Photoplay (Jan - Jun 1941)

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onsider Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of your party. Here's how to make them do it — as discovered by six Hollywood hostesses BY DICK PINE ILLUSTRATION BY FRANK DOBIAS BUT do the men like it"? That, says Ann Rutherford (who is a smart little tyke, no matter how you look at her), is what's important about parties. The way she reasons it out seems, to a mere male, to make sense. "If the men have a good time, then the girls who come with them will be pleased — because any girl likes to have the man who spends an evening with her enjoy himself. So if you're giving a mixed party, aim it at the men! A hen party, of course, is a different matter." What's more, Ann thinks that parties are important to you. the hostess, the party-giver. "'You express yourself when you entertain," she says ly. "You learn things about poise and how to handle people and situations. You learn lots of things that are useful in your job and in running your life. Besides, it's such fun!" This seems to be pretty sound psychology. Furthermore, it works for Ann because what she calls her "Sunday backdoor parties" are by way of being really important events among Hollywood's younger set, with the young blades and belles cutting quite fancy capers in the effort to wangle invitations. If the truth will out, Ann learned all this the hard way. Her first real Hollywood party was almost a flop. Maybe she had read too much about parties in the picture colony; perhaps they seemed too important to her. now. she saj , f'd been m pictures for ages before I dared gi\ party, Somehow I thoughl it would have to be one of two things. Either a fo : down dinner with per fect an elaborate bullet with caterers and a tent on the lawn and an orchestra playing somewhere. Finally, after hesitating a long time. I compromised on an evening party. People came in dinner clothes mil I had some entertainment and at mid photopi ay combined with movii mihro*