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Omar Kiam is a Costume Design American born on 19 july 1894

Omar Kiam

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Birth name Alexander Kiam
Nationality USA
Birth 19 july 1894
Death 21 march 1954 (at 59 years)

Alexander Kiam — né le 19 juillet 1894 à Monterrey (Nuevo León), mort le 28 mars 1954 à New York (État de New York) — est un costumier et créateur de mode américain, connu comme Omar Kiam.

Biography

Après son apprentissage effectué notamment à Paris, Omar Kiam rejoint Hollywood en 1933. Ainsi, il est costumier sur trente-cinq films américains — Samuel Goldwyn Productions principalement —, depuis Résurrection de Rouben Mamoulian (1934, avec Anna Sten et Fredric March) jusqu'à Deux bons copains de Gordon Douglas (1939, avec Oliver Hardy et Harry Langdon).

Entretemps, mentionnons Ville sans loi d'Howard Hawks (1935, avec Miriam Hopkins et Edward G. Robinson), Les Misérables de Richard Boleslawski (1935, avec Fredric March et Charles Laughton), Une étoile est née de William A. Wellman (version 1937, avec Janet Gaynor et Fredric March), Les Aventures de Marco Polo d'Archie Mayo (1938, avec Gary Cooper et Sigrid Gurie), ou encore Les Hauts de Hurlevent de William Wyler (son avant-dernier film, 1939, avec Merle Oberon et Laurence Olivier).

Après son retrait du cinéma, il continue à œuvrer comme créateur de mode et meurt à New York en 1954, à 59 ans.

Best films

Dodsworth (1936)
(Costume Design)
Wuthering Heights (1939)
(Costume Design)
Come and Get It (1936)
(Costume Design)
The Dark Angel (1935)
(Costume Design)
The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)
(Costume Design)
The Hurricane (1937)
(Costume Design)

Usually with

Gregg Toland
Gregg Toland
(14 films)
Alfred Newman
Alfred Newman
(26 films)
Richard Day
Richard Day
(26 films)
Samuel Goldwyn
Samuel Goldwyn
(20 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Omar Kiam (31 films)

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Costume and makup

Wuthering Heights, 1h44
Directed by William Wyler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Historical, Romance
Actors Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, David Niven, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Flora Robson, Donald Crisp
Roles Costume Design
Rating74% 3.7474753.7474753.7474753.7474753.747475
A traveller named Lockwood (Miles Mander) is caught in the snow and stays at the estate of Wuthering Heights, despite the cold behaviour of his aged host, Heathcliff (Laurence Olivier). Late that night, after being shown into an upstairs room that was once a bridal chamber, Lockwood is awakened by a cold draft and finds the window shutter flapping back and forth. Just as he is about to close it, he feels an icy hand clutching his and sees a woman outside calling, "Heathcliff, let me in! I'm out on the moors. It's Cathy!" Lockwood calls Heathcliff and tells him what he saw, whereupon the enraged Heathcliff throws him out of the room. As soon as Lockwood is gone, Heathcliff frantically calls out to Cathy, runs down the stairs and out of the house, into the snowstorm.
The Adventures of Marco Polo, 1h44
Directed by John Ford, Archie Mayo
Origin USA
Genres Biography, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Actors Gary Cooper, Sigrid Gurie, Basil Rathbone, George Barbier, Alan Hale, Ernest Truex
Roles Costume Design
Rating56% 2.803732.803732.803732.803732.80373
Nicolo Polo shows treasures from China and sends his son Marco Polo (Gary Cooper) there with his assistant (and comic relief) Binguccio (Ernest Truex). They sail from Venice, are shipwrecked, and cross the desert of Persia and the mountains of Tibet to China, to seek out Peking and the palace of China's ruler, Kublai Khan (George Barbier).
Algiers
Algiers (1938)
, 1h36
Directed by John Cromwell, Walter Wanger
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Gangster films
Actors Charles Boyer, Sigrid Gurie, Hedy Lamarr, Joseph Calleia, Alan Hale, Gene Lockhart
Roles Wardrobe Designer
Rating65% 3.297833.297833.297833.297833.29783
Pepe Le Moko (Boyer) is a notorious thief, who, after his last great heist, escaped from France to Algeria. Since his escape, Moko became a resident and leader of the immense Casbah, or "native quarter", of Algiers. French officials arrive insisting on Pepe's capture are met with unfazed local detectives, led by Inspector Slimane (Calleia), who are biding their time. Meanwhile, Pepe begins to feel increasingly trapped in his prison-like stronghold, a feeling which intensifies after meeting the beautiful Gaby (Lamarr), who is visiting from France. His love for Gaby soon arouses the jealousy of Ines (Gurie), Pepe's Algerian mistress.
The Young in Heart, 1h30
Directed by Richard Wallace
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Janet Gaynor, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Paulette Goddard, Roland Young, Billie Burke, Henry Stephenson
Roles Costume Design
Rating72% 3.6403053.6403053.6403053.6403053.640305
A family of con artists led by Colonel Anthony "Sahib" Carleton (Roland Young) and his wife Marmy (Billie Burke) are working the French Riviera in search of wealthy potential mates for their daughter George-Anne (Janet Gaynor) and son Richard (Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.). Sahib, a former Canadian actor, passes himself off as a former officer who served with the Bengal Lancers in India where he was given his honorary name. George-Anne flirts with her Scottish suitor, Duncan Macrea (Richard Carlson), whom she dismisses when she learns that he is not rich. And while Richard puts the moves on wealthy Adele Jennings, Sahib cheats her father out of a large sum of money in a card game. When the local police confirm the true identities of the Carleton family, they provide them with complimentary train tickets to London and order them to leave the country.
The Cowboy and the Lady, 1h31
Directed by William Wyler, H. C. Potter, Stuart Heisler
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance, Western
Actors Gary Cooper, Merle Oberon, Walter Brennan, Harry Davenport, Fuzzy Knight, Patsy Kelly
Roles Costume Design
Rating64% 3.246373.246373.246373.246373.24637
Mary Smith (Merle Oberon), daughter of presidential hopeful Horace Smith (Henry Kolker), has lived a cloistered life free of any scandal. Although she is devoted to her father and supports his political aspirations, she longs for a life of her own. Believing she needs some excitement in her life, Mary's free-spirited Uncle Hannibal (Harry Davenport) takes her dancing at a nightclub, which the police raid for gambling. When Horace learns that press reporters have discovered Mary's name on the police report, he sends his daughter off to the family's Palm Beach, Florida mansion.
The Hurricane, 1h50
Directed by John Ford, Stuart Heisler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes La fin du monde, Seafaring films, Météorologie, Prison films, Transport films, Catastrophe climatique, Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Dorothy Lamour, Jon Hall, Mary Astor, C. Aubrey Smith, Thomas Mitchell, Raymond Massey
Roles Costume Design
Rating70% 3.544753.544753.544753.544753.54475
As a passenger ship sails by the bleak ruins of a deserted island, Dr. Kersaint (Thomas Mitchell) blows his former home a kiss. When a fellow passenger asks him about the place, he tells its tragic story, segueing into a flashback.
Dead End
Dead End (1937)
, 1h33
Directed by William Wyler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Sylvia Sidney, Joel McCrea, Humphrey Bogart, Wendy Barrie, Claire Trevor, Allen Jenkins
Roles Costume Design
Rating71% 3.5972953.5972953.5972953.5972953.597295
In the filthy slums of New York, wealthy people have built luxury apartments there because of the view of the picturesque East River. While they live in opulence, the destitute and dirt poor live nearby in crowded, filthy tenements.
A Star Is Born, 1h51
Directed by Jack Conway, William A. Wellman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical theatre, Romance
Themes Films about films, Films about television
Actors Janet Gaynor, Fredric March, Adolphe Menjou, Andy Devine, May Robson, Lionel Stander
Roles Costume Design
Rating72% 3.647763.647763.647763.647763.64776
North Dakota farmgirl Esther Victoria Blodgett (Janet Gaynor) yearns to become a Hollywood actress. Although her aunt and father discourage such thoughts, Esther's grandmother (May Robson) gives her her savings to follow her dream.
Stella Dallas, 1h46
Directed by King Vidor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama, Romance
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., John Boles, Anne Shirley, Barbara O'Neil, Alan Hale
Roles Costume Design
Rating73% 3.695333.695333.695333.695333.69533
Stella Martin (Barbara Stanwyck), the daughter of a mill worker in a post-World War I Massachusetts factory town, is determined to better herself. She sets her sights on mill executive Stephen Dallas (John Boles) and catches him at an emotionally vulnerable time. Stephen's father killed himself after losing his fortune. Penniless, Stephen disappeared from high society, intending to marry his fiancée Helen (Barbara O'Neil) once he was financially able to support her. However, just as he reaches his goal, he reads in the newspaper the announcement of her wedding. So he marries Stella.
Woman Chases Man, 1h11
Directed by John G. Blystone
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Miriam Hopkins, Joel McCrea, Charles Winninger, Erik Rhodes, Leona Maricle, Broderick Crawford
Roles Costume Design
Rating64% 3.2399853.2399853.2399853.2399853.239985
B.J. Nolan tries to get his millionaire son Kenneth to invest $100,000 in a housing development called Nolan Heights. However, B.J. has a long history of backing crazy projects (which is why his wife left all her money to her son in her will), so Kenneth turns him down.
These Three, 1h33
Directed by William Wyler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about education, Films based on plays
Actors Miriam Hopkins, Merle Oberon, Joel McCrea, Bonita Granville, Catherine Doucet, Alma Kruger
Roles Costume Designer
Rating73% 3.6953853.6953853.6953853.6953853.695385
Following graduation, college friends Karen Wright and Martha Dobie transform Karen's Massachusetts farm into a boarding school with the assistance of wealthy benefactor Amelia Tilford, who enrolls her malevolent granddaughter Mary. Karen and local doctor Joe Cardin begin to date, unaware Martha is in love with him.
The Gay Desperado, 1h26
Directed by Rouben Mamoulian
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Musical, Western
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Ida Lupino, Leo Carrillo, Nino Martini, Harold Huber, Stanley Fields, Mischa Auer
Roles Costume Design
Rating60% 3.040333.040333.040333.040333.04033
Un bandit mexicain qui fantasme sur les films de gangsters enlève un chanteur pour l'enrôler dans sa bande.
Beloved Enemy, 1h30
Directed by H. C. Potter
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Actors Merle Oberon, Brian Aherne, Karen Morley, David Niven, Jerome Cowan, Henry Stephenson
Roles Costume Design
Rating63% 3.192353.192353.192353.192353.19235
During the Irish War of Independence, Irish rebel leader Dennis Reardon (Aherne) and English aristocrat Helen Drummond (Oberon) meet and fall in love. Reardon is pursued, however, by British army officer Captain Preston (Niven).