ACTRESS CAPTURED.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17528, 4 May 1925, Page 7

ACTRESS CAPTURED.

BETTY BLYTHE IN HANDS OF BEDOUINS. FIGHT IN DESERT. By Telegraph Press Association—Copy right Sydney “ Sun ’’ Cable. (Received Mav 4. 11.40 a.m.) LONDON. May 3. Betty Blythe, film stai, whilst motoring in Palestine, where she was making films, was captured by Bedouins, after

a severe fight. The other occupants of the motor car were wounded and troops failed to rescue her. It is pointed out that Betty, after filming the “Queen of Sheba,” received threatening letters alleging thac she had offended the susceptibilities of a desert tribe, which had defied the Queen of Sheba. The letter concluded: “Allah will be revenged! ” From the day that Betty Blythe became associated with the screen as a Vitagraph actress she has triumphed in one picture after another. That her rise to stardom wouid be rapid was indicated in the emotional quality of her first portrayal. Miss Blythe after an education received in the University of California and Paris, took up a stage career and appeared successfully with such well-known managers as Oliver Morosco and Comstock and Gest —playing in such hits as “So Long Letty,” “Nobody Home,” and “Experience.” The screen beckoned her and she joined Vitagraph. She subsequently became acquainted with World, Selznick, Goldwn and Fox. a t was with the last-mentioned company that she created the title role in. “Ihe Queen of Sheba,” and contributed a performance which was widely acclaimed for its colourfulness and depth of feeling. Other pictures in which she did splen-' did emotional acting were “Fair Lady,” “His Wife’s Husband,” "liow Women Love,” “The Darling of the Rich,” | “Sinner or Saint,” “The Spitfire,” “Recoil.” “The Breath of Scandal.” and “The Truth About Wives.”