Posts Tagged: Movie

Vintage 1940 Max Factor’s Hollywood Red Lipstick

Max Factor cosmetics was founded in Los Angeles, California in 1909 by Maksymilian Faktorwicz, a beautician from Poland. Max Factor specialized in movie makeup, and demonstrated the importance of custom, technical makeup application according to individual nuances and facial structure. He was originally satisfied to remain a specialized supplier to the film industry, but his… Read more »

Loretta Young for Max Factor Pan-Cake Make-up, 1946

This is an interesting tie-in ad from 1946 that has actress Loretta Young promoting both a product (Max Factor Pan-Cake makeup), and her movie (“The Stranger”). It makes sense to have a beautiful Hollywood actress promoting Pan-Cake makeup, as it was initially developed to be used in Technicolor movies. The old-style greasepaint makeup used in… Read more »

Franco Zeffirelli’s Romeo & Juliet Film Ad 1968

I’ve had several posts about the film, Romeo & Juliet, and about the stars, Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting.  But I realize that I haven’t posted about the actual ad for the movie, so here it is! This ad is from the October 1968 issue of Glamour magazine.  A time when films were actually advertised… Read more »