New Britain herald., 1928-07-31
BY HORTENsE SAUNDERS

vie ana prOtcge oil Gll l5OaH, upper
low, Mt the right, in the days when
BY HORTENSE SAUNDERS
New York. July 30.-"Mind your
own business.
Sound advice, that, but it took
years Of married life to convince mo
Just how much wisdom is contained
in those four words"
Thus did Gilda Gray, who SHIN
mied into the limelight a few years
ago and shook down a few fortunes,
confirm the rumor that all is not
well in the little Gray Boar menage
and that the next step is the divorce
court
Gil Roag and Gilda Gray often
have been pointed out as the ideal
Broadway pair. After Boag went
out of the night club business in
New York. which was about the
time the Nolstcad act came in, he
devoted all his talents as a business
manager and promoter to Gilda,
who later became his Wife, She
udHCtu anu liz pay GU VIC Pil''i anu
built ur her name until she broke
box office records all over the
country.
Home anil Business Won't Mix
But a husband manager is a.
difficult balance to maintain said
Gilda. Either the manager loses
himself in the husband, which Is;
hard on the career. or the manager
dominates the husband, which is apt
| to wreck the marriage. Too much
business in the home finally means
| no home"
And Gilda uttered the classic re-
mark of every Broadway star after
every fresh matrimonial fiasco:
Never again."
| II believe" she went on. that an
actress or motion picture star either
should avoid marriage entirely or
marry someone outside her own pro-
fession-someone who will be sym
pathetic and sincere. but separate
from her professional life.
people say to ne: Just look
what your husband did for you-he
never would have promoted anyone
else as he did you. because of his
personal interest That's just APP
plesauce.
She Made Good
II was getting $500 a week, and
T stopped show on broadway the
first time Gil Boag ever saw me
And he saw me as a good enter.
tainer. He offered me a job in his
night club and l made good He
started another one, which was bull
around my dance. ! drew d Grove
and I made money for him.
ANY other manager who knew
his business could have made {
popular entertainer out of meal
because I had Il new dance, and thu
public was Just ripe for it.
II will give Gil-Boar credit as :
manager-hc could have taken an.
number of broadway dancers ant
built them up Just as successfully a
he did me. He might even haV
done better.
I'VE are both grabbing credi
we don't deserve when we take til
glory for my success on BroadWa
and in the movies We Just playe
in luck. And the breaks were wit
us. have an idea We will eac
do better work. separated
So Gil Boag is making pictures !
Germany. and Gilda is about I
make new picture in 1ondor
= under new management.
y Started in Saloon
Gilda Gray started her career d
a dancer in a sawdust floor res
,taurant- saloon run by one job
= Letzska, out in Milwaukee,. Sh
I had shed one husband, John Col
: etski. before she came to New Yor
to make her fortune, and her or
: son had been left behind with he
j. former husband.
e In pre-Charleston days, Gilda
u shimmy was a shocker. and SAM
n thing to tell the folks about bae
l. home. She became one of Il
: highest priced entertainers in II
profession. Later she took up pi
lures, and made personal appea
ances with her films. Today ST
y says she is going to devote the ne
= few years to pictures exclusively.
: I'm going to work as hard as
u can, make as much money as ! ca
d and then I'm going to try to enjt
r life a little" she said firmly. VI
y can't enjoy yourself while you a
= a performer. You never real
It know where you stand or who yo1
y friends are.
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IS AS long as YOU are celebrit
vo,, ran depend unon certa