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SCREENLAND
Barbara
comes back
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BROADWAY
A little girl named Ruby Stevens made her first New York appearance as a dancer on the Strand Roof on Broadway five years ago. Today, Barbara Stanwyck, dramatic actress, stars at the Strand Theatre downstairs, with her name in lights. Just another romance of the Big Street!
Here's the Strand Theatre on Broadway, New York City, as it looked all dressed up to show Barbara Stanwyck in her latest picture, "Ten Cents a Dance." It was at the Strand Roof that Barbara, then Ruby Stevens, made her first Broadway appearance as a dancer. The arrow points to the Strand Roof Danceland, still going strong!
Below, a cross-section of the Strand Roof as it is today. "Continuous dancing from 8 P. M. to 3 A. M." Is there another little ambitious Ruby Stevens among the girls who dance there?
THE Strand Theatre on Broadway recently blazed with lights and banners announcing the fact that Barbara Stanwyck was starring there in "Ten Cents a Dance.'" And right upstairs is the Strand Roof, where, just about five years ago. Barbara made her debut on Broadway as a dancer, at a salary not much more than that ten cents a dance of the title of her latest movie ! That's Broadway ! She was little Ruby Stevens then. Nobody dreamed that she could act — except Ruby herself. She knew she could if she had half a chance ! But that chance was long in coming, and meanwhile she danced on. in cabaret and vaudeville. Until one night a play called "The Xoose" opened on Broadway. And Ruby Stevens, still with plenty of ambition and the brand-new name of Barbara Stanwyck, flashed to overnight fame as — a dramatic actress ! Nobody knew she had it in her. Everybody was surprised. Barbara just smiled — and dreamed some more big dreams. It was "Broadway" that gave her the next great opportunity and shoved Miss Stanwyck into a real career. Then the screen claimed her. Columbia is starring her now. She's one of the greatest bets in pictures. And over the Strand Theatre on Broadway, in the Strand Root Danceland, girls are still dancing from 8 P. M. to 3 A. M. Will another Barbara Stanwyck dance her way from there to stardom?