Evening star., 1946-11-03
|Moyie-Making
Easier Than

By ShsiIoh Grohor,
HOLLYWOOD.


Joyce Reynolds gave up her movie
career two years ago because she
thought that marriage and movie
making did not mix. Now Joyce isI
back again at Warmers and she has
changed her mind about the whole
thing.
II was II when I first signed at
Warmers" says Joyce, "and now I'm
Il and every one told me that I'd
miss Hollywood II I gave 1t up. I
had to get away from it to realize
they were right"
Joyce il best known for her crea-
ton of the jamie role. So it comes
as bit Of surprise when she tells
me, zone Of the reasons why was
glad to give up pictures was because
I didn't like the script Of the Sec
ond jamie" And she was right, be-
cause Joan Leslie, who took over the
jamie series, didn't like that script
either, and that is one Of the reasons
why Miss Leslie fought for her free
dom from Warmers.
Wed Two Years.
IT have to start all over again"
continues Miss Reynolds. I'm work
ing with the little theater group at
the studio and We put on one-act
condensations of Broadway plays
At the moment, Joyce is playing the
Betty Field part in Dream Girl"
with Craig Stevens, husband OF
Alexis Smith-and Craig Is also
using the theater show case at the
studio to prove to the producers and
directors there that he Is an actor
and not merely the husband OF
Alexis Smith.
II married two years ago" Joyce
continues, "and my husband (Jay
Lewis was q Marine fighter pilot.
They now have baby. 3-month-
old Joy. IT left with Jay for Guam
tico, in Virginia, where he was sta
toned, and we lived at Woodbridge
housing project consisting OF Six
houses" And that's when Joyce
learned about life rs 1t is lived by
housewives who are not movie stars
I'VE took over q house from ths
people before and bought their fur
niture. / did the housework and
cooking for q year and 1t nearly
swamped me-" says the brunette
actress. II didn't realize that house.
work was so hard. Dusting Is very
monotonous. and making movies Ii
much easier and much more inter.
esting!" But she admits that thu
experience was good for her-"Anc
I'd never been with 50 many yonne
people before. But I certainly an
glad to be back in pictures again.
A Texas Girl.
Joyce's husband was q medica
student before the war-they were
both brought up in Houston, Tex.
by the way, although they met in
Hollywood-and Jay is now study
ing chemistry at U. c. L. A. Il was
! there myself for a year." says Joyce
They live near the university ir
Westwood in a one-bedroom house
that is all they were able to get
and mother lives with us and sleep.
in the living room" Mother looks
after the baby when Joyce is al
the studio.
Joyce came to Hollywood from
Texas when she was Is. And or
the day she moved in. 16-year-oid
boy called on her and said. TN
Marshall Thompson. saw a young
girl move in here and I want to
get acquainted. II this were a
movie. Marshall would have mar
ried Joyce, to say the least. or would
have worked with her in a movie
But when Mr.. Thompson, who was
as cinema struck as Joyce. trieo
for a part in JAMIE" he lost Out
to Dick Erdman. But Marshall il
now doing well for himself at Metro
where he has the second lead with
Van johnson in High Barbaree.
! Wealthy Landowner.
i Joyce was signed at Warmers aftel
] playing Alice in Alice in Wonder
land" at U. c. L. A. My first par
was for Michael Curtiz in 'Yanke'
Doodle Dandy" Joyce tells me. anc
she'd give five years of her life tt
make another picture with Mike
Joyce played one of the sisters ir
The Constant Nymph" and
thought she was very good in that
I'D like to play in comedy" sht
tells me, and adds, I'm very ambi.
tious now to make good in pictures.
i The gal means what she says be-
cause she doesn't have to work. Sht
Is wealthy in her own right. Hel
father, who recently passed away
was in real estate and oil In Texas
and Joyce owns hundreds OF acres
of industrial property in Texas.
I shall be interested to see how