FEW WOMEN STARS
ENGLISH " DISCOVERIES" RARE One of the most remarkable things about the film industry in England, and one giving cause for some concern, is that during the seven years since talking pictures came in, it has discovered almost no really important women stars —except, of course, those it has found already famous on the stage, wrote an English critic recently. The isolated exceptions have largely been the work of foreigners, as in the case of Merle Oberon, who was found by a Hungarian trained in America. This failure has not been for lack of effort; numerous young women have been put under contract and advertised as great discoveries, but few seem to have fulfilled the promise. There were for example 12 "baby stars" placed under contract about three years ago by Gaumont-British; a number of young women chosen to play opposite Tom Walls; and similarly with other companies. Yet how many of them are widely known to-day?
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22344, 15 February 1936, Page 12 (Supplement)
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159FEW WOMEN STARS New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22344, 15 February 1936, Page 12 (Supplement)
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