The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-05
Hollywood Names New "AlI-Star Eleven
Extras With ShapelieSt Figures Chosen
Blends Choice Of
Judges For Six
Places
BY DAN THOMAS
NEA Sapvino yyrifoy,

~ 1fA 0GEVASG WEINEE
Hollywood--Now we have b new
type of 1.-THE Hollywood figure
II of feminine figures!
ten" used to be the favorite
number for all affairs of this ma.
ture. But with the ever incrcas.
ing popularity Of football elevens
the number has been increased b.
one. Or perhaps it's that old
lucky eleven which sometimes
shows up on pair of dice. You
can take your choice, depending
upon which sport you favor.
Anyway, the IL shapeliest fig.
ures among Hollywood's extra girls
have just been selected after O
two-weeks' contest in which more
than 800 girls competed.
CAROLE Is A JUDGE.
The judges of this contest, stag
ed by the Paramount studio to find
perfect figures with which to dec
crate forthcoming picture, were:
Carole Lombard, who has plenty
of first-hand information as far az
figures are concerned; Travis Ban
ton, one Of Hollywood's best fash
ion designers; William de Mile
who knows almost as much about
feminine pulchritude as his fam
GUS brother, Ceci B. 'Bathtub''
DeMille.
BLONDE PREDOMINANT
It also has a predominance OF
blond, although we haven't investi-
gated to determine how many OF
them are natural. The group con-
sists Of six blends, three brunets
and two red-heads.
And now let's take q peek at
the individual statistics on these
girls, who would do credit to any
beauty contest.
Dorothy Dix, 10s-pound blond
Der Of the "team." She Is FIVE
feet two inches tall, and has blue
eyes.
ONE FROM SWEDEN.
Gwen Zetter Is another blue
eyed blond and the tallest of the
group, being Ave feet eight inches
in height and weighing. 1913 pounds.
Gwen was born In Stockholm,
Sweden, the city made famous by
Greta Carlo, and was once fash
ion model In New York and Chi
cago.
Harriet Mathews has the dis
tinction Of being the only native
daughter of the group. She was
born In Hollywood, Is FIVE feet six
inches tall and weighs 126 pounds.
She has black hair and brown
eyes.
Dorothy Compton, Weighing 100
pounds and measuring Ave feet
seven and a half inches In height,
halls from Houston, Texas. She
was a model, too. She has red
hair.
BILLIE'S SISTER.IN.LAW.
Mary Ashcraft, who In private
life Is sister-in-law of Billie
Dove, Is the other flaming haired
Of this aggregation. And
her hair flames! She came to the
Aim capital from Little Rock, Ark,
and weighs 116 pounds.
Muriel Evans Is about the fast
est worker In the crowd. She
never saw the inside of q studio
until q month ago. She tips the
scales at 11S pounds, Is q native
of Minneapolis, MINI. D.
Nadine Dore is another Califor-
MAN. Her birthplace Is San Jose.
This young lady formerly was a
New York show girl, where her
lie pounds, brown hair and spark
ling blue eyes won her consider
able acclaim.
ST LOUIS HEARD FROM.
Mary Jane Temple claims st
Louis as her home despite the fact
that she has been in Hollywood
for four years. She Is q brown
eyed blond Weighing 100 pounds.
Mary Cooper drew her first
breath In Oklahoma. But she has
spent most OF her left In New
ork and Los Angeles, where she
worked as a fashion model. She
Is blue-eyed, blond and weights 112
pounds.
Lynn Browning is another Okla
who drew her first sal.
airy check In Kansas City for mod
cling clothes. She has black hair,
brown eyes, and weighs 100
pounds. ~