An edition of Edith Head’s Hollywood (1983)

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An edition of Edith Head’s Hollywood (1983)

Edith Head's Hollywood

1st ed.
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Costume-designer Head died before finishing this memoir--so the book at hand consists of fragmentary tape-recorded recollections connected by Calistro's fill-ins of Head's career-history. Also, lots of this same--or similar--material appeared in Head's The Dress Doctor (1959). Still, with passing time, Head was able to be somewhat more candid, and there are choice opinions and anecdotes among her memories of a 60-year Hollywood-costume career. She chats about Clara Bow's waist, Mae West's bosom, and Dorothy Lamour's unlovely feet (as well as her sarongs). There's a detailed discussion of dear friend Barbara Stanwyck's problem with ""a comparatively low rear end""--remedied by widened waistbands on her long waist ""to create an optical illusion that her derriÉre was just as pertly placed as any other stars'."" Similarly, Head reveals how she made tiny Veronica Lake look bigger, how she frumpified Olivia de H. for The Heiress, how Bette Davis' party-dress in All About Eve was accidentally created. And though Head speaks of most of her stars (including Redford and Newman) with genuine affection, she takes neat slaps at Hedy Lamarr, show-offy Paulette Goddard, and (above all) Cecil B. DeMille--""a conceited old goat"" who ""never did an authentic costume picture in his entire career."" With undressed/ half-dressed glimpses, too, of Lana Turner, Gloria Swanson, Judy Garland, and many others: pleasant, sometimes-tart browsing for clothes-oriented film fans

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Dutton
Language
English
Pages
240

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Edith Head's Hollywood
2008, Angel City Press
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1983, Dutton
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New York

Edition Notes

Filmography: p. 163-230.
Includes index.

Genre
Biography.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
791.43/026/0924, B
Library of Congress
TT505.H4 A33 1983

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiii, 240 p., [96] p. of plates :
Number of pages
240

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL3163827M
Internet Archive
edithheadshollyw00head
ISBN 10
0525242007
LCCN
83005700
OCLC/WorldCat
9441997
Library Thing
1052658
Goodreads
70497

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