Miss Mcry Shanlcy, the United States gun-carry: ng woman detective, phoio-Sraphed at Waterloo Station last month as she left jor Southampton to board the Europa for America ud home. insouciant I remember. The odd thing is that if there were no people of this stamp, many of the expensive West End shops would be unable to keep going.
My last type is that attractive product of modern life, the actress who sues a cinema company for breach of contract. This was Miss Elizabeth Allan, in private life Mrs. O'Bryen, who claimed damages from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, on the ground that they had booked her to play Christine in "The Citadel" and eventually gave the part to another. It seems that the scenario of "The Cifadel" was so much re-written that the Company eventually decided that Miss Allan was not suited for the part of Christine as it emerged from the melting pot.
Miss Allan's great point, as stressed by her counsel Sir Patrick Hastings, was that, although very distinguished, Miss Allan had not quite reached the rank of a star, that "The Citadel" would have put her there, hence prospective damages as well as actual, Me, Norman Birkelt on the other side, warned the jury that Miss Allan was obviously a very attractive lady, and he begged them not to be seduced thereby to the detriment of the not very attractive Company.
Each of the four days that the trial lasted, Miss Allan appeared in a new costume more ravishing than the one before. Whether she did dazzle the jury or not (and I hope that it is libellous even to suggest that there could be any doubt on the point) they ended by giving her £3,400 damages.
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