Screenland (May-Oct 1931)

for June 19 3 1 We Want Blondes! Continued from page 53 blonde — and a very fascinating blonde, too. Bebe decided that the contrast of her dark hair against her face was not as flattering as the luminous chestnut red she has adopted, and as always Bebe is right. Why are blondes so successful in pictures ? Loretta Young, one of our most preferred blondes, has this to say: "Blondes are more feminine. More beautiful, perhaps. And beauty means a great deal to the screen. I always think of blondes as dainty, ethereal, like Dresden china figures." (Loretta does not consider herself a blonde, by the way.) "Blondes," says Lilyan Tashman scornfully, "are clinging vines, dependent on men for support. They are fluffy and frilly and delicate." Is that the reason so many are successful in pictures? Lilyan is not at all that type, but Lilyan is one of those blondes by preference. For professional purposes, she admits, because the "other woman" had always before been dark and she was the first blonde vamp on the screen. Lilyan claims she is a blonde with a brunette character, so that explains everything ! Dorothy Mackaill says that blondes just naturally attract attention, and therefore experience, and it is the woman with experience who can play the emotional roles on the screen. Men always turn to look at a blonde blonde. They may not look twice, but they always take the first look. And if this is natural for men, and men are fans and women want what men want — then everyone wants to see the heroine a blonde. And that's that. When you say "blonde" you think of women, not men, she says. Most women prefer dark men, and since dark heroes are the rule, blonde women playing opposite are preferred. Then Mary Pickford, the first big hit in pictures, was a blonde. 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