AFTER NINE YEARS

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21200, 24 August 1940, Page 13 (Supplement)

AFTER NINE YEARS

STARS TOGETHER AGAIN STORY OF EARLY STRUGGLE “If you put it in a picture,” said Ray Milland, “people will say it’s too pat a coincidence, it can’t be true.” He was talking about the strange way in which Fate tangled the paths of two young people. Nine years ago each was unknown, trying to get a foothold in the London amusement world. The man had been a cavalry subaltern. The girl was a dance instructress. They entered an international dance competition held in London that year. They advanced to the final, competing against another dancing couple for the title. “If we win,” said the man, “let’s make it a stage team.” But they did not win. They drifted apart. They met in Hollywood recently, when “Irene” was filmed. The girl is Anna Neagle and the man Ray Milland. Together they dance once more—this time to the strains of what, when “Irene” was a Broadway smash-hit musical, was sung and played the world round. It is “Alice Blue Gown.”