THE ILL-DRESSED FEELING.

Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17972, 18 March 1930, Page 5

THE ILL-DRESSED FEELING.

MISS ISABEL JEANS ON OUR FILM ACTRESSES. Why are women in English films invariably ili-drcssed? Tiie fact that they are has been pointed out by the London Daily Mail Film Critic, and many readers have written in support of the criticism. One suggests, indeed, that tiie standard of acting in English films might be improved if more attention were given to dress. s “Good acting,” he says, "is partly a matter of confidence, and no woman can have complete confidence and poise if she is conscious of being badly dressed.” Lady Llndsay-Ilogg (formerly Miss Frances Doble, whose part of Florence in “The Constant Nymph” will be remembered by cinema-goers everywhere) declares that Hie actresses themselves, as well as the producers, are to blame. She said to a Daily Mail reporter: “It is quite true that film producers in Ibis country do not understand the importance of dress. Compared with the very large sums devoted to it in the United Slates, the amount of money spent on dress in film productions here is negligible. Nor are English film actresses encouraged to dress well as they are in “America. Apart from all this, however, I fear that a great many of our film actresses have very little idea of what suits them, and some of them don't know when they are dressed ill or well.” Miss Isabel Jeans said: “In my opinion English film actresses have not been given a real chance of show that they can dress well. It appears that too tittle, is spent on the clothes worn in English films. lam certain (hat the ill-dressed feeling must affect women's acting.