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Movie still from the MGM wartime epic "Bataan". Robert Walker's rise to screen prominence is as rags to riches as any Horatio Alger tale. Although his name is new to film fans, movie capital oracles predict it will soon spell plenty of chips at the boxoffices. He was appearing on several New York radio programs when Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer spotted him and signed him to a contract. After the second day of filming, Director Tay Garnett broke a ten year rule and predicted that the youth would rocket to the top rank of the cinema's elite. Robert Walker is pictured here in a scene from his first film. He's spotted some Nip snipers. Robert Taylor and Thomas Mitchell are with him. Get premium, high resolution news photos at getty

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