Made in Paris (MGM) (1966)

Still 1839-4-E Ann-Margret eludes the clutches of over-ardent Chad Everett in a scene from ‘‘Made in Paris,’? MGM’s skylarking romantic comedy in Panavision and Metrocolor in which a beautiful New York fashion buyer goes on a spree in Paris. Highlighted by songs, dances and a spectacular Fashion Show, the new picture also stars Louis Jourdan, Richard Crenna and Edie Adams. Made in Paris Mat 2-A 36 HELEN ROSE ORIGINALS IN SPECTACULAR FASHION SHOW ARE WORN BY WORLD'S MOST STUNNING MODELS IN “MADE IN PARIS” One-hundred-and-fifty-thousand dollars on the hoof walks back and forth on the runway of a Paris Fashion Salon. Instead of Paris, however, the French salon is in Culver City, California, at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios. But you could have fooled Paris-born Louis Jourdan, cast as a fashion designer, whose resemblance to a French couturier is purely intentional. The set is the background for the fashion show sequence featuring 36 Helen Rose Originals in “Made in Paris.” The new Joe Pasternak production, in Panavision and color, has glamour, lavishness and extravagance, along with stars Ann-Margret, Jourdan, Richard Crenna, Edie Adams and Chad Everett. Bottles of perfume priced at $600 each dress the Boutique. So do handsewn shoes at $250 a pair and such accessories to drive a,.women out of her mind as spider-sheér lingérie, Belgian lace gloves and diamond eardrops. Nine of the world’s most beautiful models parade in the gowns, which range from a $5,000 creation dripping in sables to silver-blue fox rompers, a Persian lamb ski suit and stunning eve ning gowns of deceptive simplicity. It is a complete couturier collection by Miss Rose, who scored a coup in persuading producer Pasternak to use American product to create a French-image wardrobe. But despite the extravagance and exotic notes, the clothes are not freakish. Fads Are For Fools According to Miss Rose, “High fashion is wonderful, Fads are for fools.” The two time Academy Award-winning designer maintains that it is the woman who comes before the dress. Which brings the models into focus, nine of the most glamorous and popular girls in the world of fashion—Jackie Mitchell, Pat Jones, Norma Quine, Pat Quinn, Lydia Stevens, Rosalee Calvert, Ruth Johnson, Maruja Ploss and Norma Clark. In the studio commissary, their elegance drew plenty of attention, but it is their taste in food which resulted in pure envy. Despite their reed-like slenderness, none forgoes dessert, even to pie and ice-cream! As Rosalee Calvert observed, “I work too hard to worry about my figure, I don’t have time to lie around and get lumpy.” Not many of the models were interested in becoming actresses. Norma Quine, when asked, replied, “Do I want to be an actress? No, A star? Yes.” AJl agreed that women dress for men and that men prefer feminine clothes that are sexy. Exercise dominates their rules for keeping trim (Miss Calvert excepted). Several have trouble keeping their weight up. Wearing a figuremoulding evening formal of white crepe, Lydia Stevens, a dreamy-eyed brownette, 5/9”, weighing a mere 116 pounds and with a sense of humor, was asked how she kept her figure. Her answer: “In the dresser drawer.” It was Miss Stevens who puzzled director Boris Sagal. A few moments before the model appeared on the runway. Miss Roe cautioned her to hold her shoulders back to accentuate the bustline of her gown. Rehearsing backstage. Lydia seemed to be talking to herself. “What in the world are you muttering about?” asked Sagal. Miss Stevens smiled. “Think big! Think big!” she said. CHAD EVERETT YOUNG ACTOR ON THE GO IN MOVIES, AND HIS DIRECTION IS UP! SHE'S DAZZLING AND DELIGHTFUL Ann-Margret, who was named **Star of the Year”’ by America’s theatre owners, is also one of the screen’s most beautiful stars of this or any other year. The glamorous redhead makes her latest appearance in M-G-M’s ‘‘Made in Paris,’’ in which she sings, dances and is romantically involved with no °| less than THREE leading men — Louis Jourdan, Richard Crenna and Chad Everett. Made in Paris Still 1839-133 Mat ]-H Chad Everett is a young man on the go and the direction he is going is—up. Signed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to an exclusive long-term contract, Everett currently co-stars with Ann-Margret in the tuneful romance, “Made in Paris.” According to the film’s producer, Joe Pasternak, who has discovered as much talent as anyone in Hollywood, “The boy has got it.” Everett bided his time in achieving movie fame, While still at Wayne University, he had an offer to come to Hollywood but elected to remain in college and complete his course. Later, along with other members of the drama department at Wayne, he toured India at the invitation of the State Department, appearing in a program of one-act plays. Variety of Roles “The experience was invaluable,” he asserts. ““We were given a chance to play a wide variety of roles, sometimes appearing in two or three different parts in the same play. It was repertoire theatre at its best for we were star, extra and stagehand rolled into one. Sometimes we made mistakes but we profited by them. Today, B pictures, the old training ground for neophyte actors, are a thing of the past. Many players have to perfect their trade on television, where they are seen by millions of viewers. There, your mistakes can be a disaster.” Everett’s versatility has provided him with well-rounded acting assignments. He proved that he could sustain a character over a long period of time with his TV series, “The Dakotas.” He established himself as a sensitive actor with his performance as the half-breed Indian in “The Cry of the Laughing Owls” and his singing and dancing in “Get Yourself a College Girl” drew enthusiastic response, both from teenagers and adults. Hollywood is convinced that “Made in Paris,’ a major production, will establish Chad Everett as a major star— a young man who has it made and who has the “it” to keep him on top. Producer Joe Pasternak does not anticipate any difficulty in getting radio plugs in France for his new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer romantic comedy, “Made in Paris,”’ in which Ann-Margret sings, dances and romances with Louis Jourdan, Richard Crenna and Chad Everett. Pasternak’s son, Michael, operating under the nom-de-plume of “President Roscoe,” is Paris’ number one disk jockey on Europe’s number one radio station. And, as it happens, President Roscoe is Ann-Margret’s number one fan! Still 1839-x-6 HELEN ROSE AND MODELS OF THE “MADE IN PARIS” FASHION SHOW A spectacular Paris Fashion Show for which Academy Award-winning designer Helen Rose created a fabulous collection of clothes-of-tomorrow is a highlight of MGM's romantic-comedy, E ‘‘Made in Paris,”’ starring Ann-Margret with not one but THREE leading men — Louis Jourdan, Richard Crenna and Chad Everett. Shown here are some of the out-of -this-world gowns as worn by some of the world’s most famous models. At lower right, Miss Rose points to one of her fashion sketches for the lavish Panavision and color movie. The designer created more than 40 eyefilling costumes for Ann-Margret, co-star Edie Adams and the glittering Fashion Show. Made in Paris Mat 3-B WHEN WOMEN ARE SHOCKING TO MEN “Men are more easily shocked than women.” The speaker, Louis Jourdan, couldn’t care less about the moral implication of his statement. He refers to the feminine mystique in fashions. “Why women camouflage their figures in clothes that go against the body line is a mystery to males,” he declares. “It is more, it is shocking. The dress should be part of the woman, friendly to her figure — not its enemy. The silhouette and shape should be guided by nature.” Jourdan’s interest in fashion, inherent in any Frenchman, was stimulated by his current film role, that of the romantic French designer in MetroGoldwyn-Mayer’s “Made in Paris.” He plays a fashion expert who knows his women, in and out of the fashion salon. The clothes for the picture’s spectacular fashion show were created by Hollywood’s famous couturier, Helen Rose. “Miss Rose’s fashions are imaginative, gay and incredibly beautiful,” Jourdan states, “and in some cases, purposely ‘way out.’ She did this so that the fashion show would stimulate comment. In her clothes for Ann-Margret and Edie Adams, she maintained the credo of every fine designer, namely that the woman is more important than the gown.” Jourdan feels that women underrate men’s knowledge and interest in feminine attire. “Every man wants to be proud of the woman he escorts,” he says, “and any woman who doesn’t dress to please the man she loves is foolish. Personally, I am proud that my wife has been listed among the Best-Dressed Women. When we are in Paris, I often accompany her to the various showings. Chanel is her favorite, but she also loves the clean-cut lines of California sportswear.” As for his views on fashion in general, Jourdan says, “The nationality of a woman has nothing to do with whether or not she dresses well. There are no tricks to style. Simplicity is the key.” TWO GUYS BATTLE FOR ANN-MARGRET Louis Jourdan and Chad Everett recently knocked themselves out putting on a better show than Liston and Clay. Of course, Sonny and Cassius didn’t have the incentive of an Ann-Margret. Before the day ended on the set of “Made in Paris” at MGM, Jourdan had a bruised shoulder and Everett a black eye. The two slugged it out over the film’s curvaceous heroine, who is the center of heart interest among not only Jourdan and Everett, but Richard Crenna. He waited until his rivals had used up their energy on each other, and then stepped in to take over Ann-Margret —temporarily. Also involved in the hilarity proceedings of “Made in Paris” is Edie Adams. She stayed out of the fights!