The Picture Show Annual (1948)

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Peter Coyle, Phillip Hartley and Jack Armi- tage in “ The Grand Escapade. Ted Donaldson Beverly Simmons A friendly bout between Donald Devlin and George McDonald. Yard, My Reputation ; while Mona Freeman’s pictures include Together Again, Junior Miss, Danger Signal and Black Beauty. A Belfast schoolgirl, Maureen Milligan had a special holiday to play her role in the James Mason film Odd Man Out. She is the youngest member of a famous Belfast theatrical family. Her grandmother, Min Milligan, who also played a role in Odd Man Out, is a member of the Belfast Ulster Group Theatre. In Frank Randle’s film When You Come Home there are three interesting youngsters. Little Marise Hepworth is a younger sister of Ronnie Hepworth who was himself a child film actor over ten years ago. She was chosen by Frank Randle to play the role in When You Come Home from about thirty little girls. Neville and Peter Sarony who make their screen debut in this film are the sons of comedian Leslie Sarony. Neville was bom in East Sheen, Surrey and Peter at Huddersfield. Scotty Beckett who, you will remember, played the pan of A1 Jolson as a boy in The Jolsoti Story ; was at one time a prominent member of “ Our Gang ” comedies. Born in Oakland, California, he came to the screen because a neighbour, who worked in a film studio, saw screen possibilities in him, and he has been in pictures ever since. Little Beverly Simmons is the charming youngster who played the pan of Yvonne De Carlo’s daughter in The Bride Wasn’t Willing. In her photograph which illustrates this article she is seen with her puppy, Aubrey, who appeared with her in the film Little Miss Big. There is a rousing fight between two youngsters in Swell Guy starring Sonny Tufts, Ann Blyth and Ruth Warrick. One of the boys is Donald Devlin, who makes his film debut in this picture, and the other is George McDonald, his good pal on and off the screen. Three boys who were all sixteen years old at the time, became film stars after John Baxter, the film producer, had seen them in a music hall act. For two years they had been appearing on the variety stage as “ The Artemus Boys,” Mr. Baxter decided to star them in an open-air film deal- ing entirely with the adventures of three town boys in the English country- Scotty Beckett as Al Jolson when a boy in “ The Jolson Story.” Between scenes of “ Till the Clouds Roll By”, Robert Walker, little Joan Wells and Van Heflin played “ hand over hand.”