Film Language Tag: brownface
Makeup worn by a white person in order to look like someone with brown skin, for example someone from South Asia or South America, or the practice of wearing this type of makeup.
4 Film Clips
Officer Krupke, West Side Story
Officer Krupke (William Bramley) tries to warn the Jets away from Doc's drug store, but to no avail.
Prologue and Murder in Mexico, Touch of Evil
At the US-Mexico border, Miguel Vargas (Charlton Heston) and his wife Suzie (Janet Leigh) witness a bomb explode in the trunk of a car, killing two.
The Rumble, West Side Story
Tony (Richard Beymer) tries to stop the Sharks and the Jets from brawling, but Bernardo (George Chakiris) stabs and kills Riff (Russ Tamblyn) anyways, leading to more violence.
You're a Mess, Touch of Evil
Captain Quinlan (Orson Welles) visits Tanya (Marlene Dietrich) for information on the car bomb.