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REQUIRES COURAGE

TO CHANGE CHARACTERISATION. It takes a lot of courage for a star to change characterisations at the peak of a successful career, particularly if tlie change is from “sweet” to more worldly roles. But Myrna Loy (who, by the way, has relatives living in Masterton) found the courage to play the amorous Lady Esketh in “The Rains Came,” the Louis Bromfield best-seller which co-stars her with Tyrone Power and George Brent. After four years of playing the perfect wife and sweetheart, Myrna Loy made no secret of the fact that she was pretty tired of smiling sweetly and would welcome an opportunity to delineate a bit of celluloid wickedness for a change. But she admits that she was completely bowled over when Zanuck, production chief at 20th Century-Fox, called, hetup one day and asked her how she’s like to play Bromfield's lady of many loves. She hadn’t expected to be quite that wicked! “I thought the matter over for almost a week,” she said. “1 had felt months ago, that 1 was being lyped and thought that movie-goers must be as satiated with my exemplary cinema conduct as I was.” So she took the role and. according to advance reports, her portrayal of the woman who was regenerated by her love for the fascinating Major Safti, played by Tyrone Power, will win her a host of new fans.

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Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 December 1939, Page 3

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REQUIRES COURAGE Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 December 1939, Page 3

REQUIRES COURAGE Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 December 1939, Page 3

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