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Bernard Newman(1903-1966)

  • Costume Designer
  • Costume and Wardrobe Department
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Bernard Newman was born on 18 November 1903 in Joplin, Missouri, USA. He was a costume designer, known for You Can't Take It with You (1938), Swing Time (1936) and Top Hat (1935). He was married to Helen Keeler. He died on 30 November 1966 in New York City, New York, USA.
BornNovember 18, 1903
DiedNovember 30, 1966(63)
BornNovember 18, 1903
DiedNovember 30, 1966(63)
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Known for

James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore, and Edward Arnold in You Can't Take It with You (1938)
You Can't Take It with You
7.8
  • Costume and Wardrobe Department
  • 1938
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in Swing Time (1936)
Swing Time
7.4
  • Costume Designer
  • 1936
Top Hat (1935)
Top Hat
7.7
  • Costume Designer
  • 1935
Sydney Greenstreet, Eleanor Parker, Alexis Smith, and Gig Young in The Woman in White (1948)
The Woman in White
6.6
  • Costume and Wardrobe Department
  • 1948

Credits

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Costume Designer

  • Paulette Goddard and Macdonald Carey in Hazard (1948)
    Hazard
    6.0
    • Costume Designer
    • 1948
  • Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart in Dark Passage (1947)
    Dark Passage
    7.5
    • wardrobe by
    • 1947
  • Tales of Manhattan (1942)
    Tales of Manhattan
    7.3
    • Costume Designer
    • 1942
  • James Stewart and Ginger Rogers in Vivacious Lady (1938)
    Vivacious Lady
    7.1
    • costumes
    • 1938
  • History Is Made at Night (1937)
    History Is Made at Night
    7.3
    • Costume Designer
    • 1937
  • Cary Grant and Grace Moore in When You're in Love (1937)
    When You're in Love
    6.2
    • gowns
    • 1937
  • Jean Arthur and George Brent in More Than a Secretary (1936)
    More Than a Secretary
    6.4
    • gowns
    • 1936
  • Ann Sothern in Smartest Girl in Town (1936)
    Smartest Girl in Town
    6.4
    • gowns
    • 1936
  • Melvyn Douglas and Irene Dunne in Theodora Goes Wild (1936)
    Theodora Goes Wild
    7.1
    • gowns
    • 1936
  • Jean Arthur and Joel McCrea in Adventure in Manhattan (1936)
    Adventure in Manhattan
    6.5
    • gowns
    • 1936
  • Gene Raymond and Ann Sothern in Walking on Air (1936)
    Walking on Air
    6.5
    • gowns
    • 1936
  • Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in Swing Time (1936)
    Swing Time
    7.4
    • gowns
    • 1936
  • Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Young, Helen Broderick, Gene Raymond, and Ned Sparks in The Bride Walks Out (1936)
    The Bride Walks Out
    5.7
    • Costume Designer
    • 1936
  • Jean Arthur and William Powell in The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936)
    The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
    6.9
    • gowns
    • 1936
  • Ann Harding in The Witness Chair (1936)
    The Witness Chair
    6.1
    • gowns
    • 1936

Costume and Wardrobe Department

  • Sydney Greenstreet, Eleanor Parker, Alexis Smith, and Gig Young in The Woman in White (1948)
    The Woman in White
    6.6
    • wardrobe
    • 1948
  • Errol Flynn, Ida Lupino, and Eleanor Parker in Escape Me Never (1947)
    Escape Me Never
    5.9
    • wardrobe
    • 1947
  • Dane Clark, Ida Lupino, and Wayne Morris in Deep Valley (1947)
    Deep Valley
    6.8
    • wardrobe
    • 1947
  • Joan Crawford and Van Heflin in Possessed (1947)
    Possessed
    7.1
    • wardrobe
    • 1947
  • Humoresque (1946)
    Humoresque
    7.3
    • wardrobe
    • 1946
  • Bette Davis, Claude Rains, and Paul Henreid in Deception (1946)
    Deception
    7.1
    • wardrobe
    • 1946
  • Irene Dunne and Patric Knowles in Lady in a Jam (1942)
    Lady in a Jam
    6.2
    • gowns: Miss Dunne
    • 1942
  • Joan Bennett, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Vincent Price, George Sanders, Alan Hale, George Bancroft, and John Howard in Green Hell (1940)
    Green Hell
    5.7
    • gowns: Miss Bennett
    • 1940
  • James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore, and Edward Arnold in You Can't Take It with You (1938)
    You Can't Take It with You
    7.8
    • gowns: Miss Arthur
    • 1938
  • Katharine Hepburn in Sylvia Scarlett (1935)
    Sylvia Scarlett
    6.2
    • costumes: Miss Paley
    • 1935
  • Rafter Romance (1933)
    Rafter Romance
    6.7
    • costumer (uncredited)
    • 1933

Personal details

  • Born
    • November 18, 1903
    • Joplin, Missouri, USA
  • Died
    • November 30, 1966
    • New York City, New York, USA
  • Spouse
    • Helen KeelerDecember 7, 1935 - ?
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Article

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  • Trivia
    Attended the Art Student's League in Paris before spending twelve years at Bergdorf-Goodman in New York, initially as a window dresser. He eventually worked his way up to chief designer. He then moved to Hollywood, working at RKO from 1934 to 1936, designing gowns for several musicals starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. He returned to Bergdorf-Goodman afterward, but continued working for film occasionally: at Columbia in 1938 and Warner Bros from 1946 to 1947.

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