LUCILLE LISLE

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXV, Issue 12390, 30 July 1937, Page 6 (Supplement)

LUCILLE LISLE

Lucille Lisle, who plays the role of Marian Steele, in the Paramount British picture "Expert's Opinion," coming to the Regent to-morrow, made her first appearance on the professional stage as a child, playing a rat in the pantomime, "Dick Whittington," in Australia, where she was born. From this beginning she went into a succession of plays, until she was persuaded to seek larger fields of endeavour for her talents. Taking heed of this advice she set off for New Zealand, but the boat in which she was travelling was shipwrecked. Luckily she and the other passengers were saved. Bad luck still followed her. The lifeboat in which she was being taken ashore was swamped, and once again she found herself on the verge of a watery grave. Miss ,'L;isle was then offered a contract in New York, where she was engaged to play in 'Step-Daugh-ters of War." Three or four plays followed, including "Art and Mrs Bottle" and "Alice Sit by the Fire?' After this she came to England to play in "Another Language," "The Late Christopher Bean" and "Lady Precious Stream." Her films include "After Dark," "No Quarter" and "Trouble in the House."

WEDDING RING PROBLEM Love laughed at superstition recently when Francliot Tone was faced with the question of removing the gold band which had not left his finger since it was placed there nearly a year ago by Joan Crawford during the double ring ceremony which made them man and wife. The 'question arose during the filming of RKO Radio’s “Quality Street,” in which Tone is co-starred with Katharine Hepburn. Tone’s role as an eligible young bachelor of the ISOS era made the ring out of character. Director George Stevens suggested that if Tone were superstitious about removing it, the ring could be covered with adhesive and makeup. “I have no supertitions' of any kind, and will remove the ring for the scenes,’ said Tone, slipping the gold band into his pocket. “If I were superstitious, however, I would still believe that love can triumph over bad omens, and that removing a ring cannot in any way affect a happy marriage.” * S. S. Vane Dine, famous mystery novel writer, wades through a crime novel the way an average reader peruse- a newspaper. He estimates having read 5000 novels, in addition, of course, to his own. One of his recent stories, “Night of Mystery,” is at present before the motion-picture cameras at the Paramount Studios.