Ghost Story (1981) with makeup artist Dick Smith

By Steve Biodrowski • October 22, 2011

Location: The New Beverly Cinema, 7165 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036
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Description: MastersFX.com and the New Beverly Cinema present a special evening honoring renowned, Academy Award-winning makeup artist Dick Smith, who is scheduled to appear in person after a screening of GHOST STORY, based on the Peter Straub novel, for which Smith provide a series of eerie makeup effects.

The Academy Award winning makeup artist Dick Smith also worked on Amadeus, The Godfather, The Exorcist, Ghost Story, Little Big Man, Taxi Driver, Altered States, Starman, Scanners, Requiem for a Heavyweight, House of Dark Shadows, and so many more. Mr. Smith is scheduled to be in attendance.

GHOST STORY. Directed by John Irvin; screenplay by Lawrence D. Cohen, based on the novel by Peter Straub; starring Fred Astaire, Melvyn Douglas, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., John Houseman, Craig Wasson, Patricia Neal

Date: October 27 at 8pm

Categories: Must See, Personal Appearances, Screenings, Updates
Tags: Dick Smith, Ghost Story

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Steve Biodrowski

Steve Biodrowski owns and operates Hollywood Gothique. Since graduating from the University of Southern California's School of Cinema, Steve has worked as a film critic, script analyst, journalist, and interviewer. As a film journalist, his work has appeared in Movieline, Premiere, Le Cinephage (in France) and The Dark Side (in England). He served as the West Coast Editor of Cinefantastique magazine in the 1990s, then worked as the Vice President of Editorial Content at Fandom.com and, more recently, as the Executive Editor at Cinescape Online. He is currently the Managing Editor of Cinefantastique Online, the website incarnation of Cinefantastique magazine.

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