Hair Painters (1960)

A group of painters got a new purpose. Painting women and mens hair with brushes. See the colorful experience here in our footage from 1960. M, S of a group of ladies in evening wear seated in what looks like a ballroom at the Red Lion, Hounslow, Middlesex (musicians in the background); behind the girls are two artists wearing floppy berets and smocks; they are holding palates and paint brushes and are painting highlights onto the girls hair. A row of women sit watching. C, Us of one of the artists and the darkhaired girl; he is giving her silver highlights. All the women have very structured and set hairstyles brilliant M, S of another artist and model; C, U as he mixes colours on his palate, pulling back to show him applying it to the girl s hair. Low angle M, S of two models with an artist standing behind them; he paints the hair of girl on the left (who already has wonderful candy pink hair matching the flower on her dress) and then a young silverhaired girl on the right; C, Us as he puts some