St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1955-02-04

emphasized her rather buckish
teeth. In fact, the thing seemed
too obvious to be accidental.
Columnist Dorothy Kilgaller
had this item recently:
Beautiful and elegant Gloria
Vanderbilt Stokowski, trying for
a serious career in the theatre,
faces a hurdle evident to anyone
housekeeping on the balcony SET
at the City Center the resent
ment of struggling young actors
and actresses who have been
studying and working and pound
ing on producers doors for years
and have never seen their names
in print.
They are envIous Of her front
page publicity-for a bit part
and their snickering comments
when she exits after her brief
performances I'm Time Of Your
Life" are bitterly cruel The
stars of show business are Glor-
las friends but she has n long
hard way to go before she con-
vinces the kids on the Broadway
drug stools that It isn't her fault
she's rich"
II remains to be seen whether OF
not Miss Vanderbilt can soak up
the criticism. profit by it and Their
go on to build a career in the
theatre the hard way or at leas,
the only practical way, through
constant study, more bit roles
more professional seasoning.
Eartha Kilt, on the other hand
has moved to the top rung through
the jungle of show business that
every real star has to scratch
fight and hack through. Like
Marilyn Monroe. she's made sex
pay off. She's made sex pay off
while she's been seasoning herself
in the other accomplishments.
She's studied languages. she's
studied the smart way to make 8
buck. All the time she's been drag
cling her childhood Illustrations a,
long with her just as Gloria Van
derbilt has.
Miss Kit has been criticized foi
being seen almost entirely witt
white escorts. When a woman, re-
CARELESS of her race or color
reaches Miss Kits looming salary
range, she has a hard time trying
to find a man who can match her
both in cash and community of in
terest.
Men who might want to love hel
for herself are frightened off. They
don't like TO be put into the posi-
ton Of being the light weight
member OF the team, of sitting ir
the dressing room holding mama's
mink or chinchilla while mama is
out in the spotlight raking in a
four or five-figure per week pay
check, more pay, incidentally, thar
many business and professional
Negro men earn in a year.
Top Secret" magazine quotes
a gentleman of color from
"Eartha's native South Carolina
as inquiring whether or not "ou'
Of all the handsome Negro men
couldn't Miss Kilt find a single
one she could call exciting"
The world Is full Of handsome
exciting men Of all compilations.
One has only to look at the num-
Der Of famous theatrical and
career woman married to very
ordinary-Iooking. even ugly, but
financially solvent husbands, to
find the answer to this.
Few of the white gentlemen
Miss Kilt has been linked with car
be called handsome by any stretch
Of the imagination, but all OF
them. both in and out Of show bus.
mess, have had more than theii
share of greenbacks, Including
Franchot Tone, who Is wealthy in
his own right.
Eartha has been criticized for
patronizing white hotels in her
travels. In this increasingly-en.
hghtened day and age, % do many
business and professional Negroes
when they arrive in cities where
white hotels are open to them
This does not necessarily show
bias against ones own as much az
II does a rejection Of some Of the
high prices. indifferent services
that are often found In the better
Negro hotels.
Mss Kilt has been criticized for
having a white secretary. II she
were a white star employing q
Negro secretary, she would b
applauded as liberal. In othei
words. she il being publicly criti'
cized for putting into practice the
same principle of race relation.
that Negroes are constantly pres.
suring the white man TO practice
The criticisms OF Gloria Wander
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