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...other European countries as of September, 1939 . . . In her position as a mother country and considering her present political status, Ireland (especially Eire) would seem to be inadequately represented by the named governors of the British Commonwealth of Nations. Nor can a citizen of Eire, as exemplified by Cinemactor Errol Flynn, be reasonably designated a Briton when Cinemactor Raymond Massey is designated a Canadian. . . . Seemingly, Mr. Flynn and others like him would be subject to military call from Dublin, if anywhere. Eire yet adheres to her declaration of neutrality in World...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 2, 1939 | 10/2/1939 | See Source »

...ambulance, because she wants to "do something for France."* Said she: "The French are the bravest people I have ever seen, the most gallant. ... I owe so much of my artistic life to them." When Miss Moore was asked if she were a good driver, her husband, Spanish Cinemactor Valentin Perera, interrupted: "No, she isn't. I am not going to ride in her ambulance. I will have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Sep. 18, 1939 | 9/18/1939 | See Source »

...English reservists; Brian Aherne, Gary Grant, Charles Laughton, James Stephenson, Claude Rains, Errol Flynn, Donald Crisp, Richard Greene, John Loder, Directors Robert Stevenson and Alfred Hitchcock, able-bodied Britons all, and Raymond Massey, Canadian, prepared in Hollywood for a call to British arms. In Paris, Erich von Stroheim, cinemactor-director, who had early training in the old Austrian military, volunteered for the French Army, intended to join the American Volunteer Corps now being formed in Paris, if his offer were rejected...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: PEOPLE IN WAR NEWS | 9/11/1939 | See Source »

When cocky young Cinemactor Mickey Rooney left Los Angeles last fortnight for an eastern personal appearance tour, among the crowd that saw him off at the station was a wrinkle-faced, red-mopped little man who looked enough like Mickey Rooney to be his father. Soon the news got around that he was. Asked for his autograph, Comedian Joe Yule, at 44 the veteran of 36 years on the professional stage, smilingly consented. Said he: "It's the first time anybody ever asked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Mickey's Old Man | 8/28/1939 | See Source »

...Atlas of Hollywood, bear-necked Cinemactor Victor McLaglen, 52, was sued for nonpayment of a doctor's bill for "monkey gland shots" given to him periodically since 1935. "Well," he hemmed, "the doctor said they would improve my complexion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Aug. 21, 1939 | 8/21/1939 | See Source »

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