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Jack "Tiger" Payne

African-American medium-heavyweight boxer named Tiger Payne was in Australia 1928–29 and 1932–33. According to his management he was born either c. 1905 in Omaha or 22 November 1906 in Oklahoma. Is anything more known about him ? His name in one article was linked to John Payne (actor), who is not a close match. Doug butler (talk) 07:33, 30 August 2022 (UTC)

If it's the same Tiger Payne he was in Australia earlier than 1928. (Warning: Racist slurs) https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-621284321/view?sectionId=nla.obj-633635381&partId=nla.obj-621296648 41.23.55.195 (talk) 09:44, 30 August 2022 (UTC)

Another reference: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/128100125?searchTerm=%22australian%20heavyweight%22&searchLimits= 41.23.55.195 (talk) 09:57, 30 August 2022 (UTC)

Within Wikipedia, where are you seeing his name? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 13:32, 30 August 2022 (UTC)

List of Australian heavyweight boxing champions Doug butler (talk) 15:35, 30 August 2022 (UTC)

Special effects makeup in black-and-white films

I remember reading once of a special effect in old black-and-white films that could be used to make a person's face shift seamlessly from one appearance to another (e.g., from young to old) without any later manipulation. It was done by painting the subject with specially colored makeup and lighting the shot with lamps of one color, then gradually changing the light color (maintaining the same brightness) until the makeup looked totally different. Are there examples of this available? Where might I find more information about this technique? Shells-shells (talk) 20:40, 30 August 2022 (UTC)

This was used in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) to show the transformation. Clarityfiend (talk) 10:31, 31 August 2022 (UTC)

I'm not 100% certain if this is exactly what you are looking for, but the film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari was often noted for its use of makeup effects. --Jayron32 11:52, 31 August 2022 (UTC)

I think that effects of this sort were achieved by shooting on Panchromatic film through a rotating, graduated colour filter. The filter in front of the camera lens fades from coloured to clear as it rotates revealing the character makeup. Perhaps the most famous example of this is in the otherwise fairly undistinguished 1937 movie Sh! The Octopus. An article on the transformation scene with video can be found here. Blakk and ekka 16:31, 31 August 2022 (UTC)