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Howard Smit is a Makeup Artist American born on 19 april 1911 at Chicago (USA)
Howard J. Smit (April 19, 1911 – August 1, 2009) was a pioneering American film make-up artist known for his work on films including The Birds and The Wizard of Oz. Smit also spearheaded the movement to establish the Academy Award for Best Makeup to recognize the profession within the film industry. He also successfully pushed studios to credit film make-up artists in a movie's screen credits.
Smit became a founding member of the IATSE local 706, Make-up and Hairstylists Guild chapter, in 1937.
(1963)
(Makeup Artist)
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Nationality USA
Birth 19 april 1911 at Chicago (USA)
Death 1 august 2009 (at 98 years) at Tarzana (USA)
Birth 19 april 1911 at Chicago (USA)
Death 1 august 2009 (at 98 years) at Tarzana (USA)
Smit became a founding member of the IATSE local 706, Make-up and Hairstylists Guild chapter, in 1937.
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Satan's School for Girls (1973)
, 1h18Directed by David Lowell Rich
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Horror, Crime
Actors Pamela Franklin, Kate Jackson, Lloyd Bochner, Roy Thinnes, Jo Van Fleet, Cheryl Ladd
Roles Makeup Artist
Rating52%
The film opens with a mysterious person chasing a student, Martha Sayers (Terry Lumley). The same day, the police and her sister Elizabeth (Pamela Franklin) find her hanged in her room. The police rule her death as an unmotivated suicide, but Elizabeth refuses to believe this and investigates further. She decides to visit the exclusive academy that Martha attended, The Salem Academy for Women, despite warnings from Martha's roommate, Lucy Dembrow (Gwynne Gilford). Under the assumed name of Elizabeth Morgan, she enrolls at the college, where she is welcomed by her classmates Roberta Lockhart (Kate Jackson), Debbie Jones (Jamie Smith Jackson) and Jody Keller (Cheryl Ladd).
The Sixth Column (1970)
, 1h14Directed by George McCowan
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction
Actors Lloyd Bridges, Angie Dickinson, Harry Basch, Daniel J. Travanti, Byron Foulger, Pepper Martin
Roles Makeup Artist
Rating63%
Two warring planets choose to settle their conflict over which of them will take over the planet Earth, each sending a trio of soldiers to Earth to fight to the death. The combatants, disguised as human beings, can only identify each other by using special visors.
Wake Me When the War Is Over (1969)
, 1h14Directed by Gene Nelson
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy
Themes Political films
Actors Ken Berry, Eva Gabor, Werner Klemperer, Danielle De Metz, Hans Conried, Jim Backus
Roles Makeup Artist
Rating53%
The film tells the story of Lieutenant Roger Carrington (Berry), a soldier fighting for the United States Army Air Forces during the closing days of World War II. After accidentally falling out of a plane and landing in German territory, he is hidden by a local baroness named Marlene (Gabor). Luckily, Marlene is against the Nazis, and sympathizes with Carrington, taking him under her wing to recover, and eventually falling in love with him.
Marnie (1964)
, 2h10Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, William Witney, Hilton A. Green
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Themes Psychologie, Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction
Actors Tippi Hedren, Sean Connery, Diane Baker, Martin Gabel, Louise Latham, Mariette Hartley
Roles Makeup Artist
Rating71%
Margaret "Marnie" Edgar (Tippi Hedren) steals $10,000 from her employer's company safe and flees. She had used her charms on Sidney Strutt (Martin Gabel), a tax consultant, to get a clerical job without references. After changing her appearance and identity, she makes a quick trip to a horse stable in Virginia, where she keeps a horse named Forio, and then to Baltimore for a surprise visit to her mother, Bernice (Louise Latham). Though Bernice seems to care more for a young neighbor named Jessie than she ever did her own daughter, Marnie shows her love for her and gives her money.
The Birds (1963)
, 2hDirected by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Natural horror films, Films about birds
Actors Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette, Tippi Hedren, Veronica Cartwright, Charles McGraw
Roles Makeup Artist
Rating75%
Melanie Daniels (Tippi Hedren), a young socialite, meets lawyer Mitch Brenner (Rod Taylor) in a San Francisco bird shop. He wants to purchase a pair of lovebirds for his sister's eleventh birthday, but the shop has none. He recognizes her from a previous encounter, but she does not remember him, so he plays a prank by pretending to mistake her for a salesperson. She is infuriated when she realizes this, even though she also likes to play practical jokes. Intrigued, she finds his address in Bodega Bay, purchases a pair of lovebirds, and takes the long drive to deliver them. She secretly deposits the birdcage inside his mother's house, with a note. He spots her on the water through a pair of binoculars during her retreat, and manages to talk to her after she is attacked and injured by a seagull. He invites her to dinner, and she hesitantly agrees.
The Capture (1950)
, 1h31Directed by John Sturges
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime, Western
Actors Lew Ayres, Teresa Wright, Victor Jory, Jacqueline White, Jimmy Hunt, Barry Kelley
Roles Makeup Artist
Rating59%
Lin Vanner (Lew Ayres), is manager of an oil company. The payroll has been stolen in a hold-up. His fiance urges him to pursue the suspect in hope that he will gain recognition. Deducing the road the robber may have taken over the border with Mexico, he goes along to intercept him. He shoots a man who shouts back at him and does not raise his hands when challenged by Lin.
California Passage (1950)
, 1h30Directed by Joseph Kane
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Forrest Tucker, Adele Mara, Estelita Rodríguez, Jim Davis, Peter Miles, Charles Kemper
Roles Makeup Artist
Rating62%
Trial Without Jury (1950)
, 1hDirected by Philip Ford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Robert Rockwell, Barbra Fuller, Kent Taylor, Audrey Long, Barbara Billingsley, Ruthelma Stevens
Roles Makeup Artist
Rating60%
Surrender (1950)
, 1h30Directed by Allan Dwan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance, Western
Actors Vera Ralston, John Carroll, Walter Brennan, Francis Lederer, William Ching, Maria Palmer
Roles Makeup Artist
Rating60%
Après avoir laissé son mari Henry Vaan emprisonné à Houston, la belle Violet Barton, elle-même recherchée par la police de San Antonio, s'installe dans la ville frontière de La Mirada avec sa sœur Janet. Alors que Janet ouvre une boutique, Violet fait du charme à un joueur de blackjack pour qu'il vole de l'argent à son patron, Greg De Laney, afin de pouvoir lui acheter un bracelet. Lorsque Greg arrive chez elle pour récupérer ce bracelet, Violet flirte avec lui.
The Red Menace (1949)
, 1h21Directed by R. G. Springsteen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Political films
Actors Robert Rockwell, Betty Lou Gerson, Barbra Fuller, Shepard Menken, Norman Budd, Jimmy Hawkins
Roles Makeup Artist
Rating50%
Too Late for Tears (1949)
, 1h39Directed by Byron Haskin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Lizabeth Scott, Don DeFore, Dan Duryea, John Arthur Kennedy, Kristine Miller, Barry Kelley
Roles Makeup Artist
Rating72%
Jane and Alan Palmer (Scott and Kennedy) are driving to a party in the Hollywood Hills one evening when someone in another car throws a suitcase into the back seat of their convertible. They open it and discover packs of cash. They are chased by yet another car for a short time but get away. Back at their upper-middle-class Hollywood apartment, they examine the cash. Jane wants to keep the money, but Alan wants to take it to the police. Alan places the suitcase and cash in a locker at Union Station, hoping he can sway Jane into surrendering it to the police.