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Charles Le Maire is a Wardrobe Supervisor American born on 22 april 1897 at Chicago (USA)
Charles Le Maire, alias Charles LeMaire, né le 22 avril 1897 à Chicago (Illinois) et mort le 8 juin 1985 à Palm Springs (Californie), est un costumier américain.
Il est également costumier pour le cinéma, d'abord pour un film muet de 1925, puis régulièrement pour la Fox, où il travailla souvent en collaboration avec Travilla, Edward Stevenson et René Hubert de 1933 à 1962 ; il collabore ainsi à plus de 300 films en pratiquant tous les genres cinématographiques : western, péplum, guerre, drame, comédie, policier. Il crée aussi des costumes pour deux séries télévisées, l'une en 1955-1956, l'autre en 1960 pour un épisode de Perry Mason. Il a notamment habillé Marilyn Monroe dans ses principaux rôles.
Nommé à seize reprises aux Oscars, il remporte trois fois cette récompense pour les meilleurs costumes en 1951, 1954 et 1956.
(1952)
(Costume Design)
(1950)
(Wardrobe Supervisor)
(1954)
(Wardrobe Supervisor)
(1958)
(Wardrobe Designer)
(1947)
(Wardrobe Master)
(1952)
(Costume Design)
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Charles Le Maire
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Nationality USA
Birth 22 april 1897 at Chicago (USA)
Death 8 june 1985 (at 88 years) at Palm Springs (USA)
Birth 22 april 1897 at Chicago (USA)
Death 8 june 1985 (at 88 years) at Palm Springs (USA)
Charles Le Maire, alias Charles LeMaire, né le 22 avril 1897 à Chicago (Illinois) et mort le 8 juin 1985 à Palm Springs (Californie), est un costumier américain.
Biography
Initialement artiste de vaudeville, il débute au théâtre en 1918 à Broadway, où il fait une unique expérience de décorateur. De 1919 à 1939, il conçoit des costumes, principalement pour des comédies musicales et des revues, dont les Ziegfeld Follies à plusieurs reprises, la première fois en 1922.Il est également costumier pour le cinéma, d'abord pour un film muet de 1925, puis régulièrement pour la Fox, où il travailla souvent en collaboration avec Travilla, Edward Stevenson et René Hubert de 1933 à 1962 ; il collabore ainsi à plus de 300 films en pratiquant tous les genres cinématographiques : western, péplum, guerre, drame, comédie, policier. Il crée aussi des costumes pour deux séries télévisées, l'une en 1955-1956, l'autre en 1960 pour un épisode de Perry Mason. Il a notamment habillé Marilyn Monroe dans ses principaux rôles.
Nommé à seize reprises aux Oscars, il remporte trois fois cette récompense pour les meilleurs costumes en 1951, 1954 et 1956.
Best films
(1952)(Costume Design)
(1950)(Wardrobe Supervisor)
(1954)(Wardrobe Supervisor)
(1958)(Wardrobe Designer)
(1947)(Wardrobe Master)
(1952)(Costume Design)
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Filmography of Charles Le Maire (129 films)
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Walk on the Wild Side (1962)
, 1h54Directed by Edward Dmytryk
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Films about prostitution, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Laurence Harvey, Capucine, Jane Fonda, Anne Baxter, Barbara Stanwyck, Joanna Moore
Roles Costume Design
Rating66%
Set during the Great Depression, it starts with Dove (Laurence Harvey) and Kitty (Jane Fonda) meeting on the road in Texas as each is traveling separately to New Orleans. They decide to travel together, hitchhiking and hopping freight trains. Dove is hoping to find his lost love Hallie (Capucine), and is not interested when Kitty comes on to him sexually.
The Marriage-Go-Round (1961)
, 1h38Directed by Walter Lang
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Théâtre, Erotic films, Films based on plays, Children's films
Actors Susan Hayward, James Mason, Julie Newmar, Robert Paige, June Clayworth, Everett Glass
Roles Costume Design
Rating59%
At a Florida college, professor Paul Delville and wife Content, who is the school's dean of women, anticipate a visit from Sweden. The people they expect are a former colleague, Professor Sveg, and his daughter Katrin.
The Man Who Understood Women (1959)
, 1h41Directed by Nunnally Johnson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes La provence, Children's films
Actors Henry Fonda, Leslie Caron, Renate Hoy, Marcel Dalio, Cesare Danova, Conrad Nagel
Roles Costume Design
Rating44%
Willie Bauche, a Hollywood producer, becomes so obsessed with turning his wife, Ann Garantier, into the sexiest star in Hollywood that he neglects her real needs. Feeling lonely and tired of Tinseltown, Ann returns to her native France and finds herself attracted to Marco Ranieri, a handsome and very attentive pilot. When Willie hears about the budding affair, he flies into a rage and hires assassins to kill his rival. Unfortunately for him, the killers are romantics and decide that Ann and Marco are so in love that both must die so they can be together always. When Willie finds out, he rushes over to France to try and save his wife.
The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
, 2h55Directed by Nina Foch, George Stevens, David S. Hall
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Théâtre, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism, Films based on plays, Children's films
Actors Douglas Spencer, Millie Perkins, Lou Jacobi, Joseph Schildkraut, Shelley Winters, Richard Beymer
Roles Costume Design
Rating73%
In 1945, as a truckload of war survivors stops in front of an Amsterdam factory at the end of World War II, Otto Frank (Joseph Schildkraut) gets out and walks inside. After climbing the stairs to a deserted garret, Otto finds a girl's discarded glove and sobs, then is joined and comforted by Miep Gies (Dodie Heath) and Mr. Kraler (Douglas Spencer), factory workers who shielded him from the Nazis. After stating that he is now all alone, Otto begins to search for the diary written by his youngest daughter, Anne. Miep promptly retrieves the journal for Otto, and he receives solace reading the words written by his young daughter three years earlier.
Holiday for Lovers (1959)
, 1h43Directed by Henry Levin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Clifton Webb, Jane Wyman, Jill St John, Carol Lynley, Paul Henreid, Gary Crosby
Roles Costume Designer
Rating56%
Robert Dean (Clifton Webb) is an old-fashioned psychologist who reluctantly allows his oldest daughter Meg (Jill St. John) to join a four-week tour in São Paulo before returning to college in America. When he finds out she is planning on six more weeks, he immediately books a ticket to Brazil to find out what her true motives for staying are. He is accompanied by his loving wife Mary (Jane Wyman) and youngest daughter, the wise-cracking, joyful Betsy (Carol Lynley). Upon arriving, Robert is unamused by the notable character change in a daughter. She looks to be very much interested in her older mentor Eduardo Barroso (Paul Henreid), and has taken up habits which are shocking to Robert, including smoking.
Say One for Me (1959)
, 2hDirected by Frank Tashlin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Bing Crosby, Debbie Reynolds, Robert Wagner, Ray Walston, Les Tremayne, Connie Gilchrist
Roles Costume Design
Rating55%
In the middle of New York's theater district sits Father Conroy's parish, where entertainers often attend his services. His parishioners include Holly LeMaise, whose dad Harry was an old vaudevillian.
, 1h41Directed by Gordon Douglas
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Robert Evans, Hugh O'Brian, Dolores Michaels, Linda Cristal, Stephen McNally, Edward Andrews
Roles Wardrobe Designer
Rating63%
Version Western du "Carrefour de la mort" (1947) d'Henry Hathaway servi par la musique de "Le jour où la Terre s’arrêta" (1951) de Robert Wise, ce film tant décrié a néanmoins de nombreux atouts. Synoptique: Daniel, un pilleur de banque, purge sa peine avec pour compagnon de cellule, Felix, criminel et psychopathe. Une fois libre, Felix entreprend de terroriser la famille de Dan et d'assassiner ses amis...
Fraulein (1958)
, 1h35Directed by Henry Koster
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Dana Wynter, Mel Ferrer, Dolores Michaels, Margaret Hayes, Theodore Bikel, Luis van Rooten
Roles Costume Designer
Rating64%
In Berlin near the end of World War II, American prisoner of war Foster MacLain (Mel Ferrer) escapes and is sheltered by Professor Julius Angermann (Ivan Triesault). Angermann's daughter Erika (Dana Wynter) is not so welcoming, but hides the American from the soldiers looking for him. MacLain leaves when it is safe.
From Hell to Texas (1958)
, 1h40Directed by Henry Hathaway
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Don Murray, Diane Varsi, John Larch, Chill Wills, Dennis Hopper, R.G. Armstrong
Roles Costume Design
Rating68%
Tod Lohman is on the run from a posse. The ruthless land baron Hunter Boyd has sent men, including sons Otis and Tom, in pursuit of Tod for having killed another son.
The Gift of Love (1958)
, 1h45Directed by Jean Negulesco
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about adoption, Films about children, Films about families
Actors Lauren Bacall, Robert Stack, Lorne Greene, Anne Seymour, Edward Platt, Joseph Kearns
Roles Costume Design
Rating63%
A brilliant scientist, Bill Beck (Robert Stack), ends up happily married to Julie (Lauren Bacall), his doctor's receptionist. Five years after their wedding, the same doctor treats Julie for a heart condition that she decides to keep secret from her husband, who is doing serious work as a physicist developing guided missiles.
The Bravados (1958)
, 1h38Directed by Henry King
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Western
Themes Films about capital punishment, Children's films
Actors Gregory Peck, Joan Collins, Stephen Boyd, Albert Salmi, Henry Silva, Barry Coe
Roles Wardrobe Designer
Rating69%
Jim Douglas (Gregory Peck) is a rancher pursuing four outlaws after the murder of his wife six months before. He rides into Rio Arriba, where four men, Alfonso Parral (Lee Van Cleef), Bill Zachary (Stephen Boyd), Ed Taylor (Albert Salmi) and Lujan (Henry Silva), are in jail awaiting execution. Sheriff Eloy Sanchez (Herbert Rudley) allows Douglas to see the men.
The Fly (1958)
, 1h34Directed by Kurt Neumann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Films about computing, Natural horror films, Films about insects, Cyberpunk films, Children's films
Actors David Hedison, Patricia Owens, Vincent Price, Herbert Marshall, Kathleen Freeman, Betty Lou Gerson
Roles Costume Design
Rating70%
In Montreal, Quebec, scientist Andre Delambre (David Hedison) is found dead with his head and arm crushed in a hydraulic press. Although his wife Helene (Patricia Owens) confesses to the crime, she refuses to provide a motive and exhibits a number of strange behaviors. In particular, she is obsessed with flies, including a supposedly white-headed fly. Andre's brother, Francois (Vincent Price), lies and says he caught the white-headed fly; and, thinking he knows the truth, Helene explains the circumstances surrounding Andre's death.
The Hunters (1958)
, 1h48Directed by Dick Powell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Romance
Themes Politique, Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, Children's films, Disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Robert Mitchum, Robert Wagner, May Britt, Richard Egan, Lee Philips, John Gabriel
Roles Costume Design
Rating63%
Major Cleve "Iceman" Saville (Robert Mitchum), a veteran World War II fighter ace, returns to combat, eager to fly an F-86 Sabre fighter. His commanding officer, Colonel "Dutch" Imil (Richard Egan), assigns him command of a flight.
The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
, 1h55Directed by Martin Ritt
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Franciosa, Orson Welles, Lee Remick, Angela Lansbury
Roles Wardrobe Designer
Rating72%
Ben Quick is on trial, suspected of barn-burning, but when no solid evidence is found, the peace judge expels him from town. Ben then hitches a ride to Frenchman's Bend, Mississippi, with two young women in a convertible, Clara Varner and her sister-in-law Eula (Lee Remick). Clara's father, Will Varner, is the domineering owner of most of the town.
Mardi Gras (1958)
, 1h47Directed by Edmund Goulding
Origin USA
Genres Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Pat Boone, Christine Carrère, Tommy Sands, Sheree North, Gary Crosby, Sheree North
Roles Costume Design
Rating54%
A military school cadet (Boone) wins a date with a French movie goddess (Carère) who happens to be the queen of the "Mardi Gras" parade. The two fall in love, but Carère's movie studio wants to capitalize on this newly found love for publicity.