Show I 1 STARS IN THE SPOTLIGHT 1 BY ETHEL VINE the latest cinderella story to chanute from hollywood la is that of donna reed a girt girl who grow up on an iowa farm and reached ti the le film capitol by way of the cap and gown route plus plenty of ut determination and ambition the fact that she is now appearing P in one of tho the principal roles in the latest andy hardy picture the courtship of andy hardy ardy amazes her as as it does doea veterans who have been plodding along in the extras ranks for years without much sue icess one of a big family donna IP learned arned the duties of farm daughter almost as 03 soon as she could walk she dincov discovered ored how bow to milk cows collect eggs bake bread and also to look after her bunger kly brother kell keith h and aid two kid sisters from t the a time they farat fl rat tell fell out of their cradles DONNA RM but there was waa u differ difference ozee between little donna and many of her play playmates mateo she never visualized hernell ap ao a farm wife or fo for r that matter a as a another kind of wife she visualized herself rather as a fr grand and a lady in a distant city preferably no new york where she would shop ta th the big stores go to the theatre and hays have adventures perhaps because becaas 0 this dream was vas so persistent the elie waa ltd queen of denison high school in her senior year leaves leave home after aho was graduated she piled ke her w slender luggage into her old fashioned sedan collected her her even slenderer savings and turned the c car a r in the direction of california her family approved being sturdy midwesterners who believed in independence for everyone donna was her 0 own wn on when she ceacil reached rd los angeles she registered at los angeles city college majoring in a business course she wanted to prepare heiselt corsel f to earn her living she said but while she studied etu died she found time to in a local stock company and surprised herself as well a as a everyone appear elec by turning in an astonishingly good performance in two plays the intruder and the happy journey wat that same year bear she sha was lecter a queen alqueen for a second time queen of los angeles city collert r picture was published in the papers and film stil studios dlos saw aw thy the pi tiro aire and offered her a acre screen exi test teat cinderella was ocher on her way fo Holly woodi oka t |