The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 18, 1947, Page 3

THE KEY WEST CITIZEN. : Sees oe West Hartford ‘Hollywood’ ae In Paris eam May Be A Life: Sav er AP Newsfeatures eee 3 By FLORENCE MILLS | at I ) ARTFORD, Conn.—Where Hollywood leaves off. with’ ihe ARIS.—Paris fall collections! “Boy-Meets-Girl” theme, Hartford is picking up to show hhdw show. that Mae West's fa-| they can “live happily ever after.” ‘ mous contour is back in the! A miniature Hollywood is turning out films from, studios news and the skirt length that | of the Aetna Life Affiliated Companies to dramatize.the. danig- enveloped the renowned form ers of accidents, illness, fires and other preventable’ losses.-:.": - in her heyday has accompanied | a fi the big return.’ | Planned as real-life thrillers, the movies are circulated od Exaggerated silhouettes, how- | through film libraries maintained in 50 major cities through- ‘ " ever, are seldom- popular, out the country. The Inderlying idea is a belief that an ine 3 choices and only a toned down! surance company has a two-fold function— reventing. as be version of this outsize figure-| “well as paying for losses. P wh eight line will be necessary to see be.a la mode. Since establishing its motion picture bureau in 1940,’ ‘the. “con- The ai important question of length which was broached last year, with only partial success, has become an issue this fall. The trend is definitely down- wards as far as midcalf at least, so you'll all have to do some hem-dropping. pany has released without charge 25 educational films with dra e continuities on such+subjects as industrial safety and health, ‘stPeet and highway safety, first aid, nutrition, crime and fire preverition and sport and home safety. ae Although many of the films have taken the camera. crews to “locations” with fishing fleets off the New Eng; |, Shoulder span remains rounded land coast, hunting parties in the Maine woods and exciting.’ 4 and moderate. Newest thing to) rides on police cruisers and fire engines, others are ee note is that sleeves in some col-} with ininlabute teckulees . made ta 2 lections are inserted well below ; que. aes . 6a the natural shoulder ne-ekyenet | Be as an afterthought. Padding ex-| The company’s latest film “Live and Let Live” portrays tet Je tends only slightly beyond the | ng causes of highway accidents. “Toys” of exact, scale- model ai natural span. mobiles and trucks were employed so realistically that a: “Bi Mad Carpentier, an acknowl- edged pace-setter, shows this dropped shoulder line through- | out her collection. It is particu- larly marked on her top coats| which often show sleeves inserted half way down to the elbow. | For those who really take the Mae West trend seriously, “gue- pieres” (hippy, waist-restricting corselets) are available but Paris ; designers have thoughtfully ca- | tered also to those women who ; spurn artificial aid for their fig- | ures. Many big houses are displaying a wide range of gowns molded to the natural form. These come in straight-lined semi-sports wear, and in afternoon and cocktail | gowns where swathed drapery is} artfully treated to promote a na- tural “Mae” line. The barrel silhouette, so named | MODELS « COME TO LIFE in because the widest part of the skirt comes at the middle hips, all fullness being tapered off at) waist and hemline, is a favorite this season, despite the fact that, many collections exclude it com- | pletely. It is executed in various ways. Some dresses have gath- ers, strung from a fitted waist yoke, being graduated into a hem- line equivalent to that of a pencl. skirt. Others acquire the barre] line b yan unusual curved seain about a foot up from the skict bettom, which looks as though it is hooped. Hobble skirts with intricate crossed swathing around the hips, often with bustles of varying size, are still in the news, and tiered and pencil skirts all al- lowing only very cramped leg | movement also are retained from | last season. Grecian drapery, in| every conceivable form, creeps | into every collection. An extravaganzia in the full skirted line is displayed by Christian Dior who uses 40 yards of material in one gown. Suits are spotlighted this fall. ; Most of them are dressy affairs with fluted peplums and rounded cut-away hemlines. All have ex- tremely nipped waists and jacket lengths run the scale between wrist and thigh level. Fur trim-' ming in either fox or Indian or Persian lamb is used extensively. Embroidery in heavy soutache, jet or velvet also injects. gamour. Classic suits often come with | capes of hair three-quarter and | seven-eignhth lengths, all tailored | on straight lines, which convert | them into extremely chic three- piece sensembles. — Some topcoats have huge cape | EXCITING IN FILM, but auto is only three inches long... .: collars reminiscent of the “Lit- | eg ul tle Corporal” and the coachmen | “accident” scene appears as if the action were photographed from a who served in his day. | helicopter. ex Fabulous full length capes and | pion Becca Lyrmeaped eee | Tiny cars, boats and other moving objects were pushed at mathematically figured distances graduated from an eighth . wit hall kinds of fur from low- | é : Ase bd liest coney to opulent mink. Even! to a quarter of an inch with ¢ach movement individually a ree A EC en long fitted coats often come fur- ' photographed. The finished fikm shows continuous motion. “ lined. Coliars, fur or furlined, are | In one scene a highway “accident” was photographed 1,040 © very high, straight affairs which ; times to produce 43 seconds of action. : often envelop the face right up} to the ears. : : In a fire prevention film, the horror ame i rou * ne a AO p ( e horror of flames raging through a | | L > Was a € AS fae ae Biphige e A aagj pre Pe “ on id en aphing a studio — through a pan ciates with Cinderella's big night. | of flan ukag gasoline held close to the camera lens Billownig dervish skirts and! _ The ‘dubbing- in” of realistic sound effects ion called for ‘¢on- crinolines take the lead, but. siderable ingenuity. An actress playing the part of a housewife. fall- sheath-like gowns, both tiered and ing off a ladder, screamed, but it sounded artificial. Screams, of draped are to be seen in most several other girls were tried, but they did not seem terrified. ee a, en pe Armed —_ a sharp pin, the director hid behind a pillar, had: a a OW 2, Ut-COl- | script girl called to th , leg 2 Sone triateete dad tanks Bice yao! k illed to the studio, leaped out, and her scream recorded { the sheer horror desired. cious pewels, or with elaborate | O embroidery in sequins, jet and ne script called for a shot of a turkey gobbling. Rather din sometimes rhinestones. Appliqued | ©#!TY cumbersome sound equipment to a farm, the scene was ‘shot velvet motifs also are used pro-| without sound. A member of the Aetna crew, who prided: himself fusely. ‘on his amateur barnyard noises, “dubbed in” the gobble. - Weeks Materials ar luxurious in tex- after Thanksgiving saw the end of that turkey, the farmer who had ture and color. Rich velvets, pas-| owned it saw the film. He sighed caunanaie and said, “That bird tel brocades, moire taffeta, or-' }, : ’ basi ad the best da 1 . re ” ete Gel aed Giese galing ane e best darndest gobble I ever heard. exploited to the full for billow-| © The films are shown before clubs, safety councils, Red Cross ing fullness. Silk jersey and Chapters, civic and fraternal organizations, schools and chureh, crepes are used for Grecian drap-| groups. Prints are in 16mm size, with sound and nanalian: in, full ery. | color, Unalienable Right RS ene enc een There are three kinds of kick- Ga . Ms: k T advertised * providing “happy ~ers—mules, shotguns and men. as as oys hours for kiddies . . . includes.1% The mule kicks because he was , yards by % inch elastic.” ° born that way; the shotgun kicks SYDNEY.—(AP). — A Sydney ee : because it was made that way, department store has put on sale} The Philippines have .. seven and men kick because it is a right;hundreds of U. S. 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