FAME IN A NIGHT

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 186, 10 August 1935, Page 14

FAME IN A NIGHT

FILM CONTRACT FOR £50,000 MNETEFXA EAR OLD GIRL Miss \ivian Leigh, the 19 year-old actress wlig- won tunic in a night in “'lhe Mask of Virtue,’’ signed a £5O, 000 film contract with Alexander Korda. 'ihe contract is the largest ever given to an English girl of her age. It was (secured by Mi. Korda in spite of the fact that three major Hollywood companies were negotiating for her. The contract i.s fc-r ten pictures in five years. The form is unusual. Aliss Leign is to have six consecutive months free each year for stage work, and on-e of the pictures i.s to be made in Hollytv ood. Mr. Korda’s attention was drawn to Miss Leigh by Mr. Sydney Carru-U. He

said he had never seen her before but a single performance was enough to convince him that he was watching one of the most promising young actresses he had ever seen. Miss Leigh has already had some screen experience, having played in two films, “The Country Squire” and “Gentleman’s Agreement.” Her last film, “Look up and Laugh,” in which she supports Gracie Fields, has nc-t yet been released. She is married to a T.ondon barrister, and has a daughter, Suzanne, aged 18 months. Bill Rubinson, greatest of all tap dancers, who appears in R.K.O Radio’s “Hooray Fur Love” was shot in the Spanish-American war and still carries the bullet in his knee.

Margot Grahame, glamorous English blonde, secured for he.self one o°the gieatest roles of literature, when she was assigned to play “Milady” i u the Dumas MasterpX-e’ “The Three Musketeers, ’ which is being produced bv RKO Radio Pictures. “Milady.” the conscienceless siren, played bv Miss Grahame, should be well worth seeing. It i i’ t rare to find two or more people f.om New V ork ur London in the same motion picture <ast. When you find two from Christchurch, New Zealand, that is something. May Beatty was burn in her father’s own theatre in that New Zealand vommiin'ty and Colin Tapley went to Christ's College ami became a Rugby star there. It was oIJ home week when the pair met on the “ Becky Sharp” .set where RKO Radio tcclinicolour picture was in pro (luetion. Another from the Antipodies who is .supporting Miriam Hopkins blonde star of “Becky Sharp” is Charles Coleman, from Austin! a. Charles Buyer, the popular leading man, will make one picture a year for RKO Radio. Boyer has just completed “Break of Hearts” in whiclj he costars with Katharine Hepburn, at the R K(.) studios. He recently score 1 heavily i n Wanger’s production of “Private Worlds’’ in which he shared honours with Claudette Colbert. RKO Radio, certan that tlio lianGsomo Frenchman will be one of the greatest screen favourites very soon, quickly arranged the annual picture deal. A