll show you young folk who know what you don't want and who think you shouldn't be forced to take it, that maybe you're quite right. . . .
It began in her childhood — Gloria's knowing what she didn't want. It began when she went to school, at four ! She was so young that even the six-year-old girls thought she was a baby, and wanted her to play baby games.
But Gloria didn't want to play baby games. She gave the six-year-old girls a push in the tummy, and found some boys to play with. She became the Tomboy of Santa Monica (that's her home town) and the other girls stuck out their tongues at her, and envied her the fun she was having with the boys ! Then the school bosses ruled that all girls must wear uniforms. Gloria didn't want to. Here was her first rebellion against mediocrity — a rebellion that has been waged unceasingly through the rest of her life, and the rebellion that has brought her to the un-mediocrity she now glories in. She didn't want to wear the school uniform — and after all sorts of hullabaloo, she got away with it ! By some manner of special dispensation, Gloria was the one girl [Continued on page 82]
Gloria Stuart and Arthur Sheelcman have made their marriage one of the happiest in all Hollywood
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