Movieland. (1949)

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He glowingly recommended Margaret Ettinger and arranged for her to meet me at my home. In spite of that first bewildering im¬ pression of Maggie, she won my confi¬ dence. Somehow I sensed those attributes which make her such a good friend. Maggie has vitality, good humor, courage, diplomacy, sympathy and good sense. As she was leaving, she mentioned she had to return her borrowed clothes to her cousin, Louella Parsons, who is a good four inches shorter than Maggie. It was then I learned that that morning, Maggie had lost her entire wardrobe in a fire which destroyed her home. But that’s Maggie. Nothing dismays her. In the months which followed, I learned how right my agent had been. While I couldn’t talk about myself, Maggie could.. It was Maggie who won sympathy from reporters and made them understand that my husband’s profession made it impos¬ sible for me to talk as freely as some about home and husband. 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