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It isn't that she's difficult; it isn't that she's temperamental. Oh, no! It's just that Ella' Raines, who knows what she wants and why, sticks to her guns until she gets her way
By Gertrude Shanklin
THEY'VE learned from experience, over Universal way. to think twice before crossing swords with Ella Raines. And after the second thought, they generally decide to do things Ella's way and skip the crossing of swords, which never seems to alter things anyway. It's not that Ella's a prima donna in the usual sense. That would be easy. Handling prima donnas is an old story and duck soup for studio personnel. No. if there's any gnashing of teeth and tearing of hair at conferences involving Ella, you can bet your last buck it isn't done by Ella. It's simply that Ella, who knows what she wants and why, just sweetly but firmly and interminably sticks to her guns until she gets her way.
When asked how she had earned her "super dreadnought" reputation, she asked innocently, "Oh, have I that reputation?" And then into those intriguing green ''cat's eyes" came a wicked twinkle which was a dead give-away, and Ella burst out laughing.
"Well, of course, I do love an argument," she admitted, "and I hate people who won't give in. But the only time I'll fight is when I'm interested in something. If I don't fight, it's because I'm not interested." If you try to square that statement with local rumors, the only answer seems to l)e that Ella is intensely interested most of the time.
In the living room of her home, high on a Beverly Hill, Ella curled up on a davenport and proceeded to explain her attitude, which has been so variously interpreted — and misinterpreted. She speaks in that frank, deliberate manner that distinguishes her on the screen, but without the slightly wistful flavor that so many of her roles have called for. There's nothing wistful about the off-screen (Please turn to page 70)