PRESS CONFERENCE
When Monolithic Studios was asked to do their part for the war effort and
temporarily release several stars from their contracts to tour with the USO Camp
Show, Gene Marshall�s name was at the top of the list. People were still singing
the catchy tunes from her movie Sea Spree that made Gene�s reputation as �Our
All-American Girl.� And GIs were adoring her innocently provocative pin-up that
had just been released. The publicity garnered from this tour would be
sensational. But for Gene, publicity was unimportant next to the opportunity to bring a
little bit of home to the boys fighting on the front. That�s what she told the
journalists crammed in the room where Monolithic was holding a press conference
to announce the movie stars going overseas on the upcoming USO tour. Gene stood poised and proud between the USO sign and the American flag. She
didn�t use notes, but instead spoke directly from the heart, making a heartfelt
appeal to the American people to help in the war effort. �We are the soldiers
without guns,� she said to the rapt audience. �Your contributions, your
sacrifices, both large and small, are just as vital to winning this war as the
soldiers fighting on the front lines. Do your part, and together we�ll bring our
boys home victorious.� As one, the press corps surged to their feet and cheered.
And Gene Marshall�s name was proudly added to the growing list of Hollywood
stars fighting their fight on the front lines.
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