MAJESTIC

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 75, 20 June 1927, Page 13

MAJESTIC

“THE RED MILL” From convent to screen stardom is, in brief, the career of Marion Davies, famous Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer star, whose latest picture, “The Red Mill,” is now being shown at the Majestic Theatre. Miss Davies was born in New York City on January 3, 1900, and was educated in that city at a convent of the Sacred Heart. She is the daughter of a judge. She began her career in the stage production of “Chin Chin,” where her beauty attracted the attention of prominent artists, for whom she; posed. Then came an engagement in Ziegfeld Follies. Her first screen appearance was in “Runaway Romany ” which she both wrote and starred in. Since then she has given the* screen a series of successes, among which may bo mentioned “When Knighthood Was In Flower,” “Yolanda,” “Little Old New York,” “Lights of Old Broadway,” and “Beverley of Graustark.” Miss Davies is one of the prettiest girls on the screen, and has golden hair and blue eyes. She indulges in all sports, and is one of the most popular girls in Hollywood. Playing a Dutch role has netted Marion Davies, famous screen star, what is probably the jnost elaborate collection of bracelets in Hollywood. Dutch girls love bracelets —they wear dozens af armlets and a dozen or more petticoats—so Miss Davies, in her role in her new Metro-Golywn-Mayer production, “The Red Mill,” has blossomed forth in both. The bracelets were brought from Holland, and are the same as those worn on the banks of the Zuyder Zee. “I wore enough bracelets for five or six girls,” says Miss Davies, “and every time I moved my arms when I was playing in the picture I clanked like a hardware truck,” The new picture is a colourful story of Holland, adapted from the musical comedy of the same name. Owen Moore plays the leading male role, and others in the cast include George Siegman, Louise f azenda, Karl Dane, Snitz Edwards, Russell 1 Powell, Fred Gambold, and others of note.