I took my daily swim at the Beverly Hills Hotel pool despite the presence of onlookers

No one had ever done a swimming movie before so we just made it up as we went along. I ad-libbed all my own underwater movements.

I took my daily swim at the Beverly Hills Hotel pool despite the presence of onlookers

We can't all win Olympic medals. Even I never won one.

I took a job at the pool in order to earn the five cents a day it cost to swim. I counted wet towels. As a bonus, I was allowed to swim during lunchtime.

Marriage to Fernando offered shelter and security, but the shackle was the price I'd pay.

There was a policy at Hughes against drinking at lunch, but the men ignored it