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BEAUTIFUL then, more beautiful now. Talented then, more talented now. Ambitious then, and more ambitious now despite the fact that it's a severe strain on the eyes to try and see what other worlds there are for her to conquer. Grace Moore still has that "starbright" look in her eye that she had one memorable night at the Music Box Theatre in New York when a socalled blase New York audience stood and cheered the girl from Jellico, Tennessee.
I was among those cheering. It seems yesterday, but I know it must be some time ago because Irving Berlin was not married and therefore not the father of two rapidly growing little girls. Had he been, I'm sure he would not have bored his old pal Elsie by raving about "this girl from Tennessee" when Elsie was much more interested in hearing the lyrics and music he had written for that unforgettable Music Box Revue. I'm not suggesting that Irving had a personal "yen" for Grace, though of course he must have felt the attraction which the world feels now.
"One Night of Love" should have been called "One Life of Love." I know of no woman who has had more men in love with her than Grace Moore, but Irving would never allow a "yen" to influence his pen. He simply realized then, what we all know today, that the girl from Jellico had everything, andhe fought to give her the perfect opportunity to prove it. So sure was he of what Grace was going to do to an opening night audience that when she developed nerves just three days before the planned premiere he postponed the great event until Grace regained her southern accent, which had accompanied her lovely voice when it "walked out" at the first of the three dress rehearsals. The gesture cost literally thousands of dollars. Well spent, when you consider that it usually takes a star years to accomplish what Grace did in one well-poised leap from soloist in a Jellico church choir to "show stopper" and "cheer dragger-outer" in an all-star Music Box Revue!
IT was a great night. In those days no one was expected to look beautiful and sing wonderfully at the same time. Grace received a great reception on her first entrance for just looking radiant. In a crinoline gown, hair parted in the middle and knotted simply in the Empress Eugenie style. She carried an old-fashioned bouquet which must have been a Godsend, hand trouble being about the most agonizing item when one is nervous. What to do with them, how to keep them from shaking when the scene calls for them to hold the ever-present letter from somebody. That letter is, has been, and always will be the bane of some one's life on opening nights. Well, Grace smiled that smile
Star light, star bright, Loved forever as tonight,
Wish we may, wish we might Thank you, Grace, for Moore delight.
Grace Moore, Then and Now, by Elsie Jani
A scene from the picture that has been awaited so long —
Grace Moore's new "Love Me Forever," in which she
appears with Robert Allen and Leo Carrillo.
Ray Jones
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The New Movie Magazine, September, 1985