Only N.Z. Girl on the Movies Visits Home

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 610, 12 March 1929, Page 1

Only N.Z. Girl on the Movies Visits Home

No la Luxford Makes Success in America MAY GO IN FOR "TALKIES” New Zealand's only woman representative on the films in America. No!a Luxford. is at present in Auckland, after having spent a month in Hawke's Bay, where she was born. Nola Luxford left home eight years ago. She was given a part almost as soon as she arrived in Hollywood, and, save for a break lasting nearly two years, caused by illness, worked steadily until about IS months ago, when she left Hollywod to go East and get married. She is now Mrs. Baueruschmidt, of Baltimore. "Hollywood is a wonderful place," she told a Sun reporter this afternoon, "and the scandalous stories one hears about life there are greatly exaggerated. Of course, tnere are some people who must have their names in the papers—l expect you have them in Auckland —and everyone in Hollywood being so much in the limelight, the newspapers naturally feature their misdeeds far more than they are really worth.” "I know Mary Pickford very well," continued Miss Luxford, “and she has dono wonderful things for the poor in Hollywood. She has what is almost a private orphanage, and does a tremendous amount of good by many charities.” Miss Luxford considers the talkies will revolutionise the motion picture industry. "They arc just wonderful,” she said, "and when I go through to Hollywood on my way home to Baltimore I shall take a voice test. If it is successful, I shall probably go back to the screen for good. I believe that it is possible to combine picture work with home life, and to make a success of the combination.” Miss Luxford will leave by the Aorangi to-morrow with her husband. She will leave the ship at Honolulu, and will later go to Los Angeles and Hollywood, where she will take a voice test. She will then return to her home in Baltimore, and if the test has been successful will return to work in a few months. Possibly she will work in New York, where a great deal of talking-picture work is being done. "Being a New Zealander has been a great asset to me in my work,” she declared. "Both the Australians and New Zealanders are very popular in the United States. I should advise all New Zealanders who possibly can to visit Hollywood. It is the most interesting town in the States. One sees on its streets Russians, Chinese, Greeks, Lithuanians, Armenians, Czecho-Slovakians, and every Ration under the sun.” Miss Luxford has taken every kind of part on the screen imaginable. She has represented people of all nationalities, boys and girls and women of all ages. She has "worked for such firms as Metro-Goldwj-n-Mayer, Famous Lasky Players, Universal, and First National.