High Praise for Australian Comedy Star

Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 123, 26 May 1937, Page 11

High Praise for Australian Comedy Star

SHIRLEY ANN RICHARDS "IT ISN’T DONE” INGENUE (Regent: Now Screening.) Ken G. Hall, director of Cmesound’s latest production, “It Isn’t Dona,” has bouquets indeed for their new eighteen-year-old "find’* leading feminine role in this modern comedy romance, the first Australian picture with a genuine allstar cast. Never before has the studio been so enthusiastic about a potential star, and so anxious were they of retaining her exclusive services that Shirley Ann lias been signed on a year contract—first of its kind ever to bo won by an Australian girl. In welcoming this newcomer to the screen, Ken Hall says, "la Shirley Ann Richards, who plays the ingenue role in "It Isn’t Done,” I feel we have a girl with more screen potentialities than tho hundreds of girls who have passed through our hands during the last few years. She has charm, and adaptability, and a ready response to direction. With beautiful photographic possibilities, her outstanding characteristic is her unspoiled freshness, and her eagerness to study. I predict a great future for her. She is fortunate in making her first screen* appearance with such a brilliant cast —and slio has absorbed their experience, finding in their polished work a source of inspiration.* * Shirley Ann herself is deeply thrilled