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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, JUNE

1935.

VILLAGE GIRL REAL FILMLAND CINDERELLA

PLANS FOR SEA HOP

CLIPPER GROOMED

FOR FLIGHT

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Alameda, Calif.

Aviation history

have witt another Important chapter added to it sometime during the next week, it is expected, when the Oriental Clipper, glant amphibian 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 (ring flight on June 1. According to unofficial reports, the plane is 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,

SCORES FIRST TIME BEFORE CAMERA

OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND ONE OF RISING STARS

BY DAN THOMAS

Hollywood. mother al 17-year-old sister, Ever since the movies were wean-Joan, moved to Ilollywood. The ed away from the old "nickel-{three share a comfortable spurt- deons", Cinderella tales have been meal in un exclusive quarter here. written about pretty young screen And now Joan is being tested for a contract at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. actressCHL

The mother and two daughters are a remarkable trio, really like sisters, all having the same likes and dislikes, It's

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 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 exmers.

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Officials of the company believoj That happened six months ago. that the Oriental Clipper will And Olivia stl is n unknown, start a regular trans-Pacific ser-junseen quantity as far as the public in concerned. Take my word for it.

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.

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

vice before the end of the present however, she's going places,

1 found "Livy"that's whal Aummer, carrying United States) The reason she hasn't yet beenJoan, calls her at home, clad in malle-if the company is succes-seen Is that her first role was that light blue one-piece pajama out- ful in obtaining the necessary con-uf Hernia in "A Midsummer at and still wearing makeup. She tract and later on adding Night's Dream," which will not be

regular passenger service.

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released until September,

As a matter of fact, this 18-

In addition to stops at Honolulu year-old actress will be seen in her į second and possibly her third film

and Midway Island, the plane will before the run of her first one call at Wake Island, Guam, and starts. Munia on its journey to Canton

PLAYS LEAD ROLES

or Hongkong. The present flight; She's now playing Jon E. Brown's however, is not exported 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-American1 one of the lending roles in “Captain ground crew a few weeks ago, has Blood." Both of these productions probably will be released abomb of The Shakespearea pietimo,

been but n Jonely calle station. Buited Press.

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This Canadian-born actor is becoming very popular in British acreon productions.

Matheson Lang is a cousin of

the Archbishop of Canterbury. He recently completed the star- ring role in "Drake of Eng land," Lang also had a part in "Royal Cavalcade," the picture propared in honour of the King's Jubiles and showing the highlights in the quarter cen- tury reign of their Majesties.

As a school girl in Saratoga, Misa de Havilland was quite inter- ested in dramation. About a year apo she played the rests of Puck in An amateur presentation of "A Mid- summer Night's Dream."

Then she heard that Max Rein- ! Hardt was going to stuge the [“Dream" heel. Having been an! admirer of the German impresaría. since she was a child, she thought life would be esmplete if he could just watch him work.

had just arrived from the studio

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

a movie camera,

If it's exercise he wants, shu they always stop for this bit of dons a awimming suit and heads refreshment. for the beach. In fact, she hal

If they come hone rather late, Hollywood rather aghast at her fre- Bent plunges into the ocean list they start the ten brewing even be March. Despite California Run-fore taking off their wraps. And shine, only the most hardy will ven-heinz perfect hostesres, they al- ture into the Pacific that early in ways have something stronger in the spring.

case a guest desires it-although "I'm used to swimming up north, bath girls stle, to text.. where the water is so much cokler) that it always seems warm down There," she explains.

The thing this young netros

SHIES FROM ROMANCE

Well, it seems that she had a friend who knew somebody who was a friend of Reinhardt's assist- ant-you know how those things go, Anyway, the friend went to work and the next thing Olivia knew she whs second understudy & Gloria A slight girl, weighing only 105 old shut-eye for 14 hours at A with a career in pictures." she told Stuart, who had been east as fer-pounds, she has dark brown hair, stretch. mia.

SUCCESS AT ONCE

To make a

and was due back in a few hours likes to do best of all, however, is for sonte night shots.

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brown eyes, and as captivating a

¡ sleep-frequently getting the good

Although only 18. Olivia atrendy has decided to be an old maid- well, for the next 10 years, anyway, "Romance doesn't seem to mix

me. "Our hours of work are so

mile as I ever want to see. But "When I'm working, I have to irregular that it frequently is

her outstanding trait is the amus-get up at 6 o'clock." she remarked necessary to break dates, Boys ing manner in which she wrinkles with somewhat of a shudder. So don't like that. So I'm not even her nose when someone comes forth when I have a-free day 1 lie in bed going to think about 'romancy until

I'm uished fr pictures." with a slurring crack. That habit until 12 or 1 o'clock. Even then has gained her the nick name of mother and Joan usually have to "Bunny" around the studio,

drag me out."

long story short, Olivia outstripped the movies dur ing the ensuing few weeks. When

Of all the things which might the play opened she was portray ing Hermia. And Reluhardt was

happen to an aspiring film star, so pleased with her performance When not working Olivia spends

there's only one that really annoys At this moment her mother ap"Bunny." That's to have the taller that he chose her for the sune rala a good deal of her time at home peared, bearing a tray of tea, Joan at blond Joan taken for her older in the screek version. That reading

working crossword following with toasted jelly sand- brought her a long-term contract puzzles. She's a fend for these wiches. Afternoon tea is one of sister.

puzzles and works every one se the most important functions in Some day she probably will cheer can find unless mother or sister the De Havilland home. No mat-such an error. But right now heat ber to it.

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

with Warner Brothers. Now she's | going like a honse afire.

When Olivia got her break, her

ter what

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Donkey's flesh has been..con- stituting a cheap delicacy on Tur- kish tables recently,

The consumers have been in ignorance of what they were eat- ing and have not noticed that the qualities of the asses were being) absorbed into their characters.

A company of four slaughterers was formed a Karagumruk in -competition with the municipał |

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Old donkeys were bought by these enterprising Turka Tor 120 conta aplece. They were alnugh- tered, their carcases buried in the garden, and the ment sold at good prices as beef,

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The winged power of America's fighting forces is strikingly pictured in this formidable array of navy planes on the deck of the aircraft carrier Saratoga. Efficiency of the air arm of the nation's, defenders was given a sororo test in the son wae games, 'which

continued until June 10,

Bearing on his huge balk the distinction of being the only African elephant with any circus, Jumbo It Is pictured In America during his first American tour with the circus.. Jumbo II is 13 years old. and more than nine feet tall. He'is named after the famous giant brought to America from England by the late Phineas T. Barnum, in 1882, and killed in 1865 while crossing a railroad track in Canada. The original Jumbo's skeleton le preservad in the American Museum of Natural History at New York, and his:skin is mounted and atands in the Barnum museum at Tufts čoilage.

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