The Costume Designer

This short focuses on the job of the costume designer in the production of motion pictures. The costume designer must design clothing that is correct for the film historically and geographically, and must be appropriate for the mood of the individual scene. We see famed costume designer Edith Head at work on a production. The Costume Designer was part of The Industry Film Project, a twelve-part series produced by the film studios and the Academy. Each series episode was produced to inform the public on a specific facet of the motion picture industry. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.

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9 min

Cast

Eve Arden

as Self (archive footage)

Joan Caulfield

as Self (archive footage)

Linda Darnell

as Self (archive footage)

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

as Self (archive footage)

Ava Gardner

as Self (archive footage)

Betty Garrett

as Self (archive footage)

Betty Grable

as Self (archive footage)

Katharine Hepburn

as Self (archive footage)

Gene Kelly

as Self (archive footage)

Frank Sinatra

as Self (archive footage)

Jan Sterling

as Self (archive footage)

Gene Tierney

as Self (archive footage)

Robert Warwick

as Self (archive footage)

Henry Wilcoxon

as Self (archive footage)

Esther Williams

as Self (archive footage)

Loretta Young

as Self (archive footage)

Bess Flowers

as Woman in Fashion Shop (uncredited)

Edith Head

as Self (uncredited)

Director

Tholen Gladden