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Title
Where'd the young fella go?
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Dean, Gordon
Contributor
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Date Created and/or Issued
1962
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph was edited for publication purposes.
Photograph caption dated September 8, 1962 reads, "Where'd the young fella go? - One minute you're talking to a handsome, clean-cut young man; the next thing you know, he's gone and in his place sits a grubby, gnarled and wizened old man with a devilish twinkle in his eye. This happens every evening (except Sundays) and every Wednesday afternoon backstage at the Philharmonic as British actor Clive Revell [sic] gets into makeup for his starring role in 'Oliver!' Playing Fagin in the hit show (which leaves for New York Sept. 22), Revell turns in a brilliant show-stopping performance, equaled only by his Chaney-like ability with makeup. These pictures by Valley Times TODAY photographer Gordon Dean ably depict the transformation. After readying himself, the actor deftly places the beard and the wig and then proceeds with the basic application of base makeup, eye-liner, etc. Next comes the painstaking process of aging where wrinkles are accentuated and shadow areas are darkened. That done, the mustache goes on (here he's seen with just half the bedraggled thing in place) and THEN: Wot? Blimey! Hit's Fagin 'imself!"; See images #00124424 through #00124429 for all photos in this series.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00124428
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d028_f38_i22
CARL0005423590
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/57117
Subject
Revill, Clive
Philharmonic Auditorium (Organization : Los Angeles, Calif.)
Theater--California--Los Angeles
Theatrical makeup--California--Los Angeles
Beards
Mustaches
Actors--New Zealand
Reflections
Mirrors--California--Los Angeles
Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Portrait photographs
Valley Times Collection photographs
Time Period
1961-1970

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