Motion Picture (Aug 1940-Jan 1941)

Darlin'— Tf ITHER Dorothy Lamour. likes sarongs or she ^-J knows a good publicity stunt when she sees it . . . Whatever the reason, Dottie sailed for the Hawaiian Islands the other week carrying a wardrobe that fairly blossomed with costumes of native floral prints, and an after-dark gown designed by herself along sarong lines . . . I'll tell you about that evening gown — but I warn you, it takes a I<amour to wear it ... So don't be disappointed if you copy it and then find you look like less than nothing when you get it on . . . Made with a separate bodice and skirt — with nothing but skin in between — the gown is of flame-colored crepe, printed with huge white magnolia blossoms . . . The bodice, draped in the true South Seas style, is strapless . . . The floor-length skirt is caught up on one hip, the material falling in a modified train at that side . . . Hardly a style for the average gal, would you say? But here is one idea you can copy, and I say it's the neatest-trick-of-the-month for those of us who like to make our clothes do double duty . . . The play suit is made of turquoise blue silk jersey, about the only un-printed outfit Dorothy took with her . . . The full-cut blouse is worn with a "deck skirt" (knee-length, to you) for sunning and active sports . . . After dark — and here's the trick — the deck skirt is replaced by a full dinner skirt, a soft girdle is twisted around her waist, Dottie winds one of her Typhoon turbans around her head, and with a minimum of effort, she is ready to go . . . These Typhoon turbans are scarves which Dorothy has had designed for her in New York and which can be draped around her head in a variety of ways . . . Neat thing about these, is that they really can be worn as scarves to pep up a plain-colored sports dress. C PEAKING of sports dresses, coolest looking one *-* I've seen for a long time was worn by Anna Neagle t'other week-end up at Arrowhead Springs . . . Anna's dress was just a very simple white linen shirtmaker trimmed with enormous patch pockets on the skirt . . . The pockets were embroidered in vivid blue, gold and red . . . And it just struck me that it would be the easiest thing in the world to take that old tan linen of yours, embroider yourself some pockets, and you'd be definitely up to the minute . . . Or you might take another tip from Anna and embroider some vivid TlHIkCM HoiJtfM©D Tyrolean suspenders to wear with your play suit . . . Anna wears hers, gaily embroidered with red and white hearts and flowers, with a full skirt of ink blue poplin . . . Her blouse is white batiste trimmed with white eyelet embroidery, which gives the little-girl look that Hollywood is going for this season ... I don't know what causes it — Spring, I guess — but every time hot weather and vacations come around the movietown gals start designing play outfits along grammar school lines . . . Remember the pinafores I told you about last month? . . . Elaine Shepard has now adapted them to active sports clothes . . . Over shorts-and-blouse of blue and white print gingham, Elaine wears a pink gingham pinafore, tied in the back with a big bow and trimmed with a ruffled edging. OUT it isn't only the play clothes that the Youth -*-' movement has invaded: — Lunching at the Brown Derby the other midday, I saw Barbara Read Wearing a brown linen dress with a Buster Brown collar of stiffly starched white linen ... A typical Buster Brown hat of brown straw completed the juvenile mode . . . That night at Ciro's Gail Patrick was dancing in a white organdy dinner frock, made 'with a very full skirt, round childish neckline and long, full sleeves . . . Thro' the eyelet lace which trimmed the waist, neck and sleeves was run a narrow black velvet ribbon . . . Yes, just the way your mother used to run pastel-colored baby ribbon thro' the ruffle on your petticoat! . . . But the gown that really attracted all eyes that night was far from childish and was worn by Carmel Myers ... If you remember Carmel as a star of the silent days you will remember that she didn't need talkies to put the idea across ... As lovely as ever, Carmel was wearing a beautifully draped gown of moss-green silk jersey . . . And I'm not kiddin' when I say that more than one pair of feminine eyes turned the same color when they saw her . . . But after listening to a round of compliments, Carmel finally broke down and told us it was a night gown'.ll Someone sent it to her as a gift. She thought it so smart that she put it on, added a few choice pieces of costume jewelry and went forth to astound the fashion wise of Hollywood!!! Binnie Barnes was another gal getting a lot of attention that night ... I meant to tell you last month that Binnie had her phone number on her fingernail, but I was so busy trying to figure out why, that I forgot . . . But now Binnie has gone patriotic, and instead of the phone number her nail is adorned with a replica of the British flag . . . This fingernail painting isn't just an idea of the Barnes gal alone, tho ... A lot of Movieland girls are having their nail polish put on so it leaves white places in the form of their initials ... A bunch of us were talking to Zorina at Ciro's and she told us that she always puts a few drops of rubber cement in the heel of her slipper before she puts them on for one of her difficult ballet routines ... I don't see why it wouldn't be a swell idea to do the same thing to the heel of some of your sport clogs which are so hard to keep on . . . Before I sign off for another month of snooping, here's a couple of ideas you might like to try: Rita Johnson has a new white linen pill-box hat which has an open place in the crown . . . Rita brushes her bangs up, pokes them thro' this opening and lets them fall in soft curls over the top of the hat . . . And if you still drop your gloves every time you get up from a chair, take a tip from Maureen O'Hara and have a large spring clip put on one side of your hand bag ... It will hold your gloves or hanky securely — and be a big relief to the boy friend to know there'll be no more hands and knees crawling in dark theatres to retrieve the things you've dropped. Mile. Chic IT'S SO GOOD ... SO LONG because In the Beech-Nut kitchens the finest flavors are mixed through and through so that you may enjoy each piece of Beech-Nut Gum for a longer time. There are 7 delicious varieties: Peppermint, Spearmint, Oraigum 4 flavors a{ BEECHIES (Candy Coated) Peppermint, Spearmint, Pepsin, Cinnamon 15