JANE NOVAK PART 2.....I THINK ILL WRITE ALL IN CAPS TODAY.....MY FRIEND JANE NOVAK WAS 15 WHEN HER UNCLE JOE MARCHED HER AND HER DIMES HOME FROM HER 2 WEEK VAUDEVILLE EXPERIANCE. SHE WAS FORGIVEN AND GIVEN A JOB WITH THE THEATRE STOCK COMPANY FOR AWHILE WORKING AND LEARNING MORE SKILLS...... ONE DAY HER UNCLE JOE TOLD HER, GET OUT OF THIS TOWN AS FAST AS YOU CAN AND GO TO CALIFORNIA ....JANE HAD AN AUNT, ALREADY AN ESTABLISHED MOVIE ACTRESS, IN HOLLYWOOD, ANNE SCHAEFER. ANNE ARRANGED TO HAVE A BEAUTIFUL PHOTO OF HER NIECE PLACED IN A SPOT THAT WAS SURE TO BE SPOTTED BY VITAGRAPH EMPLOYEES IN SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA. THE ENTIRE CO. WAS COMING TO DISCUSS THE NEXT FILM. ......IT WAS DISCOVERED....., THE LOVELY BLOND WITH BIG BLUE EYES, WAS TOLD TO COME ON OUT TO THE STUDIOS......AUNT ANNE HAD ALREADY MADE SUCH ARRANGEMENTS. JANE WAS MET AT THE TRAIN STATION BY HER AUNT. JANE SEEN AND HEARD THE OCEAN FOR THE FIRST TIME. THEY WENT TO HER AUNTS HOME, AT THE MIRAMAR HOTEL. CLEANED UP, HAD A LATE BREAKFAST, AND TO THE STUDIOS. A COUPLE OF HER AUNTS FRIENDS WERE WAITING FOR HER THERE. JANE MET HER FAVORITE ACTRESS, RUTH ROLAND AND A MAN FRANK NEWBERG, UNKNOWN THEN BUT WOULD SOMEDAY BE HER HUSBAND. THEY WERE ESCORTED TO SOME NEARBY STUDIOS. RUTH ROLANDS DIRECTOR INSISTED THAT JANE GET INTO A FEW SCENES, SO THAT THEY COULD SEE HOW SHE WOULD PHOTOGRAPH. THE SCENES WERE A GREAT SUCCESS. JANE WAS PUT ON A RETAINING SALARY THE SAME DAY OF HER ARRIVAL . NOT A BAD START, .....MORE TO COME.....HERE ARE SOME PHOTOS OF JANE. SHE HAD OUTLIVED HER FRIENDS AND MOST HER FANS.....I ALWAYS SIGNED MY LETTERS YOUR NEWEST FAN, DUANE MARBURGER ONE PHOTO IS OF HER SURROUNDED BY CANADIAN MOUNTIES, THE TELETYPE ON THE BACK SAYS JANE WAS MADE CAPTAIN FOR THE DAY. I SENT HER A COPY ADDRESSED TO CAPTAIN JANE NOVAK, SHE WROTE BACK SHE HAD REMEMBERD THIS DAY AND THANKED ME.....
Posted on: Sat, 05 Jul 2014 13:31:44 +0000
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