Fifty actresses were auditioned and Jacobs was said to have been impressed by Naismith, who was chosen to play Lucy, the lead role.

[2] Naismith became a friend of Derwent Hall Caine, who was an actor who went on to be a Member of Parliament.

[3] A live image of Naismith was used to demonstrate John Logie Baird's first all-electronic colour television system named Telechrome.

Her debut at the track was in Barbara Cartland's 1931 "Society Ladies' Private Handicap", a pretend race held for the benefit of a film crew.

[citation needed] She won a genuine Ladies' Handicap in 1933 against nine other women, including Fay Taylour and Elsie Wisdom.