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Was the makeup on the actors green?

posted 13 years ago by robertmarcl
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I seen a lot of pictures where promos in color where you most of the actors in green hue. Was that the original color?

[–] moundshroud 13 years ago

Quote from Al Lewis:

We weren't exactly green. Kind of a faded, shipwrecked gray. Not a distinctive color. It looked like a ship with too many barnacles on it.

and from Butch Patrick:

They had made up some gray greasepaint, but after we actually started doing the show, the greasepaint would crack and then break off about two hours into the day.

[–] Tresix 13 years ago

Grandpa's, Lily's, and Eddie's make-up were the gray. Herman's was a pale green.

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[–] MrBook_ 13 years ago

And that is just one demonstration of why Al Lewis was awesome.

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[–] HarlowMGM 13 years ago

The Munsters' makeup was a blueish white although I've seen photos where Herman is green, I suspect he was color-tinted in the photo later by the publicity department or perhaps wore green makeup just for some color photo sessions. Not sure but I think a few episodes refer to the Munsters as being green but they couldn't use green though for the makeup as that would have been too dark in black-and-white.

There are a number of real color photos of the Munsters from the era on the series on the net here's one http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2859636736/tt0057773 .

[–] gameshowalex 9 years ago

i saw the opening titles/credits were green once. Don't remember when it was probably early to mid 2000's.