About Face

<p><strong><em>ABOUT FACE The Life and Times of Dottie Ponedel: Make-up Artist to the Stars</em></strong><strong> by Dorothy Ponedel Meredith Ponedel and Danny Miller</strong></p><p><strong>Dottie Ponedel knows how to amuse with rouge. Her autobiography the story of a pioneering make-up woman in silent movies and early talkies puts a new foundation on the stars from the Golden Age of movies. </strong></p><p><strong>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.</strong></p><p><strong>“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 make-up 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.  </strong></p><p><strong>Dotti Ponedel. The designer with eye liner. </strong></p><p><strong>Illustrated. Index. </strong></p>