article · Issue No. 5, May 1954 · p. 24 p. 25

On the Threshold of Glory

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These radiant faces, on the [...]

glitter in the sky of art,
[...].

Ursula Thiess: They dubbed her the most beautiful girl in the world, and she stirred the admiration of Hollywood.
She was working as a 'mannequin' in Germany for a meager salary that did not cover her expenses, and she knew no English when she came to play the first of her roles; but she gave proof of rare ability and skill, and one of the newspapers said of her, after she played the heroine of the film 'Monsoon': 'You may forget "Monsoon," but you will not forget Ursula.'

Debbie Reynolds: or Miss Vitamin for 1954, as they named her, did not change in her passage from school to the stage, for she still collects pictures, and she explains it by saying: 'So that I may gaze at them when I advance in age, and remember how I was.'
She lives with her family, and wonders how she came to such fame: 'Maybe they liked my personality, for I am not clever.' Yet she learned with rare speed.

Joanne Gilbert: In a single night, this artist passed from the world of the unknown to the summit of art. Her loneliness led her to Hollywood to study music, and her voice and her femininity were the talk of Hollywood for a time; there followed a contract to act, and then... success!

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