Cruise, Bogey, Sly (of whom more later): small male actors, at least, are, like Gloria Swanson in Sunset Boulevard, telling themselves and us that they are not small.

克鲁斯、鲍嘉、史泰龙（此人的情况稍后奉上）等身高不够理想的男演员倾向于至少要在声势上壮大自己，就像《日落大道》中的格洛莉亚·斯万森那样。

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Invitations were sent out to 700 guests including Aristotle Onassis (later Mr Jackie Kennedy), hotel developer Conrad Hilton and film stars David Niven, Cary Grant, Gloria Swanson and Ava Gardner.

邀请函发送给了700位宾客，包括亚里士多德·奥纳西斯(后，杰奎琳·肯尼迪)、希尔顿酒店开发商康拉德·希尔顿和电影明星大卫·尼文、加里·格兰特、格洛丽亚·斯旺森和艾娃·加德纳。

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Several decades later, in the 1950s, Gloria Swanson pitched Puritan's Forever Young cocktail dresses.

WSJ: A Homegrown Fashion Mogul

In another amusing passage, Gloria Swanson rebels against Cecil B.

ECONOMIST: Early film

But Gloria Swanson never did, though he stayed at her Park Avenue apartment, carefully not drinking and not smoking, and suffered her to tease him with rack after rack of costumes from her films.

ECONOMIST: Howard Gotlieb