Emile LaVigne Skin Pulls from "Bonnie and Clyde". "They're young... they're in love... and they kill people." Thus went the ...

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Emile LaVigne Skin Pulls from "Bonnie and Clyde". "They're young... they're in love... and they kill people." Thus went the promotional teasers for Bonnie and Clyde (1967), one of the pivotal films of its anarchic era. Faye Dunaway was a sensation as Bonnie Parker, both in the intensity of her acting and the novelty of her "look". This lot presents a pair of skin pulls, one used and one unused, created for Ms. Dunaway in Emile LaVigne's workshop for this Oscar-nominated performance. LaVigne designed the "pulls" for the bullet-holes effect in Bonnie's death scene. Both are in Excellent condition.From the estate of Emile LaVigne.

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