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E.R.P.44                  ‘CORVETTES IN ACTION’                  UNIVERSAL

There’s nothing more invigorating than a frolic in Southern California’s snowclad mountains away from the camera chores in filmdom.  Ella Raines, recent graduate from University of Washington, who is making her screen debut in Howard Hawks’ “Corvettes in Action,” at Universal Studios, is shown at a ski outing.

The name was changed to Corvette K-225 upon release.

Howard Hawks’ discovery Ella Raines in a publicity still from the start of her career around the time she made her film debut in Hawks’ production of Corvette K225 (1943)

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From: Universal Studios,

Universal City, Calif.

Ella Raines, the co-ed from the University of Washington who hit the top of the movie ladder with her first picture assignment in Howard Hawks’ production of Corvette K225 for Universal, broke a number of Hollywood male hearts by revealing recently her secret marriage to Captain Kenneth Trout of the Army Air Forces. The two had been childhood sweethearts in Snoqualmio, Washington.

The back of this 1943 publicity still reads

Universal Studios

Universal City, Calif.

This nautical star in the making, Ella Raines, is one girl among 65 men, all featured in Howard Hawks’ “Corvette K225” saga of the Canadian Navy at Universal Studios. Randolph Scott and James Brown co-star with Ella. Andy Devine, Fuzzy Knight, and Barry Fitzgerald have top roles.