I was racking my brains trying io think who it was that Loraine Day looked like the other morning when suddenly it dawned on me, writes Louella Parsons in the "Oregonia She was—and is—the image of Clair Windsor of ten years ago. Loraine stopped in while I was having my coffee, and Icouldn'thelp but remark how much she resembled the young Claire Windsor. She is not a blonde, and her eyes are 2 deeper blue, but she has much of the Windsor beauty, plus one of the deepest, throatiest voices Ihave heard since Ethel Barrymore, Loraine came to see me at my invitation just after the town was resounding with praise for her performance as Maeve in "My Son, My Son." Her voice so fascinated me that I spoke of it.
"How interesting," she said, "that you should mention it, for my voice was a great bone of contention on the lot. One of the producers for whom I worked insisted that I change ~y manner of speaking.
"I was upset, because I thought I would be forced and unnatural, and so I went to two men whom I admire—Mr. Frank Borzage and Mr. Spencer Tracy—and asked their advice. Both of them said don't.try to change your personality, for if you do you'll soon have nothing left, and after 'My Son, My Son,' I'm certainly glad I listened to them.
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