The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-04
Fascinating Role Is
 Given Miss Russell
Local Star Plays Part of Craceess Girl Who Blossoms
 Into Beauty in Night Must Fall"
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Hollywood, March 4--Trtle as it is that Rosalind Russell is finding her ugly-duckling roles In Wight Must Fall" Q fascinating one, when she went to her first Yale prom she regarded berself as an actual dowd and she didn't like 1t at all.
 She was dressed in the ruffles and ribbons of sweet sixteen and 1t was sweet sixteen, you see,
 The worst of 1t was that I went with my elder sister, the duchess that's Clara" the Metro Goldwyn- Mayer star said in Q voice still ectoing with protest. "The duchess was ell done up in Q white satin thing, with Q bright red slash inset up to the knee on one side, and she was Q knockout.
 And there I was in pink dress, all scallops and Shirring, with a boatline neck and a ribbon in my hair. I remember having silver shoes and long, white kid gloves and Q fan, too, but looked sweet. Definitely sweet. And I wanted to look like . siren."
 sh6 had freckles as well, did six teen. .year.old Rosalind, when she went to her first prom with the editor of a Yale magazine. Mother wouldn't even let her put on any makeup.
 "The dress was just right for Q sub.deb, but you know how sub.dehS are. Or maybe 1t was the actress in |. me that made me want to wear costumes instead of just dresses be- fore I was old enough.
 "The same year." she laughed, T went from Notre Dame Academy at Waterbury to college at Maryniour1t.
 Imagine!
 "As the train pulled out of the station, I was putting on earrings and Q veil. And did I fix myself up when l bought 6 dress for myself for the first time while was away at collegel It was goh lame and I picked out a gold seQuin coat to 90 with it." Imaginel
 But in spite of the fact that Ros- alind didn't think herself suitably gotten up for a gay social whirl, she got around Q lot when she had unusually few years because she went with her sister and her two older brothers.
 My dad thought 1t was nice for the family to be together and he would scon away mothers doubts that Rosalind ought to go," Miss Russell said. I'm not sure that his purpose was entirely realized. Usu- ally the boys would take us from our chaperonS' home on our trips to New Haven, and find our escorts for us and that would be the last we'd see of our brothers until we all met again to go home.
 "Well, they did cut in for @ dance or when we'd meet them at the same party. Mother liked to check ur on such matters as, whether the boys danced with their sisters, and they wouldn't lie. At the same time, they didn't annoy us with excessive attention. It all worked out very nicely and 1t was great break for Ylau, because was 50 young that I never could have gone under any other circumstances.
 "I think our only disputes were about each others choice of com- panions. The duchess and I would pick on the girls our brothers rushed and they would sniff at the mon we thought were nice, but that solt of family conversation is harmless and never real. That's just part of tho fun"
 Wantg Visit From Mother
 Rosalind enjoyed arguing any way. The only person she has trou- blc convincing is her mother. She'd like to have her come to visit her now in California, but Mrs. Russell plans to stay near her other chil. dren in Waterbury and New York. and perhaps to accompany one of them to Florida.
 Mrs. Russell makes up her mind and is quietly firm, which Rosalind regards as the most difficult way of being firm. A family decision that mother should take voyage for her health was only made to come true-once Mrs. Russell decided the plan sounded tiresome-when Rosa lind was elected to become run- down." so that her mother would have to accompany her on trip to Bermuda. And Miss Russell never felt better than she did then.
 This taste for friendly disputation made Rosalind theology student in college. She became interested in studying comparative religion in preparatory school and really work cd at 1t. This had the effect of making her popular with her fellow students, because most of the clG..s session was devoted to debate be- tween Rosalind and the teacher.
 But good marks in theology and English and such, did not convince the faculty at Barnard when she wanted to transfer to that college from Marymount. She had to take entrance examinations and in order to pass in chemistry and French, so she went to summer session at Co., lumbia.
 There Miss Russell decided to fill out her time by studying journalism as we'll and that decision brought her up against her most unsympa- thetic professor.
 Tt wouldn't have been so bad if he hadn't been so handsome" she recalled. "He decided I was a frivo- lous young thing who would merely waste the time of the serious stu dent in the class, and that is what Columbia s full of. The scholars there make great personal sacrifices to obtain education in larger pro- portion then at most universities, and I must have looked like an ansolence as a fresh young kid in that class.
 "At any rate, the journalism professor gave me 8 bad time. He would tell me there was no hurry to leave the classroom. because the boys would wait, and he was pretty sarcastic in asking me to give the nlaaa fha hanAflk If mn haaf i,aAn-