Show how I 1 broke into the movies levies hai haic i C iby herman by JOAN CRAWFORD inching was the avenue by D which I 1 readied reached the screen I 1 du during g c childhood b il d I 1 it was S I 1 my D 1 lorrin hood arty laeff bintai bit botlon to e carve a r v a for r myself a niche 1 0 lii la the theaters liall hall of farne fame my pa lioni however ever had differ different ei t plans for me and always di delacour scour my thoughts in this direction eventually e t y I 1 li had a d to run away from hoi ituala ven home n e to e even g get e t a diance chance to dom dem on strate my embr embryonic onic talents yut dut lets start at the beginning I 1 1 I was born at san antonio tex as and like most any other child spent my early teens mastering t the lie mysteries of the three Rs s lut but atter alter school hours and during vacation periods my thoughts always strayed to a secretly cherished dreal of some day becoming a great actress although my father ened owned athe a theater lie he refused to even think thick of me to train for i tie te adrical career but ills hla re stance merely sen served ed to i whet het my desire to seek tame fame on the stage one day I 1 sat bat doin and aggred the whole thing out I 1 wanted anted to be an actress of this I 1 was sure eul but futher and mother thought oth otherwise er so I 1 decided upon a b bold 11 ail course a daring step I 1 ran away alvay from home As I 1 look back I 1 can see eee that it was indeed a foolhardy venturie for a young girl untrained in the ways of tile the world to alone 0 X V I 1 azo joan cradford Cra seek her livelihood in a strange alti its good luck was nas with me flow the and I 1 landed roy iny 11 first job with ith a revue lit in chicago that was in 1922 1 tills athla engagement I 1 acquired much experience that was to prove valuably ablo able to rne me later my ly next jump N haq to new york alere I 1 appeared in the shubert production innocent ees tile the theates pl listed ms me as lucile le sueur it seemed too rood good to be true at last I 1 was really in the theater et tame anie a part in ahe passing show at the winter garden carden little did I 1 suspect that I 1 nas to dance my way av right out of tills show into the movies mon les but just exactly what bippen eI when harry ilace of the aaltio goldwyn studios saw the show one evening and offe offenell leLl nip the chance to enter motion pic was 1 as I 1 thrilled why I 1 was so exited I 1 could hardly talk I 1 wondered want liol hollywood lywood was inas really like NN would I 1 be a star with my name lit in electric lights or just another girl among a legion of fa failures these thong thoughts ats ran through throng my mind as I 1 packed for the west nard vv ard jaunt I 1 hoped for the best upon my arrival al in the movie city I 1 x ns as gin ghen en six months of 0 intensive training in the art of screen acting and under the name of joan crawford chosen for roe me by the public I 1 made rny my first appearance before the camera in a picture called pretty I 1 adlea adies I 1 was extremely halpy even though my part was only that of an extra player I 1 learned thit extra work nork was waa the foundation upon which some of our greatest groat cht attests have herlit ps pa I 1 too N would bo be so fortunate my ly optimism knew no bounds athin ii I 1 ans as picked riched for an Im important t part with nith jackle coogan in old clothes 11 my work i ork in this prodie tion seemed to settle my future as a featured plaice and I 1 was vms ten dered a long term contract to which noach I 1 happily and hurriedly affixed my signature next I 1 was nas cast for one of the lending roles IL i silly irene and mno I 1 in 1925 1 I was as chosen as a IN anilus aim us baby star wampus mi anang the NN estern association of motion picture advertisers there are two to pictures to which I 1 on ovie e much in the matter of making I 1 iny name known to the film fans I 1 they are the boob I 1 and I 1 paris other vehicles which helped me in the climb to celluloid prominence it anre re the understanding heart the rho taxi dancer IN winners inners 0 of f the the unknown spring fever west point our dancing dat fitere s dream of love the tha duke steps out rain I 1 and grand hotel with inith the making of our oar mod ern maidens Alai dens I 1 fiert reached stardom bo you see I 1 really danced my lay ay into the gonles and the movies have kept rne me dancing ever since |