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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Wednesday, August 19, 1959

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 19, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Toft 16 the stars and stripes Joan Marshall s big Battle was 3-year polio struggle _ 4determination helped to Star defeat paralysis by Rick do Browh Hollywood up Joan Marshall who stars As Sailor in to s bold adventure series began her boldest real life venture 10 years ago when Bulbar polio paralysed her vocal cords spine neck and face. A doctor in Chicago s contagious disease Hospital told the slim Blond actress then 15 years old that she probably never would walk or talk again. If anyone had told me the that i d be Able to function As perfectly As i do now i d have thought it was a Pep talk for a dying person said miss Marshall lost voice i lost Complete use of my voice and the right half of my face was paralysed. I had to close my Eye with my fingers when i went to bed. I was scared to death be cause i was told Bulbar polio was More dangerous than limb polio in some ways. For instance it might infect the brain. The Odds Are that you recover either fully or not at  Marshall said she was hospitalized for six or seven  she went Home she took daily treatments from a therapist my voice came Back almost to Normal in about 18 months she said but even until last year i had a terrible problem. When Igot tired or excited my voice would go into such a High pitch that you could hardly hear  started in Chicago miss Marshall recovered enough to begin her theatrical career seven years ago As a chorus girl at Chicago s Chez Paree  she did some modelling on television and got a Job As a show girl in Las vegas Nev. While in Las vegas she was offered a Job on red Skelton s to show. More jobs followed before she finally tested for and got the bold adventure part opposite Dane Clark. Miss Marshall still takes precautions to prevent a weakening of her physical condition. Last  she said i went to a corrective speech professor Here to make sure my pitch Antone were Normal for acting. He s Blind and his hearing is so  i think he s made my voice better than it was even before the polio. Joan Marshall was struck downy Bulbar polio 10 years ago when she was 15. Hinterlands Fame no key to films Hollywood a Janet Blair says you can Knock them dead out in the hinterlands butt does t mean a thing in Holly Wood. A few years ago Janet gave upper Columbia contract to play nurse Nellie Forbush in the National company of South  for 3% years she played to packed houses from Boston to san fran Cisco. When i finished she recalls i literally could t get a Job for a year producers in new Yor wondered whatever happened to me i could have died for All the knew. They just Don t know what s happening in the rest of the  ,.out our Way by Williams he s Prim Kim meet to the Hample cuz he think sep Tammy primes from that roof a Public Tim cup Why purty near every body does that-1pk? till seem a Trampp Oiw it hey mister/nq1 around the neighbourhood Otto is known As the Wilbur Wright of West 88th  and to considered quite an authority of aviation an plying a reputation he earned from watching 32 Jimmy Stewart Lovies and Reading 900 copies of amazing astounding air plane comes according to Otto the dig news in aviation is tip top secret atomic plane the 03 is building Kwh a completed this plane will be. Able to 8y almost indefinitely it the out refuelling and wifi probably have to land Only about once a year n e a re u r t a in s Ca i ish Hollywood fingers crossed and sitting on Wood Alaa Ladd was discussing accidents the particular kind that happen to film actors right along Ladd who fears he is the most Accident prone Star in the business was still Licking several wounds suffered a few Days before during a scene in his current guns of the Timberland. His horse had b when the Umpire says play Ball director yells Cut l of Angeles a p film and television actor Kevin Cor Coran nonchalantly blew up a bal Loon As he waited his turn in Superior court. In pictures since he was 2, he considers such appearances just a part of the business. He is 10, now. Kevin played the title roles in Toby Tyler circus films and Moochie of the Little  option approved judge John gee Clark approved his latest option under which Walt Disney productions inc., pays him$600 a week. He ordered him to save 25 per cent. The boy was silent when the judge asked if he enjoyed making the Little league picture but As he left the formal atmosphere he re marked we did t enjoy it too  we d get going Good they d yell Cut Ladd throwing the actor heavily. Ladd was knocked unconscious and hospitalized for three Days but the wide wide world got no wind of it. Khe was a Little distressed that nobody seemed to �  if we get killed does the Story break he mused and Deventhen the boys want absolute proof that the Corpse is the Mccoy and not a  the Timberland incident was just another close shave in Many for the former Carpenter s help Ron the Warner lot who gave up that Job in 1936 for what rethought would be the less precarious one of acting. As a Carpenter s Helper Alan recalled i once fell 45 feet from a catwalk through a process screen caught hold of a backdrop and Rofle it to the ground uninjured. 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