Max Factor and Hollywood
Title | Max Factor and Hollywood PDF eBook |
Author | Erika Thomas |
Publisher | Arcadia Publishing |
Pages | 169 |
Release | 2018-10-22 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1439658757 |
The story of the makeup artist who changed the film industry—and the world of modern cosmetics. Includes photos. When Polish wigmaker and cosmetician Max Factor arrived in Los Angeles at the dawn of the motion picture industry, “make-up” had been associated only with stage performers and ladies of the oldest profession. Appalled by the garish paints worn by actors, Factor introduced the first “flexible” greasepaint for film in 1914. With a few careful brush strokes, a lot of innovation, and the kind of luck that can happen only in Hollywood, Max Factor changed the meaning of glamour. His innovations can be experienced in every tube of lipstick, palette of eye shadow, and bottle of nail lacquer used today. Join author Erika Thomas as she reveals the makeup guru's expert beauty tips and the story of how he created the most iconic golden-era looks that are as relevant today as they were nearly a century ago.
Max Factor's Hollywood
Title | Max Factor's Hollywood PDF eBook |
Author | Fred E. Basten |
Publisher | Stoddart |
Pages | 298 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN |
For most of the twentieth century, the name Max Factor has been synonymous with beauty, glamour, and style. Max Factor's Hollywood: Glamour, Movies, Make-Up goes behind the name and shows how a mild-mannered Russian immigrant became a legend by changing the faces of Hollywood- and the world.
Max Factor
Title | Max Factor PDF eBook |
Author | Fred E. Basten |
Publisher | Skyhorse Publishing Inc. |
Pages | 181 |
Release | 2012-04-15 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1611451353 |
Traces the life and influence of the cosmetics innovator, his work for the Russian royal family, role in developing the images of leading Hollywood stars, and contributions to the establishment of the retail cosmetics industry.
Hollywood in Kodachrome
Title | Hollywood in Kodachrome PDF eBook |
Author | David Wills |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2013-11-05 |
Genre | Photography |
ISBN | 0062265555 |
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Sin in Soft Focus
Title | Sin in Soft Focus PDF eBook |
Author | Mark A. Vieira |
Publisher | Harry N. Abrams |
Pages | 240 |
Release | 2003-03-01 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 9780810982284 |
In the spring of 1934, Hollywood faced what the Los Angeles Times called "the most serious crisis of its history." The film capital was under siege by censorship advocates who launched a boycott, demanding that the film industry enforce the Production Code it had adopted in 1930. For nearly five years, defiant producers had cited artistic freedom and flouted the Code, which forbade vulgarity, profanity, nudity, excessive violence, illegal drugs, adultery, "sex perversion," "white slavery," racial mingling, "lustful kissing," and suggestive dancing. In July 1934, the controversial films were outlawed. Today they are called "pre-Code." Sin in Soft Focus showcases a scintillating era in film history and tells how filmmakers sidestepped the Code. Mark A. Vieira draws on extensive research, interviews, and correspondence in the Production Code Administration files to tell the engaging, suspenseful, and often humorous story of the struggle between Hollywood and its reformers, weaving history, politics, and film into a full-blooded narrative. Illustrated with 275 film stills, many of them rare, the book captures the stunning visual artistry of the era.
Hollywood Walk of Fame
Title | Hollywood Walk of Fame PDF eBook |
Author | Samantha Hart |
Publisher | Cry Baby Books and Entertainment |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) |
ISBN | 9780966578713 |
More than 2,000 celebrity biographies containing their stories, movies, songs, inventions, and achievements that earned them everlasting fame. Hundreds of original quotes, secret passions and revealing anecdotes offer insight to their true personalities. Whether or not you can visit in person, with this book in hand you can enjoy "The Hollywood Walk of Fame" star by star! More than 1,000 photographs (many never before published)! Complete map indicates the location of each star. Learn: -- How to nominate your favorite star -- How Hollywood became the film capital of the world -- Why 15 million tourist visit "The Hollywood Walk of Fame" each year!
Martha Matilda Harper and the American Dream
Title | Martha Matilda Harper and the American Dream PDF eBook |
Author | Jane R. Plitt |
Publisher | Syracuse University Press |
Pages | 214 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780815606383 |
"Born in Ontario, Canada, Harper struggled for twenty-five years as a servant to change her life and that of other working-class women. In 1888, after immigrating to the United States, she pioneered the idea of a public hairdressing salon based on health-conscious precepts. Within three years, her concept was enthusiastically embraced by both the social elite and suffragettes across the country, including Susan B. Anthony and Mrs. Alexander Graham Bell.".