DETROIT CONGREGATION SHAAREY ZEDEK 1 2 MEMBERSHIP TUITION FREE Membership affiliation with Congregation Shaarey Zedek brings involvement and participation. Kindergarten thru Fifth Grades provided tuition free to children of Members. TAKE TWO STEPS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION Irving Thalberg and Louis B. Mayer: Dress for success. Saving Valentino And Other True Tales ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM Assistant Editor Weekday afternoon classes Hillel Day School Building Sunday morning classes Congregation Shaarey Zedek Pre-School through 12th grade classes available Transfer Students Accepted. Materials, book fees not included. For inforMation call: Leonard P. Baruch or Arline Gould at 357-5544 CONGREGATION SHAAREY ZEDEK MARV SAYS CUSTOM WALL MIRROR SPECIALISTS TUB & SHOWER ENCLOSURES MIRRORED BIFOLD OR SLIDING DOORS) • TABLE TOPS • STORM DOORS & WINDOWS • PATIO DOOR WALLS REPLACED • STORMS & SCREENS REPAIRED 'Suggested List Price 6453 FARMINGTON ROAD W. BLOOMFIELD 855-5822 2523 W. MAPLE (at CRANBROOK) BLOOMFIELD HILLS 433-3070 INSULATED GLASS REPLACED) VISIT OUR SHOWROOM SAVE FROM 20% TO 50%• WE SNIP FURNITURE iriMitgEtale aft MOBIL AUTO GLASS SERVICE 2717 WOODWARD AVE. (JUST N. OF CATALPA) BERKLEY 542-2500 Larry Paul makes .00, i7 .174; c 7 TIRES & ACCESSORIES GLASS & AUTO TRIM III "" CUSTOM WALL MIRRORS •SOUTHFIELD: 24777 Telegraph• • - 353-`2500' Other locations: Wayrie and Lincoln Park FURNITURE NEW. Custom Restoration, Lacquering, Refinishing of new or old furniture, antiques, office .furniture, pianos. For Free Estimates 1,800491.3009 R udolph Valentino's image needed a boost. It seems the dashing Mr. Valentino's out- fits were making women laugh, not lust. Designed by his wife, the costumes were ornate and covered with beads. Alas, there was no gold in them thar frills. Watching their profits dwindle left Hollywood pro- ducers scrambling to revive the image of their falling star. There was only one man to whom they could turn. His name was Adrian Greenberg. The son of immigrants, Mr. Greenberg was Hollywood's top costumer during the 1930s. Known simply as Adrian, he was the man behind Jean Harlow's frizzy blond locks, Joan Crawford's shoulder pads and Greta Garbo's severe hair styles. Adrian took Valentino out of the frills and put him into suave black suits. A Hollywood image was saved. Film fashions by Adrian and other designers was the subject of a talk by Sandy Schreier, television and radio host and authority on 20th century fashion, who spoke this week for the Adat Shalom Sisterhood's Donor Day. Virtually all of Hollywood's founders were Jewish ' immigrants "who knew more about clothes and makeup than, acting," said Ms. Schreier, who has dressed stars including Cher, Julio Iglesias and Diana Ross. Consequently, men like Jesse Lasky and Adolph Zukor spent countless hours seeing to the attire of the thespians. Much of the early costum- ing was based on the work of Leon Bakst, the Russian- born son of a rabbi. Bakst's Art Nouveau style set the stage for Theda Bara's vamp look, complete with kohl- outlined eyes. "American women and women all over the world copied Theda Bara's mysterious look," Ms. Schreier said. Louis B. Mayer insisted on the top designer for his top star, but Coco Chanel's clean lines did little for Gloria Swanson. She hated the out- fits Chanel designed for her, Ms. Schreier said. Sometimes, it was the government — not the designers — that dictated Hollywood fashion. The no- torious Hays Office during the 1930s and '40s cared little for cleavage or any other shocking show of skin. Hays Office workers positively cringed when — . gasp — they saw Tarzan's "Jane" in a flimsy dress, complete with bared midriff. They insisted the outfit be redesigned. Thank goodness for the Hays Office. A young schoolteacher named Edith Head becarne one of Hollywood's leading