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FOREIGN FILM TALENT AN ARREST AT HOLLYWOOD (Received January 29, 5.5 p.m.) LOS ANGELES, Jan. 28 A wholesale exodus of foreign film talent from Hollywood was predicted today by Mr. Murray W. Garsson, special assistant to the United States Secretary of Labour. He announced that all foreign actors, actresses and technicians were under scrutiny.
Mr. Garsson inaugurated the long heralded Government " drive " by arresting Mr. John Farrow, screen writer, a familiar figure at the film colony's social gatherings, on a charge of overstaying his leave.
Mr. Farrow, said to be a native of Australia, is alleged first to have entered the United States as a seaman. His screen plays include "The Wheel of Life," "Hie Wolf Song," and "The Woman From Moscow."
ill*. Garsson said he had begun questioning Miss Maureen O'Sullivan, an Irish actress, in connection with the arrest of Mr. Farrow.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21403, 30 January 1933, Page 7
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