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RECENTLY Barbara Stanwyck had a birthday. She was working on the set of "Meet John Doe" that day, and all morning long there was considerable iggling' among the girls and mysterious whispering mong the men, all of which, of course, Barbara pretended not to notice. Along came four o'clock, and along Lith it came a huge birthday cake with candles. Gary ooper woke up, everybody shouted, "Aren't you surrised?" and started singing Happy Birthday to You
off-key. Barbara pretended to be ever so surprised, said "How did you know it was my birthday?" (just as if it wasn't in the morning papers), and cut everybody a slice of cake.
It was all in the quaint tradition of Hollywood birthdays, until Frank Capra, the producer and director of "Meet John Doe," came over to Barbara and gave her a present. It was a print of "Ladies of Leisure." Barbara's hand shook when she accepted it, she sort of choked in her throat, and a couple of big salty tears almost wrecked her make-up. "Ladies of Leisure" — what memories that film must recall for both Barbara and Capra. Directed some nine years ago by Frank Capra it was the picture that established him as one of Hollywood's leading directors. Before that people had said, "Oh, he's all right, but he isn't big time." It was also'the picture that established Barbara Stanwyck as one of Hollywood's leading dramatic actresses. Well-known on Broadway because of her heart-breaking characterization of the girl in "Burlesque," Barbara arrived in Hollywood at the time when Hollywood loathed with a beautiful and intense loathing all out (Please turn to page 79)
One of Hollywood's best stones is told here. Scene below from old Copra film, "Ladies of Leisure," showing Stanwyck and Ralph Graves, recalls that the director gave Barbara her first big chance in Hollywood. Left, the same Stanwyck as the happy heroine — who's just floored Gary Cooper — of Copra's latest and biggest picture, "Meet John Doe."
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