New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-23
interesting Chat About the Screen and Stage
How 1t Feel
Sho,
| For Ii Minl,.,
Gilda Gray Can Tell i
How How to Do 1t, and \
VIII if You AL y y

Gilda Gray sat writing her ,,,.
tbs a'.t backs Of dozens Of sAssa,.|
which represented her IN s..
poses. She was in h.r dr.,,i,.
at the Cabaret and had bat !.
returned from h.r persorm,ss n. ~
zisgfeld "Follies." CiIda a
turbsd. 81 ought to b. a,.,. vas
dressing-this very ninuts, s1s
to label all Of thsse photoe,.,.. ~
self. They ar. calling =. .as y
South Sea number. but I e,,s -
them spelling my nam. c.r.., = :,
its Gray. 1t looks nicer win y =
d-a. The other would b. ell Mel, t.ta =, -
first name were Edith or WON.
ought to know how it il ,,.r', Il
think, when I made It up n,,.,s )
Polish and, you know, that ts..
80 pronounced my real In, +
So / chose Gray and they vors =
it right. Yes, Pm POLISH ~
Miss Gray with that funny It'll. y
OF hers which makes her pts.
turn up in the air. Came s,,. y. !"
shawl over my head refu.,. ~
years old" And she lauss.d ~
Everything ia jolly to GiIda ca, :.
she has a most fascinating v.,,o.,s-
She is absolutely without sss.,as,
and we hadn't supposed that a.,
man could be so naive and =,
Gently wise as she is unl...
Eve.
She held up graceful Viii. ;.
and jingled diamond and ,,,..l
bracelet Bought this With ~ 4,
weeks salary at the Folliesa d. ~
proudly. "All my life ". xz,ss h.
diamond bracelet like this, 4 H..
I have it. This is alrss =, a..
stage appearance, you knss, nd 4 h
the first time I ever worked "a .,
stage with any one else"
weren't you frightened The as
ing night?"
"Oh, no, not at all didn't ths,l
was going to make good, uv. Il
was going to try mighty hard s.s /
knew the best way to help vas .,sI
main calm. So said Listen, lssa
my real names Mariana and I AVN
call myself that-Don't even TIL
about what the people out. thers n.
thinking. just do the best yau a.
and if you fail don't cry. Yoa eouI.st
help it. Well, l went on and did ri
come along number and when hsl
finished 1 rushed to my dressing ,osa
and started to get ready for ny Ssu.4
Sea dance. / do it first now, bs. y
used to come last on the prugsri
Then I heard Ned Wayburn calling
me, Come on down hcre-euiek, .sy|
are calling for you Z csat' /
answered. L haven't got anything Ct,
Come anyway he shouted. Nc, 81
something on and do you know As
held the scene until ! went TO taxi. ri
curtain calls. When came Of G|
Wayburn said to ne. You stopped VI
show for eighteen minutesI' and iss
l did cry. 1t was the relief, .h,i
for should have died if ! had fiz
in spite OF all had said to the es
trary."
Miss Gray ha, fascinating vay {
telling things. She carries you rig
along with her, and when she rsstsa
the climax Of her story you fesl sii'
you would die, toe, If she failed. OilI
she never does fail st anything
Thrown on her own at the age Of -four
teen, with never a singing nor dsi
cling lesson and without sny infusne
or financial backing, little Gilds Grs
came to New York three or four year
ago and is now one Of the highest So
aired women on the stage. yiye
Gilda! And while she is telling u
public how to spell her last name Y
wish she would tell them how to Pr
nounce her first one. It is Azhilas
not Gilda, with the hard G, as in q
der. q. U.