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DAILY POST
DAILY POST
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Editor: S. Benediktsson.
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Thursday, Oct. 21, 1943
Qootations... Facts
“We, and all others who
believe as deeply as we do,
would rather die on our féet
than live on our knees.” —
Fraanklin D. Roosevelt, Presi-
dent of the United States, to a
convocation of the University
of Oxford at Cambridge,
Massachusetts, June 19, 1941.
* ❖ *
A new world’s record in
monthly pig iron production
from a single blast furnace
was set recently ‘by the Great
Lakes steel Corportion division
of the National Steel Corpora-
tion. It produces \ 49,705 net
íons of iron, a daily average of
1,603 net t(j>ns.
5{í * *
Struck by an enemy torpedo
which damaged the entire
engine room, ruptured steam
and fuel pipes and lifted lower j
decks, the U. S. S. Edgar Allan
Poe proved the value of welded
construction — the bulkheads
held and no water reached any
cargo space.
* * *
Under the revised Chinese
conscription law, all women
between 18 and 45 are required
to render auxiliary service in
time of war. This is the first
time that the mobilization of
Chinese worqen has been pro-
vided for by law.
* * *
The Philippines, after dis-
covery by Ferdinand Magellan
in 1521, were known as Islas
del Poniente (Islands of the
West). In 1543 the archipelago
was renamed Islas Filipinas
(Philippine Islands in honor of
the Spanish crown prince who
later became King Philip II. In
1935, when the Philippine
Commonwealth constitution
was adopted, the official name
became simply Philippines.
* * *
The Foreign Orgin Group of
New York State bought $ 81,-
000,000 worth of war bonds
during the second U. S. war
loan campaign. The money will
Hollywootí News Letter
ADVERTISMENT LEADS
BOY TO HOLLYWOOD
CONTRACT
Success sometimes comes
early, sometimes late, in Holly-
wood, the U.S. film center. The
case of Farley Granger falls in
the first category. Farley the
17-year-old son of a veteran of
the last war, answered a help-
wanted advertisement which
appeared in the newspapers:
“Wanted: Boy under 18.
Theatrical experience desirable,
but not essential. Send photo
and brief biography." In cons-
equence, he received a contract
to play the leading role of a
Russian patriot in the picture
“The North Star.” Farley,
whose theatrical experience
consisted of playing in one
high-school production, is
especially happy over his good
fortune because it will enably
his mother to give up her posi-
tion as clerk in a store.
Among those who achieved
film success considerably later
in life, after some years of less
spectacular work, were Marie
Dressler, Will Rogers and May
Robson. And now Charles
Coburn, at 65 years of age and
after 40 years of acting, is en-
joying the greatest popularity
of his career.
Somewhere in the same rec-
ord belongs the case of Pola
Negri, a film star of a genera-
tion ago who abandoned her
career when sound pictures
replaced the silent films. She
has returned to the screen in
the United Artists comedy
“Hey Diddle Diddle.“ Miss
Negri took her first name —
for picture purposes — from
the name of her native land,
Poland.
Another former star, Jean
Muir, has a small part in “The
Constant Nymph.”
GREER GARSON SURPRISES
FILM COLONY
The recent wedding of Greer
Garson and Richard Ney, who
played the role of her son in
“Mrs. Miniver,” was a surprise
to Hollywood even though the
couple had had a marriage
license since November 1942.
Ney, who is now in the U.S.
Navy, was on leave. On the
day before he v/as' scheduled
to r turn to ty, the two
buy 2 0 motor torpedo boats for
íhé T ” Navy.
went quietly to a small church
in Beverly Hills, near Holly-
wood, and were married. with
Miss Garson’s mother as the
only attendant. Ney left the
fellowing day, and Miss Garson
returned to the Metro-Gold-
wyn-Mayer studios and her
role in “Madame Curie.”
Though the wedding was
unpublicized, Hollywood re-
porters learned afterward that
Miss Garson, who has a. great
; liking for the sea, wore a green
i dress at the ceremony — and
a sea-green snood with an
edging of tiny seashells.
The star received word re-
cently that “Mrs. Miniver” had.
been shown at a command
performance in the royal palace.
at Cairo, Egypt.
The wedding of Greer Garson and Richard Ney, who played the
role of her son in the film “Mrs. Miniver,” surprised Hollywood,
since they had planned to postpone their marriage until after
the war. Ney, who is in the U. S. Navy, was on leave, and on
the day before he was to return to duty the two went quietly to
a small church and were married.
MARKS 62 YEARS AS ACT-
RESS
Dame May Whitty hap
started her 62nd year as an
actress with an important part
in the picture “Gaslight.” This
is a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
thriller, in which Charles
Boyer appears as a suave killer.
C. Aubrey Smith, another
stage and screen veteran from
England, celebrated his 80th
birthday by playing scenes in
his role of colonel in “The
White Cliffs of Dover.’”
all of them with newcomers to
the screen. Hollywood needs
new talent.”
Among the “unknowns”
tested, however, is Hans Haas,
the Czechoslovakian character
star, who appeared in more
than 200 Czechoslovakian,
French and Italian films “Rev-
enge” is his first picture in
the United States.
SOLDllRS
LOOK FOR STARS AMONG
“UNKNOWNS”
To recruit the cast of
„Revenge,” the RKO studios
are making 100 screen tests of
virtually unknown actors,
“We hope to find two potential
stars a: long them,” Casey
Robivso: ■:he director, said.
“Th - :;nr-.orta: t part.s
ir; • j...T ,nd ■ 'i: :• :'.
Send your family a greeting
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membrance take with you.
the book “Iceland in Pic-
tures”. A most appropriate
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