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In the immense wardrobe department of the M.-G.-M. studio Greta Garbo's double is being fitted for a costume to be
worn by the Swedish star.
Goth
es!
Old Clothes!
What becomes of the stars' cast-off finery? This article answers the question and reveals the surprising fact that some of the costumes are converted into lamp shades and sofa pillows.
B}> Virginia Morris
HAVE you ever thought what a lucky fellow Hollywood's secondhand man must be? Think of him sporting one of Adolphe Menjou's cast-off suits when he dresses up for Sunday! And think of his wife, blessed perhaps with a real ermine wrap, jnangy now, no doubt, but once the raiment of Gloria Swanson. Maybe you don't like to think about it. Maybe it makes you burn with jealousy. If so, be consoled. The movies have put all the secondhand men in Los Angeles out of business. They're selling real estate now.
That has you guessing, hasn't it ? What then, you ask, happens to all those gorgeous screen clothes ? Can it be that they are packed and sent away to relatives in the country, or are they donated to the Salvation Army? You'll admit that most poor cousins would have scant use for such things as Lon Chaney's one-legged costumes, and that the Salvation Army would wonder what to do with some of the feathered, but skirtless, creations that Evelyn Brent disports in every now and then.
Still, what becomes of them all? Where are those snappy,
Final touches are put on Gertrude Olmsted's party gown at the
studio.
little frocks that Bessie Love wears in "The Broadway Melody," those clinging negligees glorifying Baclanova in "The Wolf of Wall Street"? Of what use now are Janet Gaynor's Dutch togs that look so cute in "Christina" ? Where has Greta Garbo's green hat blown, since "A Woman pf Affairs" was completed?
Perhaps you've experienced the inclination to write to your favorite star, and ask her to keep you in mind when she has no further use for such-and-such a dress that looked so well on her, in such-and-such a picture. After all, she has dozens of gowns, and a good-looking evening frock would mean so much to you. Have you felt slighted when she failed to comply with your request? Were you disappointed when she didn't answer your letter at all?
. The chances are that she didn't want to hurt you with a refusal. For the truth of the matter is that she hasn't any more claim to those stunning clothes than you have. They all come under production costs, and they remain the property and assets of the studio that produced the picture.
If your bedroom closet is crowded, imagine the wardrobe in a place like the Paramount studio. It occupies a compact floor space of ten thousand square feet. No one on the Paramount lot can very well