MISS JANE KINSEY TO BE THE LEAD IN LOCAL FILM.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18643, 21 December 1928, Page 8

MISS JANE KINSEY TO BE THE LEAD IN LOCAL FILM.

START HAS BEEN MADE WITH WORK OF PRODUCTION

After exhaustive tests of some eighty Christchurch aspirants to screen fame and the careful combing of the available amateur theatrical talent, Miss

Jane Kinsey has been chosen for the leading role in Mr Rudall Hayward's new production, “ A Daughter of Christchurch.” No doubt Miss Kinsey's previous theatrical and screen experience influenced the producer in his

final selection. Among the fin.l choice were six ladies with very exter&ive experience on the amateur tfratrical stage, but Miss Kinsey’s 44 scree* face ” was considered an important factor. The argus-eyed camera demandsa face devoid of lines, and is “ kind ” tolarge, expressive eyes of a dark hade, of which Miss Kinsey is the hppy possessor. Her type can be descibed as 44 petite brunette ” —a description which applies to many of the sucessful screen artists to-day. In the *arious dramatic tests undertaken by diss Kinsey yesterday, she proved to lave something more than screen beaitv, and the Christchurch public will oon ' be given an opportunity to conirmihis opinion. , Thirty chosen Christchurch rirls *re

taking part this afternoon in a specif i reception scene which is to be filmec at Dr Bates’s residence at Papanui, where beautiful natural surroundings, including a lily pond, will be used aa backgrounds to the scene.