PORTIA’S IDENTITY HARD TO HIDE
Mr. W. Hall asked the Yorkshire pupils of St. John’s Church of England, Whitby, to write an essay. Topic: The Film I should Like to Make.
“1 wanted imagination and inventiveness,” lie told them.
One girl wanted to adapt “Three Men in a Boat” with Lou Costello as Harris, Bud Abbott as George, and Hedy Lamarr as Fred. “It would make a very funny film,” she said.) Another wanted “The Merchant of Venice” with Jane Russell. fullbosonied star of “The Outlaw,” as Portia, the girl who disguises herself as a doctor of laws.
Commented Hall: "Of all people, Jane RusselL”
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22887, 5 March 1949, Page 5
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