Foreign Stars Find New War Strikes Close

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21157, 5 July 1940, Page 4

Foreign Stars Find New War Strikes Close

Stars of foreign birth, now in Hollywood, are finding today that the war in Europe strikes much closer to home than it does to the average American. Many of them have families and friends in the various belligerent countries. Many of these players have possessions and investments in the Old World which they stand to lose through invasion, bombardment or as “spoils of war.” Beautiful Madeleine Carroll, star of Paramount’s “Safari,” is one of many who find themselves unwittingly involved. Her father, Irish, and her mother, French, both refused to leave England. She has property in both England and France, and stands to lose much of it. Isa Miranda, Italian actress, soon to be seen in “Adventure in Diamonds,” has relatives in Italy. Muriel Angelus, young English actress who makes her American screen debut in “The Light that Failed,” and Ida Lupino, in the same film, have relatives in England. Ray Milland, who recently received his citizenship papers, has relatives in England, and Claudette Colbert has several in France. Bob Hope. English by birth, was unable to persuade his father to return to America with him.