Universal Weekly (1932-1936)

• Coming on like a house afire is this zippy June Knight. Just wait till you see her in ^^Ladies Must Love.*^ lUNE KNIGHT'S name was MarJ garet Valliquietto but she had it changed legally. Several times it was reported that men were going to change her name again legally. They didn't. There was the romance with Max Baer. She claims she did it for the publicity. She went almost as far as buying an engagement ring. But she figured that was going too far. She's a man's lady. She goes with a fellow twice and they say she is engaged. "As a matter of fact," declared June, "I have been engaged only once. That was to Jimmy Dunn — and then I didn't get a ring." She was born in Los Angeles on Jan. 22, 1913. She is a mixture of French, English and Jewish. Her mother goes touring with her. Her father owns a small confectionery store in Glendale, Cal. She was a sickly child. They sent her to dancing school for her health. The exercises would develop her. It did. It also started her in show busi UNIVERSAL weekly; Sept. 2, 1933 By SIDNEY SKOLSKY. (Reproduced by Permission Daily !\ews) ness. She danced in movie theatre prologues on the Coast. She became a star line girl for Larry Ceballas, the dance director. When he came East to stage the dances for "Fifty Million Frenchmen" he took her along. It was her first job on Broadway. She was 16. Later she became the dancing partner of John Holland. He fastened the monicker June Knight to her. It had been the name of his previous partner. Ziegfeld had to sign both of them for "Hot Cha." He didn't appear in the show but June says he collected one half the salary weekly. An odd job she had was to double for Greta Garbo in "Mata Hari." Those dances that you believed Garbo was doing in this spy drama were really done by June Knight. She is 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighs 110 pounds. Her eyes are a bluish-gray. They also change to brown and green. Everybody believes she is a natural blonde. The natural color of her hair is red. She dyed her hair blonde. In doing so she lost her hair. During the run of "Hot Cha" she wore a wig. She wore a wig for two and a half years and some of her boy friends didn't know it. She has a dimple in her right cheek. It used to be in her left cheek. She claims it moved over. Although her father owns a confectionery store she doesn't like candy. She doesn't care much for sweets. She does like flowers. If you're courting her don't bring a box of candy. A diamond ring is much better. She is very fond of jewelry. She likes rings, bracelets and pins. She has been wearing a wedding ring since she was four years old. It was given her by her uncle — nothing serious. Although a California gal she had to get somewhere on Broadway before they gave her a real opportun Sidney Skolsky ity in flickers. All she had done was to double for Garbo, and play a bit in "Madam Satan." Recently she finished "Ladies Must Love" for Uni1 versal. Now she is making "Take a C h a n c e." | Then she returns to the Coast for more flickers. When you see "Take a Chance" and you can't understand what June is saying in a certain scene, don't blame it on the sound. She has a new trick. She likes to chew on a collar button. Sometimes she forgets to take the button out of her mouth when facing the camera. She always puts on her right shoe and her right stocking first. Just how she knows which is the right stocking she didn't explain. She always wears an anklet on her left ankle. She is dotted with moles. She has four. One on her forehead. One on the left side of her neck. One on the center of her back. One — well, she has four moles. She prefers to wear sport clothes and her favorite colors are blue and green. Of course there have been many puns and gags about her name. Her theme song, which orchestras play when they recognize her as she enters a night club, is: "Give Me a June Knight, the Moonlight and You." She has a difficult time falling asleep. She doesn't read in bed. She sleeps in a nightgown. It is of flimsy material. She believes she looks pretty in bed. She can throw every bone in her body out of place. She is double(Continued on Page 26)