The Westmores of Hollywood

By Frank Westmore and Muriel Westmore, Frank & Davidson

Book Overview

1976, hardcover edition, Lippincott, Philadelphia, PA, 256 pages. Here is the story of a remarkable dynasty of makeup geniuses that managed to achieve incredible makeup effects for decades. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0425033562
• ISBN13: 9780425033562
• Release Date: May 1977
• Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.

Customer Reviews

The Hidden Hollywood

If you're not one of those sad creatures (like me) who likes to linger around after movies to catch all the credits, this little number may convert you. At the very least, you'll want to give the credits an extra hard look the next time you view the old classics to see if you spot a "Westmore" in the Make-Up Artist spot.Just a terrific take on the life of the film industry from the perspective of the make-up artist. From the days before there were professionals dedicated just to making up stars up to the point where it became a real science.This was one of those books that made me smile not only for the subject matter itself, but because it made me think "I'm so glad that a publisher had the guts to say 'You know, I bet there are a lot of people out there who would really find this stuff interesting.'"