Screenland (Nov 1950-Oct 1951)

the development of glamour, Jeanne more than once paused to be amused at her own seriousness, but she explained that she wasn't as much serious as she is earnest in trying to explain the whys and wherefores of this elusive quality. She was to be even more serious when she waded into Point No. 5: Folloio the Golden Rule. But instead of hitting this point from the standpoint of a glamourous young moralist, Jeanne explained that it is just plain good sense. She pointed out that Emily Post holds the Golden Rule to be the basis of all etiquette. To size up her attitude on this point, Jeanne isn't mad at anyone. She is certain that it pays big dividends for a person to love everyone, because this attitude, more than anything else, brings out true charm. "Glamour comes out largely through the eyes," she said, "and I can't help using that old axiom here that 'the eyes are the windows of the soul.' "This is the best way I know of explaining that glamour is more of a quality than a certain way of acting or dressing. If you look with affection upon anyone, you will have glamour for that person." It was not surprising, in view of Jeanne's inside-out view of glamour, that she placed outside appearance last on her list of points. But true to her feminine instincts, she had a lot to say about this. The point is: Use your head to adorn your person. Because of her theory that we acquire our knowledge and understanding from each other, Jeanne started out on this point by explaining how deeply she was impressed recently when she saw an old Jean Harlow movie. It was clear that she had been studying the masters of glamour from the way she kept citing them as examples. "There was a girl who had something that was completely individual," Jeanne said of Harlow. "And that brings me back to the point I have already made that in the matter of dress each person has to look to his own individuality if he or she wants to be in good taste. Your own glamour will be brought out best if you study well your most attractive physical feature. You may look homely in many respects, but if you have beautiful hair, for example, then concentrate on giving it the best care possible. "In other words, accentuate any feature that will show you off to advantage, but if you consider yourself an ugly duckling you don't have to be discouraged in view of what I have found out about glamour. Remember, you are at all times reflecting the inner you. That is what people are really looking for." Jeanne doesn't have much patience with people who become perennial types, the ones who never vary their dress from day to day and week to week. "Anything that becomes a constant repetition," she said, "also becomes lifeless. Take the girl who fancies herself an outdoor type, for example. She thinks she is great at the beach or on a tennis court, but when it comes to a formal dance she feels awkward and rather out of place. "There is absolutely no need for this," she said. "A girl should learn to suit her dress to the occasion and feel at home by capturing the mood of her surroundings." This was Jeanne's way of saying that if a woman appears on any occasion without being armed with the right mental attitude, she is going to be a social flop regardless of how well she is dressed. Jeanne also had a lot to say in favor of a woman trying an occasional change in pace in order to make an impression, and her comment was backed up by her own recent experience of cutting her long hair. She said she had gone for years with the conviction that she would not look right with short hair, but she dared to cut it off because she had to in order to appear more sophisticated for the lead in "People Will Talk." "The same thing can be achieved in a minor way," she said, "by a woman going out and buying herself a red dress or a new hat. A change has a decided effect on a female, and one she often doesn't anticipate. I dreaded to look at myself when I had my hair cut, but now I am so pleased with it that I am going to keep it short for a while anyway. "This is just another way of saying," she observed, "that some of us are born with the right ideas that show up on the outside of us as glamour, while others have to educate themselves into the ways of good taste. And I'm not so sure but that those of us who have to work from the inside out aren't better dressed, because we know absolutely what we are doing and, therefore, have more assurance and the poise that comes with it." Regardless of which way the conversation turned, Jeanne always came back to her central conviction that glamour is an inside job. She personalized this when she pointed to her favorite glamour boys in pictures, especially in the case of Gregory Peck. "Greg may not have Adonis-like features," she said, "but no one can say he isn't glamourous. And look at girls such as Katharine Hepburn and Margaret Sullavan. They carved themselves a niche in pictures during a time when the accepted idea of glamour was different from what they are." Jeanne's concluding shot was that the thing which makes you glamourous comes from the inside of others as well as from the inside of yourself if you learn to be glamourous at all. Since with most of us the acquisition of this elusive quality is a trial and error method, she stressed that we would do well not to worry so much about what we think but about what others think of us. "Your opinion of yourself is secondary when you consider that, after all, you are dressing and acting to please others," she concluded. 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