The Westmore Beauty Book Westmore, Perc, Wally, Bud, Frank And Mont

B&W Illustrations; SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed by one of the authors, Mel Westmore, along with an inscription, on the title page. This is an oversized hardback book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book covers have some light bumping and wear to the spine ends and corners, along with some light spots of ground-in dirt. The text pages are clean and bright. "English wigmaker George Westmore, for whom the Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild's George Westmore Lifetime Achievement Award is named, founded the first film makeup department at Selig Polyscope Company in 1917. He also worked at Triangle, but soon began freelancing across the major studios. He understood that cosmetic and hair needs were personal and made up stars such as Mary Pickford (whom he relieved of having to curl her famous hair daily by making false ringlets) and the Talmadge sisters (Norma and Constance) in their homes before they left for work in the morning. He fathered three generations of movie makeup artists, beginning with his six sons—Perc (pronounced "perss" not "perk") , Ern, Monte, Wally, Bud, and Frank. By 1926, Monte, Perc, Ern, and Bud had become the chief makeup artists at four major studios and all continued to break ground in new beauty and horror illusions throughout their careers. In 1921, after dishwashing at Famous Players-Lasky, Monte became Rudolph Valentino's sole makeup artist. When Valentino died in 1926, Monte went to Selznick International. Thirteen years later, he worked himself to death with the enormous makeup demands for Gone with the Wind (1939). "(from Wikipedia); Signed by Author