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<B>"Citizen Kane" Make-up Man Maurice Seiderman Archive.</B></I> Maurice Seiderman (1907-1989) was a virtuoso make-up artist, one of the most brilliantly creative in Hollywood history. A Russian immigrant, he achieved legendary distinction creating and applying the various age make-ups for Orson Welles in the 1941 cinema milestone <I>Citizen Kane.</B></I> When Welles demanded Seiderman receive onscreen credit, the head of makeup at RKO demanded only his own name go on the screen -- and as such, Welles insisted no make-up credit be shown at all. Welles instead took out a trade advertisement, thanking both those who did and did not receive <I>Citizen Kane</B></I> screen credit, paying tribute "...particularly to Maurice Seiderman, the best make-up man in the world." This remarkable scrapbook from Seiderman's estate features nine original shots of Welles on the <I>Citizen Kane</B></I> set, wearing the various age make-ups, with Seiderman's pencil notes on the verso. The album also includes a shot of Joseph Cotten in his old age make-up from <I>Citizen Kane,</B></I> two pages from <I>Movie Life</B></I> magazine showing Seiderman's make-up for Raymond Massey <I> Abe Lincoln in Illinois</B></I> (1940), a copy of Norman Gambill's interview with Seiderman titled "Making Up Kane," a page from a fan magazine with a "Master of Make-up" heading showing Welles in the various Kane make-ups, several shots of Seiderman transforming an actress into a crone, a series of shots of Seiderman making up an RKO starlet, several pictures of Seiderman applying Alan Carney's zombie make-up for <I>Zombies on Broadway</B></I> (1945), several shots of Welles in later film and tv productions (including three wonderful portraits of Welles in bald head and bristly mustache make-up for an unknown film), and a photocopy of the <I>Citizen Kane</B></I> trade ad which thanked Seiderman. Finally, there's a receipt from Western Costume Company, dated August 20, 1957, regarding Welles' never-completed film of <I>Don Quixote.</B></I> Maurice Seiderman's wide-ranging work included such later Welles films as <I>The Magnificent Ambersons</B></I> and <I>Touch of Evil,</B></I> the Val Lewton horror films at RKO, and even the infamous 1955 Bela Lugosi/Ed Wood collaboration <I>Bride of the Monster,</B></I> as well as work for the Broadway stage. Yet <I>Citizen Kane</B></I> is Maurice Seiderman's true legacy. This wonderful album from a major talent of this film is a dynamic memento from what many still regard as the greatest movie of all time. In overall Very Fine condition.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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