Lot of 2 Original A Ticket to Tomahawk Wardrobe Test Photographs & Plot Sheets

Description

ITEM: This is a collector's lot of two (2) vintage and original 20th Century-Fox wardrobe test photographs accompanied by photocopies of their original wardrobe plot sheets from the 1950 comedy-musical-Western film, "A Ticket to Tomahawk." Dating to July 1949, these wardrobe tests feature actress Marion Marshall in her role as "Annie."
René Hubert designed the costumes for the film and Charles Le Maire was in charge of the wardrobe department, and created the costumes seen here for Marshall to wear throughout the film.
This is a unique piece of Golden Age of Hollywood memorabilia that shows the detail put into the costuming of every character who appears on the screen.
Photographs measure 8" x 10" on glossy single weight paper stock. Wardrobe plot sheets measure 8.5" x 11".
Guaranteed to be 100% vintage and original from Grapefruit Moon Gallery.
More about René Hubert:
Swiss-born René Eugène Hubert studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule in St. Gallen and at the Beaux Arts in Paris and subsequently worked for the noted fashion designer Jean Patou. He did some costume design for theatrical revues in Berlin and France (including for the Folies Bergère at the Casino de Paris), where his work attracted the attention of star actress Gloria Swanson. Swanson managed to persuade Hubert to join her in Hollywood as personal designer for her entire personal and professional wardrobe and he ended up signed to a two-year contract at Paramount in 1924 (inevitably specialising in Gloria's pictures, beginning with Madame Sans-Gêne (1925)). After his contract expired, Hubert made the rounds of other studios: MGM (1927-1931); under the auspices of Charles Le Maire at 20th Century Fox (1931-1935); at Alexander Korda's London Films (1935-1938), where he designed the futuristic costumes for Things to Come (1936); then back at Fox (1943-1950).
He excelled at period costume and was engaged on many A-grade historical dramas, including Fire Over England (1937), That Hamilton Woman (1941), Jane Eyre (1943), Dragonwyck (1946), Forever Amber (1947) and Anastasia (1956). Hubert died in June 1976 at the age of eighty, leaving behind a rich legacy of distinctive watercolour and pencil sketches of his designs.
- IMDb Mini Biography By: I.S.Mowis
More about Charles Le Maire:
Charles LeMaire (April 22, 1897 – June 8, 1985) was an American costume designer. He was born in Chicago.
LeMaire's early career was as a vaudeville performer, but he became a costume designer for such Broadway productions as Ziegfeld Follies and The Five O'Clock Girl. By 1925 he turned to the movies. LeMaire was instrumental in persuading the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to institute a costume design Oscar. In a career spanning 37 years and nearly 300 films, he earned a total of three Academy Awards and an additional 13 nominations.
LeMaire died of heart failure in 1985.
Biography From: Wikipedia