The Makeover in Movies: Before and After in Hollywood Films, 1941-2002

by Elizabeth A. Ford

The plots of many films pivot on the moment when a dowdy girl with bad hair, ill-fitting outdated clothing, and thick glasses is changed into an almost unrecognizable glamour girl. Makeover scenes such as these are examined beginning with 1942's Now, Voyager. The study examines whether the film makeover is voluntary or involuntary, whether it is always successful, how much screen time it takes up, where in the narrative structure it falls,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786417218
• ISBN13: 9780786417216
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher