Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-07
Cinderella Buys Her Own Slippers
Those of FINLAND Have to See Their Ration Boards.
A la Miss Rainier, When Shoes Are Needed
ANUS EMENTs
By Sheilah Graham.
HOLLYWOOD,

the rationing board okayed the re-
quest. In case you are wondering
about the shoe situation In Holly
wood pictures, here 1t Is, as told
me by Frank Richardson, head OF
Paramount's huge wardrobe depart
ment:
I'VE stopped supplying our stars
with shoes three years ago." he tells
me. I'm closeup you don't see
persons feet anyway. Merle
Oheron, for example, always wears
slippers. And in q long shot you
don't notice them much. We used
to have q rack Of shoes for each
star. But now they are strictly ON
their OWL. wanted a pair Of shoes
tor Betty Hutton In Let's Face It.
Has she any shoes of her own that
she can wear2' I was asked. She
had, 50 didn't get the shoes. It
comes down to this: Players are
allowed one pair Of shoes year
for all their pictures. This pair
must be kept in the studio and not
worn In private life"
Miss Lake in Quandary.
Shoe rationing will fall hardest
ON Veronica Lake, who is tiny and
always has to be built up for her
movies. In her recent film with
Joel McCrea she had special five
inch heels made for her so that
Joel would not look so ridiculously
tall. In private life, Veronica en-
phasizes her shortness with fiat
heeled shoes. This now puts her
in more of a quandary because she
hasn't any shoes of her own that
she can use in her films.
In pre-stoe rationing days,
Claudette Colbert usually used Is
pairs Of shoes in each modern pic
ture. She probably had more in
palm Beach Story" because she
wore them once only. She is lucky
IN her latest Aim because she wears
only army and nurses shoes, ana
these, rs with all costume shoes,
must be supplied by the studio. The
dancing shoes Of chorus girls come
under this heading, and studios will
b allowed all they want, provided
they are essential to the picture and
that they are not already In stock.
In private life Claudette wears
sensible shoes - that is, medium
sized heels. and a comfortable, rath-
er than an elegant, last.
The shoe rationing will come hard
on Paulette Goddard, who has a
passion for shoes, and when she has
not the time to 60 to the stores, she
usually has salesman In her dress
ing room at the studio selling his
wares.
Edith Head, famous Hollywood
dress designer, Is of the opinion that
the rationing Of shoes viii affect the
style and color Of the dresses worn
by stars on the screen.
Frivolity Due to Wane.
: II will design my dresses to the
shoes owned by the star" she tells
me. Tor instance, Dorothy Lamour
Is now making q technicolor pic
ture ('Riding HighD. II she does
another one I will ask her the color
Of her shoes and make my dresses
IN those colors. I think the shoe
rationing will have q lasting effect.
With only three pairs Of shoes .
year for every woman, she will have
10 choose hard-wearing, sensible
shoes. She will get used to comfort
and will ind it hard after the war
: to 90 back to frivilous footwear"
(But I'm afraid they will nonethe-
lessD
Movie-makers realize, and II they
don't they will be told, that they
can do . lot toward making the
female population at large happy
over dress and shoe priorities. What
-Rosalind Russell or Deanna Durbin
wears today. women aim fans want
to wear tomorrow. In the past
when Greta Carlo decided on q
shoulder-length hair bob. it became
the fashion to refrain from cutting
the hair in favor Of long, sweep
Ing swirl. When Joan Crawford
was at the height Of her screen
glory she wore some gardenias In
one of her films, and gave out
statement that they were her favor
lite flowers. Then every one wore
gardenias. And who will forget what
happened to the female form divine
= Of the Nation when Lana Turner
1irst wore sweater Among other
results, the brassiere manufacturers
included Lana In their nightly
prayers. Today the screen must use
It's influence to persuade women to
wear the right wartime things.
Claire Trevor plays a woman
welder In Right Guy" She was
shown q letter received by Helen
Hunt, Columbia's couture expert.
It was from defense plant.
'.Please," read the letter, when
styling the hair Of an actress who
represents a defense worker on the
screen, confine yourself to some
thing simple and safe. Women are
reporting to work in the shops with
long, flowing hobs, piled-up curls
and other flying hair-do's copied
from the screen which seriously
menace their safety" Miss Trevor,
as a result, will wear her hair in
simple, tight-pinned fashion.
Veronica Lake Is said to have in
fiuenced two million women to copy
her famous peek-a-boo bob. She re-
Gently sat for a portrait showing her
new hair-do, which Is tucked away
behind her ears and tightly pinned
to the top of her head. She will
wear this hair style for the dura-
ton.
Lana Sets a Style.
Lana Turner is another actress
who has been asked by the WPB to
utilize her new. simple, sleek "vic-
tory bob for the good Of the Ma
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DANCING.