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About Face

The Life and Times of Dottie Ponedel: Make-up Artist to the Stars

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About Face

By: Dorothy Ponedel, Meredith Ponedel, Danny Miller
Narrated by: Kathy Garver
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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.

©2018 Dorothy Ponedel and Meredith Ponedel (P)2018 BearManor Media Entertainment & Celebrities Women Celebrity Funny Heartfelt Witty
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I really enjoyed listening to this book. The narrator was great. She sounded right out of the movies of the 30s and 40s. Very easy to listen to and lots of fun. What a wonderful life Dotty had.

Very enjoyable listen

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