PERSONALITIES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 June 1938, Page 11

PERSONALITIES

PRESTON FOSTER, who has played as many varied roles in real life as he has on the stage and screen, was born in Ocean City, New Jersey, on October 24. He worked as a reporter in Philadelphia, but footlight aspirations became too much and he left newspaper work for a chorus job with the La Scala Opera Company. He became a featured baritone and left for New York and a wider field for his talent. Singing jobs were scarce, so Foster turned to the legitimate stage. His first role was in “The Silent House” and he remained on the stage to become a leading Broadway star. His performance in “Two Seconds” was responsible for his coming to Hollywood, where he did the screen

version of the play and was hailed as a definite find. He decided to remain in films and next scored in “The Last Mile.” His current picture for RKO Radio, to whom he is under contract, , is “Double Danger,” which has been preceded by such pictures as “Outcasts of Poker Flat,” “Sea Devils,” “Love Before Breakfast,” “You Can’t Beat Love,” and “Everybody’s Doing It.” Foster is a striking figure, six feet two inches in height and weighs 200 pounds. He has blue eyes and brown hair and is happily married. WHITNEY BOURNE, former New York stage actress first flashed across the cinematic horizon in “Crime Without Passion.” She is now cast in the romantic lead opposite Preston Foster in RKO Radio’s “Double Danger.” Miss Bourne who more recently appeared in the Jessie Matthews English made film, “Head Over Heels,” port-

rays in her' new vehicle, a society adventuress, who is after a collection of famous diamonds. Young, beautiful and talented, Whitney Bourne flashes upon the screen, a new and charming discovery and one who is destined to go a long way in the field of films. After two minor parts in previous films, RKO Radio signed her for the principal feminine role in “Living on Love,” and following upon hei’ great success in that picture, the studio heads are looking around for still more important roles for her. Although few of her friends know it, she is a great charity worker and finds great delight in helping those people less fortunate than herself. She still retains a lingering affection for the stage and its people and would not be surprised if she returned there again one day.