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SUCCEEDING IN- THE MOVIES BY JUANITA HANSEN, HIGH SCHOOL GIRL WHO: MADE GOOD. Miss Juanita Hansen There are many.girls who have the idea that the life of a "movie queen'-.! would make the proverbial bed of roses seem like a rock pile. Such is not the case 'and "the girl who enters the movie field with that idea will soon be disillusionized. Hard work is one of the great elements of success in the movies. It is the girl who is willing to post 24 hours a day if necessary in order to finish a pic ture on time that wins "the a'dmira tion of her directors, and is thought of when a new lead is desired. For days at a time,, I have had to be on hand with my make-up on.jiressed for the part at the studio at 6 am. The whole company had to be there, but there were few grumblers. Of course, this- isn't the regular thing but you must expect it Don't get an inflated idea of your own importance. I cannot impress this too .strongly, on girls desiring to .enter Qlb -jfilm -yoEbL- --I- haye-seeacli more girls lose.. out because, witH, their first 'important part, they asr sumed the, airs of a Sarah Bernhardt and considered themselves too good to associate with the rest of the com pany. They make themselves dis liked by insisting on the best dress ing rooms, having fits of tempera ment, refusing to take orders from the director and wanting to re-write scenarios to suit themselves. Avoid this above ail things. (The End) o o Matrimony is a .ship and divorce ja aubinirine: ihat blows it-up. AtjfafcfcJtt,!