88 • THE ARTISAN WINTER 2024
Pioneering Updo
Larry Germain, father of make-up artist Mike
Germain, touches up Melissa Gilbert's hair on
the set of
Little House on the Prairie. Larry was
Deptartment Head Hair at RKO Studios and later
at Universal. Producer David O. Selznick once
said Larry "was the finest hair stylist" in the film
industry. Photo courtesy of Michael F. Blake
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