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

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

You can hear this line at 00:33:50 in the radio play.

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- 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...

- Joan Crawford, Janet Gaynor, Jeanette MacDonald, Dolores Del Rio, Norma Shearer, and Madeleine Carroll.

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