RECIPE FOR LOVE DRESS

Chronicle (Levin), 8 June 1946, Page 6

RECIPE FOR LOVE DRESS

Just how does a "love dress" diifer fiJ6m ^'fi'WdiWMy 'df&sS ' I'bi' ' fii'otibn picture romance? "It must be more comfortable," suggests Herman . Shumlin, who guided Charles Boyer \ and Lauren Bacall through the | several love-making sequences of j Warner Bros.' "Confidential Agent." j "Only in comfortable clothes can i a girl in a love scene5 act — and re- I act — naturally in love-making," j said Shumlin. "It must not be too ornate," add- j ed James Wong Howe, cameraman i extraordinary, in charge of the | photographing of ' the same love scenes between Boyer and "The Look." "Nothing must detract from the two people ihvolved in a screen kiss. I like to see them plainly dressed." "It must be strong," suggested Mary, the warbrobe . mistress, I "because if it isn't it may give way at the scene when Miss Bacall puts I her arms around Mr. Boyer — and j spoil the scene." "It should be made of soft mater- j ial," adds Dick Williams, the boom • boss for the sound department. "If j it isn't it will rustle or crackle. Any j of those noises would spoil the J scene." All of which results in the recipe for the perfect screen love dress — perhaps a real life love dress as well. It should be comfortable, fairly plain, strong and made of soft material. Of course the girl inside it should, if possible, be attractive, too! •