Edward Stevenson – Wikipedia

Edward Stevenson , nato Edward Manson Stevenson , (Pocatello, 13 May 1906 – Los Angeles, 2 December 1968), was an American costume designer.

He was chief designer at the Rko from 1936 to 1951 ^[first] .

Born Edward Manson Stevenson in Pocatello, in the Aido, at the age of sixteen he moved with his family to Hollywood. His designer career began when he normally made Talmadge degli Sketch for his costumes. At the MGM, it was – at nineteen years – Erté assistant when the famous Parisian scenographer and costume designer of Russian origin arrived in Hollywood to draw some films ^[first] .

Leaving the school after graduating, Stevenson became assistant designer at Fox. He passed following the First National where he remained for two and a half years. In the 1930s, he was the personal designer of some of the most famous divas of the house, including Barbara Stanwyck and Jean Harlow.

In 1936, he became Bernard Newman’s Rko – who had replaced Walter Plunkett. After Newman’s retreat, Stevenson took the place he kept in the following fifteen years. Later, he worked for the Twentieth Century Fox and then move on to television, where he was one of the most appreciated designers, working on the famous Lucy series and I, in which the protagonist Lucille Ball dressed ^[first] .

• The White Moth , Maurice Tourneur’s queen – Added custom (1924)
• Smiling Irish Eyes , directed by William A. Seiter – Costamista (1929)
• Woman without love ( Her Private Life ), directed by Alexander Korda – Costamista (1929)
• The favorite of Broadway ( The Painted Angel ), directed by Millard Webb – Costamista (1929)
• Sally , directed by John Francis Dillon – Unwanted costume designer (1929)
• The Aurora squadron ( The Dawn Patrol ), Directed by Howard Hawks – Designer wardrobe (1930)
• Show Girl in Hollywood , directed by Mervyn Leroy – costume designer, not accredited (1930)
• The boost ( The Lash ) Directed by Frank Lloyd (1930)
• The Truth About Youth , directed by William A. Seiter (1930)
• The Millionaire , Regia in John G. Adolfi (1931)
• The platinum woman ( Platinum blonde ), Frank Goour region (1931)
• The Life of the Party , directed by William A. Seiter (1937)
• Music for Lady ( Music for Madame ) Directed by John G. Blystone (1937)
• Swing ( Carefree ), directed by Mark Sandrich – Wardrobe (1938)
• Swing yours , directed by George Stevens (1939)
• A great love ( Love Affair ) Directed by Leo Mcccay (1939)
• The Valley of Red Men ( Valley of the Sun ) Directed by George Marshall (1942)
• The Ghost Ship , directed by Mark Robson (1943)
• Money is not all ( Higher and Higher ), Regia in the Whelan Team (1943)
• Mademoiselle Fifi , directed by Robert Wise (1944)
• MOCAMBO HOTEL ( Step Lively ), Regia in the Whelan team (1944)
• The surprises of love ( Bride By Mistake ) Directed by Richard Wallace (1944)
• In the Caribbean Sea ( The Spanish Main ), directed by Frank Borzage – Costumes (1945)
• Serenata Mexican ( Honeymoon ), directed by William Keighley – Costumes (1947)
• The New York giant ( Easy Living ), a rail of Jacques Tourneur (1949)
• The children of the musketeers ( At Sword’s Point ) Directed by Lewis Allen (1952)
• The silver whisk ( The Silver Whip ), Regia in Harmon Jones (1953)

• ( IN ) David Chierichetti, Hollywood Costume Design , Cassell & Collier Macmillan Publishers Ltd, London 1976 ISBN 0-289-707-307
• ( IN ) Elizabeth Leese, Costume Design in the Movies BCW Publishing Limited, 1976 ISBN 0-904159-32-9
• ( IN ) Dale McConathy con Diana Vreeland Hollywood Costume – Glamour! Glitter! Romance! , Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, New York 1976