Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1945-06-01


releases will not Gene Tierney
display Genes
modern sartorial talents. When I
came on the "Dragonwyck" set,
where she was making scene with
Vincent Price, she was wearing the
fashions of 1914. And in "a Bell for
Adano," which is being shown in
theaters this month, she's clad in
the picturesque characterization of a
peasant girl in a captured Italian
town.
But not until Leave Her to
Heaven" which Gene begins in late
spring, will she wear a chic mod
ern wardrobe again-the sort of
clothes that made Laura" such a
hit with women.
Take 1t From Me
Since nobody has gotten around
to awarding Gene the medal for
brains-such evidently not being in
cluded in obvious star assets-let
me be the one to name her one
of the most nimble minds in one
of the steadiest little heads ever
crowned by laurels. Designers love
to create bizarre and extravagant
WITNESSES to emphasize her intrigu-
ing face and rhythmic design. But
in her private life and tastes Gene
is conservative to a degree. Wears
little or no makeup, and her shining
brown hair is the precise shade
nature gave her.
So, because she's young, super
lovely, mother of a 15-month-old
daughter, Daria, and happy
wife, Genes fans have come to
think of her as a sort of high priest
ess of the modern theme. A girl of
tomorrow. Nothing is farther from
the truth.
"Hedda," she said, sometimes T
really think our fans believe we live
in a sort of crystal and plastic
dream world. But I'm not looking
forward to jumping into a helicop-
ter and landing on the studio roof
instead of driving down the canyon
each morning with good old Butch,
my police dog, on the front seat be-
side me. And, aside from the fact
in personal tastes, I'm really not
looking forward to the day when
television, about air transport, and
chores done by robots in solar
houses will be reality. Think how
much charm it will take from living.
Besides, few of the young things
of today realize it will take years
and years to develop such living. A
lot of my friends seem to feel the
post-victory year will be something
worthy of Jules Verne's imagina-
ton.
I suggested she was probably in
fluenced by the character of Mi
randa, the lovely heroine of Ernst
Lubitsch's production dragon
wyck."
Extremes Are Out
Gene has just as definite ideas
about fashion, too. Although she
has been named the best dressed
woman in Hollywood, she frowns on
extremes. Boiled down to a couple
of essentials, her don'tS on dress
come to:
Don't be conspicuous. Conspicu-
Gus makeup, color, line. detail, and
combinations violate the rules of
good taste. The well dressed wom-
an looks just right for the occasion
blends into the moment"
Gene is thrilled at playing the role
| of the evil sister in Leave Her to
Heaven"
ELLEN has acting quality, and
that is what an actress should con-
slider" she says. 1.-THE bad girls of
fiction have given more opportuni-
| ties to stars then the sweet young
things"
l remember when Gene Tierney
| played half-castes, outlaw girls,
| Eurasians-for time she was al
most as typed in the sarong as Dotty
LamOur, or threatened to be. she
didn't rise easily into the high place
on the screen in which she now
finds herself, although she is prac-
| tically cameraproof undoubtedly
one of the best lens subjects in the
| industry today. She has gracious
ness and much personal charm, and
| a complexion of fiawless beauty.
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