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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER
16, 1936.
CHRISTMAS
Gift SUGGESTIONS
HERE ARE A FEW ITEMS from our COMPREHENSIVE RANGE OF MOST
'APPROPRIATE GIFTS.
Gloves
forr
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5 pce. sets
8 pce. sets
from $ 18.00
.from $ 75.00
..from $125.00
CHINESE SILVER
CIGARETTE CASES
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FROM $7.00 each
'MODERN FABRIC
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IN THE POPULAR FAWN, GREY. COFFEE AND CHAMPAGNE COLOURS
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Children Round
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Owing to the great interest shown in Bell and Howell "Filmo" es mers, a depot has been established | on the third floor of Marina House for the convenience of movie cam era enthusiasts. Picture shows o corner of the showrooin.
£200-A-Week
Baron Gassed With Last Penny
By A Special Reporter
End film agent to whom he had offered bis last hopeless script. Its suitcase contained nothing but a big new Bible.
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Forst was born in Vienna on May 7. 1867; said this real name was Baron En Forsterunk. He claimed lave carried out, secret diplomafie masis for Austria during great war,
the
and
flis mustery of languages-Aus- trian, German, Italian, Frenel English Attect him for the job of searching European capitals for Hollywood filmm stories. He was hoppy, on top of the world. But ns
an original story writer he was a
and story Ander,
"PEACE AT LAST“
Film actor Gibson Gowland, his
"Baron Emil Forst,” ex-Secret Service man and £200. a-week Hollywood film scenario' writer, broken by ill-failure. He was just a good trans- health and war wounds, tired of trudging round London's West End with film scripts he could not sell or even give away, paid a penny to gas himself in a tiny top floor bed- room in Vauxhall Bridge Rd., S.W. one night this month. And as I ut in my office writ-, wood two years ago to find material ing his story my telephone ráng for Mm sláries, and brought this news,
White Forst, was fosłna bls Jast hope a woman film executive from Hollywood was seeking him,
SEALED ENVELOPE
He lost that job, He had to count hin pennies. His last words before he locked himself in the bedroom to ¦ die were; "How long does a penny- worth of gas last?"
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friend for 15 years, told me last light; first met Forst-we always called him Captain Fors-in Holly- wood. He was writing Alm stories, and Roing translations of plays and novels. He often earned £200 week and more freelancing.
"He tried to write filni stories lu London; could not understand his failure to sell any. He could not earn a penny here. In Hollywood, you know, they buy stories they never use. Here they only buy the ones they want at the moment.
She had a story to translate and she wanted Forst to do it." I was told, "Another man made a mess of the job. The executive sal When the police ivere called *If only we could find Forst he to the bedroom, Forst. wrapped would make a grand Jobs of this! in as ciderdown, his head on n But she could not find him. The pillow under the bed, had been dead¦ money would have saved him." for hours. Propped on the dressing phoned to me and he was very de- Forst, nppointed head of the table was
big envelope, several pressed. I tried to cheer him up, foreign literafure department of times sented,
but he sald: 'Well, I'll be gone be- Universal City by Carl Laemmle It contained his will, which was fore long and then you'll know Jun, came to Europe from Holly- witnessed last mouth by # West that I'll be at peace at last.""
"The night before Jast he tele-
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