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NAME ADDRESS CITY STATE part of him today. I try to remain inconspicuous, which pleases us both, but it doesn't particularly please me that Ray is so modest about himself. There's never been a photograph to autograph in our house. People think I'm kidding when I can't produce one. Ray doesn't care for "shop" talk and he's never kept a scrap book. While it isn't natural for an actor, I actually think he's ashamed to make a concentrated effort toward getting himself the editorial space and dignified publicity he so deserves. Now if I were married to a doctor I wouldn't dream of going to watch him operate. For the same reason, I never visit Ray on his sets, although I am terribly interested in his work. It's a big joke with our friends that Ray leaves his career behind him when he comes home and as a result I never know what happens at the studio. Recently I met Arlene Dahl in the beauty parlor and she asked me if the burn on Ray's neck had healed. That's how I learned he dashed through a blazing fire when they made "Jamaica" together! At the Jack Benny's one evening, Jane Wyman wanted to know how I liked having a crooner in the family. And that's how I found out that Ray sings to Jane in "Love Song," their current picture! It's times like these when I subtly (?) suggest that I think my husband would be better off if he did toot his own horn. He just looks at me with quiet tolerance and says: "Perhaps you'd like it better if you were married to a 'ham' who never stops talking about himself 24 hours a day." This remark leaves me exactly no leg to stand on and I quietly exit! To complete the picture of how un-hammy Ray is (which makes him such a joy to live with), the following proves that it can happen in Hollywood. Danny and Vicki never go to the studio and although they knew their daddy worked in one, it was years before they knew what he did. One Saturday afternoon a neighbor took them into Beverly Hills to see a Western at the Canon Theatre. They returned and rushed into my room as their eyes popped with excitement. "Oh Mommy," they exclaimed, as if they had just unearthed a miracle. "There was a great big picture of daddy in the lobby of that theatre. Did you know that he's a movie star!" "Yes I know," I answered as I put my arms around them. "But let's keep it a secret so he won't find it out — tool" THE GIRL WITH THE SEXY VOICE (CONTINUED FROM PACE 41) with Sonny Burke. She and Sonny are, in addition, writing the score for the new Walt Disney full-length cartoon, "The Lady And The Tramp," a saga of a cocker spaniel. Warners also bought two songs for use in "The Jazz Singer" which Peggy wrote, one of which is called "This Is A Very Special Day." "This song means a lot to me," Peggy told me recently. "Some time ago I had written a number called 'It's A Good Day,' so the new one is a sort of sequel. Yet, it was done in a sentimental moment. I was in New York last Winter appearing at the Copacabana and I was terribly homesick for my daughter, Nicki. I coudn't return to Hollywood because of my various commitments in New York, so I wrote 'This Is A Very Special Day' for her. "Making 'The Jazz Singer' was, of course, a great thrill. I wasn't as nervous as I thought I would be, probably because I was so busy at the time I didn't have a chance to get nerves. Not only was I getting up at 4:30 in the morning to report to the studio by 5: 15, but I was making recordings on Sundays, doing my twice-a-week CBS radio show, having my house redecorated, and a few other minor little things like that. "You may wonder why I had to get up so early. Well, I have very fine-textured hair and it took a long time to get it in shape for the day's shootings. Looking back on my schedule then I can only wonder how I managed to do everything without falling to pieces. "Working in the picture was wonderful because of the kindness shown me by Michael Curtiz and Danny Thomas. I don't believe any performer can do a job well without help from others. In the first place, both Mike and Danny let me be myself. They didn't want me to turn on the histrionics. Simplicity was the keynote. Mike, too, has a way of bringing out the best in you. If you have any talent at all he can develop it. He also has a good sense of humor. Like the time I told him that I couldn't say some lines because the words didn't sound like me. I wanted to change them. 'It's as if a door shuts when I try to read this dialogue,' I remarked. Mike grinned and said, 'You leave those doors open. There's nobody here but you and me and Danny.' "Danny was really an angel. He did everything he could to give me encouragement. I noticed him several times purposely playing a scene to favor me. In one scene it was so obvious I had to tell him to stop doing it. But, naturally, I appreciated his unselfishness. "Then there was the crew — God love them. The first day I came on the set they had a big sign on my dressing room door which read, 'Peg O' My Heart, We Love You.' Believe me, that sign got me over many a rough moment, and when I came on the set early in the morning it really helped to get me started on the right key." When you take a look at this delectable Peggy Lee you're again reminded of the ironies of show business. Not too many years ago Peggy arrived in Hollywood 62