HECTIC HOLLYWOOD.
STORY OF AN ACTRESS. " A PLOT." NEW YORK, May 30. Three men have been arrested at Los Angeles in connection with an alleged plot to kidnap the well-known film star I Mary Pickford (Mrs. Douglas Fairbanks). The police state that the men arrested, who had been shadowed for two weeks, had planned to disguise themselves as shriners (who are now in convention at Los Angeles) and to operate with a car decorated with shrine colours. Miss Pickford was' to have been I abducted from her motor car while she I was bound for her home from the studio ' Her chauffeur was to have been sand- j bagged. , The kidnappers intended to demand 100,000 dollars on the day following the abduction and to increase their demands ' as the search spread. Miss Pickford was selected after Pola Negri, Buster Keaton and other leading lights at Hollywood had been considered. Miss Pickford was in co-operation -with the police. For over a week she went through her picture work as usual. Her home was heavily guarded. Adrian Wood, one of the men arrested gave details of the plot in a signed confession.— (Reuterj. .
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Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 127, 1 June 1925, Page 7
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191HECTIC HOLLYWOOD. Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 127, 1 June 1925, Page 7
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