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I'm guiding myself by what strikes me as being the typical American conception of beauty.

7 seconds sound clip from the A Star is Born classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:33:36 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- I still would like to know the subject of our interview.

- Well, I'd like to express a few of my views on beauty, or rather on the most beautiful women of motion pictures in twenty years.

- They say a fool walks in where angels fear to tread, so here I am, a perfect casting job.

- What's the basis of your choice? The best subjects for your magazine covers?

- No. Magazine covers are chosen to acknowledge the popularity of certain established or rising young players.

- I'm guiding myself by what strikes me as being the typical American conception of beauty.

- By this I mean normal, charming, finely chiseled features, clear expressive eyes, intelligence, poise... Well, to be brief and honest... loveliness.

- Which predominates in your list? The old-fashioned type of yesterday or the athletic girl of today?

- Frankly, I don't believe the American ideal of real beauty has or will ever change.

- I think every man admires the lovely dainty feminine woman. If she's truly beautiful, she'll look beautiful in crinolines or slacks.

- So, from the silent days onward, here's my all-American team, selections representing every section of the continent: Alice Joyce, Corinne Griffith, Clara Kimball Young, Billie Dove, Mary Nolan...

[...]

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A Star is Born Sound Clip

Janet Gaynor on the microphone recording for A Star is BornAudio quotes from the old-time radio play "A Star is Born" (1937), based on a story by Adela Rogers St. Johns, first aired on September 13, 1937 on CBS's Lux Radio Theatre.

Actors: Janet Gaynor (Esther Blodgett), Robert Montgomery (Norman Maine), Lionel Stander (Libby)

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