The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-15


 sets that every successful photoera- phic model must have--sFno skin, sparkling eyes. fluid lips and tongue, we'll balanced, regular features, re- gardless of size, 0 good smile, and most important of ell, the ability to retain . certain expression for sev- eral minutes.
 Aces of Profession
 Are Remarkably Modest
 The most eminently successful models generally are the most mod est. Frances Joyce, who poses reg. uiarly for one of the better known brands of cigarettes doesn't think she is pretty ct oil. She says that the camera-not nature -glorifed her.
 Babe Beckwith, whose beautiful figure and wholesome, youthful face are seen frequently on the covers of womenS magazines, never tells any. one that she was runner-up in olympic swimming tryouts or that she was graduated from one of the most fashionable finishing schools In the east. She's as quiet as mouse on the job and frightened to death of interviewerS.
 With c camera face plus poise as c nucleus, and the ability to take criticism as food with which to make the nucleus grow, the embryo mod. el can and does attain success. Un- like most professions, the way to the top b not long and tedious. If she has the essential facial and fig- ure requirements, good health, q nice disposition and c punctilious nature, . beginner has ( more than even chance of becoming Q head. liner.
 I like to. see applicants who wear simple clothes, c minimum of makes up and who look like wholesome people-not like wax models. look for smartness and boise, neatness from head to foot, hair which frames the face and sets of the features, Q mouth that doesn't stay in hard, firm lines during the interview, c good complexion and definite indica" tions of flexibility. Anyone over size ie won't do. Size i4 is the aver. age.
 Once c girl has been launched on c modelling career, she quickly do. veiops c good income. The average model earns between e30o0 and 5000 c year. To do that she may work only c total of c few months. Those ct the top of popularity are in c position to earn i've figure in. comes for . comparatively short work year.
 Three Months' Experience a'.n Make Huge Improvement
 Regardless of their natural assets, aii of my contract models show def- mite improvement within three months after they Start to pose. They acquire Q certain amount Of necessary self.assurance They get over the stiffness they developed in physical training classes. They learn to walk, how to st, how to wear clothes, how to hold their bodies gracefully erect rather than stifly straight.
 They come to mo from ali over the country, from colleges, finishing schools, farms and factories. Letters of application won't do. I must sec the girl, face to face.
 Naturally, for every one that looks promising, I have to talk to % who are anything but promising. eonle- times, especially when c drab, unfits for.niodeling little thing s accom- panied by Q doting mother who 1 sure that her child is the prettiest one in the world, l find interviews not exactly pleasant. However. ur. less c mother becomes too, too ins sistent, never do I tell her why the daughter won't do. Usually an l. think. k.she'S- -too.young or on I-think" she. .is.t too small sunless. ,t Many Movie Stars odl
 gtarted as Models ,'u For the successful ones, I do be-. | iieyo that the gateway to Hollywood swings wide open. Screen stars sell dom make good models (thoy look too thoatriea), but . good aiIiodel viii screen wolf. Whether or not she has dramatic ability is quite another matter. However, it is interesting 70 note that Norma ehearer, Kay Fran. cIs. Barbara etanwyck, Aelen Vins son, Dolores Costello, Constance Oummings and . score Of others started their careers e photogra- phers' models.
 within the past year, Anita counihan, daughter of . cArtoonist, end one of the best models we ever have had, signed . Hollywood con" tract, She b making pictures now.
 Generally c girls modelling career