Journalist and monster fan Frank Taylor wrote this touching tribute in the Los Angeles Times on August 11, 1968 after Jack had passed away on July 19.
-={ An appreciation of the life and career of Jack P. Pierce, creator of the world's most famous screen monsters }=-
Wednesday, November 8, 2023
Wednesday, August 9, 2023
JACK PIERCE -- GIVE HIM A HAND!
In 2003, the U.S. Postal Service issued a series of stamps commemorating Hollywood's makeup artists. One of them featured Jack Pierce . . . sort of. On the stamp with Boris Karloff being made up for his iconic role in FRANKENSTEIN, we can see the master's hands applying the makeup
Monday, July 3, 2023
YGOR!
Shown above and below are two shots of the Jack Pierce makeup for Bela Lugosi as Ygor in SON OF FRANKENSTEIN (Universal, 1939). Besides Pierce's masterful makeup, Ygor is arguably one of the best roles that Lugosi ever played after Dracula.
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