THE MAKING OF A "HE MAN"

Evening Star, Issue 21619, 15 January 1934, Page 5

THE MAKING OF A "HE MAN"

Ahinang, a “handsome Malay native,” the star of ‘ Samaraug,’ a film about pearl divers in the South Seas, is a British former officer who was decorated for bravery in the war (discloses the ‘Daily Express’). He‘ is Captain A. V. Cockle, M.C., chief inspector of police in Singapore. He is now on leave in England. .One day a company of screen personalities, who included Theda Bara, one-time “vamp” of the silent screen, arrived in the East. After a fruitless search for native talent they decided' to ask Captain Cockle, Captain Cockle agreed to play the part, but he was surprised when later he began to read in the Hollywood film journals:—“ Ahmang, number one pearl diver, lover and main sex appeal, can give Johnny Weissmuller cards and spades, not only on physique, but on aquatic performance. This boy is doing his stuff as only a Malay native, built like this one, knows how to do it. He’s the perfect amphibian; he cuts sharks’ throats before and after breakfast. And he has a way of making love that might shock even Clark Gable’s lady friends, but is strictly a la mode in Malaysia.”