The costume designer

Duration: 0:34:05

Genre: Educational | Show business | Sponsored

Year Published: 1949

Creator: Ideal Pictures Corporation (Chicago

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: One in a series of twelve, one-reel films designed to present behind-the scenes activities of the motion picture industry. This film explains the work of the costume designer in the production of a feature motion picture, illustrating the skill, the research, and the sense of the appropriate which must go into the designing of costumes. Factual knowledge must be combined with artistic creative ability in making costumes. Shows how each character in a movie is attired to sustain the mood of the scene or to portray a segment of society, a country, or an era in history in accurate detail. Featuring Edith Head.

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