Brooklyn rarely escapes making its bid for fame, whether the enterprise be political, sporting or dramaturgical. The southern borough's prize entry in the O'Hara sweepstakes was Susan Hayward, an artists' and photographers' model. One of the Selznick scouts looked her up, tested her and (while toothpaste and cigarette advertisers gnashed their teeth) put her on the train for California. She didn't get the role of Scarlett, but. when finally released from "Gone With the Wind" consideration, won successive contracts at: Warner's and Paramount, and made her movie bow waiting for the Foreign Legion in "Beau Geste,"
Now for Ellen Drew and Arlene Whelan, a pair of rebukes courteous for those who scot at the thought of talent being discovered in a candy store or barber shop (outside of true story fiction). Miss Drew worked in a five-and-ten emporium in Chicago, made the mistake of finishing in the No. 1 spot in a beauty contest, which got her nothing, ventured on her own to Hollywood and finally took a job in a confectionery store on Hollywood Boulevard. An agent stopped in {o buy a bag of bonbons: the next thing she knew she was back of the players' counter at Paramount real advance was made there,
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