Cinema: The New Pictures: Jun. 17, 1940

Women in War (Republic). Elsie Janis thoroughly enjoyed World War I. As soon as the U. S. was well in, the veteran actress, who since the age of five had been entertaining audiences with mimicry and handsprings, dashed off to France to entertain the doughboys. How she did it she later told with much gusto in her autobiography, So Far, So Good! "From the fuss that the fellows made over me, I'm sure they thought I must be at least the American edition of Bernhardt. Imagine their surprise when my performance consisted of telling...

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