Photoplay (Jul-Dec 1947)

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The white net skirt and also its matching mantilla were dotted with tufts of white chenille. Gorgeous! Laraine Day was there with her Leo, and she sported a dinner gown comprised of a full white skirt topped by a black silk jersey, turtle-necked, shortsleeved “sweater.” She also sported a pearl necklace of fourteen strands! Starting with a choker at the throat, the cascade descended until the longest rope fell just above the waistline. Maureen O’Hara was there in a horizontally striped dress of bright red and white silk and I assure you, it didn’t make her look exactly dainty. Joan and Bill’s new house is so full of charm and comfort — and arranged for entertaining with amazing ease, since the house is not large. The dinner party was given in a large semi-living room-playroom, with comfortable cushioned banquettes against the walls, a good-sized bar, and one entire wall of glass which overlooks a lovely garden walk leading to their “ol’ swimmin’ hole” type of pool. All this outdoor view was beautifully lighted during the feast. Instead of seating her twenty guests buffet-style at a lot of small tables — or even at one large, clumsy one — Joan arranged two long, narrow glass tables at an angle to each other. The floral arrangements of gardenias and white sweet peas, the leaf-green glassware and very dark green china combined for a striking and tasteful effect. Dessert “took the cake” in more ways than one. Huge platters of ice cream — the individual portions formed into various kinds of fruit (in their proper colors) — were passed along with the petit fours. Dropper -inners later included David Niven, who is soon to leave for England and a visit with his two kiddies. And of course that movie, “Bonnie Prince Charlie,” which he’ll make over there for Alexander Korda. Anita Colby, fresh from New York, poppied in too — and I noticed a shiny gadget on one of her plain black satin pumps. In answer to “What’s that?” she said, “It’s an earring. I lost the mate to it. I think clipping one earring to a shoe along the instep where an ornament would naturally go anyway is a wonderful way to use that one earring that everybody has lying around.” Colby has an idea there! THESE be tween-season days there’s nothing so comfortable as a cool sheerwool frock — just the kind Carole Landis wore to lunch at LaRue. It’s a black and white dress of very light, fine wool, with its flaring skirt (about fourteen inches from the floor) that has flame red line trimmings and a small neck scarf. Howard Greer made it. Her hat, especially made to go with it, is a black beret type with perky flame red feathers. And her gloves are flame red too. Black pumps. A chic outfit for sports events and perfect under fur coats. Lynn Bari could take in knitting for a living, if the stunning dress she actually knitted for herself is any indication of her prowess with the needles. It’s so goodlooking and she added an unusual and stunning touch by working gold thread into horizontal bars across the bodice — to tie in with the gold belt that finishes the costume. The lines are simple, the yam used was fine wool boucle in a maroon shade. The full skirt is almost fifteen inches from the floor. Lynn thinks that a tall girl should wear her skirts just a little further from the floor than a short girl, who gains height by the longer length. Another gal who goes for knitted dresses is Esther Williams who lolls at the movies in an early fall two-piece number of ice blue. Hers is perfectly plain, with a deepribbed skirt, plain round neckline and short sleeves — so much more comfortable under coats. Esther prefers platinum to gold jewelry with sports clothes and has a big flat band bracelet and a graceful platinum clip in the form of a fish that she wears at her neck. Most of the Hollywood gals are letting the locks down in soft fullness. Nora Eddington Flynn is only one of them. Ran into her (with Errol) at a party and he, like just about every male I talk to, prefers hair that way and thinks Nora never looked so pretty. He’s so right. TWO Joans, Caulfield and Bennett, make news for this session when you want to be warm, in case it’s suddenly cool, and cool but smart if it’s still hot. Spotted Joan Bennett leaving Romanoffs after lunch and even her cute French poodle couldn’t take all the attention away from her navy blue raw silk dress, with its simple straight lines. The jacket is banded from shoulder to waist in a heavy crepe that shades from chartreuse to emerald green. Her gloves were of chartreuse suede and her accessories were of navy. Joan wore a gold snake necklace and a big round gold and emerald clip . . . Joan Caulfield was caught going the other way — to lunch — her soft sheer black wool suit was a knockout. It had a collarless, cutaway jacket and the longer length skirt had a double pleat in front. The blouse was of checked white taffeta, with a little bow that tied at the neck. The jacket was lined with the same taffeta as the blouse. June Allyson and Dick Powell who are as busy denying stork rumors this month as Van and Evie Johnson were last month (but the Johnsons’ turned out to be true!) did the Strip spots one night recently and June really had something to show off in the way of a new hat that is just right for pert little faces. Of natural colored felt (she was wearing a black suit) it looked like a man’s straw hat gone pretty. It settled back on her head and had French illusion green and cream colored striped satin ribbons around the crown, ending with streamers down the back long enough to sit on. June wears her hair long for the first time on the screen in “Virtuous” — and in this picture there will also be no crying scenes, for which June says, “Thank the Lord!” Now here’s some fashion news I’ve been saving. The two hottest tips for fall are fans — all kinds of fans — and drop earrings. The small wing-type — or any up-the-ear type of earring — will be out completely by winter. Drop earrings are coming back and though they may start conservatively — you can bet they’ll hang to there before winter is over. As for fans — they’re going to be plugged for daytime as well as nighttime use. The most desired will be the little antique fans, lacey ones, beaded ones, the kind you hang from a chain at the waist — or even from the wrist. But feathered fans and fabric fans will be the vogue again before long. So hie yourself to the nearest junk shop, or antique shop, or hock shop, and pick up as many as you can — of the kind that Ma or Grandma used to love — or you’ll be paying three times as much for the same ones in stores! The End