Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1955-02-04

OF tenseness under her eyes and
emphasized her rather buckish
teeth. In fact, the thing seemed
too obvious to be accidental
Columnist Dorothy Kilgallen
had this item recently:
Beautiful and elegant Gloria
Vanderbilt Stokowski. trying for
a serious career in the theatre,
faces "A hurdle evident to anyone
eavesdropping 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 u bit part
and their snickering comments
when she exits after her brief
performances In Time OF Your
Life" are bitterly cruel The
stars Of show business arc Gior.
las friends but she has q long
hard way 20 20 before she con.
vinces the Kids on the Broadway
drug stools that 10 isn't her fault
she's rich"
II remains TO be seen whether or
not Miss Vanderbilt can soak up
the criticism. profit by II and then
20 on TO build a career In the
theatre the hard way or at least
the only practical way. through
constant study. more bit roles.
more professional seasoning.
Eartha Kit, 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 a
buck. All the time she's been drag
ging her childhood Illustrations a.
long with her Just az Gloria Van.
derbilt has.
Miss Kilt has been criticized for
being seen almost entirely with
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 her
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 in
the dressing room holding mama's
mink or chinchilla while mama II
out in the spotlight raking in a
four or five-hgure per week pay
check, more pay, incidentally. than
many business and professional
Negro men earn In a year
Top Secret" magazine quotes
n gentleman OF color from
"Eartha's native South Carolina"
As inquiring whether or not "out
OF all the handsome Negro men"
couldn't Miss Kilt ind q single
one she could call exciting"
The world 10 full Of handsome
exciting nen Of an compleHions
One has only 20 look nj the mum.
Der Of famous theatrical and
career woman married 20 very
ordinAry-loohinE. even ugly. but
financially solvent husbands. TO
ind thu answer 20 this.
Few 81 the white gentlemen
Miss Kit has been linked with can
b called handsome by any stretch
Of the Imagination. but all Of
them. both in and out Of show bus
mess. have had nore than their
share Of greenbacks. including
FrAnchot Tone. who IL wealthy In
his own night
Eartha has been criticized for
white hotels in her
travels In this inor.asinEiy-en.
hEh,sned day and age. % do many
business and professional Negroes
when they arrive In cities where
white hotels are open 20 them.
mis- does no, necessarily show
bias against ones own a. much A.
y NpTH TNJ-NAfH VI Spfl~ VI IN
high prices. indifferent services
hat are often found In the better
Negro hotslS
NiAs Kit has been criticized for
having q white secretary II she
we're = white star employing
Negro secretary, she would b
spplaudsd a. q liberal. In other
words she IL being publicly criti-
-izsd for putting into practice the
sans principle - rare relations
hat Negroes Arr Constantly pres
'urtng the white man 20 practice
Ths criticisms Of Gloria Wander
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