The Westmore family is the legacy of the makeup artist world they are the reason that makeup artists now work along with Films and TV. The Westmores was the first to open a makeup department in a film studio. Now because of them makeup is such a big and successful industry and whom I thank the Westmores for bringing film and makeup artists together and making outstanding prosthetics and iconic makeup looks teaching the rest of the world what you can achieve with makeup. I hope one day I can meet a Westmore and become successful like they are within the industry, they have truly become a big inspiration for me.
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The Westmore of Hollywood began with this Man George Henry Westmore who was a wig maker and a hair dresser, he worked in many different cities until he came to Los Angeles and was one of the first in history to open up a makeup department with Selig Polyscope Company he didn't know much about makeup but traded his skills to learn more about makeup and beauty. He also worked for Triangle Film Company and did some free lancing. George westmore invented the lace wigs and worked with celebrities such as Mary Pickford. George westmore had six sons Monte, Perc, Wally, Bud and Frank who followed thier fathers footsteps and also started working within the industry as hair and makeup artist.
Films George Westmore worked on
- 1922
Smilin' Through (Franklin)
- 1924
Secrets (Borzage)
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Montague "Monte" Westmore
Monte Westmore is the eldest out of the six he became head of makeup at Selznick and also worked for Famous Players-Lasky. Monte had three sons Marvin, Michael and Monty they also followed thier dad's footsteps and became makeup artists.
Films Monte Westmore worked on
- 1922
Blood and Sand (Niblo)
- 1923
Monsieur Beaucaire (Olcott)
- 1924
A Sainted Devil (Henabery)
- 1925
Cobra (Henabery); The Eagle (Brown)
- 1926
Son of the Sheik (Fitzmaurice); The King of Kings (DeMille)
- 1929
Mexicali Rose (Kenton)
- 1932
Scarface (Hawks)
- 1934
The House of Rothschild (Werker)
- 1935
Mutiny on the Bounty (Lloyd)
- 1939
Intermezzo (Ratoff); Gone with the Wind (Fleming)
- 1940
Rebecca (Hitchcock)
Percival Harry Westmore
Perc Westmore was a twin brother he was the head of Makeup department at warner brothers. Perc and his brothers founded the The house of Westmores, where Perc received a blank cheque by Kay Frances after he told her about thier plans and he cashed it for $25000 for the development of The house of Westmores. Perc introduced new hair colours and made a chart of 35 shades of blonde alone. Perc also worked with United States Navy to design hairstyles for the female personnel to prevent thier from falling onto thier collar.
Films Perc Westmore worked on
- 1925
Stella Dallas (H. King); The Lost World (Hoyt)
- 1934
Bordertown (Mayo)
- 1935
Captain Blood (Curtiz); A Midsummer Night's Dream (Reinhardt and Dieterle)
- 1936
Cain and Mabel (Bacon); The Story of Louis Pasteur (Dieterle); The Walking Dead (Curtiz)
- 1937
The Life of Emile Zola (Dieterle); Dead End (Wyler)
- 1939
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (Curtiz); The Return of Dr. X (V. Sherman); Juarez (Dieterle); The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Dieterle)
- 1941
Kings Row (Wood)
- 1942
Casablanca (Curtiz)
- 1951
The Blue Veil (Bernhardt)
- 1956
The Catered Affair (Brooks)
- 1966
Munster, Go Home! (Bellamy)
- 1969
The Arrangement (Kazan)
- 1970
There Was a Crooked Man . . . (Mankiewicz)
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Ernest Henry Westmore
Ern Westmore is Perc Westmore twin brother. Ern was considered as the most talented out the Westmore brothers. He worked at Warner bros, RKO studios and Eagle- Lion studios. He was the director makeup on over 50 films. Ern also did some acting and worked on some films. Ern also had his own tv show called Hollywood today where he gave tips and beauty sujjestions.
Films Ern Westmore has worked on
- 1926
The Sea Beast (Webb)
- 1930
Cimarron (Ruggles)
- 1931
Way Back Home ( Old Greatheart ) (Seiter)
- 1932
A Bill of Divorcement (Cukor)
- 1937
Lost Horizon (Capra)
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Walter 'Wally' James Westmore
Wally Westmore worked for Paramount mostly, he did a groundbreaking makeup transition on Fedric march and from there his career was a big success where he worked on over 300 films.
Films Wally Westmore worked on
- 1931
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Mamoulian); Island of Lost Souls (Kenton)
- 1933
Alice in Wonderland (McLeod)
- 1936
The General Died at Dawn (Mielstone)
- 1938
Spawn of the North (Hathaway); Professor Beware (Nugent)
- 1942
The Great Man's Lady (Wellman)
- 1961
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Edwards); One-Eyed Jacks (Brando)
- 1962
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (Ford)
- 1963
Hud (Ritt)
- 1964
The Carpetbaggers (Dmytryk); Lady in a Cage (Grauman); Robinson Crusoe on Mars (Haskin)
- 1965
Harlow (Douglas)
- 1966
The Oscar (Rouse); This Property Is Condemned (Pollack)
- 1967
Barefoot in the Park (Saks)
- 1968
The Odd Couple (Saks); Will Penny (Gries)
- 1970
The Molly Maguires (Ritt); There Was a Crooked Man ... (Mankiewicz)
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Bud Westmore
Bud Westmore worked on over 450 films he was also a makeup artist. Bud worked for universal studios. Bud did not only work on films he also worked on TV shows, he was famous for the tv show the monsters.
Films Bud Westmore worked on
- 1948
Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (Pichel)
- 1954
The Creature from the Black Lagoon (Arnold)
- 1955
Tarantula (Arnold); This Island Earth (Newman)
- 1956
Creature Walks among Us (Sherwood); The Mole People (Vogel)
- 1957
Deadly Mantis (Juran); Land Unknown (Vogel); Man of a Thousand Faces (Pevney)
- 1961
Flower Drum Song (Koster); Lover Come Back (Delbert Mann)
- 1962
Lonely Are the Brave (Miller); That Touch of Mink (Delbert Mann); To Kill a Mockingbird (Mulligan)
- 1963
The List of Adrian Messenger (Huston); Captain Newman, M.D. (Miller)
- 1965
I Saw What You Did (Castle); The War Lord (Schaffner)
- 1966
Madame X (Rich); The Plainsman (Rich)
- 1967
Thoroughly Modern Millie (Hill); The War Wagon (Kennedy)
- 1968
Madigan (Siegel)
- 1969
Death of a Gunfighter (Smithee); Sweet Charity (Rosse); Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (Polonsky)
- 1970
Airport (Seaton); The Forbin Project (Sargent)
- 1973
Soylent Green (Fleischer)
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Frank Westmore
Frank Westmore was the youngest. He worked at paramount pictures with his brother Wally. From then he was a big success and worked on many films and tv shows. He was won the Emmy award for outstanding cievement in makeup and was nominated two times after that.
Films Frank Westmore worked on
1942Beyond the Blue Horizon (Santell)
1946Tars and Spars (Green)
1947Unconquered (DeMille)
1948Let's Live a Little (Wallace)
1950Storm Warning (Heisler)
1952Rancho Notorious (F. Lang)
1953All I Desire (Sirk)
1954Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Lamont)
1956The Mountain (Dmytryk); The Ten Commandments (DeMille)
1957The Joker is Wild (C. Vidor); The Buster Keaton Story (Sheldon)
1958Hot Spell (Daniel Mann); Houseboat (Shavelson); The Match-maker (Anthony); The Buccaneer (Quinn)
1960The Rat Race (Mulligan)
1962My Geisha (Cardiff); Two for the Seesaw (Wise)
1963Irma La Douce (Wilder)
1964What a Way to Go! (Lee Thompson)
1965The Flight of the Phoenix (Aldrich)
1970Two Mules for Sister Sara (Siegel)
1971Fool's Paradise (McLaglen); The Beguiled (Siegel)
1972Kung Fu (Thorpe)
1974The Towering Inferno (Guillermin and Allen); Mr. Ricco (Bogart)
1975Farewell, My Lovely (Richards)
Research links
http://www.filmreference.com/Writers-and-Production-Artists-Vi-Win/The-Westmore-Family.html
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_ed#Biography
http://marvingwestmore.wordpress.com/westmore-hollywood-star
http://westmoremuseum.wordpress.com/z-to-a-westmore/
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Westmore
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perc_Westmore
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ern_Westmor
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