George Cukor, the second of four directors on the picture, got rid of the blonde wig and doll's makeup that Garland had been given, presumably to imitate Temple, and stressed the character's naturalness, a quality the younger star often lacked.
The last line of Some Like It Hot, when Daphne removes her wig and finally explains to Osgood why she can't marry him – because she's a man – has gone down in Hollywood history as the best last line of any film.
Beyoncé's major triumph was not to release an album with no marketing, nor even to tap the "no marketing angle as a marketing angle" angle, but – to employ the favoured imagery of many Beyoncé fans – to snatch the wig of victory from the scalp of defeat.
Whether in office or stomping around in a powdered wig and tricorn hat, Tea Party zealots claim they're fighting to save the soul of America, a mission so crucial they wouldn't have minded crashing the global economy to do it.
When we filmed The Wife of Bath my character had a face-lift, so my make-up artist made these rubber things that pull your face back under a wig - and my face had no character, no nothing.
No idea… maybe his mother wore a wig?
The film's biggest strength – aside from its glorious wig and costume department – is the terrific performances of its five leads.
With the run of actual hit singles drying up in the past five years, however, contestants on the live shows now recreate full performances from previous contestants, with highlights being a mildly unhinged version of Katie Waissel's version of Don't Give Up on Me, complete with bird's-nest wig and "sod it" outburst; a sensitive rereading of Jedward's incredible version of Britney's Oops.
And while Moyles has seemed to thrive on scraps with rival hosts during his time in the chair – most notably with his equivalents at Radio 2, Chris Evans and Terry Wogan, of whom Moyles once said "I'll tear that wig off his head and shove it up his arse" – he was never going to be able to argue himself younger.
From its first (counterfactual) scene of a shivering, balding Elizabeth thrust into a cell by Spanish victors, with but a blanket to warm her, Elizabeth was either putting on her wig or taking it off.
A blonde wig, (for those not already blessed with hair as golden as the sun) a spot of lippy and a total lack of self-awareness provide the styling groundwork here.
