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Friday, August 04, 2006

Don't Know...EDITH HEAD?

Edith Head


You really should know who EDITH HEAD (1897-1981) is! Born Edith Claire Posener, Edith Head was a costume designer for Paramount Studios. She won several Academy Awards and was nominated many times.




All About Eve (1950) Poster

A fine place to start is by viewing: All About Eve (1950). It's a superb drama starring Bette Davis as Margo Channing and Anne Baxter as Eve Harrington. Margo is a stage actress who one night meets Eve after a show and befriends her. Eve decided to take away anything and everything Margo has worked for or loved.

Watch this and then see these other four films. Pay special attention to the costumes.



Sabrina (1954) Audrey Hepburn shines in this romantic comedy as "Sabrina" with Humphrey Bogart and William Holden playing brothers who fall in love with her.
Teacher's Pet (1958) This romantic comedy has Clark Gable and Doris Day in the lead roles. Gable plays a newspaper editor and Day a college professor of journalism.
Houseboat (1958) This romantic comedy stars Cary Grant and Sophia Loren. Grant hires Loren as a maid for himself and his three children after the loss of his wife and their mother.
To Catch A Thief (1955) This Hitchcock thriller stars Cary Grant and Grace Kelly. Grant plays a former jewel thief and Kelly plays his love interest.



*Contributed by: "Nina M." Date: Tues, Jul 25 2006 / 16:48:56 PST

Academy Awards®
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1948 Nominated for Best Achievement in Costume Design - Color: THE EMPEROR WALTZ
1949 Won Best Achievement in Costume Design - Black & White: THE HEIRESS
1950 Won Best Achievement in Costume Design - Color: SAMSON AND DELILAH
1950 Won Best Achievement in Costume Design - Black & White: ALL ABOUT EVE
1951 Won Best Achievement in Costume Design - Black & White: A PLACE IN THE SUN
1952 Nominated for Best Achievement in Costume Design - Color: THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH
1952 Nominated for Best Achievement in Costume Design - Black & White: CARRIE
1953 Won Best Achievement in Costume Design - Black & White: ROMAN HOLIDAY
1954 Won Best Achievement in Costume Design - Black & White: SABRINA
1955 Nominated for Best Achievement in Costume Design - Color: TO CATCH A THIEF
1955 Nominated for Best Achievement in Costume Design - Black & White: THE ROSE TATTOO
1956 Nominated for Best Achievement in Costume Design - Color: THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
1956 Nominated for Best Achievement in Costume Design - Black & White: THE PROUD AND PROFANE
1957 Nominated for Best Achievement in Costume Design: FUNNY FACE
1958 Nominated for Best Achievement in Costume Design: THE BUCCANEER
1959 Nominated for Best Achievement in Costume Design - Color: THE FIVE PENNIES
1959 Nominated for Best Achievement in Costume Design - Black & White: CAREER
1960 Nominated for Best Achievement in Costume Design - Color: PEPE
1960 Won Best Achievement in Costume Design - Black & White: THE FACTS OF LIFE
1961 Nominated for Best Achievement in Costume Design - Color: POCKETFUL OF MIRACLES
1962 Nominated for Best Achievement in Costume Design - Color: MY GEISHA
1962 Nominated for Best Achievement in Costume Design - Black & White: THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE
1963 Nominated for Best Achievement in Costume Design - Color: A NEW KIND OF LOVE
1963 Nominated for Best Achievement in Costume Design - Black & White: LOVE WITH THE PROPER STRANGER
1963 Nominated for Best Achievement in Costume Design - Black & White: WIVES AND LOVERS
1964 Nominated for Best Achievement in Costume Design - Color: WHAT A WAY TO GO!
1964 Nominated for Best Achievement in Costume Design - Black & White: A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME
1965 Nominated for Best Achievement in Costume Design - Color: INSIDE DAISY CLOVER
1965 Nominated for Best Achievement in Costume Design - Black & White: THE SLENDER THREAD
1966 Nominated for Best Achievement in Costume Design - Color: THE OSCAR
1969 Nominated for Best Achievement in Costume Design: SWEET CHARITY
1970 Nominated for Best Achievement in Costume Design: AIRPORT
1973 Won Best Achievement in Costume Design: THE STING
1975 Nominated for Best Achievement in Costume Design: THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING
1977 Nominated for Best Achievement in Costume Design: AIRPORT '77

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