The Picture Show Annual (1928)

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Picture Show Annual 57 THE IMPORTANCE OF FROCKS Whenever May Allison appears on the screen you she will be beautifully and appropriately dressed. She believes in the importance of dress, and devotes a great deal of her time and thought to the selection of her costumes. " One little realises just how much goes into the selection of the average screen gown," May explains. " Most people think, that it is a case of suiting the style to the character and letting it go at that, but there ere a hundred things to be-considered. " For instance, there are the colours to be selected — not for the way in which they look on the actress, but for the manner in which they will photograph. Many a time have I gone on to the set in some colour that looked perfectly hideous to the eye, but that photographed marvellously. " Besides the colour and style of the gown there is the question of back- grounds and lights, all of which must be considered. For example, a colour will photograph one shade of grey under the artificial lights of the studio, and an entirely different shade in the sunlight." As Miss Allison takes so much trouble over the selection of clothes for her picture plays, and bothers to study the subject from every angle, she certainly deserves her reputation of being one of the smartest dressed stars of the screen. He &ot a Bi& Ckance because he Looked a Gentleman Larry Gray — nobody calls him Lawrence — got his big chance on the screen because of his gentlemanly appearance. He had just finished playing leading man to Betty Branson in " Are Parents People?" when he was told he was to play a small " bit " in Gloria Swanson's film, " The Coast of Folly." The director explained that he wanted him because this was to be a film of high life, and it was difficult to hire extras who looked like gentlemen. Larry felt it was rather a come-down after being a leading man, he really had thought he was finished with extra work, but according to his contract he had to do as he was told, so off he set for Coronado, where scenes for " The Coast of Folly " were being taken. One day he had a chance to talk to.Gloria Swanson, and to her he confided his great ambition — that one day in the far, far future he might play leading man in one of her films. Gloria listened to him and then rushed over to her director and had a hurried, whispered conversation. In a minute she was back at Larry's side. " You are to be leading man m my very next picture," she said. Larry, of course, thought she was joking, but when he found she was serious he was so overcome that he could only stammer out his thanks.