Hollywood Mortuary

There are many tales of Hollywood's dark underbelly. Yet none of those tales comes close to the depravity and mystery surrounding horror make-up artist Pierce Jackson Dawn. Dawn came from obscurity to head Cosmopolitan Sutdio's Make-Up Department in the 1920s. His only passion was to create monsters, and he was the undisputed master of his craft. His creations spawned many careers, most notably those iconic horror stars Pratt Borokof and Janos Black. By the 1940s, however, the movie-going p...