Gossip Friday: Carole Gets Glammed Up

From November 1941:

Quite the nicest gesture of any month was made by Carole Lombard during the location shooting of They Knew What They Wanted.  After a particularly heavy day of shooting, Carole swished into the hotel dining room , fairly reeking of satin and glamour. With a special little nod to a family group at a corner table, she joined the rest of the company who proceeded to give her a razzing for her movie queen act. So Carole explained, “Last night I came into the dining room feeling very comfortable in slacks and no make-up. But after dinner the mother of those kids over in the corner came to me and told me that her children were disappointed because I didn’t look like a movie actress. You just take a look at those kids now if you want to know why I went to all the work to get glammed up.” Those two little girls at the family table were beaming in proof that they had just had the biggest thrill of their life. And Lombard—who’d rather crawl in a hole than dress up—had renewed their faith in the glamour of a motion picture  actress.