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Show oaV 10—THE HERALD,Provo, Utah Monday, May3, 1971 Where the Ghosts Are: Veronica Is Back in Town HOLLYWOOD — (NEA) — You might be tempted to feel sorry for her, except she doesn’t feel sorry for herself. After all, what could be a more pitiful object than a glamor gal, 30 years after the glamor has faded? ¥ Veronica Lake was back in town. She hadn't set foot in Hollywood for 19 years. She used to be one of the best—unmatched beauty and a temperament that yelled “Star!” Then, in 1952, after she had begun toslip, she walked out Overthe years since, there have been occasional items in the paper, about how she had fallen pretty low, was a barmaid or a drunk or worse. Nobody in this town really cared; the items were read with a few clucks and then back to the old swimming pool. She was yesterday. Now she’s back. Not for good. Only for a visit. The stated purpose of the visit is to promote her autobiography, “Veronica,” which is better than mostof these selfserving star’s books. Veronica has lived and she tells about it, not a dirty story like “Ecstasy and Me,” but an honest story of a woman’s life, the ups and the downs and the sidewayses. But promoting the books was only an excuse. There’s the business of exorcising the ghosts which is what she really wants to do here. She went to her old studio, Paramount. “IT was prepared to thumb my nose at it,’ she says. “But it was so sad, a ghost town, a bloody ghost town. I -almost cried. I walked down Dressing Room Row, and it was empty. It was awful.” No Limit The law does not limit the number of years an alien may reside here without making application for citizenship. However, every January, aliens must register with the Immigration Service as required by law. She’s still an attractive woman, but, afterall, she’s a grandmother and she’s been through the mill. She’s still slim and blonde but now her hair is short and the eyes are tired and there are lines in the face that used to be as smooth as a snowfall. Her home now is in England. She has a place in Ipswich. There’s a rose garden and her big worry, while she’s here, is that the gardener mayforget to put out food for the birds. This is just a visit, to promote the book and to lay those ghosts to rest. She has no urge to come hack, although shestill acts. She did. “A Streetcar Named Desire” in England not long ago and she says it was good. “T mever was an actress when I was here,”’ she says. “T was a freak. But now [’'m a bloody damn good actress. I know it sounds immodest, but it’s true.” But what she wants to do most is go back to Ipswich and feed her birds and tend her roses. She doesn’t live high, because she never was muchfor that and, anyhow, she doesn’t have a lot of money. ““At my peak here,” she says, ‘“‘my tax bracket was 30 high that I paid 97 cents n taxes out of every dollar { earned. I never had any- Still attractive but no longer the silken-smooth glamor queen whose films with Alan Ladd and others made her one of Hollywood’s greats of the golden thing.” At one point, she worked in an investment office in NewYork, and learned a few things. So, recently, when she had a little money, she did some investing of her own. “T bought 500 pou.ads worth of Rolls-Royce at four shillings each,” she says, ‘‘because I knew the British government wouldn’t let that companygo downthe drain. I think it was a goodinvestment.” She’s looking ahead now. She doesn’t look back. Back is where the ghosts are. “IT walked out of this town,” she says, “when I could have stayed and worked. And I have no regrets. “If I'd stayed, I'd be dead now.” G decades, Veronica Lake came “home” to thumb her nose, but instead “almost cried.” Joanna Pettet Likes To Work in Israel EILAT, Israel (UPI)—Willo- ly a mixedup free-lovetriangle happen frequently. 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