The Truth About Spring (Universal Pictures) (1965)

Natural Look’ Make-Up For Hayley Mills’ Romantic Role In The Truth About Spring’ (Advance) The “natural look” in make-up is back again, re-introduced by the world’s top teenager, Hayley Mills. Currently starring opposite her father, John Mills, and James MacArthur in Universal’s “The Truth About Spring,” Cnt = Be. to thes. plays a young girl, meeting, falling in love and finally marrying her first boyfriend. “Tt’s still a young role,” says Hayley, “but it’s the most adult part I’ve ever played. The love scenes are sexy, but it’s an understood sort of sex, if you know what I mean, nothing obvious that kind of hits you in the eye.” And the same thing might be said of Hayley’s make-up and hairstyle. Her honey-blonde hair is cut short and allowed to wave casually over her head. Her makeup, a light pancake to suit the bright sunshine and the brilliant film ares, is honey-toned, too, and she wears no lipstick. A little almond oil dusted on with a large spatulate brush, gives an attractive sheen to skin and lips and her eyelids are shadowed with the same blue as her eyes. No harsh lines are painted behind the lashes but three dark brown coats of mascara lengthen and emphasize her naturally long lashes and her brows are brushed lightly with a little light brown mascara before they, too, receive the almond oil treatment. Off-screen Hayley is going for the natural look too. She loves her new, soft eye make-up and wears a deep-toned pink lipstick only, she says, when she’s feeling a little bit down. “Then a little extra bit of color gives you a marvelous lift,’ she observes. Otherwise, Hayley sensibly concentrates attention on those huge, corn-flower blue eyes which are one of her really startling features. She tends to wear a lot of blue and turquoise and has lately added a particularly attractive shade of deep lemon to her wardrobe which seems to reflect the color of her hair. Hayley says that her most valuable beauty aid is a set of really good quality brushes, and she has brushes for everything, always made of natural bristle or hair. As well as the obvious and basic essentials for good grooming like nail brushes, hair brushes, tooth brushes, clothes and shoe brushes (of which she always has at least two, usually three or four) Hayley uses a body brush regularly in the bath—“easier to handle and more stimulating to the skin than a wash cloth’ — and uses a complexion brush instead of a face cloth. “It gets your skin really clean,” she explains. “I always use a _ good, creamy soap and lots of lather and when you get all the dust and grease off your skin it can’t lodge in the pores and cause ugly blemishes. But, of course, it’s very important to keep your brushes very clean too!” All Hayley’s make-up is applied with brushes. “You get a more MONET toma rerer Theatre, Hayley at uiatbos Hayley Mills, now a_ beautiful young woman of 18, hides her sophistication behind dungarees in Universal’s romantic comedy adventure, ‘‘The Truth About Spring,” photographed in Technicolor. (Still No. 1951-66) natural look that way,” she explains. “I learned how to use them in the make-up room at the studios and I’ll never change now. You don’t stretch the skin with a brush the way you can with your fingers.” For big occasions—like a premiere or opening when lots of bright arc lamps will tend to wash the color from her face— Hayley uses a light pancake make-up applied with a large, spatulate brush. She has a natural color in her cheeks and never needs to use rouge but lipstick, too is worn on these occasions and for this Hayley uses a small, flat square ended brush of camel hair with a long handle. “T find I have more control with a longer brush,” she explains, “and I can get a clearer outline.” Eyeshadow, too, is applied with a brush and mascara with the traditional, small toothbrush shaped type. “Brushes last for years if you take care of them properly,” says Hayley, “so it’s worth buying good quality ones. I prefer bristle, it doesn’t scratch but it does stimulate the circulation and that keeps one’s’ skin and_ scalp healthy. Personally, I think brushes are the best beauty investment a girl can make. I’d never be without mine!” “The Truth About Spring,’ photographed in Technicolor, was produced by Alan Brown and directed by Richard Thorpe. RUTH ABOUT SPRING” (2-1) As James MacArthur holds a revolver pointed at him, and John Mills looks on, Hayley Mills prepares to kick Niall MacGinnis off the “Sarah Tyler,” the dirty fishing schooner that is her home in the romantic comedy adventure, ‘The Truth About Spring,” a Uni versal release, photographed in Technicolor. (Still No. 1951-25) Familiar Background (Current) If screen audiences recognize the romantic desert isle background to the love scenes played by Hayley Mills and James MacArthur in “The Truth About Spring,” Universal release in Technicolor now they needn’t worry that their eyes are deceiving them. The beautiful but remote La Conca Beach on the Spanish Costa Brava, used for the sequence, has already provided backgrounds for no fewer than four major motion pictures, among them, “Mysterious Island” and “Sinbad.” Spanish Suede Puts Crimp In Hayley’s Budget For Clothes (Current) Hayley Mills, in Spain for her starring role opposite her father, John Mills, and James MacArthur in Universal’s “The Truth About Spring,” went over-budget on clothes for the first time in her life. The romantic comedy adventure, photographed in Technicolor, is now at the Theatre. “Suede’s my one real big extravagance,” she confessed. “The cleaning costs a fortune, but it looks so good, and the Spanish suede clothes are fantastic. In Barcelona, I bought the most beautiful black Spanish-style evening coat with a big collar, narrow sleeves, and bound with black silk braid. The skins are so fine they look almost like satin.” Her other purchases? A turquoise suit which she wears with a variety of silk knit shirts, what She calls a “dirt colored” skirt with a slight flare—“then they don’t tend to seat so much’ and the piece de resistance, a chestnut suit with matching cape that does wonders with her honey blonde hair and blue eyes. “The gloves are really fabulous in Spain,” says Hayley. “They have colors you’d never find in England or America, and they’re incredibly soft.” Several dozen pairs of gloves were accordingly added to the Mills collection, together with a complete range of matching purses. “Now all I need is a breezy Summer so I can wear them,”’ Says Hayley. “And in England a breezy cool summer is very easy to find.” James MacArthur Gets Boat Rowing Experience In Role (Current) By the time the first day’s shooting was completed on “The Truth About Spring,” a Universal release of a romantic comedy adventure in Technicolor now at the Seo cee ee Theatre, Hollywood's athletic star James MacArthur was beginning to regret that he hadn’t been on the rowing team at Harvard instead of devoting his time to football and basketball. A gale-force wind prevented director Richard Thorpe from using his main “set” a 32-foot fishing smack, and instead MacArthur and co-star Hayley Mills started work on a sequence which Saw them rowing their dinghy to the beach and dragging it up onto the sand before going into the first love scene in this — Hayley’s first romantic role. Time and time again the fastrunning Mediterranean dragged the dinghy from the shore and each “take” provided James MacArthur with a ten minute battle with that rough sea. After six “takes” director Thorpe professed himself satisfied, and a weary James MacArthur jumped ashore heading for a hot bath. “If ever Charley shows signs of following an acting career,’ he said, speaking of his four-yearold son, “Tl enroll him at Dartmouth. That should give him a good start!” Page 3 “Men of the sea” in the romantic comedy adventure, “The Truth About Spring,” a Universal release photographed in Technicolor, are John Mills, his daughter, Hayley Mills and James MacArthur. MacArthur is Hayley’s romantic interest, while her real father, plays her father in the delightful screen story. (Still No. 1951-148) Living In New York Is Like Living In Cave Of Cement Says James MacArthur (Advance) While in Spain making Universal’s “The Truth About Spring,” co-starring with Hayley Mills and John Mills, James MacArthur observed that living in New York is “like living in a cave of cement.” Jimmy should know what he’s talking about. He and his actress wife, Joyce, lived in New York most of their lives until the rapid growth of their then twoyear-old son, Charles, and the burgeoning of their careers persuaded them to move to California. “The Truth About Spring,” a romantic comedy adventure photographed in Technicolor, comes Sisto sen Saeeee to the................Theatre. California, it so happens, was where James was born to famed actress Helen Hayes and the late newspaperman playwright Charles MacArthur. His parents were both working in Hollywood at the time, 1937, but soon after his birth, they returned to their estate in Nyack, N. Y. He grew up there and received his early education at the Allen Stevenson School in New York and Solebury School in New Hope, Pennsylvania. Later, he matriculated at Harvard University, where he majored in_ history, and left in his sophomore year in order to embark on a full-scale acting career. By then, MacArthur’s acting credits had already included appearances at the well-known Cape Playhouse in Dennis Mass. By the time he was 16, he was pretty well absorbed with acting. During school vacations and whenever time permitted, he performed on television, his most notable role being the juvenile lead in ‘Strike A Blow.” The film version of the story, released in 1956 as “The Young Strangers,” also saw James make his motion picture debut as the _ sensitive adolescent, a role which won him immediate popularity. Spotted by Walt Disney, MacArthur was starred in the former’s production of “The Light in the Forest” and went on to play opposite John Mills in Disney’s “Third Man on the Mountain,’ before marrying his childhood sweetheart, actress Joyce Collins Bullifant, on Nov. 2, 1958, in Solebury. Jim made his Broadway bow at the Music Box Theatre, playing opposite Jane Fonda and Celeste Holm in “Invitation to a March.” During its long and _ successful run, Joyce presented him with a son, “Charles,” on May 23, 1960. When James was offered a starring role in Columbia’s ‘‘The Interns,’ they decided to move to California. Soon after, Joyce was signed to a long-term television contract by Universal. Recently, James also has been signed to a {$8} James MacArthur, who first met Hayley Mills, then 13, when he appeared with her father five years before in “Swiss Family Robinson,” now is Hayley’s romantic interest in “The Truth About Spring,”’ a Universal release in Technicolor. (Still No. 1951-112) multiple picture deal by the same studio. “The Truth About Spring” is the first. The MacArthurs now own a Queen-Anne style home in Tarzana, and no longer are they living in ‘‘a cave of cement.” Five Years Changes Little Girl To Woman (Current) When Hollywood actor James MacArthur was introduced to the 13-year-old daughter of his costar John Mills during the filming of Walt Disney’s “Swiss Family Robinson” in Tobago, he little thought that he would wind up playing love scenes with her just five years later on, in Spain. That is what has happened now with his starring role opposite Hayley and John Mills in “The Truth About Spring,” a Universal released romantic comedy adventure in Technicolor, now at the eld ti Sa eee ose Theatre. “In those days she was all legs and freckles,’ MacArthur recalled with a grin. “It’s amazing what five years can do to a girl! Wow!” The picture was produced by Alan Brown, and directed by Richard Thorpe.