Veronica Lake was one of my (pre)-teenage crushes, along with the incomparable Gene Tierney. I love the film 'Sullivan's Travels'especially the scene where Veronica is steeling herself to jump from a moving boxcar.Really funny! Veronica was an underrated actress in my opinion. She certainly had a flair for comedy, but was mostly required to be the glamour girl and look 'sultry', as they used to say. Over here women in munitions factories were banned from having V.Lake hairstyles for fear of being caught in the machinery. I'm sad to hear that she had a hard life. In what way? Stilly River Sage, perhaps you could tell me. I guess that might be thread creep, but you could pm me. Thanks for the memory. Burl.