The Archive · 1938

Fifth Time to Altar

Kay Francis, screen star, announced recently she plans to marry Baron Raven Erik Barnekow, in whose company she has been seen frequently the last three months.

The actress said the wedding would be within a few months.

They met in Beverly Hills last summer at the home of Countess di Frasso, Baron Barnekow arrived here a year ago. He is in the aviation busine:

The mai lage will be Miss Francis" fifth. Her first husband was William Gaston, her second was John Mechan, her third was F. Dwight Francis and her fourth was Kenneth McKenna, the actor Anna Neagle as Britain's illustrious Queen.

A distinct victory for Walt Disney's "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" has been recorded in the annals of British exhibition history with the report that the angina) ruling of the British censors restricting the attendance of children to the picture unless accompanied by adults has been rescinded by the London County Council Licensing Authorities. The licensing authorities have now granted the production a univer sal certificate which means that children of any age may attend it whether or not escorted by adults.

The decision affects cinema houses in London, Middlesex and Essex. It is expected that, with this official opinion as 2 precedent, the cinema censors of other countries will follow suit.

The original Certificate with limitations had been issued on the ground that certain of the scenes might frighten children under sixteen years of age. Public opinion protested this ruling, and the rescinding order followed.

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