Happy birthday Edith Head
The legendary costume designer for film was born October 28, 1897 in Searchlight, Nevada. Miss Head dressed practically everyone in Hollywood, including Helen Traubel, seen after the jump in an outtake from the 1961 comedy The Ladies’ Man.
Or is it Barlow, who wasn’t regularly employed as an opera conductor? The Met house conductors from the 50′s all look the same to me…..
Due to seniority, contractual agreements, and union rules, Head was given screen credite for a lot of work that wasn’t hers, at Paramount and other studios. She alone was awarded the Oscar for “Sabrina,” even though everyone was voting for Givenchy’s gowns.
cieca,
i thought it was a rule… my bad?
Squirrel, the only rule here is that a lady may conceal or reveal whatever she likes.
Head’s deal sounds much like Cecil Beaton’s over at MGM, where he was listed as Art Director on hundreds of movies that he probably played little to no role in. Unlike Adrian, who personally supervised all of the costumes on his pictures. Adrian was my favorite designer, but I also like Orry-Kelly, Walter PLunkett and Travis Banton as well.
I don’t think Beaton was listed on any MGM movie, other than Gigi. Are you confusing him with someone else?
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oops–please ignore the over-italization.
I think he meant Cedric Gilbbon.
And don’t forget the great Irene Sharaff, who won the Oscar for her splendiferous costumes for “Virginia Woolf!”
the clothes for Virginia Woolf were, to say the least, prosaic. Better to point out Sharaff’s contribution to The King and I. Sumptuous takes on whole new meanings…
“the clothes for Virginia Woolf were, to say the least, prosaic”
But with one touch of genius. Sharaff confessed that she intentionally cut Taylor’s blouse so it ended in a straight horizontal line just above the widest point of her hips, making her ass look as big as possible.