The Costumes of Hollywood

This week we are discussing the 1969 Movie Musical Hello Dolly starring Barbara Streisand. Costumes are designed by Irene Sharaff, who Coleen has dubbed the queen of musicals. She did not design costumes for Dolly on Broadway, but she did get an Oscar nomination for her film designs. We also discuss the 6 Hello Dolly costumes in the collection, and the Sharaff illustrations that inspired the acquisitions. Lots to discuss and we hope this could inspire an Irene Sharaff costume exhibition in the future!
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⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠You can buy The Costumes of Hollywood book at Routledge, Taylor & Francis⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or most places books are sold online.
Original theme song composed and arranged by James Scott and Vincent Ju. Voiceover by Alex Delzell

This week we are discussing the 1963 film Cleopatra starring Elizabeth Taylor. Coleen asks more questions about fabrics that claim to be real gold, and Larry shares some really good trivia about Elizabeth Taylor and the movie, while Coleen delves into two of the three Oscar winning Costume Designers careers. She even dusted off her Italian skills to research an article. Thanks for listening, and if you do watch this four-hour movie, just know that there's an intermission, and that it was supposed to be eight hours!
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⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠You can buy The Costumes of Hollywood book at Routledge, Taylor & Francis⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or most places books are sold online.
Original theme song composed and arranged by James Scott and Vincent Ju. Voiceover by Alex Delzell

This week we are discussing the 1959 film Ben Hur starring Charlton Heston. But first, we have a lot to say about libraries and how much we love them. Then we get to talk about this epic film filled with stars, over 300 speaking roles, and 10,000 extras. Elizabeth Haffenden had her hands full with these costumes. Good thing they gave her the Oscar. Also, if anyone knows all about 18 karat boullion trim, please get in touch; Coleen has questions :)
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For more info and updates, follow us on Instagram @costumesofhollywood
⁠You can buy The Costumes of Hollywood book at Routledge, Taylor & Francis⁠, or most places books are sold.
Original theme song composed and arranged by James Scott and Vincent Ju. Voiceover by Alex Delzell

This week we are discussing the 1958 film Auntie Mame! starring Rosalind Russell. Larry and Coleen are excited to talk about these Orry-Kelly costumes, and all the fun changes in this movie. We also speculate dramatically about why Orry-Kelly wasn't nominated for an Oscar this year, even though Auntie Mame! was nominated for 6 others. We hope you enjoy, and we encourage you to run, not walk to your nearest streaming service offering a screening of this one.
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For more info and updates, follow us on Instagram @costumesofhollywood
⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠You can buy The Costumes of Hollywood book at Routledge, Taylor & Francis⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or most places books are sold online.
Original theme song composed and arranged by James Scott and Vincent Ju. Voiceover by Alex Delzell

This week we are discussing the 1956 Movie Musical The King and I starring Yule Brenner and Deborah Kerr. Costumes are designed by Irene Sharaff, who Coleen has dubbed the queen of musicals. She won the Tony and the Oscar for her King and I designs. We also discuss the costumes in the collection which are actually for two dancers in the Uncle Tom's Cabin (or Small House of Uncle Thomas) tribute ballet scene. Lots to discuss here, and lots of things we hope you will dive deeper into after listening.
You can see more images of this costume at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠costumesofhollywood.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
For more info and updates, follow us on Instagram @costumesofhollywood
⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠You can buy The Costumes of Hollywood book at Routledge, Taylor & Francis⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or most places books are sold online.
Original theme song composed and arranged by James Scott and Vincent Ju. Voiceover by Alex Delzell