# Thought-provoking YT video about vintage stage makeup **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 28, 2025, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-provoking-yt-video-about-vintage-stage-makeup/1024373 "2025-10-28T22:47:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2025, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-provoking-yt-video-about-vintage-stage-makeup/1024373/1 "2025-10-28T22:47:19Z")
This popped up in my “suggested videos” feed last night, and apparently those of a lot of other people too. I knew about some of the tricks used in B&W film photography, mainly using pink instead of white because pink actually photographs better as white, but I did not know about makeup for B&W films being this complicated. 13 minutes in length, and worth a watch. > **[The Real Reason Silent Film Actors Looked So Strange](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2G_GaXpLiI%2F)** > > Ever wondered why Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, and Theda Bara had those iconic flat white faces and bold black brows? In this deep dive into silent film m... ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-provoking-yt-video-about-vintage-stage-makeup/1024373/2 "2025-10-30T13:42:55Z")
It isn’t just makeup, it is sets, too. The Addams Family living room was pink. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-provoking-yt-video-about-vintage-stage-makeup/1024373/3 "2025-10-30T17:10:20Z")
The Lone Ranger’s mask was actually purple. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-provoking-yt-video-about-vintage-stage-makeup/1024373/4 "2025-10-30T17:16:04Z")
Stanley Kubrick wanted the table in the war room of _Dr. Strangelove_ to be green to simulate a poker table although no one would know it as it was a black and white film. ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-provoking-yt-video-about-vintage-stage-makeup/1024373/5 "2025-10-30T18:29:27Z")
I read once that Queen Elizabeth wore blue lipstick at her 1953 coronation for this sort of reason, and have always found that very difficult to believe. Any truth to it? ---
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-provoking-yt-video-about-vintage-stage-makeup/1024373/6 "2025-10-30T22:41:52Z")
[You be the judge](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVEIPrvLO9s) - ‘rare’ colour footage. Fun internet fact - as a lizard person in human guise, she and the other royals actually have natural blue lips. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-provoking-yt-video-about-vintage-stage-makeup/1024373/7 "2025-10-30T22:55:47Z")
More specifically, at around the 22:40 mark in that video. I’m not sure if there’s a better shot in the hour after that. I dunno; it looks like a dark reddish color to me. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2025, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-provoking-yt-video-about-vintage-stage-makeup/1024373/8 "2025-11-01T02:17:14Z")
> [@mixdenny](#): > > The Lone Ranger’s mask was actually purple. And _Howdy Doody_’s Buffalo Bob’s buckskin shirt was blue.