Ardent admirers of film players will sometimes try anything to get into personal contact with their favourite. One of the cleverest attempts to get in touch with a screen star was frustrated by Francis Lederer's secretary, Miss Meta Alton.
Calling the Columbia Studios where Lederer is ce-starring with Madeleine Carroll in "It's All Yours," a young girl managed to get her call through the studio switch board directly to the set through the simple pretext that she was the long distance operator and had an important call for Mr. Lederer.
Fortuiately Miss Alton's suspicions were roused and without disturbing Lederer in his work before the cameras she managed to trick the caller into confessing her desire to "simply talk" to Lederer,
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