MARCH 10. 1935. CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE: n 9 PART 7-PAGE 12. S££SZ$i "'9 . • • reta Blossom Out In Corset and Bustle In Next ilm HOll YWOOD Period Stvles Hollywood Men I Abhor Sartorial HAPPENINGS Revived for RUSSIAN APPEARING Perfection Now Bob Hopkins, comedy writer at DANCER AT M.·G.-M. has bought him a ranch at Russian Tale IN EARLY any actress In Holly· Encino, near Eddie Horton's. He wood would be set pleasurably THE PALACE says he wants some " first run fresh 'GIGOlETTE' a-twitter if she were to be air," I' A n n a Karenma." De- N asked how she achieves that Bob Taylor, leading man in well dressed effect. Yet try asking "Times Square Lady," Is entering mands rwenty-Five Fus- Clark Gable, Bill Powell, Warner Baxter, Robert Montgomery-and his third name, as above. He had sy,Complex Ensembles. they are liable to answer succinctly, two others which proved unlucky . ••Nerts." Any actress will spend the But the third one he's keeping as it whole day in front of a camera tak- seems to be taking him places. By Rosalind Shaffer. ing fashion stills-but try to get a Francis Lederer remarked the OLLYWOOD, Cal. - [Special.] single male star to model any gar- - Greta Garbo will burst ment and he's sure to have a date to other day that, in his opinion, Bette upon her faithful but ott- go duck hunting or something. Davis In her performance in ••Of times startled public in cor- There simply aren't any " best Suzanne Choumetska Human Bondage" merited the acad- set, bustle, and other feminine acces- dressed men" in Hollywood except is prominent in the emy award for which she was not sories to charm in her next film. Adolphe Menjou, and he's of a dlf· group of R u 55 ian nominated, the nominees being " Anna Karenina." ferent film generation, anyway. Claudette Colbert in ••It Happen'ed The story, laid in the fashionable Bill Powell says: ••Ask my tailor dan c in g girls with One Night," Norma Shearer in ••Bar- circles or St. Petersburg in the -he takes care of that for me. No the cabaret revue, retts of Wimp ole Street," and Grace middle 19th century, gives Garbo one ever hired me because of my II Hello, Paris," now Moore in ••One Night of Love." t werrty-fivc changes of costume- clothes, so far as I know," Lederer said: ••F'or the last fifteen everything from evening gowns, Clark Gable's tailor designed a at the Palace theater. years I have made it my business to street costumes, and morning wear certain type coat for him, and the She appears in several see everything worth while in the to the intimate ne;;ligees that kept world has gone wild over it. Yet handsomely s tag e d theater and of course in films, I 'em warm along the Neva at that you can't get Gable to say a word have never been so thrilled by a time. on "what the well dressed man ballet numbers. per- formance as by Miss Davis'." Gilbert Adrian, master stylist, who should wear." If the men of Amer- [Maurice Seymour Photo. I The star, when questioned about has guided the sartorial destiny of ica want fashion tips from films Garbo over a period of years. is they'l1 have to get 'em by observa- his preference in women, said that a woman's looks made no difference, immersed in fashion plates of the tion, for their favorite well dressed era, which precedes the •. Godey's man will tell them nothing. Perhaps it is her mind that interests him. He always says that, yet the girls in Ladies' Book," known to admirers he doesn't know, but one thing is whose minds he takes an interest of Americana. sure: he doesn't care. are always young and good looking. Hard to Be Faithful to Leo Carillo and his wife are on a Pals of W. S. Van Dyke, director, wedding breakfast was put on for Van and the bride at the historic Chic Sale has just purchased a Period and Flatter Garbo. jaunt to see Death Valley Scotty, who recently married Ruth Mannix in New Orleans, hear that a big Antoine's restaurant. Mojave ranch, it is said. ••It's quite a problem to evolve out in Death Valley. twentv-ftve costumes that will an be charming and an fiattering to Hi-ball Glass Win. Miss Garbo," says Adrian. ••The FULL COURSE CHICKEN DINNER. 45c IOc styles of the period incline to be 20c 12TH FLOOR-RESTAURANT. amusing and unusual, and for a film star this is not desirable. 'Ve Mail and P h 0 n e o r d e r s Promptly want people to like what they sec. Filled-call Moreover', in order to wear these STAte 3000 clothes, any woman would be com- or VILlare 7800 ~elled to wear a corset. UNIversity 8340 ••Of course it is not possible to WINnetka 2800 WEStern Spring. brin;; a modern woman to the pro- 4100 por tlons of the woman of that era. Lacing has to go on for a period of years, during early youth, to pro- • duce the tiny waists and bodies that This I 0 vel y I a d y is these costumes were made for. none other than Miss • : ••Miss Garbo is fortunate in this in that she has sufficient height to Adrienne Ames. She's wear the frothy ruffles and embel- appearing opposite lJshment of the period without be- Ralph Bell amy In FOR A SLIM SILHOUETTE • • • I mg made insignificant and frumpy looking in them, as many a woman "Gigolette." Palace. : 'ould be." " '; Ar.::~ i<arenina" May Incline * * * * F.,shion Toward Ultrafeminine. Asked what might be expected to ound a note of fashion forecast KA in the gowns he has designed for * * ~arbo, Adrian says, ••It's ditllcult Joan Crawford's • wedding gown' by local society which dropped a 1;:0 know ahead of time what will for • Forsaking All Others,' and curtsey and went quite gaga over Your strike public fancy. It may be a showed it with a hoop in the hem. I Play for Chicago I the "duke" and ••duchess." It was ~eeve, a hat, a skirt, it is hard to Now comes word that the Paris less embarrassing to go ahead as if Size :!ay. Perhaps a rage for parasols openings are showing wired hems "THREE MEN ON A HORSE," it were real than to engage In end- -ill follow. in the evening gowns . a recent Broadway hit, will less explanations over a gag that Is Here ••But it may well be that these ••Of course film fashion designers come to Chicago for a spring went fiat, and perhaps get some one <:ostumes will incline the scale of get criticism at times from fashion engagement, starting March insulted-so the Covenays rode on. public favor still further toward designers who do not stop to realize 31, in either the Harris or Selwyn In Hollywood Huston and Jones the ultrafeminine mode and that the problem facing a film designer. theater. Alex Yokel, its producer have carried on tor dear old Cove- :omen who have a flair for such The woman with a too rounded abdomen that desires The gown must be made dramatic, and former Chicagoan, has organ- nay. Recently Jones asked for some 'feminine things will find themselves exaggerated a little to help put over ized another company. The play Covenay melons at an open all' an inner belt will be delighted with this new up-to- able to be themselves fully, in re- the mood of the scene in which it is was written by John Cecil Holm and market and got the amazing re- date lace uplift bust. Other models with swami bust Sj>ect to their garments, for the first to be worn. It is designed for a George Abbott. The story centers sponse that they were all sold out time in their Jives. There has been particular star, for a certain setting. about Erwin Trowbridge, a Jersey of Covenays, but if he wanted them and others without the inner belt. Whatever you precious little chance for them for Divorced from these, it may be ftarn- commuter who makes his living he could come early in the morning need, you will find. in all sizes in this department. S!>me years. boyant for a country club dance. writing verses for greeting cards . for some. ••Miss Garbo herself has expressed The woman of sense and taste will His hobby is "doping" the races, Consult our graduate corsetlere for expert ad-' ireat interest and enthusiasm in the modify what she sees for her own and, although he is uncannily sue- Covenays Slipped Into Guest vice on the art of bringing youth to your figure selection of fashions and sketches uses In her own circle." cessrut at it, he never capitalizes on Lists for Duke of Kent. 1'lIIRD FLOOR-DEARBORN. for the clothes. There have been his luck, He reveals his gift to a Mrs. Jones has carried on well in many hairdresses planned, also, trio of track men, who kidnap him "Mr. Cove nay II a Gag her quaint way. She bought an old ~'hich have an elaborate feeling, and force him to spend all of his That's Gone Too Far. portrait of a gentleman with mut- in keeping with the period. One at time picking horses for them. ton-chop whiskers and brocaded vest . March Sale of least will show Miss Garbo with the ••Mr.