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THE OAKVILLE-TRAFALGAR JOURNAL By Jim Harrison Hollywood Career By Destiny, Design or Chance The old saw about some actors being born and others being made doesn't go quite far enough. More than a few of the leading lumin- aries of the screen became thes- pians by accident. Chance has launched as many acting careers as destiny or de- sign--so if you want a career on the Hollywood sound stages, it's a good idea to keep your fingers crossed. After all, many a celluloid favourite was literally handed his big break on a silver platter, while his fellow movie aspirants patiently labored at the door of opportunity. lights and before long he was buying a ticket to Hollywood. Today he is at the top of the lad- der, co-starring at the moment with Barbara Stanwyck in Hal Wallis' new thriller, "Sorry, Wrong Number." EARLY STAMPS ing of portraits of the Family. the others were used up or new |foundiand. The stamp showing values were required with chang-|"Lord Bacon" is incorrect as ing rates. cent value por-| Francis Bacon's title was Lord HOBBY COLUMN By Wm. D. Christianson, Jr. FOUNDLAND (Continued from Last Week) The Cabot issue was not a per- | the 2-cent was supposed to be the manent set, so the government|arms of the London and Bristol ordered the American Bank Note| Company for Colenizing New: Co, who had printed this last set, |foundland. It is actually the to start on a new series consist-|arms granted in 1637 to the col: Royal| ony by Charles I and adopted in ed by Whitehead, Morris & Co, of London. The portraits in the "Gy Series" include King James 1, whose version of the Bible we still use; from whom Guy receiv- ed his charter; King Edward VII, who died before the set was issu- ed; and King George V, this be- OF NEW- |ing the first stamp to be issued showing the new king during his reign. The Coat-of-Arms used on These were issued as|1928 as the official Arms of New- The 1% William Bendix's hard 10ek|yoveq the infant Prince Edward, | Verulam. He was a large share: turned out to be a blessing in diy the Duke of Windsor guise. But what a disguise! Bill bios having been selected by| the charter. The View of Cupids was minding his own business as|oucen victoria herself. the [holder and assisted in obtaining The 1-|shows the town where the first manager of 3 chain Frocary Toe cent shows the elderly Queen in|white child was born in New- in Orange, New Jersey, when the |. gina view to that of the Ca-|foundland in 1613. store shut down. He was not in bot a financial position to sit around| yy oro by Bassano of Lon: The 2 and 3-cent stamps and| The death of King Edward VII for long, so he took the first open- issue, don. ing that came his way--an acting pio King Edward VIL a job with the Federal Theatre Pro-| St 0% \1 Jain as Prince and | took place on May 6, 1910, but the ject. "Big Bill" has been per- screen and on the airlanes ever : or | princess of Wales. forming on Broadway, on thes. cent stamps King George and Queen Mary were shown as being taken from a KING GEORGE V CORONATION SET--1911 On the 4 and | Coronation of King George V v|was not held until June 19th, 1911. To mark this event a spe- cial issue was put out bearing the portraits of the Royal Family, and the Seal of the Colony. Five persons were shown on this set who had never been pictured be- fore. In addition to the King and Queen, Princess Mary, the Prince of Wales, Prince Albert, Prince Henry, Prince George, Prince John, the Dowager Queen Alexandra and Duke of Con- naught were included. Only 20,- 000 of the higher values were printed and they were soon sold out. THE CARIBOU ISSUE--1919 The services of the Newfound- Thursday, August 19, 104g land contingent in the py 'World War were honored by a sen fes of stamps in 1919. The 4 sign is a composite of a Canagigy moose and the caribou to progye a most striking head. Four the stamps commemorating services of the naval forces bo, the word "Ubique," "everywhere." The names ap pearing on the other values wer, of engagements in Which ip, Newfoundland armed forces tog, part. Next week we Will desig some of the pictorial design the more recent Newfoundland js, sues of postage stamps. EE 2 p.m. to Come to the . . . FLOWER SHOW & VEGETABLE SHOW BRONTE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25TH Bronte Community Hall and United Church S.S, Beautiful Floral Displays - Flower Arrangements Varied Vegetable Exhibits 9 p.m. in Movie-town's current Exhibit | S¢e- "A" in the case of the four-leaf a girl friend when the stranger|. out for a part in a forthcoming actor if he' had not spent stage show. Lancaster was an last $50 of a $2,000 inheritance instant hit in front of the flood- | from an aunt on a dinner with A Sunday chat with a casual| nis being the first stamp to show clover is Burt Lancaster. The tall, | acquaintance led Barry Fitzger-| ihe future King George V, being sandy-haired actor was riding|ald to the famed Abbey theatre |t,yen from a photograph by Rus- an elevator on his way to the 11th |in Dublin to wateh a.performance | sey) of London. floor of a New York building |backstage. Then one night the When fortune in the form of a|director clapped an old coat and} opty epoca in 1908 and put Broadway agent tapped him ona battered hat on the little civil) Fo or tne time a much- the shoulder. Burt was still in| service clerk when he needed An |,cqqeq shipment of 2-cent stamps uniform and turning actor was|extra for a mob scene. Presto, : oo St out the i Ele ruture. Hollwood Academy were thought lost in a shipwreck mind, He was on his way to see|award winner began a new career. . Ray Milland, another Oscar in the elevator asked him to try| winner, might not have turned the | Guy. The series was lithograph- the Duke and Duchess of York, A 2-cent map stamp was hur- from which they were actually later recovered. In the year 1910 a set of 11 com- memorative stamps was put out by Newfoundland to mark the 300th anniversary of the first settlement of the island by John Luggage featuring Nationally Advertised - LUGGAGE - McBRINE'S CARSON'S LANGMUIR -in- 2 & 3 PIECE MATCHED SETS - or - INDIVIDUAL PIECES BRIEF CASES Terms as low as $1.00 DOWN - $1.00 WEEK TRUST CREDIT JEWELERS Oakville New Toronto Ee Ol LIRR RE Actress stelle Brody at Ciro's in London. He told Miss Brody he was broke and she obligingly got him a job as a bit player at her studio to tide him over his economic crisis. Recently, Mil- land returned to the British sound stages to make Hal Wallis' "So Evil My Love," with Britain's Ann Todd. . . . eS A LIMITED QUANTITY --of-- BEEF and PORK CARCASSES STILL AVAILABLE AT THE OLD PRICES FOR LOCKER CUSTOMERS If you do not have a locker yet, we have additional lockers in transit. RENT A LOCKER AND SAVE ON YOUR WINTER MEAT Elsley's Frosted Foods Ltd. OAKVILLE DELIVERY SERVICE - PHONES 1214 -- 1380 Many other Hollywood heroes put on makeup the first time through force of circumstance. For example, Melvyn Douglas was introduced to the theatre by a friend after he had been fired as a newspaper reporter. Richard Arlen's start as an actor came about purely by accident. He was delivering a shipment of film on the Paramount lot and crashed into a truck. A studio executive who dropped into the hospital to sce how he was get- ting along liked his good looks and offered him a role in his next film. . . . The success stories of a dozen glamour girls contain the famil- jar account of the photograph spotted by the talent scout, the agent or some other type of star- maker. Jane Russell was work- ing in a doctor's office as a re- ceptionist when an agent saw her picture in a photographer's win- dow and looked up the original. Now, as Bob Hope's co-star in "The Paleface," Jane retains her hold on stardom. . . . Donna Reed's picture in a newspaper, ARE YOU READY TO GO Don't wait for the Last-Minute Rush! TEXT BOOKS - SCRIBBLERS LOOSE-LEAF NOTE BOOKS ERASERS - DRAWING BOOKS PENCILS - PENS and INKS GUILD'S Book Store Phone 168 Colborne Street after she had been crowned the campus queen of La City College, opened the studio gates to the academic beauty. . . . Before she thought of letting a lock of hair fall over her eye, Veronica Lake accompanied a girl friend to an audition with Director John Farrow. Seems Farrow was seeking new faces for a movie and he immediately picked the cute little blonde who had come along just for the ride. ... If it hadn't been for a broken wrist, Marlene Dietrich might be a famous concert violinist instead of a famous screen star. She was studying music in Berlin when the injury forced her to give up the string instrument. When the wrist had mended, she went on the vaudeville stage and later into pictures. Today, she retains her title of glamour queen as the night club singer in Paramount's "A Foreign Affair." Yes, the best laid plans of men and maids often go astray. And sometimes they wind up on the dotted line of a Hollywood con- tract. xn Guest of the Week If Mrs. A. Marshall will present herself at the box office of the New Century theatre any night next week, she and another guest will be admitted free as guests of The Journal. The weekly guest is drawn from our subscribers' list by accepted draw methods. 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