Claire Trevor

We were working like demons before the Guild. My agent Vic Orsatti met me at the Pasadena train station when I first arrived in Hollywood and whisked me away to the wardrobe department for fittings, make-up and then onto the location in Victorville at 4:00 A.M. Vic predicted to his staff, "We won't have to worry about her. She won't last very long." But for five grueling years, I kept up the endless pace and I endured. I cried a lot, had to dry my tears, fix my make-up and do my close-ups at 2:00 a.m. Working those hours, you'd be half-awake during an important scene and you'd worry that the stress would take its toll and kill your career. There was a big change when the Guild came to the actors' aid - you could stop at 6 p.m. It was thrilling!