Saturday, August 13, 2005
Movie makeup
More from The Homemaker, this time about a new technique that "make-up expert" Jack Dawn came up with for an Esther Williams movie:
"The hairdresses are modeled in clay, covered with silk and then treated with Chinese lacquer. These hairdos, when dry and hardened take the place of swimming caps. They are in varied colors for Technicolor effect and can be given a translucent effect by means of a tiny light inside the coiffure."
I have GOT to see this. According to The Homemaker, the movie was called Mr. Co-Ed, and co-starred Red Skelton; I'm guessing that it ended up being Bathing Beauty, which did in fact co-star Red Skelton and lists Jack Dawn as the makeup designer. Maybe Ivan can illuminate.
"The hairdresses are modeled in clay, covered with silk and then treated with Chinese lacquer. These hairdos, when dry and hardened take the place of swimming caps. They are in varied colors for Technicolor effect and can be given a translucent effect by means of a tiny light inside the coiffure."
I have GOT to see this. According to The Homemaker, the movie was called Mr. Co-Ed, and co-starred Red Skelton; I'm guessing that it ended up being Bathing Beauty, which did in fact co-star Red Skelton and lists Jack Dawn as the makeup designer. Maybe Ivan can illuminate.
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