Photoplay (Jul-Dec 1951)

The Twelve Most Beautiful Women in Hollywood ( Continued from page 43) “isn’t remotely the baby doll type.” As one enthusiastic voter put it: “In Mona’s delicate beauty there is strength, intelligence and humor.” The photographers say that time and time again stars ask if their sitting can be given the quality they have admired in recent portraits of Loretta Young. No member of our jury denied that Loretta is beautiful in features and in coloring. But it was stressed, repeatedly, that her beauty would be less if she were less the lovely lady in thought, word and deed. “What a face! What a face!” There is the summation of Grandma Marlene Dietrich. “She knows what to do with her provocative bone structure, too,” our jury noted, appreciatively. “Besides, she’s all human, all woman!” Susan Hayward never was a first or last choice. Always she was listed second. Always, too, the reasons for her selection tallied. “An exotic type, crowned with the most beautiful golden red hair.” In Rita Hayworth’s beauty personality was stressed. “Rita’s personality really projects to make her features provocative, challenging and warm,” they said. And, “Her complexion, eyes and hair blend into something that is over-all lovely.” Only once was there a similarity in the jury’s analyses of beauty — with Deborah Kerr and Loretta Young. For Deborah, like Loretta, would not be as lovely, our jury was agreed, in spite? of her fine features and her “delicious” coloring, if she were less gentle, kind and completely charming. And there you have the twelve most beautiful women in Hollywood — ranging in age from nineteen to forty-six. They were chosen for many reasons. , But one fact remained constant — beauty is something over and above sheer physical perfection. It is good bones and lovely coloring, plus other things — vitality or spirituality, self-dramatization or intelligence and humor, a gentle, kind nature or exoticism. Beauty is more than skin deep. However, since, to be realistic, skin still is important to beauty, we consulted the make-up experts who guided our beautiful women. And we present: The Make-up Palettes of Hollywood’s Twelve Most Beautiful Women As Recommended by Hollywood’s Make-Up Experts Ava Gardner: Classic, oval-shaped face. Hazel eyes. Dark brown hair. Rich, natural coloring with fair skin. William Tuttle, head of the M-G-M make-up department, recommends: Lipstick: Pure red, to follow the natural line of her lips, curving upward at cor ners. All make-up should curve upward to give the face a pleasant expression. Rouge: The bright red lipstick blended with a little oil or cream so it will apply smoothly as it follows the natural line of the cheekbone. Mascara: Black. Eye Pencil: Black. To give eyes an even larger appearance, draw a little upward line at the outside corners of the eyes. Eyeshadow : Eyeshadow should match the natural coloring that exists around the eyes. Some women have a delicate purple shadow, others a shadow with a brownish tinge. To achieve the true brown color around Ava’s eyes, a blue-gray shadow is mixed with a reddish brown shadow. Ann Blvth: Oval face. Dark blue eyes. Brown hair with reddish tint.' Fair skin. Jack Kevan, head of Universal-International’s make-up department, recommends: Lipstick: True red, no blue in it, following lip line faithfully. Rouge: True red, applied to a high spot on cheekbone and blended outward. Mascara: Dark, used very lightly. Eye Pencil: Dark. Eyeshadow: Light blue-green. Elizabeth Taylor: Elongated oval face. Violet blue eyes. Blue black hair. Light olive sljin. William Tuttle of M-G-M recommends: Lipstick: Dark, on the blue-red shade. Lip line needs no changing. Rouge: Dark, on the blue-red shade — placed low on cheek on a line perpendicular to her nose, to lend face breadth. (No mascara or eye pencil needed.) Eyeshadow: Blue gray — blended down to meet upswing of the eye. Arlene Dahl : Classic oval face. Light blue eyes. Red-golden hair. White skin. William Tuttle of M-G-M recommends: Lipstick: Warm red-yellow shade. Rouge: Same red-yellow shade, also applied subtly at high part of cheekbone. Mascara, Eye Pencil, Eyeshadow: Reddish-brown, cinnamon color. Linda Darnell: Oval-triangular face. Deep brown eyes. Deep brown hair. Fair skin. Ben Nye of the Twentieth Century-Fox make-up department recommends: Lipstick: True medium red to follow full line of mouth faithfully. Rouge: True medium red, applied high on cheekbone, blending off. Mascara , Eye Pencil, Eyeshadow: Brownblack. Joan Crawford: Square-shaped face. Bright blue eyes. Orange-red hair. Suntan complexion. No make-up expert other than Joan can be quoted here. She applies her make-up even for the screen. Lipstick: A shade to complement color she is wearing. Rouge: None. Mascara: Dark brown. After applying, Joan goes over lashes and brows with pomade which removes surplus powder. Eye Pencil: Dark Brown. Eyeshadow: Blue-gray. Uses only occasionally and then almost entirely wipes it off, leaving the barest trace of color. Mona Freeman: Oval face. Blue eyes. Golden hair. Very light olive skin. Recommendations by Wally Westmore, head of Paramount make-up department. Lipstick: True, light red, lightly applied. Rouge: True, light red, used high on cheekbones, blended back to the outside of the eye and back toward the temple. Mascara: Brown — used sparingly. Eye Pencil: Brown — used sparingly. Eyeshadow: None. Loretta Young: Heart-shaped face with strong chin. Blue eyes. Light brown hair. Fair skin. Ernie Parks at Twentieth recommends: Lipstick: Dark red, applied to follow definite full mouth. Rouge: Dark red used high on cheekbone, blended outward. (The dark lipstick and rouge are used to make Loretta’s teeth and eye-whites look even whiter.) Mascara, Eye Pencil, Eyeshadow: Dark brown. Marlene Dietrich: Diamond-shaped face. Blue eyes. Blonde hair. Fair skin. Frank Westmore recommends: Lipstick, Rouge: Garnet red. Mascara: Dark. Eye Pencil: Instead of an eye pencil Marlene applies substance from burnt matches to line the eye. Eyeshadow: Soft warm brown. Susan Hayward: Oval-shaped face. Bluegreen eyes. Red-gold hair. Fair skin, few freckles. Ben Nye of Twentieth recommends: Lipstick: Orange rust. Rouge: Orange rust applied on the cheekbone and blended skillfully upward. Mascara, Eye Pencil: Brown. Eyeshadow: Green-neutral brown. Rita Hayworth: Oval face. Brown eyes. Dark red hair. Castilian olive complexion. Clay Campbell of Columbia recommends: Lipstick: Medium red or a light clear pink. Perfect lip line with rare double bow followed faithfully. Rouge: Medium red or light clear pink applied high on the cheek and coming forward. Mascara, Eye Pencil: Black-brown. Eyeshadow: Olive brown. Deborah Kerr: Rectangular-shaped face. Hazel eyes. Red hair. Fair skin. William Tuttle of M-G-M points out that Deborah is a different type of redhead, has appearance that suggests the outof-doors, recommends: Lipstick: Coral tone with blues. Rouge: Coral tone with blues. Applied high on cheek with diagonal line. Mascara, Eye Pencil: Brown. Eyeshadow: Blue gray. The End THEY’RE OUT OF THIS WORLD . . . when they appear in Photoplay's color pages. So why not send in the. names of and Your favorite actor Your favorite actress Your favorite pin-up girl Mail to: Readers Poll Editor, Box 1374, Grand Central Station, New York 17, N. Y. YOUR VOTES MAY PUT THEM IN FIRST PLACE! My name My age