12 Out of 42 Selected to Become Movie Stars Harbin, Mar. 25.
Twelve Russian girls, blondes, ites and one redhead whose ages range from 16 to 22, have en-feted the Manchoukuo movie world. Selected from 42 eager applicants by the Manchoukuo Motion Picture Corporation, these girls are to be trained for stardom, "They have passed all photographic tests, posing, singing, dancing, walking and other feats demanded of a movie star.
The first six girls have already departed for Changchun to begin their studies. In Harbin they leave behind countless taxi-dancers and wait-rosses, all of whom imagine their long cherished dreams of becoming a film star are at last taking definite form.—Reuter.
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