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Helen's
Hollywood Days
Helen
Faye Cantrell Day RoseWinestein Logatcheff
1917-1999
A
Little Girls Dream
From
the time she was a little girl in Malvern,Arkansas,
along with her AuntHettyMooreHouston, she dreamed
of Hollywood. They both would run out and buy
all the latest movie and gossip magazines they
could find and then sit down to dream. This was
in the 1920's and 1930's.
Helen
made her trip to Hollywood in the 40's but Hetty
never did. Helen was enjoying a modeling career
in 1945 and1946 in California.They offered her
a contract to go to New York to model but
she declined to go, opting instead to stay with
and take care of her mother, Arlecia, who suffered
from glaucoma. Throughout her life, Helens family
always came first against any career. She later
admitted of being a little scared of going off
to a strange new place all alone. This ended her
modeling career.
Her
new career was in the sales line. Known as Miss Faye
she became a top of the line salesperson with Helen
Smith's Boutique in Glendale and Pasadena, Forrest
Lawn Mortuary in Glendale of which she won many top
appraisals and The Parisian, a Bridal Salon, in Pasadena
from which she retired.Her former employers tried
to lure her out of retirement to no avail. She devoted
her remaining years caring for her invalid mother
and her fourth husband, who was several years her
senior.
A
line which Helen spoke many times was " I would
rather be an old mans darling, than a young mans
slave"!!!
This
next picture of Helen Cantrell was taken from
The Models Bluebook of 1945 - 1946. Also featured
in the book is Norma Jean Dougherty who later
became famous as Marilyn Monroe....
Key
To Captions:
Measurements are given in figures only in the
following order:
Size:
Size is dress size.
Height: Height is given
without shoes.
Weight: Weight is with
street clothing.
Bust, Waist and Hips in inches.
Fashion
means trained in wholesale, retail or display
modeling.
Photography
means experienced in posing for black and
white photographic illustration.
Drama
means training and experience in little theatre
work or actual professional appearances.
More pictures
done for The Bluebook Agency:
The
picture above is the one that Floyd Day, Helen's first
husband,
kept of her by his bedside until the day he
died.
He never remarried!!
Helen
1930's
Photos
are Property of Larry Cantrell and donated for use
on this website.
Original
copy of The Models Bluebook for 1945-1946
was
given to Larry Cantrell by his late aunt.
 
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is a clipping from an old newspaper in Los Angelos.
  
 
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