ENGLISH STARS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 November 1940, Page 8

ENGLISH STARS

SERVING IN ARMED FORCES. V I , , ■ Arthur Woods, who directed “Busman’s Honeymoon” with Robert Montgomery in England recently, is now serving in the ranks of the Royal Air Force. Simon Lack, who attracted attention as a schoolboy in "Good-bye, Mr Chips,” and had an interesting part in “The Proud Valley” with Paul Robeson, is a gunner in the Royal Artillery. Peter Croft, who was in "A Yank at Oxford” and has often visited Hollywood, is in the Marines, and Guy Middleton, whom you will know in "French Without Tears." is a SecondLieutenant in the Army, having risen from the ranks since war began. Colin Tapley having joined up with the Canadian Air Force, it leaves Ann Sheridan and William Stelling the sole Hollywood survivors of the Paramount "search for beauty” contest of seven years ago. About thirty boys and girls were brought to Hollywood from all parts of the world. Tapley, from New Zealand. Ann from Texas. Neither Tapley nor Stelling got bc-

yond “B” roles in “B” pictures. And Ann was dying on the vine —until the "Oomph" title brought her publicity and good pictures.