Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1930)

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Check the square you are interested in and we will send you absolutely FREE — no obligation on your part — a valuable book on how creative talent is formed by our courses so that successful profit-making material can be SOLD! D Photoplay Writing □ Short Story Writing D English and Self-Expression Name Address _ All correspondence strictly confidential. No salesmen will call. What 30 Stars Say About Long Skirts i CONTINUED FROM PAGE 37 dark clothes. Yes, I believe the mode will return next summer stronger than ever — it's so comfortable and cool." BESSIE LOVE likes the new styles so long as they are not carried to extremes. She thinks that "the day of the short skirt is past and that women, seeing the increased attractiveness of longer skirts, will wear them for a long, long time. But," says Bessie, "I don't believe that the average woman who has become accustomed to the freedom, convenience and practicability of the short skirt, will ever favor the extremely long and cumbersome garments for street wear." She adds: "I have never worn a sun-tan make-up. With my very blonde hair I never thought a dark skin would be becoming. I like to see a naturally tanned skin, but I do not like artificially sun-tanned make-ups. I rather imagine that the vogue for brown skin will not be as great next year as it was during the past Summer. "I always wear stockings. I like to see bare legs, if they are tanned, but I don't think bare, white legs are attractive. I rather imagine that young girls will continue to go stockingless for sports, but I believe that older girls and women are growing tired of the fad. After all, a sheer chiffon stocking is much more attractive than a bare leg." BEBE DANIELS sponsors long skirts for afternoon and evening wear, but she believes four inches below the knees is an awkward length for any woman to adopt for street and sports wear. Bebe says, "I am having my new sports clothes made as short as my old ones, and all my formal dresses are of ankle length." Bebe, who spends a large part of her time at the beach, declares, "Being tanned never bothers me. I do not think a heavy burn is advisable nor becoming, but a good healthy brown that results from consistent outdoor exercise is always attractive." She goes on to say, "I have never gone stockingless and I do not expect to. Having bare legs may increase one's savings, but they detract from the neatness of one's appearance." MARY BRIAN wrinkles her brow and says doubtfully, "I do and I don't. Some gowns, especially the formal ones, look divine sweeping the floor, but when I see a smart woman walking down the street in a suit that almost hides her ankles, I get an impression of dowdiness. For the present I shall wear my sports things about four inches below the knee, my afternoon dresses two inches longer, and my party frocks will get acquainted with the ground. And I just adore the natural waist line. "I'm not the sunburn type, so my opinion is a bit biased. I like to see a blonde with a deep sunburn — but so few women burn smoothly and attractively. I will not acquire a coat this Winter, and most of my friends are paying frantic visits to beauty specialists for bleaching treatments, so the vogue must be making its final bow along with short skirts. "As for the no-stocking idea, I believe it quite correct during the Summer months, with light colored sports frocksandlow-heeled sports shoes. It is so comfortable in hot weather. I am sure it will return next Summer." NORMA SHEARER, famous for her stunning wardrobe and her ability to wear it, says enthusiastically: "The new styles are charmingly feminine and tend to make women appear taller and more graceful. They remind me, somehow, of a Gibson girl walking in a Greek garden. I think that after their triumphant debut they will have a long popularity. "I have never used a sun-tan make-up. A natural tan is very effective, especially on either vivid blondes or vivid brunettes, but an artificial sun-tan make-up is usually very unattractive. "I have never gone without stockings. I like to see stockingless legs, but very few women have legs perfect enough to withstand the bareness. Stockings enhance the beauty of the leg and hide the defects which are so apparent when the leg is bare." Those funny things you see here aren't sea monsters hung up to dry, nor odd animals shot by cameramen. They are the padded hoods used to cover the cameras and keep their clicking out of the microphone. .Taken during the making of a scene for Corinne Griffith's "Lilies of the Field" Every advertisement in PHOTOPLAY MAGAZINE is guaranteed.