The Icelandic Canadian - 01.12.1959, Page 23

THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
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Sigridur Halldorsdottir, who carried
Iceland’s colours into the semi-finals
last June in the Miss Universe Beauty
Pageant in Long Beach, California
visits with a fellow countryman, Peter
Rognvaldsson at Twentieth Century
Movie Studios during the filming of
“Journey to the Center of the Earth’’
based on the Jules Verne story and co-
starring James Mason, Arlene Dah!
and Pat Boone.
Peter, who is 6’4’’ and a versatile
athlete, is dressed for his role of Hans,
the Icelandic guide. He was discovered
for this, his first movie part, while
studying cinema arts and languages at
the University of Southern California
and for his screen career is changing
his name to Peter Ronson.
Since competing in the Miss Uni-
verse Beauty Pageant, 18-year-old,
blonde, brown-eyed Miss Iceland has
been studying English and movie and
television techniques in Hollywood.
She is already an accomplished stage
actress under contract to the profession-
al theatre in Reykjavik. In order to
concentrate wholly on her dramatic
studies for the next few months, she is
moving into the famed Studio Club
affiliated with the Young Women's
Christian Association where many
aspiring actresses live while trying to
get a break in movie town.
—Rhuna Emery