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The Evening Independent from Massillon, Ohio • Page 9

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Massillon, Ohio
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9
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Hollywood Gets First Bobby-Sox Star She Is Virginia Huston, A Find From Omaha wfOT Oven Fresh Extra Crisp Tender and Flaky Energy Building Distinctive Flavor FELBER Have a spare room to rent? Advertise it. By VICTOR GUNSON Central Press Correspondent has its first bobby-sox star. Her name is Virginia Huston, she's just one year out of her home town of Omaha, and she's so terrific her studio has her at work in her very first picture, "Desirable Woman," second only to Joan Bennett. Virginia is a slim blonde with blue eyes ari'd a remarkable facial resemblance to Joan Fontaine, the Academy award winner. In fact, Virginia looks more like Joan's sis- er than does Joan's real sister, Olivia de Havilland.

She will be 21 April 24, and her iest birthday present would be a ionic more commodious than the rooms in a small Beverly Hills lotel she has shared with her moth Mrs. Agnes Huston, and hei H-other, Randy, 4, since she arrivec 0 seek fame and fortune. "Of course," Virginia confessed 1 suppose we are fortunate to lave a place to live, as jam-packed as southern California is, but it is lavd sometimes with all of the studying I have to do. "However, I'm not really complaining." Prodigal Woman? Some of the studying Virginia has had to do concerns "The Prodigal Woman," for which she has been testing for the featured role. "It'll be wonderful if I get that on top of the fine part I have in my present picture," Virginia said Like all smart young girls in there are smart young girls in ginia is keeping her fingers cross ed, until the studio bosses make their final When she is not before the cam eras or on a special engagement Virginia believes in dressing fo comfort, like she dirt when she wa THE EVENING INDEPENDENT; Massillon, Thursday, March 28, sox attire that she made her ad- A year ago Virginia, determined vent at the studio.

on a professional career, decided Quite Upset 16 time 8 come to make a de Virginia frankly confesses she finite break. For a short time was quite upset when she was re- could not make up her mind wheth- jected by Darryl Zanuck, produc- to go to New York City and try tion chief of another film studio, for Broadway or to come to Holly- because of her resemblance to Miss Fontaine decided Hollywood offered a Mar- better opportunity to make more ma sweatshirt, sKirt ana moc hoice Neither have studio execu caslns tives, who predict for her one of Martin at first refused to take tne brightest careers in Hollywood. her, saying "you look terrible. Virginia's little brother is not "All right then, if leant go like quite so sure about the whole busi this I'll go back to Omaha, Vir- ness Virginia took him to the ginia told him. studio one day and someone asked Martin reluctantly took her to him how he would like to be an see Don Dillaway, talent scout, and ac or from there she finally landed an replied- nterview with the late Charles -j wou i dn It too crowded then head of the studio.

here." Virginia explained: "He told me to just keep on talk- ng and I talked and I talked and Find IS Sing talked. I wondered whether I .1, might not be talking myself out of OUtn "I afterwards was told that he ST dis- iked the sound of my voice atd "embered body of a 1 ust wanted to see whether too school pupil was found on much of it grew monotonous." vacant lot here Wednesday and Po Virginia has a very musical Chief Cunningham said peaking voice ne apparently had killed himself She made her stage debut in I with two sticks of dynamite. Omaha when she was five in a VIRGINIA talked and talked her way into a film job. attending Duchesne, Catholic.tire by wearing colored half pan) school for girls In Omaha. That with shirtwaists of contrasting co means a shirt, turned up pants and no stockings, of course, saddle shoes.

She varies this at-i In fact, it was in typical bobb; chool production, "Helen of Troy." Her mother, of course, in he audience and afterwards praised her youngster for going through pages of dialogue without faltering. Virginia says that's when she decided to become an actress. In School Plays She took part in various school productions after that. When she and her family were visiting in Los Angeles when she was 12, a friend arranged for her first radio appearance, on "Calling All Cars." Later she appeared on other radio programs and back in Omaha at Duchesne she also was in plays at the famous Omaha Community playhouse, where Dorothy McGuire The youth, Joseph Montgomery had been missing from his horn since Tuesday. Cunningham said the hoy enter ed a florist shop Tuesday and tok Window Shopping at O'Neil's of Massillon Everything for you and your home METAL-F.

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Pages Available:
216,307
Years Available:
1930-1976