Profiles of Pat O'Brien and Lorraine Day

Bidwell McCormick takes you behind the scenes in Hollywood. Another week has rolled around and many new and interesting things have happened on the movie lots and great sound stages of Hollywood since my associates and I last had the pleasure of escorting you on a journey to the land of make-believe.

So without further ado, we will unroll the magic carpet for a trip behind the scenes in Hollywood. The motion picture industry contributing its powerful psychological weapon to wading the global struggle is considered an important essential to the morale of civilians and the armed forces. Even so, the industry encounters shortage problems. However, the old adage has

been altered successfully to fit the 1944 vernacular. Exigency is the parent of Azaz. There's no substitute, however, for glamour. Memory of shapely legs chicly sheathed in silken hose well may bring nostalgic tears to feminine eyes. And don't forget appreciative masculine orbs. Remember? But those sleek threads in their oxidized counterparts, Nylon, long ago

joined the parade of diminishing civilian luxuries. Hollywood's hosiery problem rests with a textile expert named Willie DeMond. Under the watchful eye of Uncle Sam, this man supplies studio demand for actresses' hos to be used only before the cameras. Since 1923, demand has initiated hosiery trends for motion pictures which were adopted later by the manufacturers.

His creations have encased the symmetrical limbs of numerous screen stars, including Marlena Dietrich, Gypsy Rosalie, Betty Grebel, Alice Faye, and Ginger Rogers. He's credited with originating last-text mesh holes, lace inserts in the toes and heels, and the lipstick-shades talkings, but De Mont, too, has been confronted with occupational difficulties.

Hoserey order for international pictures, technical and musical, Bell of the Yukon, amounted to more than $10,000, ranging from $30 to $120 per pair. Various nylon opera-length holes worn by Gypsy Rose Lee, start in a lavish production as Belle de Val, queen of the dance hall girls during that picture esquella, featured appliquéed sequin stripes, sequin butterflies, and on one pair eight-inch