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EARNING £l5 A DAY. Marion Lois Hopkins when 12 days old was earning £l5 a day as a screen actress in "The Man in the Iron Mask," ■ the new Edward Small production. The story begins with the birth of twin sons to King Louis XIII of France and his queen, Anne of Austria, and Marion Lois Hopkins plays both roles, even though she is a girl. She weighed only a little more than five pounds at birth and her tiny size qualified her to play the roles of the newborn twins. She receives special attention, because the Californian law provides that she can work only two hours a day and ( hat she cannot be under the lights for more than 30 seconds at a time. Edward Small has provided his youngest, actress with a special nurse and the law pro l .-ides that a welfare worker must be in attendance al all times when she is on the set.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 August 1939, Page 4
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