Word: greasepaint
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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Francis is played by a real Army veteran who underwent a 16-hour-a-day movie course with studio Trainer Jimmy Phillips. Recruited for the film from a Calabasas, Calif, mule dealer, he was dyed a darker hue from head to hoof, wore greasepaint on his mouth, powder on his nose, a "rat" in his tail, half-inch false eyelashes and-until he balked-extra-sized false ears. Like many a new-found star, patient Francis is currently making personal appearances with the picture...
Touring with her play, Diamond Lil, Mae West, fiftyish, collapsed on stage in Rochester from food poisoning. But next night she was back in greasepaint, to "give...