JAIL-BREAKER TO MAKE FILMS
BrPam's ace jewel thief 'with !a -ecord for escaping from gaol, the fair-haired, good lookihg 37-year- : old Stanley Thurston, fis making a 3.1m at Blackpool, to point the noral that Crime Does not Pay, based on his own experiences. Thurs on escaped from Arundel Police Staiicn, broke out of gaols it Liverpool, Ciielmsford and •>wes. His crowning feat was skipping Dartmoor gaol. He learned the tricks of escapnig at Liverpool, where he made his first big getaway in 1930. He broke out at dawn in underclothes, jogged ihrough the streets so calmly that people ihought he was an athlete training for a cross:ountry race, , In Lewes he boasted that the gaol could not hold him. Although • he Governor put on special guards, Thurston obtained the master key and was at large for 79 days. i The four Bing Crosby boys are to appear with their father in a .orthcoming film, and the money Jiey receive will go to their education. A new French star for British films is a slim, dynamic Parisian redhead, one Simone Signoret. She has been engaged by Michael Balcon to play the leading role in 'Agaiiist ihe Wind." The film will aiclude ano.her French actor, Paul Dupuis, who made a big hit in "Johnny Frencliman."
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Chronicle (Levin), 19 July 1947, Page 7
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