Motion Picture (Feb-Jul 1930)

Bedrooms Must Be French {Continued from page 71) afraid of being criticized for ostentation and display. They are afraid to be too extravagant, too elegant. If anything, they err on the side of extreme simplicity. They don't care about show any more — they all want convenience. "There are two things every movie star demands in her home. Two things always — not display or that ' money look' — but a room to relax in, and a library. No kidding. "Every one of them asks, first of all, for a place to rest in. A place to be comfy in. They may call the room a play-room, a gaming room, a lounge, a gym or a sunporch. Whatever they call it, that's what it 's for — comfort. "When Celleen and I were doing her house, she said, 'I don't care what else I have in the place so long as I have comfy chairs. They are the vital things.' Her gallery running along the back of the house, overlooking the pool, the barbecue and the whole vista of the back was the main squeeze in the house. It's a place to rest in. No Prop Books "HPHE stars always have a library. And A usually a pretty well-stocked library, too. The books are no longer props. Of course, they have to have books these days. They have to read a lot to get stuff for characters, plots, stories and so forth. And they do. Whatever the reason, I haven't done a star's home yet that hasn't had a library. Colleen has one on the main floor, three walls lined from floor to ceiling with books. She has shelves in her upper hallways and also in the upstairs den. Benjamin Glazer's library walls are literally papered with books and he recently added an upstairs library done the same way. Lilyan Tashman, Blanche Sweet, the William K. Howards — they all have them. Their Kindred Adorations BLANCHE SWEET, by the way, has the best color sense of any woman I have ever worked with. We think alike in terms of color and materials, she and I. We both fancy the wrong sides of materials. We both adore the Mexican pinks and yellows in combination. "Lilyan Tashman runs true to her own type in her house. Not every woman does. As in the matter of gowns and hats, some women never know their own type. Lilyan does in clothes — and she does in her home. She never goes astray. She goes out unerringly for the smart, sophisticated thing. " Adolphe Menjou, for instance — men are not usually very much interested in how their homes are done, but Adolphe is an exception — he is mad about paneling. You would imagine him going in for the French periods. But not at all. He wants everything to be English. "Almost every star's bedroom I do is French. That's about the only common denominator, really. They all want the French boudoirs. And they are the hardest things in the world to do. One curleycue too many and you have — -a horror. " Most of them, now, are going in for one small room, at least, done in the modernistic stuff. Which can be, by the way, as good as any other period. Antiques are not necessarily good just because they are antiques. Modernistic stuff is not necessarily bad just because it is modern. In every period there was the good and the bad. It 's always been a matter of taste and selection. It is now. "And the screen stars have it. "Homes should be the result of the owner's tastes — when I do 'em, I mean, when I don't do 'em — oh well, you know what I mean. Or don't you?" This Soothing Beauty Bath is Astonishing to Fastidious Women RESULTS ARE IMMEDIATE! TRY the Unit Beauty Bath to make your skin smooth and soft and to give it an invisibly light "coating" of Unit powder so that dusting with talcum or using a skin whitener will be unnecessary. After the Unit Beauty Bath, the thin "coating" of Unit that is spread evenly and without excess, is so light that it cannot possibly stop the normal functioning of the pores. To enjoy this delightful Beauty Bath, merely dissolve half a package of Unit in your bath — bathe as usual, using your favorite soap, and then feel your skin! It will rival the smoothness and softness of a baby's. White is the natural color of Unit and there is no needless coloring or odor. Pure starch from corn is its main ingredient and being a vegetable product contains none of the mineral properties found in many cosmetics today. Doctors who specialize in skin treatment, generally recommend starch from corn for the super-sensitive skin of young babies. UNIT is sold by your GROCER THE BATHWAY TO A SOFT, SMOOTH SKIN 97