“A movie star is someone about whom the camera’s X-ray-like stare reveals an entire inner universe,” Richard Brody wrote, in 2017. A collection of photographs taken of actors at the Twentieth Century Fox studio documents the wardrobe, makeup, and other styling that transform actors into “mannequins of themselves.”

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 “A movie star is someone about whom the camera’s X-ray-like stare reveals an entire inner universe,” Richard Brody wrote, in 2017. A collection of photographs taken of actors at the Twentieth Century Fox studio documents the wardrobe, makeup, and other styling that transform actors into “mannequins of themselves.” 

Such images, like this one of Doris Day on the set of “Caprice,” in 1967, stand in contrast to publicity stills; they were intended for internal use only, to insure actors’ appearances were kept consistent across shoots. See more of the behind-the-scenes shots.

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