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'N'^he playtime girl may have a lot of fun for a while,
I but when the day of reckoning comes she's going to be in for much sadness and trouble."
Betty Grable wasted no time getting into the subject of "Where are you going, little play girl?" As vibrant and as glamourous as ever, Betty had just finished wowing the town with her work in "How To Marry A Millionaire" for 20th Century-Fox and was getting ready to go on loan-out to Columbia for "The Pleasure Is All Mine." Those who have seen la Grable in "Millionaire" have agreed that there's only one Grable and no one will ever take her place. She looks terrific and is a sensation in the picture.
"I've never been the type "who could be a play girl," Betty said honestly. "For one thing, I've worked at my career since childhood. But I haven't ever liked going to a lot of parties, I didn't date more than one fellow at a time, and I never got myself in the position where I was seeing and doing so much I was bored with life. I still can't take any gay gadding about. Why, I've never even gone to a premiere here.
"To be perfectly candid, there are those with whom I work who complain because I go out so little. They feel I'm not being glamourous. Well, maybe they're right, but I have fun in my own way and I love my life.
"Because of my background, I find it hard to understand just what a girl sees in leading the flip, merry-go-round kind of existence. It's not a life. Where does it lead? I also find it difficult to understand why some young actresses starting out in the movie business feel their fame is dependent on how many times they get their names in the gossip columns.
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I out a little and to be seen with the eligible bachelors — if there's no other way for them to be noticed. I was lucky, I guess, because when I started, my publicity came not from being seen at night clubs but from my still pictures. The big confusion, then, facing young actresses today is not knowing when to stop making a career out of the gay life and start using some talent, if any, as a foundation.
"The case of the starlet isn't much different from that of any young girl. The more they go out, the more things they do, the less there is to look forward to and the sooner they get bored. Besides, everyone soon gets tired of hearing about the cocktail glass and romantic exploits of these play girls.
"There's a lot more to life than going to night clubs, parties, or having an endless round of dates. To prevent complete stagnation, girls should adopt more lasting interests. Anything that is not superficial.
"When there's nothing to look forward to there is a real danger of turning to artificial kinds of pleasures in search of new excitements. The (continued on pace 59)
For publicity, Betty relies on still pictures, like this one with Thelma Ritter, not night club art.
At wrestling matches with hubby Harry James and Jo Stafford. "Fast living shows. It ages you," says Betty.