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Cordova didn’t like it and showed it. Then she did a turnabout. She invited him to her house, she beamed at him every day and she complimented him constantly. Soon Arturo de Cordova wondered why he had ever been angry with her.
She once said that she would rather fish than emote for the cameras, but that is completely imtrue. She loves to act.
However, before an audience she does get stage fright. She had to make a speech on war work before a Glendale women’s club. During the speech she noticed the audience murmuring and looking at each other. What had distracted them was the flapping of her skirt caused by the continued shaking of her knees.
\^ORDS have a great fascination ’ ’ for her and when she comes across a particularly wellwritten passage in a book or script, she insists on reciting it to everyone she meets.
She is a good cook and not only likes to prepare meals but also do things about the house. This is very useful now, with the food shortage and servant problem. She is a person who likes to get things done.
She had her house painted recently. What with wartime shortages, it took quite a while and she and the painter became very friendly. He would continually question her about her profession, acting. When -the job was finished, the painter gave her a present — a book on the art of acting.
For relaxation, she hkes to play golf, go fishing and, of course, go to the movies. She is practically a movie fan.
She is married to Brian Aheme. Olivia met Aherne before she did. He was her leading man in “The Great Garrick.” They were friendly on the set, but that’s all.
She met Aherne at a party. They took to each other immediately. One month after their initial meeting they were engaged. He calls her “old girl.” She calls him “old boy.”
She says that the highest word of praise she ever got was from her husband. They had gone to see a preview of “Suspicion.” When the picture was over, Brian muttered, “Well done, old girl.” That’s the most effusive praise she had ever heard him utter about anyone.
Brian Aherne, besides being an actor, has a business in Phoenix which has turned out beyond their expectations. Together with a few other movie people, they purchased a big tract of desert land and started an airport to train civihan pilots. Now, with the war, the Government has leased this project, turning it into the Thunderbird and Falcon fields, ■where British, Chinese and American pilots are trained.
CHE has lovely clothes, but prefers slacks, which she wears well. She likes tailored blue pajamas and feels comfortable with her hair in pigtails. But when she wants to, she can be the most smartly dressed lady in any gathering. She doesn’t paint her {Continued on page 111)
She once said she would rather fish than act, but that is completely untrue
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