Screenland (Nov 1941-Apr 1942)

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ROZ" IN SHORTHAND GLADYS HALL: (To Miss Russell, who arrived ten minutes late for the appointment) "Nice of you to remember I was coming!" (Miss Hall was only pretending to be sore, she winked at me.) ROSALIND RUSSELL: "Nicer than you'll ever know, sweetheart! I am terrified. Every word I say will be pinned down by those little pots and hooks and squirleyqueues. I feel like a butterfly pinned through its middle. I'll be hoist on me own petard. If I'm smart, I'm Harpo Marx. I left everything at the beauty parlor — that's where I've been — including my wits. I loathe beauty parlors. Because I live a dozen tired, old lives a day under driers when making pictures. During 'They Met In Bombay' I sat under a drier nine times in one day. My brain shrivelled. Oh, yes, I also spent a day or two EDITOR'S NOTE: Because Rosalind Russell talks like skyrockets exploding or bombs bursting in air — and because, by her own admission, our reporter's memory is not bomb-proof, nor does she take shorthand — Miss Hall took a stenographer with her when she interviewed Miss Russell. The following is an exact transcript of the notes made during the conversation : \ that took place between Rosalind Russell and Gladys Hall at the Russell home in Beverly Hills, California.