OLIVE BORDEN
AN AMBITIOUS BEAUTY. A few years ago an ambitious little Virginia beauty, lured to Hollywood, as thousands of others have been, met an extra girl. And there was the “break,” for that girl—whom Olive never saw again—gave her a tip on makeup. There arc tricks in all trades, and makeup is one of the most important in the film world.* Olive landed with a comedv. the beginning for so manv. If she had been a man she might have stopped a custard pie. As a girl she walked on—and off after her beauty had had its play. A few “closeups” in other pictures—and Fox officials noticed her.
A little over a year after her first featured part as feminine lead for Tom Mix in “The Yankee Senor” canu die announcement that she had been cast for “The Country Bevond ” in the role of Valentia, a wildflower of the Canadian woods, the setting for James Oliver Curwood’s novel. M>ss Borden also plays a leading role in “Three Bad Men,” “Fig Leaves,” “The Secret Studio,” and “The Joy Girl,” outstanding Fox productions of the current season.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19840, 14 May 1927, Page 15 (Supplement)
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186OLIVE BORDEN Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19840, 14 May 1927, Page 15 (Supplement)
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