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.