Show MOST SCREEN QUEENS ARE SKITTISH AT APPEARING IN PAPER CURLERS t I 1 I I outi noer know it It but this tills Is Louise as Olan in The Tho Good Earth By Dy PAUL HARRISON HOLLYWOOD Most HOLLYWOOD M Most 0 st st. a ere acre e en n queens are skittish when it comes to appearing before beton the cameras In n paper curlers cold cream or tatters They dont don't like being messed up even enn for the sake of their art Consequently these celluloid goddesses goddesses goddesses god god- desses survive sUf shipwrecks night nightclub nightclub club lub brawls explosions and sleepless sleepless sleep- sleep less ess nights emerging from any and andall andall andall all catastrophes looking as though they had just come from a sitting with a portrait photographer If It clothes must be torn during hazardous movie mo experiences they are torn artistically and under the expert supervision of ot a fashion designer de de- de- de signer And nd if It a dollar million face lace Jut just has to be smeared with grease or mud its it's smudged by a makeup expert to accentuate cuteness rather rath rath- er than realism True not all stars are so Jar lar ar A few take their roles seriously enough to appear in strictly non- non esthetic sequences Louise Rainer Rather Bette Davis and Carole Carob Lombard arc are the leading lady exponents of ot screen realism however unsightly Mary Astor Sylvia Sidney and Jean Harlow are others who dare risk the disillusionment of ot their fans Acid test is not always whether er they'll consent to look dowdy or disheveled for tor the movies but whether they'll allow still sUIl pictures es to be made On the other side aide of ot the fence are numerous actresses who feel faint i at the very ery thought of ot wearing I frayed gingham or playing in hag makeup Marlene Dietrich always looks look her best beat It Is said that one of ot the principal reasons she ahe quit Paramount's Hotel Imperial was because in early sequences she he would have had to portray a dowdy peasant Kay ay Francis Joan Crawford and Norma Shearer generally considered the three dressed best women in Hollywood Holly guard that status carefully carefully carefully care care- fully on the screen creen They never look like the devil when unexpected callers arrive They answer telephone telephone telephone tele tele- phone bells at 3 a. a m m- mand and the thebe be bedside lda show them perfectly perfectly per per- coiffed and looking fresh as aa daisies They diligently avoid roles which would present them in heels and bargain counter frocks Maybe you remember Private Worlds and the fit if it insanity tossed tOiled by Joan Bennett She obliged her director with a swell performance perform perform- ance anee but after atter the ordeal there r Carole Lom Lombard lets her hair down in this chilly role from froni e LOVe Before Defore Breakfast wasn't a line on her face or a single hair out of place Betto Davis rather seems to enjoy being frowsy occasionally She should hould her portrayal of ot a dissipated derelict In Dangerous helped win the last Motion Picture academy award for tor acting She had a similar part in Of Ot Human Bondage and gave everybody the shudders ers time All champion of ot uncomplimentary uncomplimentary uncomplimentary makeup and costume though is Louise RaIner As Olan in The Good Earth she ahe has been working for tor months in tattered dirty clothes with straggly hair and makeup deliberately applied to leave her as plain vacuous and unInteresting uninteresting uninteresting un un- un- un interesting as possible Beside Olan any one ona of ot the Jukes sisters would look like Miss America This probably is the first picture ever made in which a beautiful star who wh Is shown In unflattering scenes does doesn't t eventually get a chance to tol l leave av her cinematic chimney corner and assume her rightful glory Miss Rainer plays I it straight s Two recent films have nave threatened the span and glamour of Miss I Lombard In Love Before Breakfast Breakfast Break Break- fast she took a dip in the sea and wound up in a blanket her hair down and she sneezing all over the place In My Man Godfrey WilI William Wil Wll- I liam Ham Powell Powen pushed her into a shower show show- er and screen history was made when an actress emerged from such an experience e actually dripping wet Sylvia SyMa Sidney Sidney-didn't look especially especial especial- ly fetching while covered with mud and wearing ragged clothes in Trail of the Lonesome Pine Jean Harlow Harlow Harlow Har Har- low was scarcely at her best when she took that bath in a for a scene acene In Red Dust Mary Astor gave her fans the jitters by going mad in The rhe rh World Changes She dared to become realistically disheveled Pvc Ive been talking about women but just as much nuch could be said about handsome heroes Director Di Dl- rector George Cukor believes they're DI 1 more fastidious than actresses I Most of ot them hate to wear ill fitting clothes or to appear dissipated or even mussed up with honorable dirt Look at the well wen manicured hands of ot th tho leading man when hes he's play- play t i. i S v tio y or not Un was honored for tor this portra portrayal l of ofa ofa ofa I a derelict in Dangerous ing garage mechanic Look at your celluloid idol who has been shipwrecked shipwrecked shipwrecked ship ship- wrecked on an island Chances are hell he'll consent to grow a stubble of ot manly beard but beard but no matter how many months he has been marooned marooned marooned ma ma- his hair will remain neatly trimmed I |