Hollywood Glamour Queens

"MARY PICKFORD."BORN:GLADYS MARIE SMITH.APRIL 8,"1892."TORONTO, CANADA."LITTLE MARY," OR THE "GIRL WITH THE...GOLDEN HAIR.BY"1912"MARY WAS KNOWN AS "THE QUEEN OF THE MOVIES.""THE LITTLE GIRL MADE ME,"I WASN'T WAITING FOR THE LITTLE GIRL TO KILL ME.""LILLIAN GISH."BORN:"LILLIAN DIANA DE GUICHE."OCTOBER 14, "1893."SPRINGFIELD, OHIO."LILLIAN VIRTUALLY INVENTED METHOD ACTING."BY USEING HER ETHEREAL BEAUTY...WITH SUBTLE GESTURES AND EXPRESSIONS."LILLIAN OFFENDED COSTUME DESIGNER ERTE BY...REDESIGNING HER COSTUMES..."LILLIAN FOUND THE DRESSES TO BE "OFFENSIVE."INSTEAD LILLIAN HAD HER COSTUMES MADE...OF WORN SILK."LILLIAN NEVER ONCE HAD A HAIRCUT (HER TRESSES FELL BELOWHER WAIST ALL HER LIFE.)"GLORIA SWANSON."BORN:"GLORA JOSEPHINE MAY SWENSON."MARCH 27, "1898."CHICAGO, ILLINOIS."GLORIA BECAME A "FASION ICON IN THE MOVIES."GLORIA HAS ALWAYS REMAINED A "GLAMOUR QUEEN.""GLORIA IS "HOLLYWOODS FIRST SERIOUS ...FASHION INFLUENCE NO ONE BEFORE HER ...HAD EVER DRESSED IN THE SAME "GLAMOROUS...CLOTHES BOTH ON SCREEN AND OFF."MAE WEST."BORN:"MARY JANE WEST."AUGUST 17, "1893."BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.""THE EMPRESS OF SEX."MAY WAS OFTEN COVERED IN PERIOD GOWNS...THAT COVERED HER FROM HEAD TO TOE.""SWISH OF HER HIPS A ROLL OF HER EYES,...AND A SAUCY "COME UP SOMETIME, SEE ME."MAY APPEARED AT HER FIRST MEETING WITH COSTUMER...WALTER PLUNKETT WEARING TEN-INCH WEDGE HEELS...TWO -INCH EYELASHES. A FOOT LONG BLONDE WIG,AND NOTHING ELSE."HONEY MAY SAID:"I THOUGHT YOU'D...LIKE TO SEE THE BEAUTIFUL BODY YOU'RE GONNA HAVE...THE OPPORTUNITY OF DRESSIN.""MARION DAVIES."BORN:MARION CECILLA DOURAS."JANUARY 3, "1897." BROOKLYN, NEW YORK."A WOMAN WHO POSSESSED BEAUTY, TALENT, AND CHARM.":MARION USED VERY LITTLE MAKEUP-JUST A LITTLE...GREASEPAINT, POWDER, AND LIPSTICK, WHICH SHE ...WOULD APPLY IN THE CAR ON HER WAY TO THE STUDIO...ONLY MARION'S HAIR WOULD BE FIXED ON THE SET."IRENE DUNNE."BORN:"IRENE MARIE DUNN."DECEMBER 20,"1898."LOUISVILL, KENTUCKY."IRENE'S SUBTLE CHARMS ADDED A UNIQUE SPARK...TO ALL HER FILMS.""I LOVE BEAUTIFUL THINGS,""BUT A WOMAN WHO...CONSIDERS HERSELF BEST DRESSED USUALLY SPENDS...ALL OF HER TIME AT IT.""IRENE CLAIMED THAT ALWAYS GETTING ENOUGH SLEEP...KEPT HER LOOKING YOUNG.""JEAN ARTHUR."BORN:"GLADYS GEORGIANNA GREEN."OCTOBER 17, "1900."PLATTSBURGH, NEW YORK.FRANK CAPRA CALLED JEAN HIS "FAVORITE" ACTRESS."IF JEAN WAS DISPLEASED WITH A LOOK CREATED FOR HER...SHE DIDN'T MINCE WORDS,SHE ACTUALLY TORE UP...A WIG AND DRESS THAT DIDN't SUIT HER.JEAN CLAIMED TO BE FAIRLY DISINTERESTED IN CLOTHES UNTILL...MEETING UP WITH DESIGNER (NOLAN MILLER)...MILLER CREATED ELEGANT HATS AND SATIN COATS."NORMA SHEARER.""EDNA NORMA SHEARER."AUGUST 10, "1900."MONTREAL, CANADA."NORMA WAS METICULOUS ABOUT HER APPEARANCE...NORMA SPENT MONEY SHE COULD BARELY AFFORD ON...SERVICES...MASSAGES TO FIRM HER FIGURE,SHE EXPERIMENTED...WITH MAKEUP UNTIL SHE DECIDED ON A LIGHT TONE THAT WOULD...ILLUMINATE HER FACE ON SCREEN..."NORMA CREATED A SENSATION...WHEN SHE WORE A CLINGING BIAS-CUT DRESS WITHOUT UNDERGARMENTSNORMA"S DESIGNER (ADRIAN) DUBBED NORMA'S SEXY DRESSES..."NORMA"S NIGHTGOWNS.""MARLENE DIETRICH."BORN:MARIE MAGDALENE DIETRICH."DECEMBER 27, "1901."SCHONEBERG, GERMANY."THIS FAMOUSLY GERMAN BEAUTY DAZZLED AUDIENCES ON...SCREEN AND OFF WITH AS A ICON OF FORBIDDEN PASSIONS...AND DARING LOVE..."MARLENE"S CLOTHES MATCHED HER PERSONA, A MELDING OF...MASCULINE AND FEMININE ATTRIBUTES, DESIGNER (TRAVIS BANTON)...CREATED MOST OF HER TRADEMARK MASCULINE SUITS, CUTTING THEM...TO HIGHLIGHT,NOT TO HIDE, HER SHAPELINESS...MARLENE BELIEVED THAT WHEN YOU PUT ON MENS CLOTHING,...YOU ALSO PUT ON THEIR PRIVILEGES."CLAUDETTE COLBERT."BORN:"LILY CLAUDETTE CHAUCHOIN."SEPTEMBER 13,"1903."PARIS, FRANCE."CLAUDETTE HAD TRUE GRACE AND CLASS AND...RADIATED EUROPEAN CHIC..."CLAUDETTE HAD TROUBLE WITH STUDIO DESIGNERS...SHE WAS A DAUGHTEROF A DRESSMAKER,CLAUDETTE WAS VERY...CRITICAL OF OTHERS' DESIGNS FOR HER...CLAUDETTE OFFSCREEN DESIGNER BECAME HER ON-SCREEN ...DESIGNER AS WELL. "CLAUDETTE'S TRADEMARK...FLUFFY BANGS WERE FIRST FASHIONED BY HOLLYWOOD HAIRSTYLIST...(SYDNEY GUILAROFF) TO BRING OUT WHAT HE CALLED HER ..."FRENCH AND AMERICAN ELEGANCE." SHE WORE THEM FOR MORE...THAN SIXTY YEARS."LOUISE BROOKS.""I PICTURED MYSELF IN THE LOUVRE TRYING TO IMITATE VARIOUS...WORKS OF THE OLD MASTERS.""SEX WAS THE BUSINESS OF THE TOWN.""BETTY DAVIS.""JOAN CRAWFORD.""MARILYN MONROE."....