Six months after graduating Girls’ Commercial High School, Brooklyn, Susan Hayward was in Hollywood. Six months more and she was in pictures. Another half-year and the movies were hailing a new star. Obviously, Susan Hayward is not a woman who stood still for long. The M-G-M album "
I'll Cry Tomorrow"——presenting Ms. Hayward as a recording singer for the first time-was the manifestation of her artistic restlessness, that striving toward new excellencies that is a sure sign of the truly devoted performer. Susan Hayward had always sought new worlds to conquer. She had always found them; she had always conquered them. The hopeful pilgrim who arrived in California fresh ” from a high school desk was, or seemed to be, just one more in the procession of girls who took with them to Hollywood little beyond beauty and burning ambition." That this particular lady won a "starlet" contract is hardly surprising. Even among a crowd of lovely faces that piquant and provocative Hayward grin was bound "to attract attention." But Miss Hayward’s doings from that turning-point on broke sharply with the usual movie-queen pattern. For that auburn-haired glamour girl, completely innocent of dramatic experience, immediately applied herself to the complex and difficult art of acting—as opposed to posing prettily. And in an astonishingly short time she was earning critical and popular approbation by her brilliant portrayals in such films as "
Adam Had Four Sons" and "
Reap The Wild Wind." The flow of honors had accelerated constantly ever since. Then, although unquestionably one of Hollywood’s reigning beauties, Miss Hayward’s reputation was based solidly in acting achievement. lndeed, she had already garnered three Academy Award nominations for Best Actress: in "
Smash-Up," "
My Foolish Heart" _ and "With A Song In My Heart." "
I’ll Cry Tomorrow" brought Nomination #4. But was only until her performance in
"I Want To Live" that she captured that elusive gold statuette at last. Millions of people wept unashamed tears when they saw Lillian Roth on television’s "
This Is Your Life" and read her best-selling autobiography. Susan Hayward’s motion picture portrayal of Miss Roth’s saga of stardom-to-degradation—to-fulfillment proved she was no longer just a good actress. She was a great one.
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Six months after graduating Girls’ Commercial High School, Brooklyn, Susan Hayward was in Hollywood. Six months more and she was in pictures. Another half-year and the movies were hailing a new star. Obviously, Susan Hayward is not a woman who stood still for long. The M-G-M album "
I'll Cry Tomorrow"——presenting Ms. Hayward as a recording singer for the first time-was the manifestation of her artistic restlessness, that striving toward new excellencies that is a sure sign of the truly devoted performer. Susan Hayward had always sought new worlds to conquer. She had always found them; she had always conquered them. The hopeful pilgrim who arrived in California fresh ” from a high school desk was, or seemed to be, just one more in the procession of girls who took with them to Hollywood little beyond beauty and burning ambition." That this particular lady won a "starlet" contract is hardly surprising. Even among a crowd of lovely faces that piquant and provocative Hayward
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