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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXXII, Issue 2764, 19 August 1931, Page 2

FILM STARS. FORMER OCCUPATIONS. Here are the occupations of .t he stars before they became famous— Lupe Velez, shopgirl in Mexico. * »X John Boles, stage performer, before that he studied to be a surgeon, ft * * , Janet Gaynor, file clerk in a shoe store. s’< V • sfc Charles Farrell, ticket seller in a Fifi Dorsay and Alice White, stenographers. Mary Astor, Clara Bow, Ann Harding, worked in offices before they took up actihg. sfc * *, Betty Compson worked as a nursegirl, and played her violin in an orchestra. » - if! * Loretta Young washed dishes in her mother’s boarding house. Joan Crawford was a waitress before going on the stage as a dancing girl. 'Evelyn- Brent was a school teacher. Lew Cody and Jack Mulhall worked behind a soda fountain. Louise Fazenda dipped chocolate and worked in a dental parlour. * * Frank Albertson was a tailor’s assistant. >

Lilyan Tashman and Norma Shearer were artists’ models. ■ :f $ * Gary Cooper was a cartoonist after he left-his father’s ranch. r- * v Bert Wheeler was a jockey. Lew Ayres, worked as a newspaper mechanic and played in a jazz band. * * * Greta Garbo worked in a barber’s shop. Maurice Chevalier was a "carpenter before he got his start on the stage. * * ♦ Victor McLaglen was a soldier and boxer. y Marlene Dietrich played the musical saw on the stage. :•£ * * George Bancroft land,' George O’Brien were in the navy. * * * William Haines worked in a broker’s office. sjs Clive Brooks was a confidential secretary. John’Garrick worked in a bhnk, John Barrymore was a newspaper man. June Collyer was a society girl in New York.

Farmers and others who have a knowledge of the country are usually well acquainted with the “Taranaki gate” as it is called. In the Supreme Court, which is now sitting at Wanganui, a witness was asked by Mr Justice Clair whether 1 he knew what was meant by a ‘ Taranaki gate.” Witness said that he did and that it was a gate made of wire. “Apparently that is the term by which that kind of gate is known all over the country,” observed His Honour, “except in Taranaki.” Mr A. J. MacDairmid, counsel, said that there were very good gates on the farms'in Taranaki. Unsightly Flesh! Youth-O-Form can reduce surplus weight to normal without dieting or exercise. 6/6. — S. J. Hedge, Chemist.*

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