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Robert J. Avrech: Emmy Award winning screenwriter. Movie fanatic. Helplessly and hopelessly in love with my wife since age nine.

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Friday Photos: True Hollywood Confessions

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“I’m no actor and I never have been. What people see on the screen is me.”
—Clark Gable

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Early Friday Photos: True Hollywood Confessions

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Because Rosh Hashanah begins tonight, then turns into Shabbat, and I do not blog on Jewish holidays, I am publishing Friday Photos early.

“I’ve always believed that acting is instinct to start with; you either have it or you don’t.” —Claudette Colbert

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Friday Photos: True Hollywood Confessions

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“I never really felt pretty, bright or socially adept.” —Grace Kelly
“I never really felt pretty, bright or socially adept.”
—Grace Kelly

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Friday Photos: True Hollywood Confessions, How to be Beautiful

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Greta Garbo’s dramatic eye make-up was the inspiration for many a Hollywood starlet – including Marilyn Monroe – and not without good reason. To create the look, she would apply a super-thin layer of petroleum jelly over the eyelids, cover with neutral skin-toned powder all the way up to the brow line and blend a dark shade into the crease for a theatrical, deep-set appearance. She’d also line the upper lid with eyeliner made from a blend of petroleum and charcoal pigment, and finish with mascara.
Greta Garbo’s dramatic eye make-up was an inspiration to many of her female fans. To create the look, she would apply a thin layer of petroleum jelly over her eyelids, cover with neutral skin-toned powder all the way up to the brow line and blend a dark shade into the crease for a deep-set appearance. She’d also line her upper lid with eyeliner made from a blend of petroleum and charcoal pigment, and finish with mascara.

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Friday Photos: True Hollywood Confessions

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“It is impossible to get anything made or accomplished without stepping on some toes; enemies are inevitable when one is a doer.” —Norma Schearer
“It is impossible to get anything made or accomplished without stepping on some toes; enemies are inevitable when one is a doer.”
—Norma Schearer

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