Evening star., 1937-08-23

embodied spirit. you start circulating
among the stars.
When you see them in the flesh and
In groups of larger than one (as you
do in studio commissaries during
luncheon) there is strange alikeness
among them. That is not to say that
Blond Franciska Gaal, for instance,
looks like Brunette Rosalind Russell,
but that there are other blonds around
the place who look like Miss Gaal and
brunettes with enough resemblance
to Miss Russell to make you glance
twice to identify the original. In
other words, in the broad categories
Of light and dark, the gals obviously
have the same makeup man If not
the same parents.
Then why don't they look alike at
the Palace. Earle or at Keith's?
In that question, one comes close to
the essence Of the technical brilliance
Of this fascinating industry. That
the resemblance in the lunch room
does not carry over into celluloid is
the result Of very happy conspiracy
between the makeup department and
the cameraman For both of them,
we have come to have an enormous
respect after virtually three weeks Of
!egwork in the fllm factories.
Never again will the work make
up as 1t applies in Hollywood mean
man or maid who goes around
slapping 4 star in the face with =
powder puff as large as a bath towel
Nor will "cameraman" imply a chap
who sits like a farmer on a tractor
allowing the machine age to do his
work for him. Both Of them are
artists in the sense that the publicity
department have used the word in our
agnostic, unbeleving past.
IF WE were star land we have been
around nearly three weeks without
the offer of a screen test) we should
live in constant terror of alternating
the admiration of either the makeup
Or camera departments. We would
almost as soon be an aviator who
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dain for the mechanics importance to
his safety. The effect might be quick
er in the case Of the airman, but We
doubt that it could be more deadly in
the long run.
Beauty and charm are the stock in
trade Of most of the glamour girls out
here-and the makeup and camera
squads are the sales force If the
sales force were to start laying down
on the job it is doubtful that Messrs.
Mayer Warner, Goldwyn ct al. would
go on Realistically paying the salaries
OF the lovely ladies who live in a
fashion that queens might envy.
Male attra activeneSs is less Standard
lied. Out at MG-M you have no diff
Guilty picking out Spencer Tracy. for
instance, He never could be confused
with Robert Taylor nor Taylor, with
Montgomery Over at Warmers Paul
MUM looks like Paul NUM- and no one
else. Even his stand-in does not look
very much like Paramounts Raw
INLAND and the only person who looks
like Herbert Marshall at R-K-O is
Herbert Marshall.
That, OF course, is quite as it should
be, for if camera crews and makeup
departments had to exercise as much
care with the features of the male as
they do with the female, they would
be even more overworked than they
are. tAdvt).
As a result of their comparative
freedom from responsibility for the
male nose, mouth, eyes and ears, cam
era crews can concentrate on getting
the best possible lighting to accent
the best possible feature Of a Joan
Crawford or a Joan Fontaine. 1t is
not that Miss Crawford nor Miss Fon-
taine is particular problem child of
the beauty painters. Maybe you could
not photograph them from any angle
or IN any light without getting a stun
ming effect, but If that is the case, they