NEW BRITISH STAR
One of the most beautiful and fascinating of all England’s stars is B -I-P.’s latest find. Lilian Manton. She * 9 a charming little blonde, not yet ln .k« r twenties. . Drought up among a family oight she worked as an usherette m various small shows, and was given little chance of advancement until sho got a position as ticket seller chocolate girl in the Fortune Theatre. London. This undoubtedly w-as her “Fortune Theatre.” for one JJ*ht Harry Lachman. the well-known . director, saw her, and seeing Jo her the star for his next picture, immediately interviewed her and arfor a screen test. So successful was she in the test that she signed up to a contract with British International Pictures. Miss Manton will leave immediately fo r Nice, where she is to be •tarred opposite the world famous comedian, Monty Banks, under the direction of her “discoverer,” Harry The title of the film is to )e "The Compulsory Husband.” and •t will be released exclusively through* JJJt Australia arid New Zealand by cinema Art Films.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 669, 22 May 1929, Page 17
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