Marlene Dietrich wearing a chiffon dress with fur-trimmed capelet, costume design by Travis Banton for the film Desire, 1936.
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Vincent Price dress rehearsal for Victoria Regina (1935)
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Katharine Hepburn dressed up as a shiny silver bug from outer space, from the 1933 film, Christopher Strong. Designed by Howard Greer
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Dalí · Dream of Venus costumes · 1939
Horst P. Horst (1906–1999) ~ Costume design by Salvador Dali for ‘Dream of Venus’, 1939 | src Christie’s
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Horst P. Horst (1906–1999) ~ Costume design by Salvador Dalí for ‘Dream of Venus’ (Lobster # 1), 1939 | src Christie’s
In June 1939 Salvador Dalí designed a pavilion for the New York World’s Fair built by the architect Ian Woodner. The building was named Dream of Venus. The pavilion…
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• Costume from The Ballets Russes Company.
Date: 1937
Medium: Rayon, silk net, velvet, metallic fabric, braid and cord, leather, metal zips.
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Kay Johnson as Madam Satan, costume design by Adrian (1930)
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Necklace, 1930s.
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Vivien Leigh as Cynthia in Fire Over England (1937). It is the first film where Vivian Leigh and Laurence Olivier appear together, and Leigh's performance convinced David Selznick to cast her as Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind (1939).
via the national portrait gallery (1) (2)
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Vivien Leigh as Titania in A Midsummer
Night's Dream, The Old Vic, 1937 (colorized)
The 1937 Christmas production was directed by
Tyrone Guthrie, with sets and costumes by Oliver Messel. Shakespeare's play was presented as an affectionate Victorian pastiche, and included large choruses of muslin-clad fairies flying in on wires.
Mendelssohn's famous incidental music was much in evidence, with choreography by Ninette de Valois. Vivien Leigh's Oberon was played by
Robert Helpmann, Ralph Richardson played
Bottom, and Gordon Miller, Puck.
*** Titania's fairy crown, designed by Oliver Messel and worn by Vivien Leigh
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Vincent Price - Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)
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"Benevolence" by Norman Lindsay. 1934
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Dancing cacti by Grete Kolliner
Grete Kolliner (1892-1933) ~ Manon Chaufour und Otto Werberg als Tanzkakteen, um 1931 (detail)
Atelier Kolliner ~ Manon Chaufour & Otto Werberg als Tanzkakteen (dancing cacti), um 1931 | src Dorotheum
Proveniennz: Aus dem Nachlass Hedi Pfundmayr
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One Dress a Day Challenge
February: Coeli's Monochrome Picks
I'm No Angel / Mae West as Tira
Coeli's comment: "Wowza!"
The pre-code era strikes again, with Travis Banton as the designer. The slinky, low-cut gown with spiderweb wrap in the bottom photo looks positively demure next to the costume she's almost wearing in the other photos. In Tira's defense, she is a circus sideshow performer. However, it's not too hard to see why this movie was cited as one of the factors leading to the implementation of the Hays Code.
Classic lines:
"Oh, Beulah, peel me a grape!"
"Well, it's not the men in your life that counts, it's the life in your men."
"When I'm good I'm very good. But when I'm bad I'm better."
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• Woman's Dress, Costume for Ganna Walska in 'La Castiglione'.
Place of origin: France
Date: ca. 1934
Medium: Silk satin with silk plain weave, silk velvet, and silk and metallic thread twill (lamé) appliqués.
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