Show f th v far Wo W nc ii f Theater Ex-Theater Usher One of Few To Crash Hollywood Heaven The Bacall of the Wild Moat Most of the he young stars who bang at the Broadway and Hollywood Hol Hol- Hollywood Hollywood lywood barb barbed d wire wreck wire w wreck r e c k themselves on it Ne Nearly ly all of ot them have some seme talent and most of them are beautiful Betty Bacall 20 the Julia Richman high school student who was an usher In a New York theater at 8 per week less than two years ago is one of the very very few hopefuls to crash the Hollywood heavens Her first movie is opposite Humphrey Bogart in Hemingway's Heming Heming- way ways way's s swiftly paced melodrama To Have and Have Not She has haJ been described by critics critics critics crit crit- ics and others as an American Dietrich a Dietrich a tall V Vcr Veronica e r o 0 n I c a aLake aLake Lake and what most men expect expect ex ex- ex their favorite girl to look like Less than 18 months in where Howard Hawks her manager and director director tor tor nursed her Betty now Lauren Bacall has attracted considerable attention f from r rom o m many newspapers and nationally nationally nation nation- ally any circulated magazines She is presently making The Th Big Sleep with Mr Bogart another Warners film She was born in Manhattan 24 hours after this reporter started on a aNew aNew aNew New York newspaper Sept 16 1924 One of ot her biographers reported reported report report- ed that Betty was given the name Lauren by some unsung hero on the Warners lot after the press department distributed a questionnaire seeking a a. name from the personnel r The fact is that she took Lauren in memory of ot her grandmother She has no mink coat or any furs Sh She dwells with her mother in Beverly Hills Her approach on the screen to toa toa toa a male is similar to the technique technique technique tech tech- used on women by m men n and ordinary everyday wolves She plays a wolverine wolverine wolver ine Lauren attributes some Bome of her success to what she caUsher calls caUs her under down look A sort of bashful glance upward with the head slightly bowed It n was natural with her a year ago Now it is a a. habit which she practices on newspapermen Her favorite day is Wednesday Wednes Wednes- day Because ev everything nice seems to happen to me on Wednesdays Wed Wed- r She has a tiny facial scar near the right cheek cheek- bone She got it at the tender age of 5 shaving her face with her fathers father's razor She likes the scar r Her favorite film actress Carole Lombard had one in the same place I wish I could be her kind of actress Betty added r It is well known now how she got her chanc chance chance- The wife of Director Howard Hawks saw a photo of Betty in iri Harpers Harper's Bazaar and said I 1 like her face Why not find out if Sf she can act Not ever every even with such influential influential backing comes through the lens Or the one eyed monster monster mon mon- ster as Joan Crawford calls alIs the camera when it is rolling The exciting thing abo about t Laurens Lauren's success is that she defeated defeated de de- de all the obstacles when they confronted her such as stage fright etc She spent two years walking the Broadway pavements seeking seeking seek seek- ing a job She thinks a girl trying to become an actress must always have someone s to lean leanon on Someone who will keep having faith in her and keep her from quitting Some girls she thinks are strong enough to keep going even without an outside outside out out- side romantic interest But most need one strong person who will continually say You cant can't fail That man was press agent Larry Spooner After Lauren was signed to her contract it Hollywood w was s impressed upon her by mall mail what a glamorous us town tow she was coming com coming corn com corning ing to She rode out on the train with Earl Robinson They arrived at Union 8 station tI J but signals were crossed and there was no one to meet her She went to the B Beverly Beverly- verl V Wilshire i II 1 s h i 1 r e hotel where she thought she had reservations But they had never heard of her Finally she got in hi t touch uch with her agent who sent her to the Claremont h hotel tel in Westwood Westwood Westwood West- West wood Village where there were no men only men only their mothers For two weeks she sat on the hotel balcony on a rocker and wondered where the Hollywood was r Then someone from the studio rescued her M G GM M tested her once in New NewYork NewYork NewYork York and told her shed she'd never become an actress but actress but that shed she'd make a good model Howard Hughes tested her and told her shed she'd never bec become me an actress actress' until her teeth were straightened She likes them crooked r One producer who turned her down for fora a a. Broadway show met her when she was wason wason wason on her way to the train She figured this was her chance to rub it in Hello she said and goodbye Wish me luck Im I'm going to Hollywood Ive I've just been signed by Warner Bros The producer unimpressed re replied replied replied re- re plied Lots of luck Now get some training and come back backan an actress |