Show Jin n Sheridan Gives Low Down t jn n Kiss Experts Experts- L Winchell is on vacation oI the r he month month of August He lie Heh nIJ r a guest st columnist ret reThe re- re t bare h each ch day The Win Win- chell chel column will nill be back as I usual September 1 I By ANN SHERIDAN Love and Kisses Love is a serious serious' business in Hollywood When John and Jane Janego Janego Janego go to the movies they want some of the romance that's generally S'S S 'S S 'S S 5 S 'S Sw w F Fi i S 55 N i C c r Y 5 5 5 K Ann Sheridan Reveals se secrets secrets secrets se- se I crets of the kiss movie style absent from their daily lives Hollywood aims to please so movies out of every thousand in Americas America's picture emporiums are basically love stories Since love loveis is such an important feature of film making suppose we go behind behind behind be be- hind the scenes of movie love with me as your guide They tell me I qualify being the co- co holder with George Brent of the movie time all-time long-kissing long rec rec- ord Our fadeout kiss in Honeymoon Honeymoon Honeymoon Honey moon for Three lasts seconds seconds seconds sec sec- topping the second 49 record record record rec rec- ord of John Barrymore and Dolores Dolores Dolores Do Do- lores Costello in The Sea Beast I Actual making of kissing scenes is one of the most hazardous undertakings undertakings undertakings un un- un- un in a picture A special day is usually reserved for it in which the director dismisses every possible member of the cast and crew and with witha a lone cameraman a single electr electrician cian and script clerk retires to a a screened-off screened set marked no visitors visitors visitors tors and films the pesky kiss scene Garbo Holl Hollywoods Hollywood's Woods outstanding outstanding outstanding out out- standing exponent of privacy during during during dur dur- ing love scenes has it in her contract contract contract con con- tract that she has the right to order everyone off the set at such times including the I tor When Brenda Marshall kissed Errol Enrol Flynn for a romantic scene in The Sea Hawk the set was closed to visitors not because Brenda is temperamental tal but because it was the first I time in her life that Brenda kissed a man before the cameras and Director Mike Curtiz wasn't taking taking taking tak tak- ing chances The screen kiss requires camera camera camera cam cam- era perfection and usually lacks satisfying elements for the actors A to mouth-to-mouth kiss distorts the mouth of the I kisser and kissee on the screen Generally the men must kiss the girl below the lower lip or on the far jar corrier corner of the mouth to I keep his nose from hiding her face Its It's considered best screen kissing form to let the ladys lady's face show most and to have the man man shaded by her little nose Jimmy Cagney kissed me off center in the love scenes in City for Conquest and George Brent was similarly gallant gallant gallant gal gal- lant in Honeymoon for Three Eddie G. G Robinson though has a complete disregard for the the camera and kisses his leading ladies on the level Errol Enrol Flynn I too violated screen kissing customs customs customs cus cus- I toms by leaving his nose outside when he kissed Brenda Marshall in The Sea Hawk There are as many ways of hugging hugging hugging hug hug- ging as there are people who hug or who wait to be hugged Pat OBrien O'Brien hugs as though he means it throwing one arm al almost almost almost al- al most completely about a ladys lady's shoulders with the other more than completing the circle That's how he hugs Gale Page in Knute Rockne All American When George Brent hugged me mein mein mein in Honeymoon for Three he stood behind me put his arms arms' over my shoulders locked his hands in front and pulled me up to him His usual technique When Ronald Reagan hugs he holds the girl cheek to cheek Ronald is bashful and just manages manages manages man man- ages to get one arm across a girls girl's shoulder then gingerly presses his cheek to hers Jimmy Cagney Cagney Cagney Cag Cag- ney is rarely caught in a full hug He prefers to tilt the ladys lady's chin chinin chinin in City for Conquest it happens happens happens hap hap- pens to be mine with one hand while the other arm is across her shoulders A screen kiss that lasts two seconds seconds seconds sec sec- costs about Most players admit they get a thrill out of the kiss sequences Director Mike Curtiz says if they dont don't the love scene is no good Married couples are seldom successful screen lovers Adventure Adventure Adventure ture vital at such a moment is absent From experience and from observation observation ob ob- Id I'd classify d different ferent types of kissers Bette Davis ar ar- ar dent When she kisses them they stay kissed Herbert Marshall kissed by her in The Letter will verify that Pat OBrien O'Brien noisy kisser When he kisses at atall atall atall all he he smacks Humphrey Bogart mean kisser The girls out come of his clinches ruffled Olivia de Havilland tremulous kisser She seems really to get geta a thrill out of it Errol Flynn daring kisser Neither his director director director tor nor his victim complains Jeffrey Lynn willing willin but inexpert inexpert inex inexpert inex- inex pert kiss kisser r. r He g gets ts A for trying though Priscilla Lane experimental kisser allin all allin allin in stride Her sister Rosemary Rosemary Rosemary Rose Rose- mary whole-hearted whole kisser She seems to mean it even when she |