ONCE BOOED

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 26 November 1938, Page 6

ONCE BOOED

The famed “gentleman’s gentleman” of the screen, Eric Blorc, who makes his latest appearance in “Swiss Miss,” Laurel and Hardy musical production, credits whatever success he has had to G. P. Huntley and Harry Pelisser. It was Huntly, a veteran British actor, who gave Blore his first acting opportunity, a part with an English stock company on tour of Australia. Pelisser, a pioneer in satiristic drama arid well-known London stage figure, advised Blore to follow a dramatic career, but warned him of the difficulties of the road he would have to travel. That advice proved invaluable to Blore when he broke in a singing act at the music halls of London. Blore followed the great Harry Lauder and i was roundly booed off the stage. Only Pelisser’s words heartened Blore un- : til he finally carved his niche in the dramatic field. “Swiss Miss” also features Della Lind, noted European singing star, making her American screen debut, and Walter Woolf King.