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Betty Garrett COME of the feces of the actors and actresses in these ^ pages may be new to yon. others you may have seen and admired, but all of them are comparative newcomers; they have had tiieir big chance and have made the most of it. Not only are they Fortnne’s Fa vonrites , bnt they may be the screen's topmost favonrites of to-morrow. HAROLD KEEL who came over here to play the role of " Curly" in " Oklahoma " on the London stage, and commenced his screen career here, in The Small Voice, had various jobs before going on the stage. Whilst working in an aircraft factory he used to sing at his work, and someone suggested that he should have his voice trained. He took'the advice and later entered a singing competition which he won. Offers began to pour in. and he went straight into " Oklahoma " on Broadway. On leaving England this handsome sbc-foot-four Californian went to Holl 5 rwood to continue on the screen. BETTY GABRJETT was a mnsical comedy star of the New York stage before she was given a film contract by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and made her screen debut in Big City. Blonde, blue-eyed Betty was bom in St. Joseph, Missouri. Before her Broadway career she appeared in night clubs. M.-G.-M. gave her a chance to Harold P^7 ^ dramatic rede in Words and Music. Filmgoers were given a real ballet treat when beautiful red-haired MOIRA SHEARER was at last persuaded to make a film and appeared in the delightful The Red Shoes. Moira was- bom in Scotland, but it was in Rhodesia that she first attended dancing classes. Coming to England from Rhodesia, a visit to the Russian Ballet at Covent Garden made her decide on her career. At thirteen she enrolled as a pupil at the Sadler's Wells School. Shortly afterwards war broke out and she was evacuated, but her love of the ballet was so strong that she persuaded her parents to let her join the International Ballet Comp>any. Eventually she transferred to the Sadler's Wells Company, and it was not long before die was a famous ballerina. Keel ... / id