Future Favorites — Rosalind Keith (1937) 🇺🇸
When Rosalind Keith, brown eyed brunette, first came to Hollywood she was determined to become an actress ... but she couldn't find anyone who shared her determination ... then she learned that many producers and other studio executives went to see the local stage plays and often made "discoveries" there ...
That settled the matter for the young lady soon landed a part in the Hollywood stage presentation of Small Miracle ... and just as she hoped, she was "discovered" by a talent scout ... A test was arranged ... her time was so crowded in her stage role, however, that she had to rush to the studio to be tested between a matinee and an evening performance ...
It was all so hectic, she worried about her performance in the test, but her fears proved groundless when she was awarded a studio contract and given the feminine lead opposite George Raft in The Glass Key ...
Then she won the leading feminine role in “Annapolis Farewell,” which resulted in greater fan following ... and then she appeared in “It's a Great Life” and W. C. Fields' “Poppy.” ...
Then she was signed for the ingénue role in support of Melvyn Douglas and Irene Dunne in “Theodora Goes Wild” and so pleased were Columbia officials that they signed her to a long contract even before the picture was previewed ... and now she's set to play the lead in a story of a temperamental opera star ...
She was born on December 6 in Belleville, Ill., of French-Italian-German descent ... she is the daughter of an insurance broker ... She spent her girlhood in St. Louis and began her acting career at the age of five in The Little Princess ... She continued playing parts all during her girlhood ...
And now for a few likes and dislikes ... Rosalind's favorite playwright is Eugene O'Neil ... her preferred outdoor recreation is horseback riding, although she excels in tennis and golf ... She is an accomplished musician and plays the piano and sings ...she enjoys cooking but is anti-spinach ... she would like to travel in the Orient ... Scotties are her favorite dogs, and she owns one named "Nicki" ... she speaks both French and German, and doesn't like to entertain ... She prefers tailored togs, but dislikes shopping ... drives her own car and likes going places by airplane.
DID YOU KNOW THAT Joan Crawford, according to Rosa Ponselle, the operatic star, will be ready for grand opera after two more years of serious study?
Collection: Motion Picture Magazine, January 1937
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