THE TALKIES.
AURORA THEATRE. MANSLAUGHTER. Claudette Colbert, Paramount film star, featured in “Manslaughter.’' to commence Tuesday evening, is bilingual—she speaks English and French with equal fluency. The feminine lead of “Manslaughter” was born in Paris, but when only six years old. her parents took her to the United States of America. At that time she did not speak a word of English. Tie public schools soon taught her. However, so that she would not lose the use of her native French, Miss Colbert’s parents insisted that she speak French at home.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXXII, Issue 2801, 16 November 1931, Page 5
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91THE TALKIES. Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXXII, Issue 2801, 16 November 1931, Page 5
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