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For Life is Like That Helen was auditioned and the producer liked her but said he needed a blonde because the other woman in the play was a brunette. “Mother was a genius,” Helen said. “We stayed up all night and by morning I was a blonde." She got the part.
The young Edward Pawley, a genious actor who had appeared in many New York productions, was awed by the famous and beautiful star with whom he was cast in 1930.
“I knew her as a blonde,” Pawley said. “And she kept the blonde hair for years rather than tell me that it had been done just for the show. The funny thing was...I didn’t even like blondes. I just liked her.”
Pawley had been stagestruck since he was a young boy in Missouri. A gifted teacher had cast him in a high school play and encouraged him to use his distinctive voice and dramatic flair • in serious parts. His deep, commanding ,*<** *luUMgpt m the daily drama of the newsroom: before teletype, the Associated Press used
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