Make-up for girls

United States, 1951

Film
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A young actress makes up as a young girl, Becky Thatcher, and as an elderly spinster, Aunt Polly, for stage presentation of Tom Sawyer. Authenticity of characters achieved by make-up demonstrates complete severance from the normal appearance of an actress. Base, shadows, rouge, pencil and brush lines, and lines of age and highlighting are clearly shown in practical, useful study.

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Credits

director

Maurice Gnesin

co-producer

Betty Edmonds

Robert Edmonds

production company

Goodman Memorial Theater

International Film Bureau

Duration

00:10:40:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1951

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

006614

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Acting - Study and teaching

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Role playing

Music & Performing Arts → Acting - Drama

Music & Performing Arts → Acting - Study and teaching

Music & Performing Arts → Theatrical makeup

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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