Revlon

created by Sputnik
(thing) by Sputnik (4 y) (print)   (I like it!) Wed Aug 09 2000 at 7:31:35
Large cosmetics company, founded by Charles Revson. This fellow was a fanatically secretive man who used code words in any long-distance conversations with his staff, and had an FBI-trained security chief, all to keep the secrets of Revlon Red and his other nail polishes, lipsticks, and other beauty products away from the likes of Avon and L'Oreal. Revlon sponsored one of the hit game shows of the '50s: The $64,000 Question, which turned out to be fixed.
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