Jack Pierce & 'The Mummy' makeup award
I recall reading somewhere that the award Karloff presented to Jack Pierce for his makeup for 'The Mummy' was later discovered underneath the sink in Pierce's old make-up room at Universal during a...
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No, you didn't dream it (unless I did as well!) The information was contained in Al Taylor's book on the great makeup artists; I believe the title is MAKING A MONSTER (and I apologize in advance for...
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Thanks! That's been bugging me for ages. Does anyone know where the award is now?
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You are very welcome, SM--and no, I don't think that the book contained information about the award's location, but I will check it tonight.
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In a recent thread on auctions, his scrapbook was up for sale and on one of the pages is a clipping of Pierce collecting his award. I'm not sure where this happened as I tried enlarging the posting to...
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Karloff presented Jack Pierce with the award for the most outstanding makeup of 1932 in the Blossom Room of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel on Saturday, 14th January 1933. Wally Westmore received an...
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(and I apologize in advance for not remembering his co-author's name!) Sue Roy? Nice looking book, although I remember that some pictures are mis captioned and it doesnt go into a lot of detail, text...
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Beautiful stuff, Rak -- I'm feasting! Much obliged That clay Mummy sculpt Pierce mentions would be neat to see sometime. (Now, what's up with a weekly paper dated Jan. 14 .... stamped Jan.18 ..... and...
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whispers ("And Jackie - thanksth for the times you hid some of that Wogish dusk that's in me ol' mug!")
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SM Jacobs wrote:Does anybody know where this information came from... or did I just dream it? You might have also read abut that in a short piece on Jack Peirce in American Cinematographer. Don't...
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Any new info or photos on the above? Here's the transcript of the missing page 3 ------------------ then proceeded to figure out a practical way of reproducing it on a human. After many trials and...
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I heard that this award was found in the makeup lab at Universal when it was being demolished for the Jurassic Park ride. Rick Baker may have it in his possession, but I know someone grabbed it before...
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Perry, if I recall correctly, what they found was a plaque or a certificate, hidden under the counter top of a sink. And if Rick Baker doesn't have it, he certainly should.
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PhantomXCI wrote:Perry, if I recall correctly, what they found was a plaque or a certificate, hidden under the counter top of a sink. And if Rick Baker doesn't have it, he certainly should.I wasn't...
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I think earlier as the movie Jurassic Park was 1993 and the find was mentioned in All Taylor's book, Making A Monster which was published in 1988 - Maybe another ride or restaurant? Who knows? That...
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Maybe already posted elsewhere but nice five page article from 1933 on Pierce's Mummy make-up. http://blog.modernmechanix.com/makeup-secrets-of-movie-horror-pictures/
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I'm doing a lousy job enlarging. Page showing info on the award. Can anyone help? Thanks in...
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