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Bernard Newman
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Born November 18, 1903Died November 30, 1966 (63 years)
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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 Broderick. 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.
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 Broderick. 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.
Bernard Newman Filmography
| 1948 | Hazard · as Costume Design |
| 1948 | The Woman in White · as Costume Designer |
| 1947 | Escape Me Never · as Wardrobe Supervisor |
| 1947 | Dark Passage · as Costume Design |
| 1947 | Deep Valley · as Costume Designer |
| 1947 | Possessed · as Costume Design |
| 1946 | Humoresque · as Costume Designer |
| 1942 | Tales of Manhattan · as Costume Design |
| 1942 | Lady in a Jam · as Costume Design |
| 1940 | Green Hell · as Costume Design |
| 1938 | You Can't Take It with You · as Costume Design |
| 1938 | Vivacious Lady · as Costume Design |
| 1937 | History Is Made at Night · as Costume Design |
| 1937 | When You're in Love · as Costume Designer |
| 1936 | More Than a Secretary · as Costume Design |
| 1936 | Smartest Girl in Town · as Costume Designer |
| 1936 | Theodora Goes Wild · as Costume Design |
| 1936 | Swing Time · as Costume Design |
| 1936 | Adventure in Manhattan · as Costume Design |
| 1936 | Walking on Air · as Costume Design |
| 1936 | The Bride Walks Out · as Costume Design |
| 1936 | The Ex-Mrs. Bradford · as Costume Design |
| 1936 | The Witness Chair · as Costume Designer |
| 1936 | Follow the Fleet · as Costume Design |
| 1936 | The Lady Consents · as Costume Design |
| 1936 | Two in the Dark · as Costume Design |
| 1935 | Sylvia Scarlett · as Costume Design |
| 1935 | I Dream Too Much · as Costume Design |
| 1935 | In Person · as Costume Design |
| 1935 | Top Hat · as Costume Design |
| 1935 | The Nitwits · as Costume Design |
| 1935 | Break of Hearts · as Costume Design |
| 1935 | Star of Midnight · as Costume Design |
| 1935 | Roberta · as Costume Design |