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ume, even my own mother wouldn't know me," laughed Therese as she
was telling us all about i t . "Although the movies hold a glamour for
hose on the outside, it's really nothing but hard work. It's just as much
f a business as teaching school or working in an office, only the hours
re much longer and much more irregular. Sometimes I work from
ight o'clock in the morning until after four the next morning," she
went on to say.

• She has always been interested in her dancing, so when she found
hat keeping up her college work and trying to go on with the former
was too much of a strain, she dropped college. There is a great possibility
hat she will come back and continue her university work, but at the
present time she is busier than she ever was in college. Although her
work is hard, she says that she enjoys every minute of i t , and finds
t fascinating.

Besides dancing and acting, this industrious Alpha O has coached
many famous stars in dance steps. Did you see "Sweetie"? I f you did,
ust: remember that Therese was the girl who taught Jack Oakie his
teps, and taught him how to dance that collegiate routine with Helen
Kane. She has coached Colleen Moore, and has taught Sharon Lynn
Steps at the Fox studio, where she has also been working. At Fox, she
has hern acting as assistant dance producer to Earl Lindsay who has
charge of the biggest Fox production of the year, tentatively entitled

Happy Days." Therese enjoyed working at the Fox studios, and de-
clares that Stoloff, the director of "Happy Days," is one of the nicest
and most democratic men in filmdom.

You know, at U.C.L.A., Alpha 0 is noted for its good choruses,
and this reputation is largely due to Therese's efforts. Whenever the
tudent body plans an assembly of the all-entertainment nature, it most
always calls on Alpha 0 for a chorus act. Then, Therese comes over and
works out a dance routine for the girls, and helps them practice. Every-
one knows that when Alpha O is on the program, their entertainment
will not be slipshod or amateur.

In our rush seasons, Therese generally contributes a number to our
Amateur Theatrical night. She is always ready with a clever tap dance
or something similar to it. She is a most vivacious person, as her pic-
ure hints, and she has everything which should go to make up a present
day, successful film actress: brains, poise, talent, personality, and a
Pretty face.