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words out of her mobile lips — in, however, such quaint English, that they don't sound vulgar.
Constance Bennett was too thin. Europe's specialists had failed to give Constance an extra ounce. It took Sylvia five weeks to put the first extra pound on Connie . . . with light massages, relaxation, a nourishing diet, and gentle walking. Ann Harding also feared an oncoming chin-sag and rushed to Sylvia. That's what Pathe hires Sylvia for, to keep their contract stars as lovely as when they booked them, and ward off the passe day. Ina Claire wanted to slenderize and also to prevent a chin. It's awful when they want to slenderize, for they get whacked twice as hard, twice as often, and go on a pretty slim diet for a spell. They usually get annoyed at first, and later live to bless.
Alice White is Sylvia's pet. "She minds me like a nice baby. She was fat and out of proportion. Today, she has
Here's Sylvia Ulbeck, the sternest dictator Hollywood stars have ever known. What Sylvia says goes — and she usually says quite a good deal.
Mary Lewis often screams for help at the hands of the none-too-gentle Sylvia. But, oh, how Sylvia can make that superfluous weight vanish.
one of the most perfect figures in Hollywood. I cannot afford to have them disobey. I am an artist — and they've got to look good," Sylvia asserts. "And I won't have them eating sphagetti and bean dinners and drinking cocktails — starch makes pimples, cocktails ruin complexions. I have a camera eye, and they've got to do me credit."
"There was Ronald Colman, for instance," Sylvia went on, as I shuddered. "Oh, no, not Ronald — "
"Oh, it was only his foot he hurt," she explained hurriedly to relieve my anguish. "I went to his beach house early in the morning before he was up. His Jap said he was still in bed. "That's fine' I said, and walked right in. Mr. Colman was so shy, it sure was funny."
SALLY O'NEIL sure was fat. I had to knock Sally about frightfully. Irene Rich had to reduce a bit too. Eddie Lowe got worried about his figure, so I spanked him good. But I had to be gentle with Colleen Moore — her nerves were on edge and she was so thin. It was nerves too, with Ernest Torrence and Douglas McLean. I took some off Taylor Holmes and Ralph Forbes. Also Herbert Brenon, and I had to look after his liver, too. Brenon tried breaking rules, but I soon settled him, even if he was the great Herbert Brenon," bubbles Sylvia grinning reminiscently.
"I am dead against alcohol. I can't afford to let them drink — they disgrace me. It puffs them up shockingly. I make 'em go to bed early too, and take cold showers. 'Oh, can't I just have one weeny little cocktail.^' they coax. 'Not with your belly, you won't,' say I. And, of course, their looks and figures mean so much to them that they have to obey. Besides, the studio gets after them if they don't obey me. I threaten 'em . . ." she beams, belligerently.
"I only have Marion Davies for facials, but she is all nerves, too, sometimes. Eleanor Boardman and Betty Bron{Cont'tnued on page 9i}