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A quirky museum in Hollywood casts a nostalgic glow on movies' golden era

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The Oscars will be handed out on Sunday. Ahead of this year's Academy Awards, we visit the Hollywood Museum in Los Angeles, a chance to browse² through movie artifacts from years gone by.

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Sunday brings the Oscars, the prom night of Hollywood. As usual, we can expect perfectly³ groomed⁴ actors handing out gold-plated statuettes to those voted best in their category. It's the 95th year of this ritual. And to mark the occasion, NPR special correspondent Susan Stamberg visited the Hollywood Museum in Los Angeles to browse through movie artifacts from years gone by.

SUSAN STAMBERG, BYLINE⁵: The museum has things from a film that could scare you to death.

(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS")

ANTHONY HOPKINS: (As Hannibal Lecter) I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti (slurping).

STAMBERG: Anthony Hopkins is Hannibal Lecter, a cannibal killer⁶. Jodie Foster, in training for the FBI, comes to visit his jail cell. The Hollywood Museum has his cell, her chair and the horrifying⁷ mask cannibal Hannibal wears to protect his victims.

Terrifying.

DONELLE DADIGAN: It is, when you think about - they put this mask on him because it covered from his nose down. You could see his mouth moving and his teeth, but he could not get his tongue or his teeth out of that mask to be able to give you a love bite.

STAMBERG: Ew. And yet, says museum founder⁸ and president Donelle Dadigan, Hannibal Hopkins got an Oscar. If you think about it, Oscars, movies and masks are what Hollywood is all about. Actors assume the masks of the characters. Costumes, lighting⁹, makeup¹⁰ all help. The Hollywood Museum has a pair of Dorothy's ruby¹¹ slippers¹² and the red silk robe Rocky wore - not all the time, mind you.

(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "ROCKY")

SYLVESTER STALLONE: (As Rocky Balboa) I'm wearing white pants with a red stripe.

STAMBERG: The road is on the museum's third floor, where Max Factor invented tube lipstick¹³. That's the makeup part. The museum is in the old Max Factor building. He was Hollywood's first great makeup man. In Russia, he'd been a hairstylist. When he enlisted¹⁴ in the Royal Russian Army, Max was too short to serve on the front lines, so the brass¹⁵ gave him a quieter task.

DADIGAN: He was given the job to clean up the dead and make, sadly, the soldiers look presentable for when their family members came to claim the bodies.

STAMBERG: In this country, Factor had more glamorous¹⁶ work.

DADIGAN: This is the room where Lucille Ball, America's favorite comedian¹⁷ - this is where she became a redhead, in this very room.

STAMBERG: There was a redhead room, a brunettes-only room, a blondes-only room - Marilyn Monroe used that one - director's chair in front of a big mirror, a counter with makeup pots. Max asked Marilyn her favorite movie star.

DADIGAN: She said, I love Jean Harlow. Max Factor said, do you like her hair color? And she said, yes. He says, well, great. She's wearing my hair color.

(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES")

MARILYN MONROE: (Singing) Diamonds are a girl's best friend.

STAMBERG: The old Max Factor building on Hollywood Boulevard was where Elizabeth Taylor, Angela Lansbury, Bette Davis, so many others got their looks. Today at the Hollywood Museum, visitors can see how the magic was made. But with a shiny new Motion Picture Academy Museum in another part of town, why need this one? Of course, Donelle Dadigan has the answer.

DADIGAN: It's the center of all the tourists that come to try to find a little bit of Hollywood. And we're thrilled because we're giving them what they want - the history as well as today.

STAMBERG: Where else could they walk down a scary corridor to a jail cell and, lips firmly shut, tiptoe around the case with terrible Hannibal's mask.

In Hollywood, I'm Susan Stamberg.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "HOORAY FOR HOLLYWOOD")

ROSEMARY CLOONEY: (Singing) Hooray for Hollywood, that screwy ballyhooey Hollywood.

1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 browse   

vi.随意翻阅，浏览；(牛、羊等)吃草

参考例句：

• I had a browse through the books on her shelf.我浏览了一下她书架上的书。
• It is a good idea to browse through it first.最好先通篇浏览一遍。

3 perfectly   

adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
• Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。

4 groomed   

v.照料或梳洗（马等）( groom的过去式和过去分词 )；使做好准备；训练；（给动物）擦洗

参考例句：

• She is always perfectly groomed. 她总是打扮得干净利落。
• Duff is being groomed for the job of manager. 达夫正接受训练，准备当经理。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

6 killer   

n.杀人者，杀人犯，杀手，屠杀者

参考例句：

• Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。
• The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。

7 horrifying   

a.令人震惊的，使人毛骨悚然的

参考例句：

• He went to great pains to show how horrifying the war was. 他极力指出战争是多么的恐怖。
• The possibility of war is too horrifying to contemplate. 战争的可能性太可怕了，真不堪细想。

8 Founder   

n.创始者，缔造者

参考例句：

• He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
• According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。

9 lighting   

n.照明，光线的明暗，舞台灯光

参考例句：

• The gas lamp gradually lost ground to electric lighting.煤气灯逐渐为电灯所代替。
• The lighting in that restaurant is soft and romantic.那个餐馆照明柔和而且浪漫。

10 makeup   

n.组织；性格；化装品

参考例句：

• Those who failed the exam take a makeup exam.这次考试不及格的人必须参加补考。
• Do you think her beauty could makeup for her stupidity?你认为她的美丽能弥补她的愚蠢吗？

11 ruby   

n.红宝石，红宝石色

参考例句：

• She is wearing a small ruby earring.她戴着一枚红宝石小耳环。
• On the handle of his sword sat the biggest ruby in the world.他的剑柄上镶有一颗世上最大的红宝石。

12 slippers   

n. 拖鞋

参考例句：

• a pair of slippers 一双拖鞋
• He kicked his slippers off and dropped on to the bed. 他踢掉了拖鞋，倒在床上。

13 lipstick   

n.口红，唇膏

参考例句：

• Taking out her lipstick,she began to paint her lips.她拿出口红，开始往嘴唇上抹。
• Lipstick and hair conditioner are cosmetics.口红和护发素都是化妆品。

14 enlisted   

adj.应募入伍的v.（使）入伍， （使）参军( enlist的过去式和过去分词 )；获得（帮助或支持）

参考例句：

• enlisted men and women 男兵和女兵
• He enlisted with the air force to fight against the enemy. 他应募加入空军对敌作战。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

15 brass   

n.黄铜；黄铜器，铜管乐器

参考例句：

• Many of the workers play in the factory's brass band.许多工人都在工厂铜管乐队中演奏。
• Brass is formed by the fusion of copper and zinc.黄铜是通过铜和锌的熔合而成的。

16 glamorous   

adj.富有魅力的；美丽动人的；令人向往的

参考例句：

• The south coast is less glamorous but full of clean and attractive hotels.南海岸魅力稍逊，但却有很多干净漂亮的宾馆。
• It is hard work and not a glamorous job as portrayed by the media.这是份苦差，并非像媒体描绘的那般令人向往。

17 comedian   

n.喜剧演员；滑稽演员

参考例句：

• The comedian tickled the crowd with his jokes.喜剧演员的笑话把人们逗乐了。
• The comedian enjoyed great popularity during the 30's.那位喜剧演员在三十年代非常走红。