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Bernard Newman

Bernard Newman

Known For Costume & Make-Up
Birthday Nov 18, 1903
Died Nov 30, 1966 (63)
Birthplace Joplin, Missouri, USA
Popularity 0.2 (history)
Updated Nov 15, 2024
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Bernard Newman (18 November 1903 – 30 November 1966) was head designer for Bergdorf Goodman and head costume designer for RKO Pictures. He designed costumes for some 35 movies, including costumes for Ginger Rogers, Katharine Hepburn, Lucille Ball and Helen Brod ... erick. He was posthumously included in the Costume Designers Guild Hall of Fame in 2004. Bernard Newman was born in Joplin, Missouri in 1903. He studied in Paris and at the Art Student's League. He started working at Bergdorf Goodman, a luxury goods department store in Manhattan, as a window dresser. He later became the head designer for Bergdorf Goodman, and his clothes were worn by film stars like Kay Francis. Bernard Newman started working as costume designer in the film industry from 1933 on, working mainly for RKO Pictures for the next three years. Newman is best remembered for the costumes he designed for Ginger Rogers in movies like Top Hat and Swing Time. He made a blue dress with ostrich feathers, to Rogers's specification, which she wore in the Cheek to Cheek sequence and which gave her the nickname of Feathers. 15 of his costumes for the 1935 movie Roberta were reproduced and merchandised by the Modern Merchandising Bureau. Other films he worked on include Sylvia Scarlett with Katharine Hepburn and You Can't Take It with You.

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Battle of the V-1

Battle of the V-1

1958

Novel

Hazard

Hazard

1948

Costume Design

Possessed

Possessed

1947

Costume Design

Humoresque

Humoresque

1947

Costume Designer

Escape Me Never

Escape Me Never

1947

Wardrobe Supervisor

Deep Valley

Deep Valley

1947

Costume Designer

Dark Passage

Dark Passage

1947

Costume Design

Tales of Manhattan

Tales of Manhattan

1942

Costume Design

Green Hell

Green Hell

1940

Costume Design

You Can't Take It with You

You Can't Take It with You

1938

Costume Design

Vivacious Lady

Vivacious Lady

1938

Costume Design

History Is Made at Night

History Is Made at Night

1937

Costume Design

Two in the Dark

Two in the Dark

1936

Costume Design

The Farmer in the Dell

The Farmer in the Dell

1936

Costume Design

Theodora Goes Wild

Theodora Goes Wild

1936

Costume Design

Swing Time

Swing Time

1936

Costume Design

Adventure in Manhattan

Adventure in Manhattan

1936

Costume Design

The Lady Consents

The Lady Consents

1936

Costume Design

More Than a Secretary

More Than a Secretary

1936

Costume Design

Follow the Fleet

Follow the Fleet

1936

Costume Design

The Ex-Mrs. Bradford

The Ex-Mrs. Bradford

1936

Costume Design

The Bride Walks Out

The Bride Walks Out

1936

Costume Design

Walking on Air

Walking on Air

1936

Costume Design

Star of Midnight

Star of Midnight

1935

Costume Design

The Nitwits

The Nitwits

1935

Costume Design

Roberta

Roberta

1935

Costume Design

Sylvia Scarlett

Sylvia Scarlett

1935

Costume Design

In Person

In Person

1935

Costume Design

Break of Hearts

Break of Hearts

1935

Costume Design

I Dream Too Much

I Dream Too Much

1935

Costume Design

Top Hat

Top Hat

1935

Costume Design

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