Letter From A Hollywood Starlet epub.pub

LETTER TO THE READER To win without risk is to triumph without glory Pierre Corneille Memories from Hollywood Broadway and Europe After sitting up for three days and two nights on a train from Chicago to Los Angeles I arrived hoping like thousands of other girls to get into the movies In a short period of time I got a term contract with Warner Bros Studios and played a lead in my first motion picture It was a great start until something happened that left me empty of ambition and very upset I left my Hollywood contract with very little money and went to London where after a rocky start I was able to get acting work there and also in Paris I enjoyed London s giddy club scene with among others the lovesick Maharaja the handsome Greek shipping millionaire and the eccentric public relations man We all enjoyed dancing and rubbing shoulders with royalty Six months passed and I was ready to start a new career this time on the Broadway stage I was broke I will tell you about the people I met and what I had to do to survive until I got acting work both on and Off Broadway which led to another Hollywood contract with Columbia Studios New York in the nineteen fifties was bursting with talented people who were to mention only a few responsible for My Fair Lady Sweet Bird of Youth and Westside Story I was happy to be part of the scene Then there was the marriage to the fabulous matinee idol movie star and the ins and outs of the love affairs with the famous director and the multi talented artist Here are my memories good and bad and my struggles to work in a time when women were expected to marry and have babies And if they didn t they were considered odd and fair game Thank you for your interest Dolores Dorn Letter From A Hollywood Starlet