I hate being a spoilsport
I love this film and Mason's a great actor but...his teeth were horrible!
shareAgreed. British dentistry at its finest.
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They were supposed to be. He was portraying a man of the 16th or 17th Century, when dental work was less than spectacular. The makeup man converted his ivories into the disgusting looking specimens you see in this movie.
Dejael
For real, or are you pulling our incisors, Dejael? If that's true, it's wonderful attention to detail!
shareYes, if you want to see his real ivories, watch one of his classic color movies like NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959) or JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH (1959).
Dejael
You just saved my life and my crush on James Mason! Thank you! I was thinking that, but then there like that in the modern scenes so I thought maybe they were like that. But, of course, the Dutchman never changed from the 17th century.
"Of course it's me, who were you expecting?"
I think Mason's teeth were always uneven, especially the bottom set (he went to Hollywood, too late). In B&W or with clever camerawork it wasn't so noticeable but in this film we see, as it were, through a glass darkly. I very much doubt they were made up to look worse than they were.
shareHow about Ava's moustache? Or was that merely an opticalillusion?
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