Hard to Get (Warner Bros.) (1938)

Style Jips From Hollywood. By ORRY-KELLY (Famous Filmdom Designer] The truly chic woman is just as careful about her fashion diet as she is about the number of calories she consumes daily. She would never dream of confining her shoebuying to colorful models of daring cut, nor would she consider an ensemble loaded down with novelties. On the contrary, the bulk of her clothes are practical and conservative, though trim and modish. It is only here and there that she balances them with the frivolous things so outstanding they can be worn with only a few costumes or only a few times. ‘The staff of life’’ on Olivia de Havilland’s fashion diet is the shirtmaker dress. She likes these in her personal wardrobe and wears several designed by Milo Anderson in her current Warner Bros. picture, ~*Hard Tio Get,’? which comes next Friday to the Strand Theatre. In summer she likes them in tubable silks and linens. They are always so fresh and flattering she doesn’t mind wearing them again and again. But Olivia’s frivolity Mat 102—15c PARTY PLEATS — make this evening frock, worn by Olivia de Havilland in “Hard To Get,” now showing at the Strand, outstanding among the _ season’s fashions. The accordion-pleated chiffon is caught at the waist with a broad, laced girdle of supple gold kid. Bouncing Bonita Sereen directors who have worked with Bonita Granville maintain she has more ‘‘bounce’’ than any young lady in pictures. ‘‘ Bounce’? is a certain effervescence without which few youngsters attain stardom. The morning after the previews of her most recent picture for’ Warner < Bross) < “ard pao Get,’’ now showing at the Strand Theatre, Bonita was having a huge chocolate soda at the drug store across. from the studio, while she perused the reviews in the trade paper. She looked particularly ‘*bouncing’’ in a pair of white wool slacks, a navy jersey sweater, the neck of which was set off by a Ferdinand the Bull clip. She’s Girl Acrobat In 1922 Penny Singleton, the film comedienne, (then known as Dorothy MeNulty) was acclaimed as the United States’ foremost girl acrobat and was awarded a trophy by Major A. J. Drexel-Biddle. She won the title at the old Madison Square Garden in New York City. Penny is now in ‘‘Hard To Get.’’ Straight aheadgor WXPLOITATION shows up in evening things. She likes at least one thing so unusual about a formal ensemble that she would never dare repeat it. She once had a little muff made of fresh pansies which, of course, could be worn only once and another time scattered powdered gold over a black velvet gown. Priscilla Lane, who likes clothes of conservative color and cut, has her fun with gadgetry. She pins little yarn figures to her sweaters, buys all sorts of novel lapel ornaments, has a pair of oxford shoestrings with ends that screw into little dice and is constantly inventing unusual hat trimmings. Many of the girls in Hollywood have an outlet for their frivolity in hats. Others confine it to active sports and beach clothes where everything goes. Although husbands usually don’t understand the necessity of something faintly foolish in every woman’s wardrobe, the light things are as necessary to the balancing of a fashion diet as are the ‘‘bread-andbutter’’ things. No woman is completely smart without them. Wears Two Bouquets Olivia de Havilland, who plays opposite Dick Powell in ‘‘Hard To Get,’’ now at the Strand Theatre, is the introducer of the twin corsage. She likes small corsages in pairs. With a square neckline she’ll clip one orchid in each front corner. Upbuilding Tip Olivia de Havilland and Rosella Town observed daily tea time on the set of ‘‘Hard To Get’’ with malted milks, reinforced with one raw egg apiece. Both girls are on an upbuilding diet. PHOTOGRAPHIC MOVIE SET FOOLS AUTO TOURISTS Special night watchmen were assigned to a set representing a combination service station-auto court built for the “Hard To Get’’ company at the Warner Bros. Studio ranch near Calabasas. Situated just off a main highway — U.S. 101 — the set was literally overrun by tourists toward the end of each dav after the company had quit work. The night watchmen were instructed to gently but firmly inform all weary tourists that the auto court was a motion picture set and not open to the public. Studio ranch executives estimate that the court fooled somewhere in the neighborhood of 300 parties of tourists in a single week. Star’s Idea Of Date Is Simple Evening Beaux who think of dates with youthful Hollywood beauties in terms of champagne and caviar might be surprised to know what these lasses themselves consider ‘“the perfect date.’’ ‘‘Glamour Girls’’ they may be on the screen, but offscreen their tastes are plain. Olivia de Havilland, whose beauty is rivalled only by her keen mind, prefers a good conversationalist to the town’s best big-appler. On the set of Warner Bros.’ ‘‘Hard To Get,’’ she described her idea of a perfect date. It starts in with dinner at some picturesque place, such as the Hungarian Csarda, A Bit of Sweden, or a place in the new Chinatown in downtown Los Angeles. The man in the case must be cultured, well-travelled and an interesting talker. After a leisurely dinner, a movie, a concert, a little theatre play or a call on friends finishes up a delightful evening. CURRENT PUBLICITY Mat 205—30c HOME WAS NEVER LIKE THIS — Charles Winninger seems to appreciate the charm of his lovely servant, Olivia de Havilland, in this scene from the Strand’s current film, “Hard To Get.” Poetry, Freckles And Hats Penny Singleton’s Hobbies If you like poetry you’ll like Penny Singleton, who has a highly amusing role in “Hard To Get,” the Warner Bros. picture starring Dick Powell and Olivia de Havilland at the Strand. She writes jingles and has a wonderful time doing it. There is no. stopping her. Laugh all you want to when she sits down with her pencil, she’ll come up with a verse just the same. Here is one sample of her handiwork: “IT had a little cat That just sat and sat and sat!’’ This is, admittedly, just the IMPRESSIONS OF OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND | Photos by Elmer Fryer The photographer catches lovely Olivia de Havilland, pensive, wistful, coy, and in turn mysterious — a composite picture of the charming star of “Hard To Get,” now showing at the Strand Theatre. Mat 302—45c beginning of a longer “work” that Miss Singleton intends to complete for her first volume of child’s verse. She can do better, more serious things, too. “Dear little raindrops, Falling from the skies, Are you tears of happiness From the angels’ eyes? “Do you to us a message bring, Clinging to each earthly thing, Seen and yet unseen? “Must mortals to that unknown land Journey on — To understand ?”’ Before going further it should be understood that even if you don’t like poetry, you would certainly like Penny Singleton. She’s the kind of person who likes to be liked and who goes out of her way to be pleasant enough to you to make you like her. Her perky little grin and her ridiculous hats are added insurance for her entirely adequate charm. Beauty Rites Differ In All Countries Isabel Jeans, who portrays another one of those frivolous women roles in Warner Bros.’ ‘‘Hard To Get,’’ now showing at the Strand, can’t remember the time when she wasn’t interested in the subject of beauty. One of its most interesting slants, she says, is the way women in various parts of the world emphasize different points. She has found that Japanese women take great pride in their hair; Italian women like to flash gleaming white teeth; French women are proud of their well-shod, high-arched feet; English women consider complexion of first importance. Wherever the vivacious Isabel has travelled she questioned the natives about their beauty rites. She found that many Japanese women use fine oils on their hair. Isabel attributes the lovely teeth of the Italians to the fresh fruits they eat. She knows French mothers who teach their children in early childhood to develop a high arch through the use of such exercises as carrying marbles in the toes. In her own Engiand, Isabel says women who walk in the fog and rain and bathe their faces in milk daily have the finest skins. reeweeriiiatigh