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Johnny hid his shyness with a long loud roar. But Marie knew the way to skin the lamb and bring out . . .
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Lion in
BY MAXINE ARNOLD
It took John a year to learn how to speak for himself and get the right answer from Marie
WHEN you attend a large party, do you too often feel you were invited by mistake? That perhaps they just used the latest loan company mailing list? Do you go into a deep freeze and wish you were?
Do you hold brilliant imaginary conversations with the bossi demanding a raise, and instead work several months overtime?
Then cheer up, chum. Examine the life records of John Lund.
To many who know John Lund now, the fact that this six feet and one-and-one-half inches of blond good looks and witty repartee once incorporated a very timid soul is in itself a big surprise. Virile-voiced, with a ready smile and an easy-does-it manner, John talks at the drop of an ear, meets life’s problems with a constant wisecrack and fairly spreads self-assurance in his stride.
When John first came to Hollywood, he made life pretty impossible for script writers, tearing wildly through the first draft of a movie script to see if by chance they’d written a line referring to his character’s pulchritude or sex appeal. If so, John would plead, “Please, fellows, strike that one out.” Any romantic reference to himself embarrassed him, so sure was he that audiences would give it a great big yak. ( Continued on page 79)
Romance in reserve: John Land of “Bride of Vengeance” Smith
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