The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-03-15
HAL
BOYLE
:. SAYS
BY HAL BOYLE

Hollywood tnat looks anu ae's nat
ural.
i. This is the case with Aldo Ray.
He is a 25-year-old former Navy
.frogman. The film people are
not quite sure whether in Aldo they
have another Gary Cooper or just
another brief-twinkling male star
LETT
J Raw isn't TOO worried either way.
He likes acting and the prospect
Of a life spent in fretting about
The income tax in the higher brack-
cts On the other hand, it would
not destroy his belief in himself
il he had to return to his old JOB
as constable in his home town
crockett, Calf.
II enjoyed being constaf lie, and
/ have lot of friends there ne
said. 1T won't break my heart
10 60 back to the people ] know.
RAY is a blond 6 foot, 1856
pound, easy going guy with re-
Taxed manner that films well and
a gravel husky voice that people
remember,
lie looks like the football player
III. used to be, and he got into the
sfatjVie Business by accident. One
6f hkS i've brothers saw q news
ntssdfbar ad calling for football play
ePs 10 play in saturdays Hero
Ana bt,..f6Med his brothers car,
dfbve 10 Hollywood and got a jo'.
sidWell, he's no actor" the exec
|ntives agreed after seeing ihe pic
ture. Then they gave him couple
Of bit roles in two other pictures
and weren't so sure. Ray acted Sc
natural he confused them.
They gambled on him by assign
/ ing him in co-starring role with
Judy Holiday in "The Marrying
| Kind, and gave him the lead spot
lin theh forthcoming From Here to
Eternity" He is now about the
hottest prospect in the industry,
hut his career still awaits the YER
dict Of tandem.
His bosses sent him here to go
through the hoopla customary in
building up new film figure
interviews, personal appearances,
endorsements Of dog foods and so
forth. Through il all he has kept
his balance extremely well, and
hasn't had to call for larger hat
size.
gs"But they've kept me so busy ]
fcatch myself shaking my own hand
tin revolving DOORS" he remarked,
grinning.
One afternoon he sneaked little
thine out from his pre-arranged
schedule to do something he HIM
self wanted. He dropped into a
! bookstore and bought copy Of
Elizabeth Browning's "Sonnets
from the Portuguese, volume Of
Hove poetry.
i've always wanted to read 1t, \
be said. ~ never got to finish coli
iiege, but ! don't see why that
should keep me from going on
learning.
| Ray is normal, healthy minded
guy and dislikes studio publicity
| tub humping about his wartime
service. An expert swimmer, he
was one of the Navy frogmen as
signed to clear.the beaches at Okin-
ava of underwater obstacles be-
tfore the infantry landed. When a
tpress agent brought this up. Aide
laughed and said:
'9"Yes, II was real rugged - there
wasn't q shot fired while ! was
[ hi the water. The Japs had already
pulled back from that beach.
70 Hist biggest victory in Hollywood
WAS his flatsrehIsaI 10 change his
name. .i3etKJt San islH
trsThey wanted TO call me John
bHarfisonSi she said. What would
my friends Think q. that II could
not stand it,
| The net result is that he is now
known as Aldo Ray on the screen
and all his old friends call him
lby new nickname-"H Harrison.
/ NEW YORK LR-Once upon a
time little girl named Edythe
Marrener lived on a street in
Brooklyn where no tree grew.
The pavements were her play
ground. One day when she was z
years old she darted into the street
after a floating paper parachute.
A car struck her She spent the
next six months in bed, wore
| clutches for another year.
1T wasn't so bad" she remem.