
About Face
The Life and Times of Dottie Ponedel: Make-up Artist to the Stars
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Narrated by:
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Kathy Garver
Dottie Ponedel knows how to amuse with rouge. Her autobiography, the story of a pioneering woman makeup artist, whose career spanned the entire length of Hollywood's Golden Era from silent movies to the great films of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, puts a new foundation on the stars.
Sinners and saints without greasepaint make for memorable close-ups. Enjoy Dottie's confidential revelations about Judy Garland, Marlene Dietrich, Mae West, Carole Lombard, Clark Gable, Gary Cooper, Joan Blondell, Paulette Goddard, Barbara Stanwyck, and others.
"No stranger is going to pat this puss," Mae West once declared. Mae, and Dottie's other clients, often demanded her services, but tomcats and contracts seldom blended. Dottie constantly fought all-male makeup departments at the studios to get the recognition she deserved. Amazing challenges facing a woman at the top of her craft play poignantly against her straight-talking, heartwarming, hilarious encounters with famous faces.
Dottie Ponedel. The designer with eye liner.
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Great for Judy Garland lovers
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you understand why she was the way she was because she never really had a childhood. So she was basically a child woman.
And of course, it was not all about Judy Garland.
Dottie had a long and amazing career until she developed MS. And she did so many different things.
I have never heard of her before and really wish I could’ve met her. I think that would’ve been a wonderful time to be alive and meet all the old movie stars and
Celebrities
Mixed feelings
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awesome!
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wonderful
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Lots of detail helped a lot. At times it seemed to be a bit slow, actually sort of bragging, but I'm glad I continued to listen and I understood it better.. She wasn't bragging. there are only so many ways to say stuff. Once I realized that, it was much better & I enjoyed it more. Thank you.
Life with the Jet Set & in the Limelight in L.A.
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Very intimate Stories, love it.
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Author really full of themselves
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I had thought it was about the makeup artist and most likely discussing the tricks that the movie stars liked or used. This really is a memoir of the times spent with Judy Garland. I'd say Judy Garland is about 90% of this book.
That being said, it wasn't bad. Most of the stories were "feel good" and they make you smile or chuckle.
The performance of the narration can be a little annoying at times but overall wasn't bad either.
Interesting
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inside to the heart of a star
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Unprofessional, Unpleasant Narrator's Voice
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