PICTURE STARS

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 224, 10 December 1927, Page 16

PICTURE STARS

MAE BUSCH

Mae Busch, cast in “Bride of the N Hawks production ■ for Fox Films, was [j born in Melbourne, [I Australia, and was! the first girl in the motion picture industry to bob her hair. Miss Busch, who I was picked by Mack M Sennett as one ofij the most attractive [I “bathing beauties j in America,” began || her t h e a t r ical career at thp. n p-o

career at the age of 17. She toured Mae Busch States and Canada with i-ddie soy and his amusing familv, then signed a contract with Edward -beiasco. She was featured by Belasco in road shows and then won the interest of Irene Castle. She appeared with Miss Castle in many of th e larger cities of America. , . ter entering motion picture work, Miss Busch was featured in numerous productions by Sennett and other producers. She won high praise from critics as a result of her characterisa*lSD w- n Tlle Devil’s Passkey,” “Foolish Wives and ‘‘The Christian.” Miss Busch, one of the best swimmers in the motion picture industrv resides near Santa Monica and spends much of her spare hours in the surf. mfo r +- faVOUli , te ou taoor sport is motorcoating and surf-board riding IT«'r , iS poetry ‘ a ” d she turns out must blank verse. This she reads h ?. r - frends for tier entertainment and their amusement, i In “Bride of the Night,” Miss Busch C * arK ' a Far -Il and