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...summit of Mt. Vaea on Upolu in the Samoa Islands, these lines are inscribed on an unpretentious tomb. Set in another part of the monument are the more famous lines beginning
...Having served for an extended period in Samoa with the Navy in World War II, I would not be optimistic about the chances of business success in store for a bra factory out there [TIME, Aug. 23]. In the first place, the Exquisite Form Brassiere Co. will have to provide many unusual and asymmetrical patterns for the unfortunate natives who "have been deformed by mu-mu* Furthermore, unless styles and mores have changed greatly there since 1943, the demand for the output of the brassiere company will be limited indeed, and tourists are few in numbers...
...script allows him to remain as unbendingly oaken as ever in the face of all storms, meteorological as well as emotional, and he manages to make the tough, footloose sailing man reasonably credible. The picture's best feature: its richly authentic atmosphere. Filmed entirely in British West Samoa, the movie offers strikingly Technicolored views of the sea, the island and its people, swimming in their blue lagoon, climbing tall palms, and doing their intricately graceful Sasa, classical dance of Samoa. Unlike many other Hollywoodians at large in the South Seas, Director Mark Robson never permits his camera to leer...
Actor-Director Gene Kelly left the U.S. 18 months ago to make movies in Germany and England. Claudette Colbert went off to England and Italy. Clark Gable and Ava Gardner made a movie in Africa, Gregory Peck in Rome. Gary Cooper's cinemactivities took him from Samoa to Mexico and Europe. Kirk Douglas completed a film in Israel, then went to Italy...
From Apia. British Samoa, came a picture of Cinemactor Gary Cooper, proud spearer of a young octopus, which Cooper got during an off-duty period from his job of starring in Return to Paradise, based on a James Michener South Sea story...