Kalgoorlie Miner (WA : 1895 - 1954), Saturday 17 November 1945, page 2


"KISS AND TELL"

Stars Interviewed J.C.W. SEASON FOR KALGOORLIE

"With 'Kiss and Tell" we have established an Australasian record run for a musical comedy or straight play," said Mr. Claude Flemming, when passing through Kalgoorlie yesterday by the trans-Australian train for Perth, where the J. C. Williamson company, in which he plays the lead, opens with the popular comedy to-night. In an interview here, Mr. Flem-ming recalled that his last visit to Western Australia was with George Gee in 'Firefly,' in 1924.

He was sure that 'Kiss and Tell' would be a favourite with West Australian theatregoers, for it opened in Adelaide on November 27, 1943, and later had the record season of one year and one week at the Comedy Theatre, Melbourne. Since, it had been played to record houses in the other Eastern States and the present caste was almost identical with the original one for, as he explained in his breezy manner, 'we have had no casualties.' The vivacious leading lady. Miss Gwenda Wilson, is paying her first visit to Western Australia. She said she had heard so much about the West from her husband, Mr. Don Sharp, who is also a member of the company, and who, as a member of the R.A.A.F., spent some time here, that she had been looking forward eagerly to this visit. Miss Wilson, who is a Vic-torian, is a graduate of the Mel-bourne University, where she took a prominent part in productions by the University Players and other repertory work. She also played in many revues there, but later went to Sydney to engage in radio plays for 15 months and created the part of "Janie" at the Minerva Theatre. T n., in May, 1943, she returned to Melbourne to take the leading feminine part in "Kiss and Tell" for Williamsons, and, to use her own words, she has been 'kissing and telling ever since.' Miss Wilson said that on the Nullarbor Plains they encountered rain at one stop, and what im-pressed her was a little dog run-ning alongside the train, barking at the rain and snapping at the rain drops. He had apparently never seen rain before. Advice has been received to the effect that the company, after the conclusion of the Perth season, will play a short season in Kal-goorlie with 'Kiss and Tell.'