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(b.**/**/***** - d.**/**/****) Val Chard was the young boy who acted the part of the shipwrecked Dick as a child in the 1923 version of [[H. De Vere Stacpoole]]’s novel [[The Blue Lagoon]] directed by [[Dick Cruikshanks]] and [[William Bowden]]. His young co-star was [[Doreen Wonfor]] as Emmeline and in the film they grew up to be replaced by [[Arthur Pusey]] and [[Molly Adair]] 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)
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(b.**/**/***** - d.**/**/****). Actor. Val Chard was the young boy who acted the part of the shipwrecked Dick as a child in the 1923 version of [[H. De Vere Stacpoole]]’s novel [[The Blue Lagoon]] directed by [[Dick Cruikshanks]] and [[William Bowden]]. His young co-star was [[Doreen Wonfor]] as Emmeline and in the film they grew up to be replaced by [[Arthur Pusey]] and [[Molly Adair]] 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)
  
 
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Revision as of 18:26, 6 April 2013

(b.**/**/***** - d.**/**/****). Actor. Val Chard was the young boy who acted the part of the shipwrecked Dick as a child in the 1923 version of H. De Vere Stacpoole’s novel The Blue Lagoon directed by Dick Cruikshanks and William Bowden. His young co-star was Doreen Wonfor as Emmeline and in the film they grew up to be replaced by Arthur Pusey and Molly Adair 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)

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Stage & Cinema, 29 April 1949

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

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