"GIRL IN A MILLION."
A new packet of youthful beauty has come!,, to. the. film .worid, this:' time, on a pair, of-...silvered-ice.-skates.-.,'. .This is a pert, winsome'Sonj a.Henie, who had all of Hollywood's famous 'producers clamouring at .her door after introducing'herself in'the manner.that has literally won for. her the' plaudits .of the' world. Three times winner of the Olympic ice-skating championship, Sonj a breezed into Hollywood seeking a new world to conquer.. She rented the •': Polar Ice Palace, announced through ■.the Press her intentions., and from the time.a single spotlight picked up,her small white figure as she floated .out •■ on ■ the ics, sne ■ had the audience in the palm of her hand. The day after her exhibition, which she gave with the avowed intention of. trying for a motion. picture contract, she had audience with Zanuck, production chief at 20 th Century Fox. Sonja. walked out of the . office after a short conversation, bearing a newlysigned long-term contract.' Her first picture is "Girl in a Million," with an sutstanding supporting cast, including Jean Hersholt, Adolphe Menjou, Ned Sparks, Don Ameche, and Arline Judge. '■,'.'■■ . . '■
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 71, 25 March 1937, Page 18
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