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THIS is the speed age. Motion picture stars, like motor boats, aeroplanes and racing cars, are built on greyhound lines. They must dance, swim, run and jump— wear everything from a one-piece bathing suit to a coronation robe.
A few years ago screen beauties were more generous in build than today. Now, diet, exercise and masseurs play important parts in the demand for faster figures.
Among the beautiful stars who are outstanding in meeting the present requirements are Billie Dove, Lilyan Tashman, Dolores Del Rio, Constance Bennett, }ean Harlow, Joan Crawford, Lily Damita, Carole Lombard and Norma Shearer.
Their combined weight tips the scales aroud 950 pounds— an average of 105 pounds per beauty.
A few like Constance Bennett, Jean Harlow and Lilyan Tashman are nature's pets. They can face any full course dinner menu without an apprehensive quiver. Caviar, pate de foies gras, bisque of lobster, roast gosling, alligator pear salad, chocolate mousse, petit fours— none of these enemies of the svelte line causes this trio to deny themselves in the slightest. Eat and grow thin seems to be their motto. But just let Billie Dove allow her taste to run riot along such lines and, oh dear, it would be too bad. Billie is naturally the voluptuous type once so dear to the hearts of connoisseurs of feminine beauty. Alas, those days have past. Billie must bow to the demands of the present and follow a simple diet.
"I have learned to deny myself everything but plain food," says this beautiful star. "I play tennis, live in the open air and exercise as much as I possibly can. The result is I am wonderfully well and can keep my weight down to a little over one hundred pounds. Fruit and a fresh vegetable diet has played an important part in my reducing efforts."
The record breaking speed of Jean Harlow's rise to leading roles is explained by the speedy lines of the body design
for September 1931