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An executive sees your possibilities. You are signed on a six-month optional agreement— one of those "long-term" contracts you read about. Your real test commences. Any number of likely "discoveries" are let out when the initial period is up. Some click later at other studios — didn't Warner let Charlie Farrell get away? But if you do not exhibit possibilities during this time the chances are that you are a dud.
The contract ! Magic piece of paper ! You vision yourself a pampered beauty, with gorgeous clothes and a flock of motors. Wait. You only have one foot on the first rung of the ladder. Salaries aren't what they once were.
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Gwen Lee was introduced to the public by means of attractive photographs, long before she showed acting
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The average newcomer receives fifty dollars a week, now, few more than seventy-five, unless a hit has been scored in a first appearance.
Your probationary term is one of training. You must learn to walk gracefully, to wear clothes, to act. Mannerisms are corrected. You may have to study dancing and, now that the movies have gone loud, voice culture.
Studio modistes design gowns for you on the wax figure made to your measurements. The designer gives you valuable advice on costuming, to augment your charm, minimize your defects and suit your coloring. It is a fascinating study. I have seen crude, awkward prettiness transformed into chic beauty.
The studio hairdresser coifs you for the spotlight. She knows from the size and shape of your head, and the contour of your face, whether or not you should bob.