1945 (ca.) EXTRA: Classic Zombie Movie Makeup!

So here's one of those fun things you run across unexpectedly when doing research on a topic: I had no idea that the lumbering, glassy eyed movie zombies of the 1930's~1950's actually had a specialized makeup done for them, just as did vampires, Frankenstein's monster, and wolfmen! The following pictures are from "Making Up the Monsters," an article from a 1945 issue of Popular Mechanics:

The makeup starts with the actor's upper face being covered by a rubber mask...

Then the eyes are detailed in, to get the signature no-blink gaze. The finished makeup can be seen in the lower right corner of the image below!

Freaky! Compare this to the actor from I Walked with a Zombie shown on the main Zombie page (and below)...

To read the whole article from the 1945 Popular Mechanics issue, and see how some of the others monsters were made, Click Here!