DOLORES DEL RÍO IN MAKE-UP AT WARNER BROTHERS (ca. 1935) Studio portrait

[Los Angeles: Warner Brothers, c. 1935]. Vintage original 8 x 10″ (20 x 25 cm.) black-and-white glossy silver gelatin photo. There is emulsion wear along the edges of the four blank white margins. Uneven edge at lower left side. Image is perfect, very good+.

Dolores del Río takes time out from her latest film assignment to pose for photos demonstrating make-up application techniques. Here she brushes her eyebrow. Her gown is likely designed by Orry-Kelly, who she worked with while at Warner Brothers. Photo is coded NY-A-135.