A SHORT VISIT

Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 149, 21 December 1936, Page 14

A SHORT VISIT

MISS CARRIE MOORE

ORIGINAL "MERRY WIDOW"

"Come, come, now, get out your pencil, and I'll tell you all about it!"

With this remark, and a twinkle in her eye, Miss Carrie Moore, the original "Merry Widow," greeted a "Post" reporter on her arrival from Sydney by the Awatea this morning. The reporter took out his pencil, and when she was not busy waving to someone on the wharf, Miss Moore gave a brief sketch of her recent movements and future plans.

"That's my sister down there," she explained. "Miss Eva Moore. She is now Mrs. R. Mcßeath, of Levin. R for Robert. I haven't seen her for five years. I'm all excited about it,"

Which was strictly true,

Miss Moore is one of a family of well-known actress sisters, whose names are more familiar to those of an older generation than they are to the present generation. She was the original "Merry Widow" in the famous play of that name in Australia.

' "What am I doing now?" she remarked. "Well, as a matter of fact I am travelling round visiting my sisters. I've just left Lily, who is starring in 'Please Teacher' in London, and Olive, who is also in London, and then there's Ivy, who's in New York. And now I'm going to stay over Christmas with Eva at Levin. I'm looking forward to it so much. It is twenty years since I was last in New Zealand. That's a long time ago.

"You know I was. always sorry I could not get to New Zealand to play the part of the 'Merry Widow,' but I was under contract to Robert Courtneidge. He's the father of Cicely Courtneidge."

Miss Moore added that film people in America were interested in her. "I had a very nice letter from Paramount," she stated, "and they are going to give me a screen test in New York." Miss Moore hopes to see the Coronation.

Last night, at the request of the passengers, Miss Moore sang the "Merry Widow," with the ship's band accompanying her. She may do some broadcasting during her stay here., '