Foreign accents may be an asset, according to some leading producers, but those who have them do not seem to be doing as well as they might. Olga Baclanova is allowed to start off on a vaudeville tour just as the company goes into heavy production. There is a difficulty in getting exactly the correct role for a woman with a certain type of accent, unless the story is written especially for her. Baclanova,, superb artist though she can be, is far mora difficult to cast in a talkie that she was in the silent films.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 307, 28 December 1929, Page 5 (Supplement)
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