Latest Rival For Garbo and Dietrich
G-WIIiI ANDRE, DANISH STAR.
A tall, slender girl wrapped in a i severe black cape, her dazzling blonde beauty standing out even in that brilliant audience, swept down the aisle of a New York theatre'opening a few months ago and started an eager buzz of in- > ruiry among men and women alike. Daring tho intermission, an executive of RKO Radio Pictures obtained an introduction and on. tho flext day, a test having proved she was as beautiful to the camera as she was to tho eye, the girl was signed under long term contract. ' Tho striking theatre-goer was Gwili Andre, young Danish girl, who makes her first film appearance in “Roar of the Dragon,” tho new Richard' Diix starring picture. Remaining peculiarly aloof in Hollywood where tho use of first names usually follows introductions, the Danish actress has already become a figure of mystery, intriguing, and tantalising a community whoso inquisitiveness is as insatiable as a gossip writer. Littlo has been learned about Gwili Andre, other than that sho was born in Copenhagen and went to America to spend the winter in Palm Beach with her aunt. She is sft. 6in. tall, weighs 1101 b., and has ash blon'do haiir and large blue eyes. She is now being trained as a rival for Garbo and Dietrich
In “Roar of tho Dragon, ’j the newcomer has an intensely dramatic Tole as an outcast Russian noblewoman, living by her wits in a small Manchurian frontier town. . *
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Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 7006, 16 November 1932, Page 5
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