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• "It was easy interviewing Mr. Beery," Louella says. "In fact it almost amounted to his interviewing me. We went over everything first. I was very nervous, but after that first time I overcame my fright."
Marie Dressier was the most interesting person to interview, according to Miss Parsons.
"Marie really had a serious message to give. Her immense popularity, especially as a comedian and character actor, reacted to give her talk a distinct depth and tone. The only trouble was keeping her in front of the microphone. She wanted to go home early.
• "Ruth Chatterton helped me a lot in arranging our interview. She offered ideas as to the script and general trend of the entire conversation. She was perhaps a trifle shy before the microphone, but she overcame that after a few minutes. Her years on the stage have given her splendid poise.
"Lew Ayres I was worried about. He is only twenty-two and I had an idea that perhaps we might have a little trouble picking a subject. But he was splendid. In fact the interview was based largely on his own ideas. That week more than three thousand fan letters flooded the station.
"Richard Dix, Norma Shearer and Constance Bennett made excellent interviews."
Louella Parsons is perhaps even more interesting than the famous stars she interviews. A medium sized, dark haired woman, her rather tired eyes brighten up quickly when she talks of her work and her friends. She is tremendously proud of her long standing acquaintance with Mary Pickford, Marie Dressier and dozens of other actors.
• She likes radio work. Says it gives her a more intimate feeling of contact with her public than mere writing. Two secretaries tag along at her heels at all times. She is one of the busiest women writers in the country. And yet she has time to devote to a tiny bull pup she is raising and thinks more of that than anything else in the world.
Her duplex apartment shows the acme of good taste. She does most of her writing at home and arranges her programs there. The person to be interviewed usually dines with her a day or so in advance. They talk over ideas and decide just what is to be said. She gets splendid co-operation, she says.
Mary Pickford turned down a sixtyfive hundred dollar offer to go on the air, and the next day went on with Louella for nothing!
The one with the necktie is old George Bancroft
Marie Dressier does a difficult— but aesthetic —maneuver
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