Gallery›Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library›The Lips Tell the Truth. A woman's eyes may deceive, but her lips tell the true story of her temperament, says Mel Berns, RKO Radio's head make-up man. Here is a reading of the lips of eight of the top ranking stars of the screen as Berns sees them. Left to right top row: Barbara Stanwyck, deeply emotional with a touch of sadness. Frances Dee, childlike sweetness. Katharine Hepburn, strength of character and intelligence, Ginger Rogers, joyousness. Bottom row: Miriam Hopkins, high mentality and willfulness. Ann Sothern, sweetness and definite amount of strength. Loretta Young, sentimentality and affection. Lily Pons, generosity and good nature.
The Lips Tell the Truth. A woman's eyes may deceive, but her lips tell the true story of her temperament, says Mel Berns, RKO Radio's head make-up man. Here is a reading of the lips of eight of the top ranking stars of the screen as Berns sees them. Left to right top row: Barbara Stanwyck, deeply emotional with a touch of sadness. Frances Dee, childlike sweetness. Katharine Hepburn, strength of character and intelligence, Ginger Rogers, joyousness. Bottom row: Miriam Hopkins, high mentality and willfulness. Ann Sothern, sweetness and definite amount of strength. Loretta Young, sentimentality and affection. Lily Pons, generosity and good nature.
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The Lips Tell the Truth. A woman's eyes may deceive, but her lips tell the true story of her temperament, says Mel Berns, RKO Radio's head make-up man. Here is a reading of the lips of eight of the top ranking stars of the screen as Berns sees them. Left to right top row: Barbara Stanwyck, deeply emotional with a touch of sadness. Frances Dee, childlike sweetness. Katharine Hepburn, strength of character and intelligence, Ginger Rogers, joyousness. Bottom row: Miriam Hopkins, high mentality and willfulness. Ann Sothern, sweetness and definite amount of strength. Loretta Young, sentimentality and affection. Lily Pons, generosity and good nature.

[ca. August 1937]

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