In addition to Goulding, another helpful colleague was the actress who played the movie’s Sally—Constance Bennett, a woman of singular elegance and beauty. Whereas Joan depended on the advice of costume designers, Constance neither liked nor needed them: with her exquisite sense of style, she took care of wardrobe on her own. Whereas Joan knew the value of publicity and always courted the press and the public, Constance was entirely indifferent to reporters and held the masses almost in contempt. From her, Joan learned what not to do and what she could profitably emulate. Born in 1904 into
