Let’s Hear About Edna May (1928) 🇺🇸

Mothers are cautious creatures when daughters step out into the world, and there is a mother down in St. Joseph, Missouri, who exhibited great caution when her tow-headed daughter said, “Mother, may I go out in the Hollywood swim?”

“Yes, my darling daughter,” mother replied, “but first you must learn something to keep the well-known wolf’s appetite in fine fettle.”

“Fine fettles make fine birds,” daughter smiled. “I will become a milliner.”

And that, boys and girls, is the way pretty, blond, Edna May started for Hollywood, felt her way around and was discovered by Johnny Hines, the comedian, and his producer, C. C. Burr.”

Edna May is just a kid who hails from Missouri and is willing to be shown. Equipped with a diploma in the millinery arts, she arrived in Hollywood. She got a job in the wardrobe department of one of the larger studios, and for a year worked on clothes for girls she has already left behind in her big parade toward cinema fame. Then things began to happen.

Came a day when Edna May was seen by Paul Bern, who was then directing. He was impressed and asked her to play a bit in “Flower of the Night.” That was the beginning.

Edna got her first real break when Johnny Hines signed her for a small part in “Home Made.” A contract for five years made a sudden appearance and she signed on the dotted line.

And now we will see Edna in Johnny Hines’ pictures.

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Collection: Picture Play Magazine, March 1928

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Transcriber’s note: An “Edna May” does not appear in the cast list of any of the movies mentioned in this article. So, who is this? This is not famous stage actress Edna May (Edna May Pettie | 1878–1948) or 1930s spinster-type actress Edna May Oliver (Edna May Nutter | 1883–1942) wa. The photo bears similarity to Edna Murphy who starred in at least one Johnny Hines movie. Is is her?