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main character's appearence.


i was wondering if the main actor (laughton) was in makeup for the character, sort of like lon chaney used to be in the silent movies. i saw this movie a while ago, and thought that might be the case here, couse i thought he had quite a distingueished appearence.


too late to close my eye,
to prevent this terrible feeling i got now, wishing i could share it somehow,
somebody to see and care about me,
feel what i feel,
i wish i could,
lay off some weight too,
i wish somebody would see and care about me,
such a mean hard world, such a mean hard reality.

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On thing that struck me was that he appeared to have shaved off his natural eyebrows for this role, and was wearing fake ones. I think this was to contribute to his overall haughty appearance. He also seemed to be rather "uniform" in his facial skintone...pale, as if he was wearing a lot of powder or foundation, or something. His face was definitely made up and altered somewhat.

Tell him Angela and I don't want our two dollars back, just him.

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