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Show THE HISTORY PAG DAILY Sunday, February'5; 2006 HERALD ig PORN 12 ee ee a @oT ner The ely Neve Lepgoy factswere page. Mi Executive Edi Ruan Witene Daily Heralas P.O. Box 717, Provo, UT 84603-0717. No phone calls please. Edwina endures problems, returns homeafter filming D. Robert Carter nefall day, after the MGMsafari that was filming Trader Horn had been in Africa morethan half a yearand hadcovered about 40,000 square miles of back country, a cable arrived from California calling the expedition home. Bythis time, Van Dyke hadshotalmost5,000,000 feet offilm and exceeded his. budget by nearly $1,000,000. The unit broke up at Thika Falls near Nairobi. Most of the membersleft for Mombasa and homeafter reveling through a farewell partythat lasted all night Anarticle in the MGM Press Book paid Edwina a well-deserved complementafter the filming in Africa ended. The account asserted that the young: actress “proved herself fearless in the face of hardships and dangers that would haveterrified most othergirls. . . It was to her indomitablespirit no less thanto her grace andpersonal magnetismthat the troupe ‘owed muchofthe successofits hazardous journey.” Inanarticle appearing in the DenverPost, Harry Carey called Edwinaa bravegirl who held uplike little trooper while the companywas film- ing, but the actor said Edwina wilted the moment they entered Mombasa. On the homewardboundboat, Edwinawas ill, off and on, for the whole trip. Olive Carey remembered that the ship’s doctor “said her blood pressure was so far below normal he was astonished.” Whenthe ship reached New York, Edwinapretended she was well enoughto come out and have her.picture taken. Harry apparently hit the nail on the head when he expressed this Hollywood truism:“If an actress were dying she'dstill be there when the camera boys called for a newspaperpicture.” Harry likely expressed the collective opinion of the cast and crew whenhe told the press regardingthetrip:“I never had an experiencelikeit in mylife. And that goesforall of us. And I think that though wewouldn't have missed it for a million — we wouldn't go throughit again for ten milion!” After arriving in New York in November1929, Edwina and Duncan boarded train for California. Anarticle carried over the wire and printed in newspapers throughoutthe country claimed the two returning stars telegramed their spouses, asking them not to come to thetrain station to meet them. Edwina’s husband, Anthony G. Shuck, stayed home, but Mountainland Applied Technology College Looking for a hair salon? Look nofurther, contact MOUNTAIN COSMETOLOGY tor your next salon appointment MATC 763-0324 MATC BYU PhotoArchives Harry Carey, Mutia Omoola, Duncan Renaldo and Edwina Booth (left to a huddleintall African grass during an escape scene in the film Trader Horn. Thefilm premiered simultaneously on January 2: 1931, at Grauman’s Chinese Theaterin California and at the AstorTheaterin New York. Suzette Renaldo traveled to the depot andarrived in time to see her husbandassistingthe ailing Edwinainto an automobile. Mrs.Renaldo took her husband home. Hestayed there a numberof days, and then he left again. Duncan soonfiled for a divorce, andhis wife did not contest his legal action. Notlongafter her return, Edwinafiled to have her marriage to Shuck annulled on the grounds that the two were under age when they were married. This was not the case. Aswas the custom,film com- panies routinely shaved a few yearsoff the ages oftheir actresses; MGMarbitrarily made Edwinafive years younger than shereally was. According to the studio, Edwina would havebeen underlegal age when she marriedsin 1927. She was, however, born in 1904 not 1909, andin 1927, she would have been well overthe legal age to marry. Nevertheless, she received the annulment. Thoughshe was seriously ill, Edwinabravelytried to live a normal life. Shortly after the actress’ return from Africa, journalist Mary Caldwell visited Edwina’s home in Pasadena and joined a groupofthe actress’ friends in viewing her African souvenirs and hearing her adventurous tales. Caldwell was surprised to see Duncan present and was introduced to the leading man before she met the leading lady. Edwina impressed the reporter, and Caldwell penned these favorable notions of the new celebrity: “Myfirst impression was of gorgeous goldenhair andlively big eyes.... Her well molded nose and her white teeth completed the beauty of Edwina’s face,... Not only was the young girl lovely to look at, she was charming to talk to, She was interesting and vivacious andtold stories of her African experiences with an evident pleasure in recalling them. There was not the faintest trace of affection in her manner.” Sometimelater, Edwina also talked of her African experiencein a positive, upbeat manner to magazine writer Dick ¥ Hunt: “The scenery, the animals and the customs of the various tribes more than outweigh the hardships we encountered.... It was interesting enough for me to wantto go back some dayand experience it all over again. Ere long, however, Edwina suffered a physical and emotional collapse that reversed her opinion of the Dark Continent. During one year in Africa, she i achieved fame and gained possibility of ree fortune,but she had not found happiness.In exchange for her six minutes of fame, Fate exacted a heavy price. 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