WONDERFUL RECEPTION

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 114, 11 February 1928, Page 5

WONDERFUL RECEPTION

“MISS NEW ZEALAND” IN • HOLLYWOOD Miss Dale Austen, of Dunedin, who is making her bid for fame as “Miss New Zealand, 1927,” has arrived at Hollywood, California, and, according to a cablegram received by her mother, Mrs. H. E. Austen, she has been accorded a wonderful reception in America. ■ Mr. Barrie Marscliel, general manager for New Zealand of Metro-Gold-wvn-Maver productions, who >s at present in 'Dunedin, stated that Miss Austen and her chaperone, Mrs. Beatrice Vernon, had arrived at Culver City, Hollywood, on January 27, where they had met with a great welcome. The Mayor of Los Angeles was among those present at her reception, and a notable gathering included the whole of the executive of Metro-Goldwyii-Mayer, together with such famous stars as Lon Chaney, Sally O’Neill, and a host of others. Miss Austen has commenced work on the lot where that wonderful picture, “Ben Hur,” was made, and at the outset screen tests are to be made. She will be taken with all sorts of cameras at all sorts of angles, and upon the results, no doubt, will depend her future success. Her engagement at a salary of £25 a week is to last ten weeks.