Screenland (Nov 1945-Oct 1946)

He finally located it. That taught me not to kick off ray shoes indiscriminately. Now I just slip my feet out of them but keep my toes in the heels. I used to be a very tense, nervous person. Since my divorce from my husband, Louis Hayward, both of us are considerably calmer. It is true that things were never quiet from the day Louis and I married. We were like two pieces of mortar steel coming head on. Now that we are divorced, we get along wonderfully and are truly great friends. Love is a combination of emotion and friendship. The friendship and great understanding which we had, we have retained. Ours was never a bitter marriage; it is not a bitter break-up. I believe that no marriage should break up in bitterness. To become bitter is a very dreary and uncivilized way for two people to act. I shall not plunge into another marriage. I got my divorce in Los Angeles, which means I shall have to wait until a year before I can marry again. I have no marriage plans. I feel as if I were starting a new life now in this house in Beverly Hills, which was once owned by Chester Morris and which I now own. Formerly I lived in Brentwood but my home there was tiny, shut away from the rest of the world. It is roomier here, and I feel much more relaxed. I am starting to live on a new schedule. For a long time I was troubled with insomnia. I need a lot of sleep but don't usually get it. I used to average five to six hours a night, when I was Ann Miller and Lt. A. C. Lyles have a gay get-together at a Hollywood nightspot. lucky. I would sit up most of the night and' not fall asleep till three in the morning. Then I would sleep fitfully. Because I'd sleep so badly at night, I often kept right on sleeping till eleven in the morning, unless I had a studio call. Now I have decided to go to bed early each night, and to get up at nine every morning, regardless of how many hours sleep I have had. I have breakfast in the garden (I've never liked breakfast in bed) , then I dictate the story on which I am working with Charlie Beehan. It's a novel based on a saga of stage life, running through several generations, about a stage family such as the Lupinos in England actually were. By the time I am thirty, I hope to devote myself to writing and producing. I believe that life begins at 30, and at that age I want really to enjoy life. Of course, I like acting very much, but many times I've been on the verge, of running out. I haven't the temperament to be too submissive, but on the other hand, I hate to fight. I am essentially a peaceful person. I hate to fight to get things — and yet I know that sometimes I have to fight. I'd like to be able to lean back and do whatever people want me to do — yet I know that it would be disastrous. So I have to keep fighting! According to gossip, I have been involved in more feuds than any other Hollywood actress. Actually, I have had only one real feud. There are three kinds of Hollywood feuds— the real kind, the publicity type which is used to promote a picture, and the kind which isn't a feud at all but is just a slight misunderstanding which is blown up out of all proportion. I once had a real feud with Humphrey Bogart, when we were working on "High Sierra." I have a way of kidding with a straight face; so has Bogey. Neither of us recognized the trait in the other. Each of us thought the other was being nasty, and we were both offended. For a long time we would pass each other with our noses up in the air. For two years we didn't speak. Then one day I was working on a picture with Paul Henreid and we went over to the set where Bogey 2 to 3 Hours Yes'-with the new Charm-Kurl Supreme Cold Wave home kit it s done in a jiffy. Contains the same ingredients used by beauty salons giving COLD WAVES costing up to $10.00, $15.00 or more. The result will be luxurious curls and waves that are natural looking and easy to manage. • Perfect comfort — no machines, no beat • Ideal, too, for children's hair • Satisfaction guaranteed or money back Takes on fine or coarse hair Your permanent will last monthi Each Kit contains 3 full ounces of salon-type cold wave solution with Kurlium, 60 Curlers, 60 End Tissues, Applicator, Neutralizer and complete instructions. Get a Charm-Kurl Supreme Cold Wave kit today. At Department Stores, Drug Stores and 5c and 10c Stores p^ SCREENLAND 73