9 Sep 1951 – A Ukulele and a Memory

A vamp of the former silent movie days, who acted with Rudolph Valentino and also unleashed her feminine wiles in that mighty pictorial epic “Ben Hur” is now working as a television glamour girl. Because Carmel Myers has aged in appearance far less rapidly than the years have passed, she is able to compete in the charm sweepstakes on an equal basis with young newcomers, thus bolstering the vitality move men initiated by Gloria Swanson. One prop and one routine are the mainstay routines in Miss Myers television show a ukulele she has used since she was 13 years old. It was her ukulele that led her into television. At a party in New York, she was strumming and singing, and a friend told her she should be on television. Miss Myers took the suggestion seriously and looked up Robert Kintner President of ABC. He turned her over to the program department and they put her on the air. Movie fans who are acquainted with Miss Myers have noticed her hair colour is a radiant blond and she admits her natural hair colour is brunette. She further explains she looks much better with a lighter hair color in a television studio. Last week’s episode she recalled Charleston Contests held at the famed Coconut Grove a place talent scouts would gather.  One night a scout told a young dance to report to a certain movie studio and the next day she did arrive, but nothing happened with her career until later after she did a name change to Joan Crawford. Miss Myers recalls working with Rudolph Valentino during one movie scene filmed in Santa Monica. He was supposed to rescue her but, in her version, she is the one to rescue him out of the water.