SCREEN STAR QUEST.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18925, 14 February 1927, Page 14

SCREEN STAR QUEST.

CHRISTCHURCH WINNER ANNOUNCED. MUs Scott Kiiiscv is the winner of til'.' street) star quest hit Ii has been conducted ■at the Crystal l'aiace Theatre by the First National Pictures Corporation, and the announcement was made on Saturday night. Mis? Kinsev was found to 'the screen tyoe ri'i|u ired. and was chosen winner by the <otnmittee of well-known Cliristciiurcli citizens, which. a»-isied h.v M' W A. Malone, spcial representative of First Natir.n-1 l'ieture>. undertook the task of judsiiiL'. . .Air Malonc lohl a representative ci Tiik I'i:k.>s c\etiin«: that the in.-m had been a hard one. t.ut the conimittee wished to lind a type with certain characlei i>t i' s. It was not a heautj contest solely, hut a iiucst lor a pattieular type of nirl. I here \vas little difference anions the candidates who were judged for a fortnight, and jcreen tests were taken on February 7th o! the seven txirls who survived the first "eel;. The lilui was shown last week at the First National Headquarters in Wellington, ".Ml the candidates were civet) every consideration.' 1 said Mr Malone, ' and we believe that Mivs Scott Kinsev is the tvpe required. She will fjo a lon;i way in tile contest. Although she i. .-.mall. *he is no loss ir. > fat lire (Van Mary Pickloi'd. Hetty Hronson. or Mary Miles Mii'.ter. and she eine'irod very creditablv. Kwm: on Friday night it was a matter ot iou -h and go as to who would be the winner '' Mr Malone snoke highly cf the s>irii shown by the candidates. \!io Mi-s Kinsev a great reception v lieu she was declared winner. .Miss Sr-oft Kinsev will leave for Auckland on February 21st to compete at the Dominion finals. If she is successful. r,! le , v ill to Melbourne. via Sydney, to compete there.