Tinseltown Innovations

Having been Lon Chaney’s ("The Man of a Thousand Faces") apprentice, Charlie Gemora’s credits wrap around the whole foundation of the movie industry. Being a make-up artist during Hollywood’s heyday called for a pioneering spirit and a can do attitude. Charlie was chock full of both.
Charlie invented and innovated so many make-up techniques and "firsts", it is hard to define.
Here's some he patented:

"Aquashield"

Lipstick in a tube (claimed by others)

Shower Water Deflector

First Kleenex Box

Shell Of Venus

Surfazon

Cement Color For Making It Look Like Stone

A Drill For Oil Exploration

Falsies

How to make people cry with camphor tubes

Helped in the homogenizing of make-up

New ways of using latex, innovating prosthetics for surgeons after the Second World War for lost limbs. I have a picture of a reconstructed ear on a veteran.

He had a patent drawing for a 3D film technique and starred in the first 3D movie "Bwana Devil". A further note - I have the papers he drew up to submit to the patent office the year before they came out with "Bwana Devil". He got to star in the first 3D movie, but no invention credit. He never mentioned it was his idea and I didn't even know it till I found the papers many years after his passing. He never filed them.

A funny one was a bubble that would fit over the TV tube and make the first black and white TV's into color.

The above list is only a meager few of Gemora’s contributions. He created many inventions for the studio that he did not receive any credit for - chief among them - Studio Blood and ink that didn't stain. He was credited with saving the Studios millions in wardrobe expenses. Never a credit, except one old article.

Charlie was known for his generosity of spirit that reached beyond his ego and allowed him to give just about all his ideas away. He "owned" the ideas and got the pleasure of watching them be successful without the aggravation of the steps. He only wanted to do his "thing".