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To Everyone Tfiere Oomes /\ Time W^Ken Life Is At Its Peak
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Bette Davis one day saw her life blossom and her whole future change.
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VANITY, Vanity, all is Vanity, sighs Rembrandt (superbly played to the teeth by Charles Laiighton) as he paints another picture of himself in the final fade-out of England's magnificent production based on the life of the Dutch Master. This remarlc was not very original of Rembrandt, it had been said many times before by better authorities, and it certainly has been said many times since. It seems to be rather generally conceded that whatever "all" is, all is Vanity But non-conformist that I am I now raise my thin piping voice in protest. All may be Vanity in your town, and in yours, and in Mr. Rembrandt's, but in Hollywood all is not Vanity, no, my children, all is Emotion.
That is the unique characteristic of Hollywood. It is an emotional town. Everything is based on emotions. I suppose it's because the place is all cluttered up with a lot of artists, an emotional race at best, who have just enough of the divine spark in them, and just enough of the ham, to make them go completely nuts at the drop of a hat.
In the world outside of Hollywood success for a girl, I am reliably informed by some Easlern jjcople I met at the racetrack, consists of a fine husbatid, a bcauliful home, a family, and niontv in the l)ank. The big moment in her life then is ihal occasion when the realization comes that some of these desirable luiglus have been taken. But the big moment in the life of a Hollwvoocl
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glamour girl rarely has anything to do with a husband, a home, family, and money in the bank. Perhaps if you have nothing else to do right now. and pretencl you haven't because I am very sensitive, you might find it interesting to in\estigate with me the big moments in the lives of a few of the more glamorous stars, viz., Janet Gaynor, Bette Da\is, and Jean Arthur.
"The biggest moment in my life," Janet told me on the set of "A Star Is Born," in which pictme Janet goes comedicinie again and plays a movie star, "ihe biggest moment in mv life was the night of the world premiere of "Seventh Heaven'— Mav 8, 1927, I'll never forget that date— at the Carthay Circle Theatre in Los Angeles. The big thrill, for me, and it was a wonderful sensation, came at the end of the picture when the audience, as one person, expressed its approval of the production with thunderous applause. I knew then that the picture was a success, and, in a \aguc way, I realized what it would mean to me and my lutuie oil tiie screen.
" riie lirsl time I sn \v the stnge pioductioii of 'Seventh Heu\en' in I, OS Angeles I was eager to play the part of Diane. The idea