Word: facially
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Moreover, Mr. Lunt proves the rightness of his theory about make-up that actors, these days, rely all too much on the grease-paint and liner for their characters, whereas real art demands that the minimum be used--just enough to project the features--and the facial contours, shadows and high-lights of the character be brought out almost entirely by the actor's mental command of his muscles. See Mr. Lunt in the third act of "Meteor" and he seems on the verge of middle years, with his face lined by the lines of egocentricity. Notice...
...well in the part. When he was a little older he worked in art theatres. Sam Harris put him on contract. He made hits in such plays as We Americans and Four Walls. He was pleased with Seven Faces because it gave him a chance to exercise his hobby?facial makeup. He likes fights, football games, concerts, is bored by tennis, can play the violin. His two brothers are professional musicians. He dislikes applause and has his hair cut short so as not to look like an actor. Recently he made another talking picture?The Valiant...
Marie Lani lives in the Montparnasse (art colony) section of Paris. Amused at her facial mobility, a few painters sketched her; she showed the results to her friend Galleryman Joseph Brummer. He became enthusiastic, told her to get a dozen or so and he would exhibit them. The Editions des Quatre Chemins of Paris has issued a book of reproductions of the portraits...
...visitors attended the sixth annual convention of the Master Barbers' Association of America (700 nationwide chapters). Present, of-course, was far-sighted President Otto Ewert of Chicago. Early he struck the progressive note which was to dominate the convention. "It is necessary," said he, "to popularize the facial. Men may consider the facial effeminate. Once they thought the same of brushing their teeth." President Ewert's sentiments were promptly echoed by the barbers assembled. Said one: "Those of us who rely entirely on shaves and haircuts for existence must be ranked with the village tonsorial artist who makes...
...Franklin and Thomas Jefferson, as "the best [sculptor] in any of the European States," to do a statue of Washington. With Franklin he traveled to the U. S., stayed two weeks at Mount Vernon, took measurements, made plaster casts. He is said to have sought vainly for the desired facial expression until he saw Washington dismiss an avaricious horse trader...