Word: makeups
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...feet may be bigger (size 8½) than most of the siren prints left behind in the Hollywood cement; she may have more freckles than the makeup department can cover; she may have a voice she herself describes as resembling "Merman trying to reach the candy stand in the lobby, except when I shift into high, and then it sounds like Lily Pons when she's kidding.'' But she also has a pair of long and memorable legs-"They start from the shoulders," says one admiring choreographer-and she can make them do anything she wants...
...taken control of Britain's great Far East naval base. British officials on the scene, less alarmed, have convinced themselves that Lee's bark is worse than his bite. They agree that his bark is pretty ferocious, but they point to some paradoxes in his makeup. At 36, Prime Minister Lee is a Cambridge-trained barrister steeped in British ways of thought-as well as a mob orator who shouts to his barefoot followers: "It's us against the white men." A Singapore-born Chinese like his wealthy father and grandfather before him, he rabble-rouses more...
During 53 minutes, she somehow seems to use as many props as a juggler and wriggle through as many costume changes as Auntie Mame, comes out for the finale, Limehouse Blues, in an Oriental gown and Chinese makeup. She sings hot songs (Anything Goes) and cool (Why Can't You Behave), as well as specialty numbers, e.g., Good Little Girls Go to Heaven ("and smart little girls go to Bergdorf's"). Her primary gifts are a voice with volume where she wants it and a figure to match. She can be sultry and sexy, playful and cute, lonely...
...searching for meanings, he wildly overinterprets. Example: American women do not like to ride motorcycles because, perched on the back seat, they would have to assume a position secondary to the male. (The real explanation just might be that a pillion ride on a motorbike is hard on coiffure, makeup and rump...
...Hollywood sound stage, Fleet Admiral William F. ("Bull") Halsey, 76, peered through his thick-lensed glasses, did an approving doubletake. Object of his scrutiny: Cinemactor James Cagney, 54, his natural resemblance to Halsey startlingly enhanced by makeup, playing Bull Halsey in a movie titled The Gallant Hours, which will depict the Bull's role in winning the Battle of Guadalcanal. Said Cagney: "This film is a labor of love and gratitude to a man who, when the chips were down, performed...