For the past couple of weeks in the Provo, Utah, Daily Herald, D. Robert Carter has been laying out the highly entertaining life of Edwina Booth, a Provo-born actress who found stardom in the 1931 movie Trader Horn. Part one: Hollywood star began her life in still-standing Provo house, including mysterious divinations by a gypsy naming her “a child of destiny.” Part two: Edwina Booth’s fast and fateful rise to stardom, in which she is discovered by Hollywood star-makers on a Santa Monica beach. The most entertaining installment, discussing the travails of filming in Africa, is part three: Edwina in Africa: Cameras roll and crocodiles snap.
