“Some actresses such as the much loved Spring Byington didn’t bother with coveri

“Some actresses such as the much loved Spring Byington didn’t bother with covering up their true manner; Byington openly admitted her relationship with the character actress Marjorie Main, who said of her (Main’s) famous character, Ma Kettle: ‘She was the real man in the house.’ ”

-Excerpt from Hollywoodland by David Wallace