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The forgotten Australian actress In the 1930s when the movie industry was exploding in the United States, a young Australian-born actress was one of the few antipodeans attempting to make her mark in the dazzling world of fame, fortune, and fantasy. Mary Maguire, born Helene Teresa Maguire in February 1919 in Melbourne, was the second of five sisters to Mickey Maguire and Mary Jane (nee Carroll). The family moved to Brisbane and the pretty young actress was cast in her first film at the age of 16 by director Charles Chauvel in the movie Heritage. A movie about a 'fifty-year tale of Australian settlement that shaped a nation' was to help catapult the young Mary, also known as Peggy, to a career in Hollywood. The pretty young Australian actress Mary Maguire was expected to become a major star in Hollywood. "Now storming the heights of Hollywood...Seventeen years of age and a native of Brisbane, she is heading for a successful screen career." said The Newcastle Sun as she prepared to travel overseas. Contracted to Warner Bros Mary made her US debut in That Man's Here Again with comedian Hugh Herbert. Work continued with Confession, then Alcatraz Island, and Sergeant Murphy with Hollywood star Ronald Reagan. By 1938 Mary had left Warners and moved to 20th Century Fox. After appearing in Mysterious Mr. Moto, she moved to Great Britain. Her career continued with Keep Smiling, a Gracie Fields comedy and British dramas including The Outsider, Black Eyes, An Englishman's Home and This was Paris. Her married life to Robert Gordon-Canning MC was short-lived. Older than Mary by 30 years, he was a First World War veteran and had been active in far-right British politics, including organizations like the British Union of Fascists and The Link. She was keen to show her 'Bobby' the land of her birth, planning a trip back to Australia in 1940, saying their relationship was love at first sight when interviewed by The Australian Women's Weekly. While she told the magazine she didn't believe in divorce, the marriage broke down only a few years later after the couple lost their child as a baby. In 1945 Mary married Philip Henry Legarra and she returned to the US, where he worked as an engineer. Despite an attempt to re-establish her movie career, Mary didn't work in films again. She died in 1974 of tuberculosis. This was three years after her husband died and she is buried a long way from her Australian home at Forest Lawn in Glendale, California. Source: www.talesfromthegrave.org/post/the-forgotten-australian-a...

In the mountain village where the waters of the River Styx flow, the young Golfo and Tassos swear eternal love to one another. True to her word, Golfo rejects a nobleman who wishes to marry her, but Tassos breaks his oath and agrees to wed a rich young woman instead. When he changes his mind, it is too late and the forces of destiny continue to their inevitable conclusion. Linked with the historical tradition of travelling theatre troupes, Golfo is almost synonymous with this aspect of Greek theatre. However, despite its unusual language and localised character, Peresiadiss play is charged with emotion and technically is every bit as proficient as dramas from better-known names. Romantic rivalries, moral dilemmas and heartrending choices run through this important example of Greek theatrical heritage. Nikos Karathanos and his cast and crew approach Golfo with sensitivity and reveal it to be a genuine theatrical gem. Source: www.n-t.gr/en/events/oldevents/golfw_

Golfo is a 1914 Greek silent film directed by Konstadinos Bahatoris. It is the first Greek feature film. It was based on a popular Greek bucolic play written by Spyridon Peresiadis. Plot Tasos is a young shepherd in love with Golfo and intends to marry her. However, the rich shepherdess Stavroula with the help of her father manages to lure him with the promise of a dowry. Eventually he realises his mistake and returns to Golfo, but she has poisoned herself. Driven by guilt, Tasos commits suicide. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golfo

"SAN TOY." The final performance of "San Toy" by the Br.simne Amateur Operatic Society at the Tivoli will take place to-night. The production was enthusiastically enjoyed by another crowded audience last night, and everyone was delighted with the beau- tiful mounting and dressing, and the excellence with which all the music was bundled. The fun. too. was very diverting emphasized by Mr. Vivian Brahms and Mr. Vic Jensen, Source: 26 Jun 1915, The Telegraph, Brisbane trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/176905624/19850238