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Alameda, Calif.

Aviation history will have another important chapter aided to It sometime during the next week, It is expected, when the Oriental) - Clippor, glant amphiblan of the Pan-American Airway Corporation hops off on a trial flight to Midway Island, by way of Honolulu,

Meanwhile, the luxury liner of the air went aloft for another trial flight on June 1. According to unofficial reports, the plane in in perfect shape for the long hop to Midway Island,, which lies about 1,200 miles Northwest of Honolulu and is the second link in the chain which will soon span the broad waters of the Pacific Ocean,

Officials of the company believe! that the Oriental Clipper will start a regular trans-Pacific ser-

THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 1935.

GIRL REAL FILMLAND CINDERELLA

SCORES FIRST TIME BEFORE CAMERA

OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND ONE OF RISING STARS

· BY DAN THOMAS

Hollywood.

Ever since the movies were wean- ed away from the old "nickel- deons", Cinderella tales have been written about pretty young serren actresses.

But never before has there been one which quite equals that of Olivia de Havilland. Here is more than just the story of an extra girl It's leaping into fame overnight. the story of a girl who left Sara- toga, Calif., a village of about 800 population, and grabbed one Hollywood's choicest roles the first time she ever stepped in front of the movie camera.

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That happened six months ago. unknown, And Olivia still is ant unseen quantity as far as the public la concerned. Take my word for it, vice before the end of the present however, she's going places, summer, carrying United States | The reason she hasn't yet been' malls-If the company is succes-seen is that her Brat role was that Midsummer ful in obtaining the necessary con. of Hermia in "A tract and Inter

on adding a Night's Dream," which will not be

released until September. regular passenger service.

As a matter of fact, this 18- year-old actress will be seen in her second and possibly her third film before the run of her first one

starts.

In addition to stops at Honolulu and Midway Island, the pinne will call at Wake Island, Guam, and Manila on its journey to Canton

PLAYS LEAD ROLES or Hongkong. The present Night''

She's now playing for E. Brown's however, is not expected to extend leading lady in "Alibi Ike." And beyond Midway, which, until the in a couple of weeks she steps into advent of the

Pan-American one of the leading roles in "l'aptain Blood." Both of these productions

ground crew a few weeks ago, hus

probably will be released ahead of i been but a lonely cable relay the Shakespearon picture, station-United Press.

This Canadian-born actor is

in becoming. vory popular British scream productions. Matheson Lang is a cousin of the Archbishop of Canterbury. He recently completed the alar.

ring role in "Drake of Eng.

Jand." Lang also had a part in "Royal Cavalcade," the picture prepared in honour of the King's Jubilee and showing the highlights in the quarter cen tury reign of their Majesties.

As a school girl in Saratoga. Mins de Havilland was quite inter-! ested in dramaties. About a year ago she played the role of Puck in an amateur presentation of “A Mid- Kummer Night's Dream."

Then she heard that Max Rein- hardt was going to stage the "Dream" here. Having been an admirer of the German impresario since she was a child, she thought life would be complete if she could just watch him work.

mother and

}l!K* 37-year-old Joan, moved to Hollywood. The three share a comfortable part- ment in an exclusive quarter here. And now Joan is being tested for a contract at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

The mother and two daughters are a remarkable trin, really like sisters, all having the same likes and dislikes,

The girls' father, an Englishman,

torneys in Japan. Both girls were is the head of a firm of patent at- born there, but were brought back to this country by their mother when Olivia was only three years

old.

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At that time her limited voenb ulary was entirely Japanese. But she doesn't remember a word of the language now.

I found "Livy that's what

loan calls her at home, clad in light blue one-piece pajama out- and still wearing makeup, She

had just arrived from the studio and was due back in a few hours for some night shots.

Well may Olivin de Havilland gate out on the world with wide-eyed wonder. She has the prize record of all screen Cin derellas, stepping into a choice role the first time she ever faced

a movie camera,

If they come home rather late. I

If it's exercise she wants, she they always stop for this bit of dons a swimming, suit and heads refreshment. for the beach. In fact, she had Hollywood rather aghast at her fre- quent plunges into the ocean last they start the tea brewing even be- March. Despite California sun-fore taking off their wraps. And, shine, only the most hardy will ven-being perfect hostesses, they al- ture into the Pacific that early in ways have something stronger in the spring.

"I'm used to swimming up north, where the water is so much colder that it always seems warm down here," she explaina.

Well, it seems that she had a who friend who knew somebody was a friend of Reinhardt's assist-

The thing this young actres ant-you know how those things go. Anyway, the friend went to work

likes to do best of all, however, is sleep-frequently getting the good and the next thing Olivia know she

A slight girl, weighing only 105 jold shut-eye for 14 hours at was second anderstudy to Gloria Stuart, who had been cast as Her-pounds, she has dark brown hair, stretch.

brown eyes, and as captivating a mia.

SUCCESS AT ONCE

case a guest desires t-although both girls sticl. to tea.

SHIES FROM ROMANCE Although only 18, Olivia already has decided to be an old maid- well, for the next 10 years, anyway.

"Romance doesn't seem to mix with a career in pictures," she told me. "Our hours of work are so irregular that it frequently is necessary to break dates. Boys don't like that.

So I'm not even

going to think about romance until I'm finished in pictures."

smile as 1 ever want to see. But "When I'm working, I have to her outstanding trait is the amus- get up at 6 o'clock," she remarked To make a long story short, ing manner in which she wrinkles with somewhat of a shudder. "So Olivia outstripped the movies dur her nose when someone comes forth when I have a free day I lie in bed ing the ensuing few weeks. When with a slurring erack. That habit until 12 or 1 o'clock. Even then the play opened she was portray-has gained her the nick name of mother and Joan usually have to

drag me out." Ing Hermia. And Reinhardt was "Bunny" around the studio, HO pleased with her performance When not working Olivin spends

At this moment her mother ap that he chose her for the same role a good deal of her time at home peared, bearing a tray of tea, Joan

That reading seruen version.

ឆវ working crossword following with toasted jelly sand- brought her a long-term contract puzzles. She's a fiend for those wiches. Afternoon ten is one of with Warner Brothers. Now she's | puzzles and works every one she the most important functions in Some day she probably will cheer going like a house afire.

can find unless mother or sister the De Havilland home.

a# No mat-such

error. But right now When Olivia got her break, her beat her to it.

ter what they mas

be doing, she's awfully proud of her 18 years,

in the

Of all the things which might happen to an aspiring film star, there's only one that really annoys "Bunny." That's to have the taller and blond Joan taken for her older Aister.

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