Platinum Doll by Girard Anne

Author:Girard, Anne [Girard, Anne]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Mira
Published: 2015-01-28T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

The next morning, Harlean selected one of her favorite dresses to wear to the studio. After the time she had spent with Roy the night before, she felt more sensual and beautiful than she had in a long time, and her clingy black crochet dress seemed perfect for the day.

She paired the dress with her favorite black strap high-heeled sandals, fluffed her freshly bleached hair and grabbed her handbag. She was eager to work with James Hall but she was beyond excited to meet Clara Bow. That alone seemed like a dream come true.

She only hoped she didn’t trip over her own feet, or her tongue, when she did.

Rosalie, who hadn’t been getting parts lately, offered to go with her as moral support but Harlean didn’t trust herself on the subject of Roy if it came up. While their friendship was strong, she and Rosalie were both still married women and she wasn’t sure she was willing to risk the potential of Rosalie judging her. Especially since Harlean fully intended to see Roy again in the face of yet another day of continued silence from Chuck.

She felt collective eyes on her the moment she walked onto the set. Someone whistled.

“Check out the tomato,” one young technician said beneath his breath. “Yeah, and take a look at those gams,” another chuckled.

She saw Arthur Jacobson, the assistant director, look up at the sound. “What in the Sam Hill is she wearing?” he asked his assistant, who was sporting horn-rimmed glasses and a smug smile.

“I’d say it’s more what she isn’t wearing, sir.”

The sound of muffled laughter followed. It occurred to Harlean that perhaps her favorite dress was more revealing than she had intended it to be for the occasion. True, she was feeling liberated, and she had planned to wear it for Roy after the shoot today, but she might have pushed it too far for work.

“Show Miss Harlow to Wardrobe, Sam,” Jacobson said with an exaggerated scowl.

As she passed by the set, she heard a woman with a strong New Jersey accent call out. “Are you kiddin’ me? Oh, not a chance that girl’s gonna be in this picture! I want her out, Arthur. Fire her!”

Harlean didn’t need to turn around to see that the angry voice belonged to the star, her mother’s idol—sassy redheaded It Girl, Clara Bow.

Her confidence was shaken by the time she walked into the costume department with the assistant, who continued to grin the entire time they walked.

“This is Jean Harlow, Miss Head. She’s playing Hazel in the picture.”

A plain-faced woman of about thirty, with short, jet-black hair and a sharp fringe of bangs, looked up from her needle and thread. To Harlean’s relief, her smile seemed genuine. “Call me Edith.” She set the costume down onto her worktable. As she stood, she extended her hand and offered an affable shake. “Now, let’s see what we’ve got here for you.”

She went to a costume rack marked The Saturday Night Kid, the movie’s title. Each hanger bore a character name pinned to the front of it.

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