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Marjorie Best is a Wardrobe Designer American born on 10 april 1903 at Illinois (USA)
Marjorie Best (10 April 1903 – 14 June 1997) was an American Hollywood costume designer best known for her period designs.
Best was born in Jacksonville, Illinois and studied at the Chouinard Art Institute. She taught school briefly before going to work for the Western Costume Company in 1926. She later moved to United Costumers. When that company was purchased by Warner Bros. in 1936, she was given a position in the studio's wardrobe department.
Her first film as a costume designer was Silver River (1948). She earned an Academy Award for costume design in 1949 for her collaboration on the Errol Flynn film Adventures of Don Juan. She was nominated in 1956 for Giant, in 1960 for Sunrise at Campobello, and in 1965 for The Greatest Story Ever Told, the same year she retired.
Best died on June 14, 1997 in Toluca Lake, California of a heart ailment.
(1956)
(Costume Design)
(1959)
(Costume Design)
(1959)
(Costume Design)
(1949)
(Wardrobe Supervisor)
(1961)
(Costume Design)
(1950)
(Costume Design)
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Nationality USA
Birth 10 april 1903 at Illinois (USA)
Death 14 june 1997 (at 94 years) at Toluca Lake, Los Angeles (USA)
Birth 10 april 1903 at Illinois (USA)
Death 14 june 1997 (at 94 years) at Toluca Lake, Los Angeles (USA)
Marjorie Best (10 April 1903 – 14 June 1997) was an American Hollywood costume designer best known for her period designs.
Best was born in Jacksonville, Illinois and studied at the Chouinard Art Institute. She taught school briefly before going to work for the Western Costume Company in 1926. She later moved to United Costumers. When that company was purchased by Warner Bros. in 1936, she was given a position in the studio's wardrobe department.
Her first film as a costume designer was Silver River (1948). She earned an Academy Award for costume design in 1949 for her collaboration on the Errol Flynn film Adventures of Don Juan. She was nominated in 1956 for Giant, in 1960 for Sunrise at Campobello, and in 1965 for The Greatest Story Ever Told, the same year she retired.
Best died on June 14, 1997 in Toluca Lake, California of a heart ailment.
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(1956)(Costume Design)
(1959)(Costume Design)
(1959)(Costume Design)
(1949)(Wardrobe Supervisor)
(1961)(Costume Design)
(1950)(Costume Design)
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Spencer's Mountain (1963)
, 1h58Directed by Delmer Daves, Robert Totten
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Henry Fonda, Maureen O'Hara, James MacArthur, Donald Crisp, Mimsy Farmer, Wally Cox
Roles Costume Design
Rating69%
The film centers on the trials and tribulations of the Spencers, a family living in the Grand Teton Mountains of Wyoming during the early 1960s. As the patriarch of a large and growing family, Clay Spencer (Henry Fonda) is fiercely independent, yet dedicated to his family. While he resists the influence of religion, he struggles to remain faithful to his wife Olivia (Maureen O'Hara), to allow his son (James MacArthur) to attend college, and to build a new home for his family.
Tender Is the Night (1962)
, 2h22Directed by Henry King
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Jennifer Jones, Jason Robards, Joan Fontaine, Tom Ewell, Cesare Danova, Jill St John
Roles Costume Design
Rating59%
At a party in the south of France, when she sees her husband, Dr. Dick Diver, take an interest in an American movie starlet, Rosemary Hoyt, jealousy gets the better of Nicole Diver, a woman with many emotional issues.
State Fair (1962)
, 1h58Directed by José Ferrer
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on plays, Children's films
Actors Pat Boone, Bobby Darin, Pamela Tiffin, Ann-Margret, Tom Ewell, Alice Faye
Roles Costume Design
Rating58%
Une famille de fermiers de l'Iowa se met en route pour la foire annuelle. Tandis que les parents espèrent gagner des concours, leurs deux grands enfants, Margy et Wayne, font chacun une rencontre amoureuse...
The Sins of Rachel Cade (1961)
, 2h4Directed by Gordon Douglas
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Angie Dickinson, Peter Finch, Roger Moore, Woody Strode, Errol John, Mary Wickes
Roles Costume Design
Rating59%
During World War II, Protestant medical missionary Rachel comes to the village of Dibela in the Belgian Congo. Widowed military administrator Colonel Derode is initially skeptical about her work, but eventually is romantically attracted to Rachel. One of her patients is Paul Wilton, an American doctor with the RAF. She makes love with Paul the night before he is to leave, and becomes pregnant.
The Comancheros (1961)
, 1h47Directed by John Wayne, Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Romance, Western
Themes Children's films
Actors John Wayne, Stuart Whitman, Ina Balin, Lee Marvin, Nehemiah Persoff, Bruce Cabot
Roles Costume Design
Rating67%
In 1843 roguish gambler Paul Regret (Stuart Whitman) escapes a death penalty after killing in a duel Emil Bouvier (Gregg Palmer), the son of a Louisiana judge. Regret claimed that he would have only wounded Bouvier if he hadn't sidestepped. He is captured by Texas Ranger Jake Cutter (John Wayne) after a tryst with a mysterious lady, Pilar Graile (Ina Balin). Regret manages to escape, but is subsequently recaptured after a chance encounter with Cutter in a saloon.
Sunrise at Campobello (1960)
, 2h24Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Medical-themed films, Politique, Films about disabilities, Political films, Films based on plays
Actors Ralph Bellamy, Greer Garson, Francis De Sales, Hume Cronyn, Jean Hagen, Ann Shoemaker
Roles Costume Design
Rating67%
The film begins at the Roosevelt family's summer home on Campobello Island, New Brunswick, Canada (on the border with Maine), in the summer of 1921. Franklin D. Roosevelt is depicted in early scenes as vigorously athletic, enjoying games with his children and sailing his boat.
Sergeant Rutledge (1960)
, 1h51Directed by John Ford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Crime, Western
Themes Films about racism
Actors Woody Strode, Jeffrey Hunter, Constance Towers, Billie Burke, Juano Hernández, Willis Bouchey
Roles Costume Design
Rating73%
The film revolves around the court-martial of 1st Sgt. Braxton Rutledge (Strode), a "Buffalo Soldier" of the 9th U.S. Cavalry. His defense is handled by Lt. Tom Cantrell (Hunter), Rutledge's troop officer. The story is told through a series of flashbacks, expanding the testimony of witnesses as they describe the events following the murder of Rutledge's Commanding Officer, Major Dabney, and the rape and murder of Dabney's daughter, for which Rutledge is the accused.
, 2h4Directed by Delbert Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Robert Preston, Dorothy McGuire, Eve Arden, Angela Lansbury, Shirley Knight, Frank Overton
Roles Costume Design
Rating71%
The drama centers on Rubin Flood, who loses his salesman job. While searching for a new job, he must deal with his wife, Cora, who shuns intimacy and mistakes his joblessness for stinginess, his shy daughter who prepares for her first dance and his pre-teen son who runs to his mother instead of dealing with bullies. He tries to find comfort with a friend, Mavis Pruitt, thus setting off rumors of an untoward relationship.
Guns of the Timberland (1960)
, 1h31Directed by Robert D. Webb
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Alan Ladd, Jeanne Crain, Gilbert Roland, Frankie Avalon, Lyle Bettger, Noah Beery, Jr
Roles Costume Design
Rating55%
Logger Jim Hadley (Alan Ladd) and his lumberjack crew are looking for new forest to cut. They locate a prime prospect outside the town of Deep Wells. The residents of Deep Wells led by Laura Riley (Jeanne Crain) are opposed to the felling of the trees, believing that losing them would cause mudslides during the heavy rains. Conflict between the town's residents and the loggers is inevitable.
The Hanging Tree (1959)
, 1h47Directed by Delmer Daves, Karl Malden
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Western
Actors Gary Cooper, Maria Schell, Karl Malden, George C. Scott, Virginia Gregg, Karl Swenson
Roles Costume Design
Rating70%
Joseph Frail—doctor (Gary Cooper), gambler, gunslinger—rides into small town of Skull Creek, Montana, with miners in a gold rush, looking to set up a doctor's office. He passes by the "hanging tree," an old oak with a thick branch over which has been slung a rope with a frayed end, presumably a former noose.
Yellowstone Kelly (1959)
, 1h31Directed by Gordon Douglas
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Western
Actors Clint Walker, Edd Byrnes, John Russell, Ray Danton, Claude Akins, Warren Oates
Roles Costume Design
Rating64%
Luther Kelly, un trappeur, ayant sauvé la vie du chef indien Gall, a l'autorisation de poser des pièges sur le territoire des Sioux. Il est aidé par son assistant Anse Harper. Kelly refuse de guider l'armée fédérale à travers ce territoire. Sur le chemin du retour, Kelly et Harper sont faits prisonniers par Sayapi, le neveu de Gall. Les deux trappeurs réussissent à soustraire Wahleeah, une jeune indienne, des griffes de Sayapi. Cependant, le major Towns, mégalomane arriviste, fou de rage du refus de Kelly, tente d'envahir les terres réservées aux Indiens...
Rio Bravo (1959)
, 2h21Directed by Howard Hawks
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Romance, Western
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Buddy films
Actors John Wayne, Dean Martin, Angie Dickinson, Rick Nelson, Walter Brennan, Ward Bond
Roles Costume Design
Rating79%
In the town of Rio Bravo, Texas, sheriff's deputy Dude (Dean Martin), who has acquired the contemptuous nickname Borrachón ([bo.raˈtʃon], Spanish for "drunk"), enters a saloon but can't afford a drink. Joe Burdette (Claude Akins), brother of rancher Nathan Burdette, tosses a silver dollar into a spittoon. Presidio County, Texas Sheriff John T. Chance (John Wayne) appears and kicks the spittoon away, looking at Dude with disgust. Dude is shamed by his plight and takes out his anger on Chance, knocking him out with an ax handle. Joe begins punching Dude, then shoots and kills an unarmed bystander who tries to intervene.
The Miracle (1959)
, 2h1Directed by Irving Rapper
Genres Drama
Themes Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Films based on plays, Films about virginity
Actors Carroll Baker, Roger Moore, Walter Slezak, Vittorio Gassman, Katína Paxinoú, Gustavo Rojo
Roles Costume Design
Rating59%
Teresa (Carroll Baker), a postulant at the convent of Miraflores in Salamanca, Spain, is an orphan taken in by the sisters there. She enjoys the convent life, despite being a handful for her superiors. She sings worldly love songs to the other postulants and reads secular stories and plays such as Romeo and Juliet. Still, she has a lively devotion to Christ and to His Blessed Mother. A statue of the Madonna, in fact, is held in high regard by Teresa as she goes about her duties.
The Nun's Story (1959)
, 2h29Directed by Fred Zinnemann, Sergio Leone, Bernard Vorhaus
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about religion
Actors Audrey Hepburn, Peter Finch, Edith Evans, Peggy Ashcroft, Mildred Dunnock, Dean Jagger
Roles Costume Design
Rating74%
Gabrielle "Gaby" Van Der Mal (Audrey Hepburn), whose father Hubert (Dean Jagger) is a famous surgeon in Belgium, enters a convent of nursing sisters in the late 1920s in the hopes of eventually becoming a missionary nursing sister in the Belgian Congo. After being given the name of Sister Luke and undergoing a postulancy and novitiate which foreshadow her future difficulties with the vow of obedience, she takes her first vows and is sent to a school of tropical medicine.
Born Reckless (1958)
, 1h20Directed by Howard W. Koch
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance, Western
Actors Mamie Van Doren, Jeff Richards, Arthur Hunnicutt, Carol Ohmart, Don "Red" Barry, Jeanne Carmen
Roles Costume Design
Rating47%
Kelly Cobb travels and performs in various country rodeos in order to get enough money to buy a patch of land to call his own. One day he picks up Jackie Adams, a saloon singer and trick rider whom he saves from a clutching admirer. The two travel together and Jackie begins to fall in love with Kelly. Kelly however doesn't notice because of his drive to risk his life for the dream of the land he pursues. Jackie sums up that Kelly was just born reckless and she strives to change his free roaming lifestyle.