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One of the most striking examples of this vagary of casting is to- he found in the ca=e of Ramon Xovarro. This young Mexican made his first success in “The Prisoner of Zenda” ns Rupert of Hentzau. a nobleman of that mythical Mid-European country known as Ruritania. The prince in “Die Student Prince,” was of the same strange nationality. He was Spanish in “The Call of the Flesh,” “The Singer of Seville’-’ and “In Cay Madrid.” while lie .was Italian in “The Impossible Lover.” However, his versatility docs not end mere, lie was French in “Devil May Care," Austrian in “Daybreak.” Russian in “Alati Hari”. Egyptian in “A Night in Cairo.” Indian in ‘‘Son of India,” Chinese in “Son-Daughter,’’ a South Sea Islander in “The Pagan" ana English in “A Certain Youns Man!”

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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 12078, 18 October 1933, Page 7

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Page 7 Advertisements Column 5 Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 12078, 18 October 1933, Page 7

Page 7 Advertisements Column 5 Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 12078, 18 October 1933, Page 7