DOCTOR FAUSTUS

Did anyone else catch this bomb of a flick last night on TCM? It's a 1967 re-working of the classic Faust tale, who sells his soul to Mephistopheles, obviously whipped up to capitalize on the Burton/Taylor red-hot chemistry of the time. There's some great art direction, and I don't know if Liz is truly at her most beautiful or if it's just such a hot period for exaggerated eye make-up that her celebrated purple peepers seem especially bewitching. Here are two examples.

LA LIZ'S EYE MAKE-UP FOR HELEN OF TROY--CATCH THE DOUBLE LIQUID LINER!



AND AS THE CONSORT OF ALEXNDER THE GREAT (WHO I THOUGHT MIGHT BE A BOY) THEY CHOSE SILVER MAKE-UP AND HAIR!