Looking at
HOLLYWOOD
' I 'HE band that rocks the cradle
gets the spotlight these days. Our
movie stars have * lost nothing—
they’ve even gained much—by be
coming mothers. They were out in
the vanguard of the vogue—Betty
Grable, Alice Faye, Gene Tierney,
and Lana Turner—all glittering
names in movieland. And with sin
cerest flattery the minor glamorettes
whipped into line.
Gone but Not Forgotten
A star who has a baby is gone
from audiences a year or more.
That is, only so
far as actually
seeing her mov
ies is concerned.
She can open the
newspapers or
k magazines any
fcold time and .read
Alice Faye
Betty Grable
as much about
herself, now that
baby - having is
the rage, as if
she were stand
ing before t h e
cameras on an
eight hour day.
Box Office Betty Grable’s latest pic
ture. “Pin Up Girl," was finished in
September of last year. But Betty
stayed in the hearts of fans who fol
lowed her progress avidly in every
detail.
The Trail Blazer
Let’s go back a few years. It was
Norma Shearer who really put
babies on the cinematic lap. She was
called the first lady of Hollywood
then, and, as you know, the first
lady can do no wrong. She was also
the wife of Irving Thalberg, our top
producer.
Twentieth Century-Fox recently
put out word that Betty Grable’s
next picture will be “Diamond
Horseshoe,” a gilded musical based
on Billy Rose’s night club. Her cos
tumes will outdo anything Betty has
ever had.
Wanted—The Detaila
But your fan comes back with "Is
it true Betty wore butcher boy
smocks when she was carrying
Vicki?” or "How about that formula
Victoria Elizabeth James thrives
1 on?”
If you meet Betty she’ll talk only
about the baby and Harry.
"Wait until you get into harness
again.” I said. "The music will get
into your feet. The costumes will
bring that certain heady feeling
why, even the smell of the makeup
will become incense in your nos
trils.”
"Sure,” said the glamour madonna.
She was yesing me, but her mind
was not there.
Only the Beginning
And I keep remembering her re
mark to Harry James when she
found she had a girl baby: "I’ll have
a boy for you, Harry—honest I
will.” Just thinking of the loss in
millions that those babies will mean
is what turns movie moguls' hair
gray.
Georgie Jessel is doing a bit of
worrying, too. He’s wondering about
"The Dolly Sisters.” He wants Alice
Faye and Betty Grable together in
that one, just as they were in “Tin
Pan Alley.”
Alice finished "The Gang’s All
Here" on July 3, 1943. One year as
the calendar goes could be danger
ous to a star. But Alice's mail
builds, alihough she's made but two
pictures in the last three years Her
fans write about how much more
beautiful she is now than before Al
ice Jr was born. Even so, it’s time
for Mrs Phil Harris to be thinking
of her next starring vehicle. She
can make one before "The Dolly
Sisters” goes on the schedule.
I"ime Out
" What of Gene Tierney and Lana
Turner? They proved quick-change
artists from baby tending to picture
routine. Lana was gone from Metro
14 months. Came back to "Marriage
Is a Private Affair” when Cheryl
Christina was six months old. Steps
into “Women in Uniform” in two
weeks' time.
“Heaven Can Wait” was closed
out April 10. 1943 And "Laura” be
gan April 27, 1944 In between those
dates Gene Tierney lived a down
to-earth interval at Junction City
which included keeping house in an
army settlement for husband Lieut.
Oleg Cassini She gave birth to
Daria on October 14 last in a Wash
ington hospital. If any of you girls
think you’re bright and capable, top
that one. Gene plays the title role in
"Laura” at the moment; wears the
most bizarre modern costumes.
• • •
Roasted Wrong Turkey
Jerry Lester tells about the end
of his father’s newspaper career.
His father wrote about a new play,
saying "This was a turkey peddled
two months before Thanksgiving."
He didn't know his publisher had
helped finance the play . Dame
May Whitty finally gets a good part
in "Thrill of a Romance” with
Esther Williams and Van Johnson.
And they’ll all have a thrill when
Laurits Melchoir starts singing,
ile’s in the same opus.
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Sun or Sea Will Not Harm These
Bright Dressmaker Swim Suits
By CHERIE NICHOLAS
XTOT FOR many a season have
swim suits been so diversified
in matter of both fabric and styling.
The news—important this year—is
that of color-bright prints for dress
maker-styled bathing and beach
suits, together with the reassuring
message that the colors will re
main gay and lovely regardless of
exposure to sun or waves or re
peated subjection to suds.
The flower-bright pique is just
about the smartest thing going in
the swimming realm this summer.
See it, as pictured here, made up
in a stunning suit and parasol en
semble. It certainly is good news to
be assured that the lovely pique
print that fashions this charming
twosome will hold good as new
through every test of sea-wave and
sun-ray.
The pretty parasol deserves a
paragraph all its own, for the latest
news is that of matching para
sols teamed with play frocks, after
noon prints, and blouses. Some
times handbag and parasol are
made of identical print.
It's the dependable wearableness
that counts in swim suits. If you buy
a suit made of everfast processed
gingham such as fashions the cun
ning model centered in the pic
ture, you can do so with every con
fidence, for in these days of miracle
prints that do not fade, you know
from their labelling that they will
take the sun and sea with bravado.
The elements will do no harm to
the proud plaid colors. Such beach
clothes as these are wearable
season after season as well as dip
after dip.
The pert little bare-midrilT suit to
the right is one of the reasons why
cotton gingham is destined to be the
belle of the beach this summer. The
skirt is pleated onto a wide hip
band. It conceals shorts of red jer
sey.
The secret of the pleasing cool
ness to the skin for which this sea
son’s swim and beach suits are
noted, is told in terms of a wide
variety of rayon weaves, which
go to make up so many of the short
and sweet little dressmaker types
so popular just now.
To mention a few of the rayon
weaves favored for chic bathing
suits, perhaps the most important
standby is the lovely soft rayon jer
sey that is radiantly printed in
splashy florals or colorful paisley, or
in glamorous Mexican design. The
border jersey prints are truly spec
tacular in color and motif. You’ll
surely appreciate the flattery of the
new flower-printed rayon jersey that
everybody’s calling for this season.
A two-piecer which is very ef
fective is the solid color shorts-and
bra suit in sleek rayon slipper satin,
and if there is one material more
figure-flattering than another, it is
rayon slipper satin. Choose it in
either black or dazzling white, either
of which supplies a perfect foil to
your carefully cultivated suntan.
The shorts are snug and brief,
nicely shaped with seamings and
darts and frequently laced-up to ad
just to your body lines so that they
fit like wallpaper. The halter bod
ice tops leave the back completely
bare for even tanning, and may
have the lacing detail at the front as
a complementary note.
Included in the rayon list are
many firm weaves such as benga
lines, failles, broadcloths, poplins
and linen textures, which make the
perkiest of little circular skirts,
with self-ruffle trim. Rayon seer
suckers in small cross-barred or
striped weaves are good style also.
Spun rayons in solid colors are also
in high favor, some of which are
fashioned in cunning princess lines.
Released by Western Newspaper Union.
Neckline Flattery
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Simple little wash frocks are the
prettiest ever this year. A styling
detail that adds infinitely to the
charm of the lovely little afternoon
dresses now in vogue are the flatter
ing lowcut necklines, which are
i either square or in beguiling sweet
heart fashion or the new low round
silhouette. The dainty gown pic
tured is wreathed with flowers cut
from the everfast rayon-and-cotton
material which makes the dress.
Flowers Printed on
Blaek a New Trend
There are prints and prints this
year but the prints that stand forth
as the newest on the program are
the prints that have exclusiveness
about them all their own. These
flash vividly colorful flowers spaced
few and far between on black back
grounds.
Their wide spacing is part of their
glory. Then too, the fact that the
flowers are so realistically colorful
gives them untold beauty. Among
the prints that go to make up per
fectly stunning gowns, you will find
gorgeous rose motifs, petunias,
daisies, pansies, carnations and gar
denias. These handsome prints
are in cotton weaves as well as
silk. They are made up with sophis
ticated simplicity, the high note be
ing sounded in dramatic necklines,
some of which are garlanded with
wreathlike necklaces formed of
florals cut from the print.
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Halters of Cotton Print
Indispensable for summer play
time and sports wear are the bright
cotton print halters now selling in
the stores. Each halter fashion
makes a different sports costume in
that there is such a vast color range
in the prints that make them. Wear
them with your shorts, slacks, cot
ton shirts or separate skirts and
they serve smartly as dickeys with
your linen suits.
Tuck-Rack Long Gloves
Fashion has revived the extra long
mousquetaire glove for tea and danc
ing that unbuttons to let the hand
free and then tucks back just as
i ladies of fashion wore them in the
| long, long ago.
P/J TTERNSr
SEWING CIRCLE
1983
10-20
1995
12-40
Maternity W'ear
A MATERNITY frock to be
worn during the hot weather
months must be cool, comfortable
and as pretty as possible so that
you do not grow weary of it. This
young-looking dress and jacket
will please you.
• • •
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1995 Is de
signed for sizes 12, 14, 16. 18, 20 and 40.
Size 14 dress requires 4'/a yards of 39
lnch material, sleeveless jacket takes 1?»
yards.
Brief Sun Clothes.
DE FREE and gay in the sun
clothes you wear—acquire a
tan in prettipess and comfort! The
smart sun-back dress with match
ing “cover up” bolero is tops in
looks. Set is perfect for midsum
mer wear about the house, too.
• • •
Barbara Bell Vattern No. 1983 is de
signed in sizes 10, 12. 14. 16. 18 and 20.
Size 12, dress, requires 2T'» yards of 39
inch material; bolero, 1U yards.
Send your order to:
SEWING CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT.
536 South Wells St. Chicago
Enclose 20 cents In coins for each
pattern desired.
Pattern No.Size.
Name .
Address .
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