Evening star., 1945-07-01
Stars Don't Glow at 6 AN.
By Harold Hefernan

Scandals I almost ran out of ma
terial," he said. But Miss Davis
always had good one on tap. She
wants plenty of black coffee while
being made up and she leaves her
self entirely In the hands of her
makeup man. We always emphasize
the slight dimple In her chin and
one day ! forgot 1t and had TO go
out to the set and fix 1T up. So
the next day to make up for 1t, /
put two dimples In her chin and
she had a good laugh when she
discovered it. She talks about her
pictures, asks how we like the rushes
and is eager for suggestions.
"It's a field day for every one
when Boris Karloff is working on
the lot" Seiderman said. Boris
always pretends that he is a bogey-
bers of the staff by frowning and
growing. But he never fools any
one. They love him. He comes up
TO the department week or 10
days before picture starts and we
work out his makeup together. He
insists that each horror layout must
be entirely different and to date he
has succeeded in achieving this, de-
spite the number Of different char
acters he has played. His chief
topic of conversation often Is the
anthology on horror stories which
he recently edited"
Orson Welles is always sleepy
when he arrives. He usually comes
in mumbling some complaint in
imitation of Seiderman's pro-
nounced Russian dialect. Then he
snaps into action and during the
process of putting on his makeup he
will answer the telephone, write a
letter, do limitations. Other times
he win drop into serious mood
and discuss art and literature. He
is allergic to practically all regular
makeups and everything used on
him is made to order and retested
every six months.
Ginger Own Makeup Man.
The makeup salon never sees
Ginger Rogers. She puts 1t on her.
self In her bungalow dressing room
and never needs any help except
when using false eyelashes. Her
makeup is composite of tricks she
has learned from various artists and
others that she has worked out
herself.
| Claudette Colbert is one Of the
few stars who never has changed
her personality with makeup. She
believes she won her popularity Just
as she is and she never wanted TO
experiment with a change. She
also Is an expert on makeup and
Seiderman says he has learned sew
eral tricks from her. She never
eats until her makeup is completed
and then has hearty breakfast.
Eddie Cantor is stickler for
punctuality and II he is going to be
few minutes late he always has his
secretary telephone. Cantor passes
the time talking of politics and cur
rent events.
"Jennifer Jones is one actress who
Is bubbling over with life and
energy" said Seiderman. TT is
hard for her to keep quiet long
enough to get made up. She has no
interest whatever in the job and
leaves it entirely up to US. She Is
natural and friendly. Her face is
a true Slavic type, with the high
cheekbones and turned-up nose and
the slanting angle of the eyes. Her
face. Is so symmetrical that we
made a mask of it on which to study
makeup"
Cary Grant never wears any
makeup during the morning hours
Of shooting, but early in the after
noon has to apply little to cover
his beard in order to save double
shaving. Otherwise, If he were 60
ing out in the evening, he would be
under a razor three times day.
Seiderman says that women are
much more patient under the min
istrations of a makeup artist than
are men. The latter hate makeup
and try to evade 1t wherever pos
sible. Women will experiment and
listen to suggestions. The men
don't want to be bothered with 1t
from any angle.
Seiderman believes that the prime
requisite for a successful makeup
man, aside from his technical knowl-
edge, is genuine liking for people.
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