Max Factor Gives a Makeup Masterclass in 1935: AI Colour Film
Makeup artist Max Factor’s gave a rare vintage makeup tutorial in 1935. Now AI colorized, and upscaled from silent film fragment to 4K 60fps.
00:01 Max Factor Vintage Makeup Tutorial - intro
00:08 Vintage Makeup Foundation tips
00:21 How to Draw 1930s pencil thin eyebrows
00:44 Makeup Contouring - The Max Factor Technique
01:04 How to apply Eyeshadow, Eyeliner and Mascara
01:18 Lipstick color - 1930s,1940s
01:24 Applying Powder and Blush Makeup
01:27 Max Factor’s makeup palette
01:51 Claudette Colbert Look - Old Hollywood glamour
Young actress stand-in Pluma Noisom, gets the Claudette Colbert look by Max Factor.
Just seeing the worlds most famous makeup artist in such clarity has a real “Wow!“ factor.
His techniques of facial contouring are a gold standard. His legacy of cosmetic innovations in lip gloss, foundation creams, and mascara are still felt today.
The Max Factor Story
On a snowy winter night in 1904, deep in the Bohemian forest of Czechoslovakia, a young Max Factor, with his wife and children fled from soldiers sent after him by Czar Nicholas.
Not long before, the successful Polish beautician was a favorite of the royal family in Russia. But it all changed when the antisemitic Czar ordered a crackdown on the Jewish community.
Fast forward to 1914 and Max was Makeup artist to silent film pioneer Charlie Chaplin. Along with fellow makeup artist George Westmore, Max helped coin the term ’makeup.’
By 1916, Max Factor House of Make-up ( he always insisted on the hyphen) was a booming Hollywood business.
His famous ’cream makeup’ tubes became the staple of Hollywood actors. Gloria Swanson, Pola Negri, Jean Harlow, were all his clients.
As film evolved into Technicolor, Max invented a brand new makeup now applied with a damp sponge, called Pan-Cake.
Actresses began stealing it off the shelves for personal use. His son Frank, developed it into a line of consumer products.
Pancake makeup, along with their line of Tru-Color lipsticks would global best sellers.
Before the 1920’s, apart from a touch of rouge and powder, women rarely enjoyed wearing lip or eye makeup during the day. Hollywood and Max Factor helped change that.
Max did not live to see this success however. He died in 1938 at the relatively young age of 61. But the Max Factor & Company did not die with him. His son Frank made the brand a global name.
Using deep learning neural networks.
Deep Exemplar-based Video Colorization here:
Footage - Personal Collection.
AI Colorized Video © Glamourdaze 2022
Colorized using deep learning AI neural networks.
Music: Life Story (Atmospheric Cinematic Orchestra) - 2M32 201794846 Music DreamnoteMusic
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