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Post by marianne48 on Sept 30, 2022 14:24:51 GMT
This actress made a name for herself with the help of her dressing table. Who was she?
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Post by marianne48 on Sept 30, 2022 15:28:45 GMT
Mary Pickford "It’s not that she could really have passed for a pre-pubescent girl—she didn’t skimp on the lipstick or mascara—but she exuded a childlike quality that made the illusion work well.
Slightly oversized sets, clever camera angles and tricks, such as having other cast members stand on boxes, added to the illusion that the 24-year-old actress was only 11.
Moreover, during filming, Pickford discovered by chance a lighting effect that made the illusion even more believable. Light hitting a hand mirror on her dressing table illuminated her from below, taking years off her face. When she told her director Maurice Tourneur about it, he was skeptical but Pickford insisted on having a scene shot once with the lights set up in the traditional way and once with them set up in the new way. The effect was striking and the “baby spot” became a standard lighting technique throughout the industry." - The Poor Little Rich GirlMore literally than this. |
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Post by Catman on Sept 30, 2022 15:45:05 GMT
Gertrude Lowboy
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Post by teleadm on Sept 30, 2022 17:55:27 GMT
Romy Schneider?
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Post by jervistetch on Sept 30, 2022 19:43:03 GMT
Vanity
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Post by Catman on Sept 30, 2022 20:03:19 GMT
Mahogany
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Post by marianne48 on Sept 30, 2022 20:12:29 GMT
She had an "Esther Blodgett" kind of name. So she looked at her dressing table and saw....
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Post by Catman on Sept 30, 2022 20:16:43 GMT
Judy Garland
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Post by Penn Guinn on Sept 30, 2022 20:39:28 GMT
Carmen Mirror-anda
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Post by Catman on Sept 30, 2022 20:41:14 GMT
Lady Gaga
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Post by marianne48 on Sept 30, 2022 20:59:17 GMT
What would Judy Garland be doing on her dressing table? |
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Post by marianne48 on Sept 30, 2022 21:00:47 GMT
I wish this were true, but no. |
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Post by teleadm on Sept 30, 2022 22:05:32 GMT
Liz Taylor
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Post by teleadm on Sept 30, 2022 22:06:58 GMT
Mae West
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Post by teleadm on Sept 30, 2022 22:07:58 GMT
Marie Dressler
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Post by Catman on Sept 30, 2022 22:12:05 GMT
Blossom Rock using the name Marie Blake.
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Post by marianne48 on Sept 30, 2022 22:18:57 GMT
She concocted her professional name from items on her table--perfume, cosmetics, etc.
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Post by Catman on Sept 30, 2022 22:26:41 GMT
Lauren Bacall
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Post by Isapop on Oct 1, 2022 0:51:29 GMT
She concocted her professional name from items on her table--perfume, cosmetics, etc. At first, she wanted to call herself Mae Baleen. But she settled on Eve Arden.
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Post by jervistetch on Oct 1, 2022 0:51:49 GMT
Holly Marie Combs
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