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The New Queen of
FASHION
in Hollywood
Verree Teasdale's flair for smart $ clothes has made her one of the best dressed women in the world. And she designs her own clothing — too
By I
WHITNEY WILLIAMS
ADOLPHE MENJOU once described Verree l\ Teasdale as the best dressed woman on the L jL screen. This, coming from the outstanding exponent of male attire in Hollywood, and himself judged one of the ten best dressed men in the world, was a rare and discerning compliment . . . and at once established the actress as an interesting and important personality.
It is quite fitting, too, that Miss Teasdale became the bride of the suave portrayer of men of the world roles, for she, too, is as polished and finished an actress as Menjou is an actor. Both represent the perfect epitome of sophistication, a combination that for savoir jaire knows no equal now in the world's screen capital.
Such actresses as Kay Francis, Adrienne Ames, Constance Bennett, Hedda Hopper have, in the past, held the center of the stage as leading the Hollywood parade in style. They still attract for their taste in dress, and for their startling creations
... but standing now, a bit ahead, is Verree Teasdale, beautiful, magnetic, charming and a woman to whom even famous designers turn for advice and new ideas in costuming.
You've seen her in such pictures as "Roman Scandals," "Fashions of 1934," "Payment Deferred," and, more recently, "Du Barry." In each, she appeared stately, regal, smooth, and, particularly in "Du Barry," with Dolores Del Rio, glamorous. One immediately singles her out as an actress of extraordinary poise and ability.
When she left New York for Hollywood two years ago, Verree had no intention of remaining away from that center of culture and color for more than six months. She had devoted a large
The Netv Movie Magazine, April, 1935
Left: Verree Teasdale with her husband, Adolphe Menjou. Above and right: Two recent studies of Verree.
part of her life to preparation for the theater, and she didn't care to turn from the course she had set for herself and enter, for a long period, a new and strange medium, motion pictures. After six months in pictures, she thought she would forget Hollywood and return to Broadway, where already she had made a name for herself.
Those first six months in Hollywood will ever remain the darkest hours of her existence, she reflects in reminiscence. The parts she played did not meet with her expectations, and when the studio loaned her to another company for a picture she did not like, she looked forward with only one purpose in mind . . . to get back to New York. Only thoughts of the future buoyed her through these unhappy days.
During the latter weeks of this period, however, she met Adolphe Menjou, to whom she was {Please turn to page 70)
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