From the Behind the Silver Screen series, Costume, Makeup, and Hair charts the development of these three crafts in the American film industry from the 1890s to the present. Each chapter examines a different era, revealing how these artistic fields have fostered creative collaboration and improvisation, often fashioning striking looks and ingenious effects out of limited materials, while continually adapting to new technologies, fashions, and economic conditions.  

          Acknowledgments

          Introduction

          Adrienne L. McLean

1       The Silent Screen, 1895–1927

          Drake Stutesman

2        Classical Hollywood, 1928–1946

          Mary Desjardins

3        Postwar Hollywood, 1947–1967

          Prudence Black and Karen de Perthuis

4        The Auteur Renaissance, 1968–1980

          Robin Blaetz

5        The New Hollywood, 1981–1999

          Tamar Jeffers McDonald

6        The Modern Entertainment Marketplace, 2000-Present

          James Castonguay

          Academy Awards for Best Costume Design, Best Makeup, and Best Makeup and Hairstyling

          Notes

          Selected Bibliography

          Notes on Contributors

          Index

ADRIENNE L. McLEAN is a professor of film studies at the University of Texas at Dallas. She is the author or editor of numerous books including Being Rita Hayworth: Labor, Identity, and Hollywood Stardom, Glamour in a Golden Age: Movie Stars of the 1930s, and Cinematic Canines: Dogs and Their Work in the Fiction Film (all by Rutgers University Press).