Leader (Orange, NSW : 1899 - 1945), Friday 18 June 1920, page 2


TEE PÏOTOBE WORLD.

ARRIVAL OF WILFRED LUCA0.

BIO THINGS EXPECTED.

Mal« hearts beat (aßt ot tho Ocea

nlo Company'n wharf on the arrU'al of tho Eonoma In Sydney recently. Thero stepped flown t&o canßway, wllli ail tho abandon of youth, a beautiful blond«, shaking bor pretty curl» at those t.-h o bad singled her out for her tcauty, laughing the while with tho sheer Joy of living-. Mica Kathleen Key has been brought to Australia. by Wilfred Lucas nnder tho engagement of D. J. Carroll, to play Ingenue lead with Snowy Bakor.

•'I already love thle country," said M lea Koy. "Tho magnificence of your harbor ha« suggestod to rao a land of

nraliej. I feci Ilka an Auotrallaa, too, althdugh, of couroa, I ahouldn't say that yet But I havo heard no much of tho peoplo hero from Mr. Lucno, that 1 already feel ono of you. I am to act In Australian picture», and I am eure that I shall bo ablo to gras,! the Australian Idéala of womanhood, Interpret It on tho aereen, and llvo t-p to It.

Air. Lucas also had nomethlns to say. "üolloro mo," ho «¡old, "motion picture producing In Australia la goIng to boom from now on. I haro »Ith mo as co-director Bert Glennon, who haa been associated In this capacity with tho great O. W. Griffith, for many yeara, ajeo Dudley Blanchard

as Ulm edltoA Jilea Boen Morodyth Is back, and she will tako up her dutlea again a/i continuity writer.

"I did not Intond bringing to Aus

tralla a leading artist," continued Mr. , Lucas. "It la the policy of tho Car- , roll film to make and feature our own. , flam here. That policy «hall bo car- , 4led out, but Miss Key 1» auch a 'find'

that for the benefit of tho Industry In , this country generally. 1 thought It , necessary to secure her. Oroat things

are predicted of this young star. In , fact, no lees nn authority than D. W. Griffith told me that Miss Koy 1» destined to be one of tho coming women stars on tbe screen, it will be a great

help to our budding Australian stars, , to act side by side with this elever American girl."

Work will commence Immediately at the newI Carroll-Baker studio, at Waverley, on the next production; a story by Boss Moredyth to foaturo Snowy Baker. Mr. Raymond Longford

win also Btart broduclng "On Our 8e- ; locUon." ,

That thore Is a woalth of undiscovered talent In tho movie world of

Australia Is exemplified by tho find- ¡

In* of a young Australian star, rejole- , Ing In tho somewhat uncommon name

of Berntes Vero. This Is really tho , English pronunciation of hor name, , which was originally Vert, and which

sho haa decided to adopt fctr slago f purposes. .Bernlce Is young and prot

ty, which Is all "to tho good' in j

picture acting, bul she also combines bralna with her good looks, and, boiler still, a mobility of feature and a natural dramatic Intensity of expres

sion quite out of tho ordinary. Al- -though still well under 20 years of age, Miss Vere has had somo sUge expérience In varios J. C. Williamson productions, but It remained for tho movlo to afford an outlet for hor unquestioned ability us an emotional ao Irosi». She was cast for tho port of "Portuguese Annie." In tho E. J. Car. roll-Snowy Baker production, "The

Shadow of Lightning llldge." Slio | straight away caught tbe eye of pro. / duced Wllfrod Lucas, as BomcthlnK i "out of tho box," and, after a few ¡ try-ot* prophoslod a big futuro for her

on tho movie stage. Lucas lo a man I if much experience In theso matters, |

that his opinion should cmrj i weight. Good as her acting Is ,n tle I fart of I'ortuguoso Annie," tho p ;b- I llcan's daiifhter at Lightning rtMce, I 1-pr npjieatnnce In a lilggcr pari will

be uolcoraed by Australian aiidlone?«. ' It Is, howovor. a big achievement for 1 a girl to bo rated amongst tho stars ' on her first appoaranco In fllmdom. 1

Bernlro Vero Is another link botween the stage and church, as she Is the slstor-ln-lnw of a well-known prominent cleric In Sydney, wlm Is also Bomawhat of n "star."