Evening star., 1933-07-02
Being Easy TO Look at Is
the Hollywood Extra
Girls Business and It's
No Business for a Girl
WhO Isn't Smart.
BY DAN THOMAS.

BY DAN THOMAS.
~ ERKNG beauty-or battling to retain It
lis one Of the principal feminine
cupations. And there are innumerable
reasons for such q campaign. To win
. husband; to win some one else's hsls-
band; to keep . husband already won;
to keep up with Mrs. Jones, or ahead of Mrs.
Brown; to turn mems heads, both ut street
intersections and in the ball room. Any one
Of those or many other reasons Is SUFFICIENT
excuse for woman to 60 to almost any length
In order to be beautiful.
The same reasons apply to Hollywood's thou
sands Of extra girls. But they have IN addi-
tional one. Bss1g beautiful b their business
they earn . living that way.
Experimental beauty hints are not for those
girls The care they give their faces and ns-
ures must be the practical kind that produces
certain and positive results.
Unlimited attention Is given to the photo
graphing Of q star. Her camera weaknesses
and strong points are carefully studied by the
cameramen, costume designers, hair dressers
and makeup experts, with the result that she
appears ON the screen at her very best
However, there's nothing Ike that for the
extra girls. They are on their own. and II they
don't photograph well they find It almost i'm
possible to get jobs.
Nor are they given the benefit Of any kind
Of special lighting Usually the extra girls
light Of midday. And, particularly II the script
calls for . dance number or bali room scene.
they are inspected while clad chiefly In hope
and one piece bathing suits.
That's when girl wishes she had passed up
those mashed potatoes Or that ice cream soda.
How do they do it|these real practical
young experts to whom beauty means every
thing?
Many have pondered over that question
without finding any solution. Then the Fox
tiful girls In HOLLYWOOD for scenes In the musi-
cal comedy. "It's Great to Be Alive" That
seemed to oder an idea to . seeker after truth.
with 100 beautiful girls congregated In one
spot. It would be . comparatively simple mat
ter to question them on the finer points Of
becoming or remaining beautiful.
lNA/HAT beautiful eys!" IN interviewer
w chanced to remark while talking with
Tfeo De Voc
ITS an flusion," returned the young girl.
'Thefe's nothing at all extraordinary about
my eyes. It's simply that make the fullest
use Of them.
appearance Of her eyes BY using just the proper
shading above and below them. can't give
any specific rule for such . procedure, Is each
girl presents an individual problem and conse-
quently must experiment until she achieves the
desired effect
'The only warning would give is to guard
against too much shading. For picture work,
some girls use artificial lashes the kind that
come ON q strip. II it's for anything but close
ups. For close shots they have to use the
kind which have to be put on one at time.
Fortunately. I have naturally long lashes. but
I do apply vaseline to them three nights
week"
noIo xr,11o lOv-v -ho1,tS
an outstanding feature Of her appearance. added
. few hints about the care Of the hair
There's no trick to having lovely hair-just
b lot Of hard work, she declared.
Almost any girl who will apply . hundred
strokes with q stiff brush every night and
morning stands q good chance Of having nice
hair The brushing stimulates circulation, and
Il is good circulation which gives the hair
healthy sheen
II shampoo my hair frequently With soft
water and never have had . permanent wave.
think occasional oil treatments are delightful
but these hardly can be applied BY . girl her
ieh-some one else must do it,"
The weight problem seems to be one Of the
most important with an girls fortunately for
the men who must feed them However, that
seldom bothers Hollywood's extra girls.
In the hfst place. few Of them work often
enough to finance overeating. which Is the
cause of most surplus posmdage. And those
who can afford such . luxury work 80 hard
that the exercise keeps them slender.
Aoselle BFittonne, who usually manages to
find secTetariAl work when she lint I'm front Of
the cameras, thus making hefseH one Of the
most fortunate girls in the extra ranks had
9eW words to say about weight.
Most Of my work l. in dancing" AoseIe
remarked when I'm In . picture, I'm either
He4searsing OF working in . scene. This requires
approximately eight hours day.
IF you think that isn't plenty strenuous,
lust try il some time
Few Of u have any set routine Of exercis-
ing between pictures. We play tennis. swim
o. 60 cycling We have. To- do something be-
cause once you get In the habit Of exercising,