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All for Beauty Makeup and Hairdressing in Hollywood's Studio Era.

Ever wonder why so many stars and featured players, male or female, in movies of Hollywood's "Golden Age" look like they just stepped out of a beauty parlor even if the story places them in a jungle, a hospital bed, or the ancient past? All for Beauty examines how and why makeup and h...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: McLean, Adrienne L.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, 2022.
Series:Techniques of the Moving Image Ser.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • (From table of contents) Introduction: Art and science in the service of loveliness
  • Makeup and hairdressing as studio crafts : the silent period
  • The classical period : craft identity and the labor force
  • The classical period : department practices and the commerce of expertise
  • Cosmetics, coiffures, and characterization
  • Epilogue: Trophy faces
  • Appendix.