All Women are Beautiful - Original Typescript [manuscript on Hollywood Makeup Artistry By Head of Make-up at MGM]]

Los Angeles, 1941. Original Manuscript . Typed Card Wrappers. Very Good. 158 Pp. Original Manuscript For A Book On Women And Women's Makeup By Jack Dawn, Director Of Makeup, M-G-M Studios. Dawn Was One Of Hollywood's Most Important Makeup Artists And Directors, Particularly Well Known For Work On The Wizard Of Oz: "Perhaps Most Miraculous Was The Role Played By Jack Dawn And The Mgm Makeup Department. It Was Dawn's Task To Take Three Nonhumans-A Scarecrow, A Tin Man, And A Lion-And Bring Them To Life. He Had To Give Them Personalities And Human Characteristics That Would Evoke An Humanity Amidst The Costumes Dictated By Their Roles. This Was Done Convincingly, Resulting In Three Of The Most Elaborate Makeup/Costume Designs To Date In Hollywood: The Costumes Did Pose Certain Critical Problems For Production, However. Bert Lahr's Costume For The Cowardly Lion, For Instance, Weighed Nearly 100 Pounds. This, Coupled With The Intense Heat Caused By The Lighting Needed To Shoot, Made Filming For Long Durations Impossible, And The Film Had To Be Shot In Segments With A Day's Shooting Often Ending Before A Scene Was Complete. As A Result, Before The Next Day's Shooting Could Begin, Makeup Had To Be Meticulously Matched And Perfectly Recreated To Retain Consistency. Daily Rushes Were Used To Aid This Process. While This Precision Slowed Down The Production, The Commitment To Perfection Became A Trademark Of Mgm. For Their Efforts Both Jack Dawn And Cedric Gibbons Received Academy Award Nominations... This Recognition, While Falling On Individuals, Was No Less A Tribute To The System. It Was A Recognition Of The Elaborate Collaborative Nature Of Hollywood Filmmaking." Dann Had Credits For 216 Movies, Including Such Classics As Ninotchka, A Christmas Carol, The Asphalt Jungle, Adam's Rib, Lady In The Lake, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Anchors Aweigh, The Picture Of Dorian Gray, Kismet, The Canterville Ghost, Random Harvest, Tortilla Flat, Strike Up The Band, The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn, Blockheads, Etc. A Clean Copy, Nicely Inscribed To A Friend By The Collaborator Elizabeth Staples And Dated 1941, And With Hand Corrections/ Changes By Staples. This Book Was Apparently Never Published, Possibly Because Its Directness And Detail Would Have Harmed The Business Of Mgm By Helping Competitors And Removing Some Of The Mystique Of The Film Process, And Possibly Too Because This Elitist And Competitive View Of Beauty Might Have Offended Some Of The Movie-Going Public.