“TERRORS" OF TELEVISION

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 164, 16 July 1935, Page 9

“TERRORS" OF TELEVISION

BLACK AND WHITE MAKE-UP. •SYDNEY. July 1. One of the few people in Australia who can claim to have been “tele vised,” Miss Gladys Lorimer, wellknown coloratura soprano, has returned to Hydney after five years in England. Broadcasting could hold no terrors after one has undergone the supreme ordeal of lacing the television camera in a darkened room, Miss Lorimer says. Standing only a few feet from an eerie flickering light is so disconcerting that the artist needs great, sell-possession even to remember her lines. Everything in the broadcasting studio is black ami white, and the sub ject’s makeup agrees to this colour scheme as far as possible. r l he foundation is white, and the eyebrows are underlined with a white line to make them stand out. The eyelids are painted a silver blue, surrounded by a white, stripe. The ridge of the nose bears a. long while si ripe, shaded on either side, by purjde blue, whu h al-o shades asound the eyes. Clear Reception. Greil clarity is achieved in reception, Miss Lorimer says. It is now possible io televise action, but in this case the features are not clearly distinguishable. Miss Lorimer, who was heard over the national stations last week-end, will begin a tour of national stations under contract Io the A.B.C. later this