A
ctors stood tall
duringtheGolden
Ageof movies,but
it’s the actresses
who supplied all
the sparkle. “There
were the glamour girls. They always
had the makeup and hair people with
them,” remembered Lauren Bacall.
These larger-than-life beauties —
from haughty grand dames like Joan
Crawford and Bette Davis to sex kit-
tens like Marilyn Monroe and Rita
Hayworth — owed a debt of gratitude
to a man named Max Factor.
An immigrant from Poland who
claimed he had made wigs for Czar
JUDY GARLAND
“Judy was just a kid, but after Max
made her over she looked like a totally
different person,” actress Lee Purcell
told Closer at the Aug. 11 Max Factor
screening, held at The Hollywood
Museum. The makeup artist added
an arch to Judy’s eyebrows and used
shading to emphasize her cheekbones.
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HOLLY
MASTER
Max, who thinned Joan Crawford’s eyebrows
and played up her eyes, was also the first to use
celebrities to endorse his cosmetics line.
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