At Monte Carlo
A YEAR ago she walked into the casino at Monte Carlo with 500 francs and came out with £SOOO. The following night she went back will) her £SOOO and came out—-with 500 francs.
Her unfailing belief in herself and her ability is founded upon more than a mere desire to achieve stardom. She is probably the most versatile actress on the screen, being
an accomplished singer—she once had opera (ice ambitions—a graduate ui the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, a former ballet protegee ox Espinosa, speaks four .languages, is a fine horsewoman, a short-mark golfer, tennis player, and swimmer. Among other accomplishments, Valerie Hobson possesses a remarkable dress sense, and is generally conceded to be the best-dressed star in British films. In this respect, she is fortunate in having the perfect mannequin's figure, her measurements being; height, sft. 7in.; bust, 34in; hips, 33in., and waist, 24in.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19777, 3 November 1938, Page 10
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149At Monte Carlo Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19777, 3 November 1938, Page 10
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