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for January 1937
27
"I'M ALWAYS having babies!"
Really? Well, yes and no. You see, I what Elizabeth Allan meant, in her frankly English way, was that she is continually having them in motion pictures. You remember her, of course, as the gentle young mother of the newborn David in ''David Copperfield." Then she went back home and, for a change, had pneumonia. But, returning, she resumed her infant industry in "A "Woman Rebels," with Katharine Hepburn. And now she's at it again, this time with Garbo in "Camille," of all things domestic !
'"Married?" I anxiously inquired, knowing how the French are about little things.
"Oh, yes," was her complacent reply. "I'm the only respectable one in the whole lot. My husland is poor but legitimate, and it is because I. as Nichcttc, had been a shopgirl with Camille before she became a great lady that I bring the baby to her for the christening. She had paid for the
Elizabeth Allan relates how some odd coincidences have influenced her screen life. Here's a lively story about a very engaging young star
By
Charles Darnton
Babies and Earthquakes
wedding, so a little added expense means nothing to her and a saving to me. Yes, the French are thrifty in their family life, aren't they ? Personally, I feel I'm having a bit of luck. Laura Hope Crews tells me that Xichette has always been considered a lucky part in stage stock companies. This proves it, for I've long wanted to meet Garbo, and playing with her is the only chance one gets to dcr so. I didn't realize how great she is, and she's so beautiful she takes my breath away. Just to be with her is worth having a baby !"
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Elizabeth continues the tradition she established as the young mother in "David Copperfield," by impersonating a mother again in "A Woman Rebels," starring Hepburn, with her at upper left, and she's happy to be in "Camilie" with Garbo and Robert Taylor, as seen at right. Yep, it's a mother role.