Future Favorites — Lynne Carver (1938) 🇺🇸
But here is no Cinderella story... the first time she tried she failed... But now, under contract to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and triumphant in her first important role, Miss Carver need no longer worry about her Hollywood prospects...
Her real name is Virginia Reid Sampson, and her first trial at pictures, when she played a role with Myrna Loy in Penthouse, was under the name Virginia Reid... her father, Reid J. Sampson, is one of the best known mining experts in this country...
Raised in Lexington, Kentucky, where she was born September 13, and Birmingham, Alabama, Lynne, which is the stage name she has chosen for her new career, early showed promise as a singer... Teachers worked with her... The family moved to California ... where among the friends she made was Polly Ann Young, sister of Loretta Young... But after Penthouse new jobs didn’t come...
With her savings she went to New York to study voice... on her return in 1936 she was called to the attention of M-G-M executives... Tests and a three months’ trial contract followed, during which the name Lynne Carver was chosen for her...
Then came her first really big “break,” as the sweetheart of Tom Brown in Maytime, singing vehicle of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy... It resulted in a contract, and plans for important parts...
Oddly enough, though she thought her principal claim to fame was as a singer, she does not sing, but plays an ingenue role in the picture... However, she will sing later. In her contract the studio has provided for vocal and musical training...
Lynne is a very positive little person, with very decided views of her own... She is willing to work day and night to attain success... “I’ve had enough hard knocks to realize there’s no royal road to doing your job right,” she remarks... “I expect to work, and work very hard... But I think I can make the work count...”
Five feet, six inches tall, with graceful, willowy figure, light auburn hair, and gray eyes, Miss Carver has an unusual youthful charm... She lives in Beverly Hills... Her favorite pet is “Sugar Foot,” a Spaniel...
Among those who have taken a deep interest in the young singer is Irene Dunne.
Her most recent appearances were in The Bride Wore Red, starring Joan Crawford, with Franchot Tone and Robert Young, and Madame X, starring Gladys George.
Collection: Motion Picture Magazine, February 1938
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