Costume, Makeup, and Hair

Published by Rutgers University Press 2016

Costume, Makeup, and Hair

Edited by: Adrienne L. McLean
With contributions by: Adrienne L. McLean , Drake Stutesman , Mary Desjardins , Prudence Black , Karen de Perthuis , Robin Blaetz , Tamar Jeffers McDonald and James Castonguay

In the series Behind the Silver Screen Series

https://doi.org/10.36019/9780813571539

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About this book

Movie buffs and film scholars alike often overlook the importance of makeup artists, hair stylists, and costumers. With precious few but notable exceptions, creative workers in these fields have received little public recognition, even when their artistry goes on to inspire worldwide fashion trends.

From the acclaimed Behind the Silver Screen series, Costume, Makeup, and Hair charts the development of these three crafts in the American film industry from the 1890s to the present. Each chapter examines a different era in film history, revealing how the arts of cinematic costume, makeup, and hair, have continually adapted to new conditions, making the transitions from stage to screen, from monochrome to color, and from analog to digital. Together, the book’s contributors give us a remarkable glimpse into how these crafts foster creative collaboration and improvisation, often fashioning striking looks and ingenious effects out of limited materials.

Costume, Makeup, and Hair not only considers these crafts in relation to a wide range of film genres, from sci-fi spectacles to period dramas, but also examines the role they have played in the larger marketplace for fashion and beauty products. Drawing on rare archival materials and lavish color illustrations, this volume provides readers with both a groundbreaking history of film industry labor and an appreciation of cinematic costume, makeup, and hairstyling as distinct art forms.

Author / Editor information

ADRIENNE L. McLEAN is a professor of film studies at the University of Texas at Dallas. She is the author or editor of numerous books including Being Rita Hayworth: Labor, Identity, and Hollywood Stardom, Glamour in a Golden Age: Movie Stars of the 1930s, and Cinematic Canines: Dogs and Their Work in the Fiction Film (all by Rutgers University Press).

Reviews

"A fascinating book taking a broad historical approach to three interrelated Hollywood crafts—costume, hair, and makeup—linking them to important economic, cultural, and technological changes in the film industry and American society."

— Lucy Fischer, University of Pittsburgh

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction Adrienne L. McLean Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. THE SILENT SCREEN, 1895–1927 Drake Stutesman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
2. CLASSICAL HOLLYWOOD, 1928–1946 Mary Desjardins Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
3. POSTWAR HOLLYWOOD, 1947–1967 Prudence Black and Karen de Perthuis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
4. THE AUTEUR RENAISSANCE, 1968–1980 Robin Blaetz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	99
5. THE NEW HOLLYWOOD, 1981–1999 Tamar Jeffers McDonald Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	122
6. THE MODERN ENTERTAINMENT MARKETPLACE, 2000–Present James Castonguay Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
Academy Awards for Costume Design Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
Academy Awards for Makeup and Hairstyling Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183
Selected Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213
Notes on Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	223

Language: English
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 235
Illustrations
- Other: 17 color, 45 b&w photographs

eBook

Published: October 7, 2016
ISBN: 9780813571539