The Archive · 1941

Movie Discovery Awaits Fate

Jane Russell is her real name, she is 20. and her appearance is very un-Hollywood.

She washes her own back. has shoulder-length hair and combs it out herself. She has not plucked her thick eyebrows. She has not attempted to turn her small mouth into generous Crawford lips. She drives an inconspicuous car that generally needs washing. She wears her plain. inexpensive clothes indifferently.

Jane has been starred in a movie, By most standards. but not all. that makes her a movie star.

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