Doreen Wonfor

(b.**/**/1914 - d.**/**/****). Actress. Doreen Wonfor was the young girl who acted the part of the shipwrecked Emmeline as a child in the 1923 version of H. De Vere Stacpoole’s novel The Blue Lagoon directed by Dick Cruikshanks and William Bowden. Her young co-star was Val Chard as Dick and in the film they grew up to be replaced by Molly Adair and Arthur Pusey respectively. A Stage & Cinema of 29 April 1949 compares the 1923 and 1949 versions of The Blue Lagoon. It uses the following caption with one of the photographs: “At the time, the child actors’ families became friends and the children’s education was continued under one governess. Today they are married, have a child of their own, and live in Johannesburg.” Apparently they featured in a full page advert for Old Gold Cigarettes in a Look Magazine of 30 August 1938. (FO)

Sources

Cape Argus, 8 October 1938

Stage & Cinema, 29 April 1949

http://2neat.com/magazines/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=234

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