The New Movie Magazine (Jan-Jun 1933)

She played the part and was not even dismayed when her share of it was left on the cutting-room floor. Her mother went to work in a large store. At the end of a long day she went home to cook for Norma. "Mother was always a good sport," is Norma's verdict. AS no further offers came from the films, she began to pose for advertisements. One which became known around the world was posed by her. A beautiful, smiling girl looked through a tire. Beneath were the words, "Time to Re-Tire." No one looking at the lovely likeness would have thought that a girl could smile so winsomely with pasteboard in the soles of her shoes to keep her feet from the ground. After three years in New York, she was earning fifty dollars a week at this sort of work. Suddenly, when apparently forgotten in pictures, an offer came from California. It was from Universal. A young fellow, by the name of Irving Thalberg, was then General Manager at Universal City in California. He saw The Stealers and was impressed by her work. She tried to make a deal. Weeks passed. Nothing happened. Wondering at the vagaries of the film business, she wrote a long letter to the young General Manager, Irving Thalberg. No answer came. Another offer followed from Hal Roach. Thalberg was said to be joining forces with him. Something else happened. Her agent begged her to be patient. In another month an offer came from the L. B. Mayer Studios with whom Irving Thalberg had become affiliated. She was guaranteed four weeks' work, two return trip tickets from New York, and a five-year contract. She arrived in California with her mother. No one met her at the station. "I was crushed," she said. THE next day she called on Irving Thalberg. A young, dark-eyed fellow escorted her into the office. Thinking him the office boy, she was astonished when he seated himself behind the one large desk in the room. Norma began to exchange wits with one whose apprehension is second to no man's. To properly impress him, she said proudly, "Mr. Thalberg — my screen career does not depend on this studio." There was a haughty pause. "I've already had three offers." The young fellow looked at her and smiled. "Yes," he said, "I made all three of them." She remembered her letter. "I wrote to you," she said. "Yes," was the reply, "Your Jetter was amusing." When she left the office, her mother said, "Wouldn't it be strange if you married him?" And Norma said, "I might — with eyes like that." No woman ever worked harder. In three years her salary, from $150 went to $750 per week. Her best picture, during that time, was He Who Gets Slapped. No romance budded between herself and Thalberg for three and a half years. Each was attending to the brit(Please turn to page 106) a DC3tckqAotuul DRESS YOUR TABLE WITH Roylace Doylies In the finest homes, hostesses use Roylace Paper Doylies as an added touch in their table service. 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