"Make-Up" School! 1940

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Titles read: '"MAKE-UP" SCHOOL!'

Location of events unknown - Italy?

At a continental stage school we see actors sitting at dressing tables, learning how to put on make up to age their faces for different parts. Men are seen putting on false beards, facial hair and wigs and marking...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
15562
Sort Number:
PT 529
Time in/Out:
01:24:41:00 / 01:26:16:00
Canister:
PT 529
Film ID:
1202.14
Issue Date:
20/05/1940

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