About Face: The Life and Times of Dottie Ponedel, Make-up

About Face: The Life and Times of Dottie Ponedel, Make-up Artist to the Stars

Dottie Ponedel knows how to amuse with rouge. Her autobiography, the story of a pioneering woman make-up artist, whose career spanned the entire length of Hollywoodâ€™s Golden Era from silent movies to the great films of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, puts a new foundation on the stars.

Sinners and saints without greasepaint make for memorable close-ups. Enjoy Dottieâ€™s confidential revelations about Judy Garland, Marlene Dietrich, Mae West, Carole Lombard, Clark Gable, Gary Cooper, Joan Blondell, Paulette Goddard, Barbara Stanwyck, and others.

â€œNo stranger is going to pat this puss,â€ Mae West once declared. Mae, and Dottieâ€™s other clients, often demanded her services, but tomcats and contracts seldom blended. Dottie constantly fought all-male make-up departments at the studios to get the recognition she deserved. Amazing challenges facing a woman at the top of her craft play poignantly against her straight-talking, heartwarming, hilarious encounters with famous faces.

Dottie Ponedel. The designer with eye liner.
Country USA
Manufacturer BearManor Media
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2018-03-17
Format Kindle eBook

About Face: The Life and Times of Dottie Ponedel, Make-up Artist to the Stars