Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.

Memory Is More Indelible Than Ink.

I Was Born In The Theatre. My Father Was A Small Time Impresario On The West Coast And I Was Acting From The Age Of 7, But I Started To Write When I Was 12 And By The Time I Was 14 I Was Making More Money Than I Was Acting.

From Early Colonial Days, Sex Life In America Had Been Based On The Custom Of Men Supporting Women. That Situation Reached Its Heyday In The Twenties When It Was Easy For Any Dabbler In Stocks To Flaunt His Manhood By Lavishing An Unearned Income On Girls. But With The Stock-market Crash, Men Were Hard Put Even To Keep Their Wives, Let Alone Spend Money On Sex Outside The Home. The Adjustment Was Much Easier On Women Than On Men, Who Jumped Out Of Windows In Droves, Whereas I Can't Recall A Single Headline That Read: Kept Girl Leaps From Love Nest.

I Used To Think That Looking Across A Pillow Into The Fabulous Face Of Buster Keaton Would Be A More Thrilling Destiny Than Any Screen Career.

If Hollywood Hadn't Existed, Elinor Glyn Would Have Had To Invent It.