September 26, 1942
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Harrison Carroll
Evening Herald Express
LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION!
Out at Warners, on the Edge of Darkness set, they are shooting another war story. The scene is a church in occupied Norway. But the villagers are not listening to a sermon. They are hearing reports of Nazi terrorism.
Up on the pulpit is the minister, Richard Fraser. In the congregation are Walter Huston, Ann Sheridan, Errol Flynn, Monte Blue and most of the cast of the picture.
Edge of Darkness is heavy drama. When director Lewis Milestone gets shot, however, the players relax, sit around the set and converse in ordinary Hollywood manner.
Today Ann Sheridan is jittery because she is trying to cut down on cigarettes. She’s allowing herself one every hour, on the hour.
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Smokin’ Annie, “on the hour” with Errol, between nicotine fits on the set of the Edge:
Looks like Annie was well off the wagon after the war, smoking away as the notorious Nora Prentiss:
— Tim
