The Charge of the Light Brigade (Warner Bros.) (1936)

Olivia de Havilland Likes Long-Haired Men Who Talk Lovely Star Of “Charge Of The Light Brigade” Wouldn’t Let Hubby Wear Suspenders By DAN MAINWARING Olivia de Havilland took off her shoes. and full of mud, so you couldn’t blame her. They were wet She was work ing on location in the Warner Bros. picture, ‘‘Charge of the Light Brigade,’’ in which she is starred with Errol Flynn and which comes to the .................... *“You do the talking,’’ she said. the talking.’’ She pulled off her left stocking and then she pulled off her right stocking. They, too, were soaking wet. ‘¢T have a bathing suit under my dress,’’ she went on. ‘¢Then you do like men?’’ asked the interviewer. ‘“Certainly,’’ said Miss de Havilland, stretching her feet into the sunlight. Then she asked: ‘¢You don’t mind my being barefooted, do you? I’ve been in Sherwood lake all morning and Errol Flynn has been rescuing me.’? ‘You have pretty feet,’’ said the interviewer. ‘‘T don’t like flatterers,’’ Miss de Havilland said. ‘‘Men who flatter women can’t be trusted.’’ ‘¢You wouldn’t have liked Solomon,’’ said the interviewer. ‘¢What’s Solomon got to do with it?’’ asked Miss de Havilland. ‘(He said ‘how beautiful thy feet with shoes’,’’ said the interviewer. ‘*He was a poet,’’? Miss de Havilland said. ‘‘I like poets. Now you weren’t poetic at all. You just said I had pretty feet. If you had said ‘how beautiful thy feet without shoes’ I wouldn’t have minded.’? ‘¢Then you don’t like practical men??? *¢Oh, yes I do. I like them poetic and practical and sensitive and I like them to do all the talking?” The interviewer notes. ‘“‘This is an interview about love,’’ he said. ‘“T’ve been in love,’’ Miss de Havilland said. ‘‘I was in love when I was sixteen.’’ ‘‘But you didn’t get married?’’ ‘No. He went away.’’ ‘¢And he never came back?’’ Miss de Havilland smiled. **Of course he came back. But he was wearing a bow tie and had a crew hair cut. I don’t like men who wear bow ties and have crew hair cuts.’? ‘cAnd what is a crew hair cut?’’? asked the interviewer. ‘<Short,’’ she said. ‘‘Short and sticking straight up.’’ ‘‘T have long hair and I don’t wear bow ties,’’ said the interviewer. é ‘*You are too old,’’ said Miss de Havilland. ‘‘And you wear black shoes with a brown suit. I wish men wouldn’t do that.’’ ‘‘These are the only shoes I have,’’ said the interviewer. ‘‘ And this is my only suit. You see, I’m a newspaperman.’’ Miss de Havilland was contrite. ‘But I wouldn’t want to marry a newspaperman,’’ she added. ‘¢This is an interview not a proposal,’?’ said the interviewer. ‘“Would you marry an actor?’’ She shook her head. ‘“No. They are impractical.’’ ‘¢Errol Flynn is practical.’’ ‘¢He’s also married,’’ said Miss de Havilland. ‘<Would you marry a writer?’’ ‘¢That depends,’’ said Miss de Havilland. ‘‘If he didn’t wear bow ties, or cut his hair short, or wear black shoes with brown suits, or adopt a superior attitude with women, and if I loved him, then I might. ‘<But he couldn’t be humble and made some Page Forty-four ine STOVES ae ‘‘T like men who do all he would have to be assertive without being overbearing. And he couldn’t be too conventional. And he would have to be practical yet sensitive. And he couldn’t wear checked coats. And he ecouldn’t wear suspenders. ’’ ‘Suspenders are a necessity,’’ said the interviewer. ‘*One can wear a belt,’’ said Miss de Havilland. ‘““Not if one has a tummy,’’ said the interviewer. ‘‘T like slim men,’’ said Miss de Havilland. ‘‘Slim men without suspenders and with long hair,’’ said the interviewer. ‘Moderately long hair,’’? said Miss de Havilland. ‘‘And _ they must do all the talking. I like men who do all the talking.’’ ‘¢The Charge of the Light Brigade’’ is a mammoth production, packed with dynamic drama. The picture was directed by Michael Curtiz. Paris To See Gowns Made For Film Sixteen color sketches made of the Victorian period gowns and petticoats worn by Olivia de Haviland in ‘‘The Charge of the Light Brigade,’’ the Warner Bros. picture now showing at the Beet eas Theatre, will outlive Miss de Havilland and Errol Flynn, stars of the Warner Bros. picture. Milo Anderson, who made the sketches and designed the gowns, received a request from Marcel Roches, the famous Paris dressmaker, for the designs to put on permanent display in his new salon. The sketches, which Anderson painted in water colors, were sent to Roches. In this scene from ‘‘ The Charge of the Light Brigade,’’ which is now showing (Gt: the... ivisnasnaces When Love Ran Smoothly CHARGE of the LIGHT BRIGADE YSU) Light Brigade’s Favorite One of the highlights of ‘‘The Charge of the Light Brigade,’’ now playANG GE ANE So BS os ace Theatre, is the grand performance given by Olivia de Havilland, who repeats the triumphs she had in ‘‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream,’’ ‘‘Captain Blood’’ and ‘‘ Anthony Adverse. She plays the feminine interest to Errol Flynn and Patric Knowles, portraying two gallant brothers, both British Lancers, yet bitter rivals for Olivia’s love. Mat No. 205—20e Life Just A Big Surprise To Olivia de Havilland Feminine Lead In “The Charge Of The Light Brigade”’ Resorts To Few Beauty Aids By OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND (Starred with Errol Flynn in Warner Bros.’ ‘‘The Charge of the Light Brigade,’’ now showing at the ...........0c05 Theatre.) Life in Hollywood, at least for me, has been just one big surprise after another. To say that I was surprised upon being given that part in the Hollywood Bowl! production of ‘‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream,’’ nearly two years ago, would be putting it mildly. After all, I was just trying to soak up a little knowledge of the theatre, before going on to college in the fall. Then my subsequent screen test, Theatre, Olivia de Havilland is seen greeting her fiance, Errol Flynn, who, as Captain of the British Lancers, has just returned from an expedition for the purpose of squelching some native uprisings. It’s Donald Crisp who is beaming so. Mat No. 215—20c my Warner Bros. contract, and the fine roles that have been given me since, including my latest picture, ‘‘The Charge of the Light Brigade,’’ have all been a delightful series of surprises. But one of the biggest surprises of all, and the one I am sure I never will get used to, comes when I am asked from time to time, as all screen actresses are, to talk about beauty. That absolutely stops me. You see, I wasn’t brought up to be conscious of my face, one way or another. I grew up in the country, you know. Saratoga, California, where I spent my school days, is a tiny mountain town with a population of only 600. And mother didn’t give my sister Joan or me any beauty training when we were children. It simply wasn’t done. And, of course, none of us ever dreamed, in those days, that the movies would ever want me. Besides, country girls, I think, grow up more slowly, while city children become sophisticated and take to using rouge, powder and lipstick, much earlier. So I thank my lucky stars that I was sent to a small public school, and that my playmates were always a simple, unaffected, healthy-minded lot. Mother saw to it that I washed my face, brushed my teeth regularly, and scrubbed behind my ears, and let my ‘‘ beauty preparations’? go at that. Instead of using a lot of elab Star Maps Out Plan To Keep Her Feet On Ground Olivia de Havilland has a system which she believes will insure her against losing her perspective. The Warner Bros. star of ‘‘The Charge of the Light Brigade,’’ now showing at the .......... ee Theatre, has resolved to spend not less than two months out of every year in her home town, Saratoga, California. ‘‘Tt’s an easy thing and a great temptation to ‘go Hollywood’ and believe all the flattery thrown one’s way,’’ admitted the 19 year old actress. ‘‘Even if all the things said were true, which is impossible, they don’t help one’s career. ‘“So the best thing to do is to go back to the old home town where you are just one of the local talent and where sometimes unfair criticism keeps you in your place. ‘‘T have many friends, real ones, back home. They are the kind of people who specialize in criticizing rather than flattering me. They’re the kind of people I’d rather associate with.’’ Miss de Havilland has no score against Hollywood, the community which elevated her from an unknown, ambitious actress to a star. She only favors the folks she associated with the first 18 years of her life because they, not Hollywoodites, keep her from losing the ‘¢eommon touch’? Kipling wrote about. ‘¢The Charge of the Light Brigade’’ is a mammoth production packed with dynamic drama. Olivia de Havilland and Errol Flynn are starred. The support includes Patrice Knowles, Henry Stephenson, Nigel Bruce, Donald Crisp, David Niven and thousands of others. The picture was directed by Michael Curtiz. orate cold creams, I simply scrub my face hard with soap and water. Probably I rub it too much. Pere Westmore, the studio make-up expert, says so, because every once in a while my skin becomes dry, and then I do put on some soothing cream, just for a couple of hours. On the whole, I think the good old soap-and-water scrubbing a good practice, though. At least, it has kept my skin clear, healthy, not too sensitive to changes of wind and weather, and free from blemishes. Another accepted beauty practice that I have always avoided is that of brushing the hair ten minutes or a hundred strokes each day, like so many other screen players of my acquaintance say they do. In fact, I never brush my hair at all. The very first day after I wash it, the natural oil is all back anyway, so the less combing it gets, the better. A permanent wave will wreck it for days, while I never can have an iron put to it. Heat seems to make it frizzy, probably because it is so fine. So I have a permanent only when absolutely necessary, and water waves between times. I think every girl with similarly fine hair will find that the appearance of her hair will be improved if she’ll do likewise. ‘‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’’ is a mammoth production, packed with dynamic drama as suggested by Lord Tennyson’s famous poem. Supporting Miss de Havilland and Errol Flynn are Patrice Knowles, Henry Stephenson, Nigel Bruce, Donald Crisp, David Niven, C. Henry Gordon, G. P. Huntley, Jr., and Robert Barrat, besides thousands of extras. The picture was directed by Michael Curtiz.