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[[File:Dolly Tree Portrait 1926.jpg|thumb|right|Dolly Tree photographed with a long [[cigarette holder]] in 1926]]
[[File:Dolly Tree Portrait 1926.jpg|thumb|right|Dolly Tree photographed with a long [[cigarette holder]] in 1926]]
[[File:Dolly Tree Portrait.jpg|thumb|right|Scanned portrait photograph from family collection, with stamp from Venice Photo Shop, 1402 Ocean Front, Venice, California on the rear and a handwritten note which refers to her mother, Bertha Isbell]]
[[File:Dolly Tree Portrait.jpg|thumb|right|Scanned portrait photograph from family collection, with stamp from Venice Photo Shop, 1402 Ocean Front, Venice, California on the rear and a handwritten note which refers to her mother, Bertha Isbell]]


'''Dolly Tree''' (17 March 1899–17 May 1962) was an English [[illustrator]], actress and [[costume designer]] who during the 1930s and 1940s designed dresses for [[Myrna Loy]], [[Jean Harlow]], [[Rosalind Russell]], [[Maureen O'Sullivan]] and [[Judy Garland]] among others in addition to costuming historical dramas such as ''[[David Copperfield (1935 film)|David Copperfield]]'' (1935) and ''[[A Tale of Two Cities (1935 film)|A Tale of Two Cities]]'' (1935).
'''Dolly Tree''' (17 March 1899 – 17 May 1962) was an English [[illustrator]], actress and [[costume designer]] who during the 1930s and 1940s designed dresses for [[Myrna Loy]], [[Jean Harlow]], [[Rosalind Russell]], [[Maureen O'Sullivan]] and [[Judy Garland]] among others in addition to costuming historical dramas such as ''[[David Copperfield (1935 film)|David Copperfield]]'' (1935) and ''[[A Tale of Two Cities (1935 film)|A Tale of Two Cities]]'' (1935).


==Biography==
==Biography==
[[File:The Beauty Spot Gaiety 1917.jpg|thumb|right|Programme design by Tree for ''[[The Beauty Spot]]'' at the [[Gaiety Theatre, London|Gaiety Theatre]] in London (1917)]]
[[File:The Beauty Spot Gaiety 1917.jpg|thumb|right|Programme design by Tree for ''[[The Beauty Spot]]'' at the [[Gaiety Theatre, London|Gaiety Theatre]] in London (1917)]]
Born in [[Westbury-on-Trym]] in [[Bristol]] in 1899 as '''Dorothy Marian Isbell''', the daughter of Charles Edwin Isbell (1863-1942) , a solicitor, and Bertha Marian (née Keith-Williams) (1874-1947)<ref>[https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2352&h=55588092&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=djv807&_phstart=successSource Dorothy Marian Isbell in the 1911 England Census - [[Ancestry.com]] {{Subscription}}]</ref> at an early age she discovered an aptitude for drawing before being drawn towards a career on the stage. In 1912 her family relocated to London<ref name=Cause>[http://www.causeafrockus.com/2014/05/dolly-tree/ Dolly Tree on the 'Cause a Frockus' website]</ref> and she began her career as an artist after seeing the play ''Vanity Fair'' at the [[Palace Theatre, London|Palace Theatre]] in 1916. Of the play she later wrote, ‘I was fascinated by the wonderful dancing and art of Regine Flory and admired her so much that I started to design a special poster of her, really to amuse myself, based on my recollections of this vivid artist seen across the footlights.’ A friend took her drawing to Sir [[Alfred Butt]] who bought it and gave her a two-year contract (c1917-1918) to design posters and programme covers for of all his shows including ''The Boy'' (1917), ''[[The Beauty Spot]]'' (1917), ''Going Up'' (1918), ''Telling the Tale'' (1918), ''The Latest Craze'' (1919), ''The Kiss Call'' (1919), ''Very Good Eddie'' (1919) and ''Hello America'' (1919). Her comic illustrations also appeared in various British newspapers and magazines.<ref name=Jazz/>
Born in [[Westbury-on-Trym]] in [[Bristol]] in 1899 as '''Dorothy Marian Isbell''', the daughter of Charles Edwin Isbell (1863–1942), a solicitor, and Bertha Marian (née Keith-Williams) (1874–1947).<ref>[https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2352&h=55588092&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=djv807&_phstart=successSource Dorothy Marian Isbell in the 1911 England Census] – [[Ancestry.com]] {{Subscription required}}</ref> At an early age she discovered an aptitude for drawing before being drawn towards a career on the stage. In 1912 her family relocated to London<ref name=Cause>[http://www.causeafrockus.com/2014/05/dolly-tree/ Dolly Tree on the 'Cause a Frockus' website]</ref> and she began her career as an artist after seeing the play ''Vanity Fair'' at the [[Palace Theatre, London|Palace Theatre]] in 1916. Of the play she later wrote, ‘I was fascinated by the wonderful dancing and art of Regine Flory and admired her so much that I started to design a special poster of her, really to amuse myself, based on my recollections of this vivid artist seen across the footlights.’ A friend took her drawing to Sir [[Alfred Butt]] who bought it and gave her a two-year contract (c1917-1918) to design posters and programme covers for of all his shows including ''The Boy'' (1917), ''[[The Beauty Spot]]'' (1917), ''Going Up'' (1918), ''Telling the Tale'' (1918), ''The Latest Craze'' (1919), ''The Kiss Call'' (1919), ''Very Good Eddie'' (1919) and ''Hello America'' (1919). Her comic illustrations also appeared in various British newspapers and magazines.<ref name=Jazz/>


Between 1915 and 1918 Dolly Tree appeared in five British [[silent film]]s as an actress. In the United Kingdom her career as a [[costume designer]] began in the 1920s on various cabaret shows in London in particular; in 1923 she collaborated on her first film, ''[[Woman to Woman (1923 film)|Woman to Woman]]'', directed by [[Graham Cutts]] and with [[Alfred Hitchcock]] as the co-screenwriter, artistic director and assistant director. Her work became popular in Paris where she became the first English person and the first woman to design for the [[Folies Bergère]].<ref name=Jazz>[http://www.jazzageclub.com/jazz-age-club/dolly-tree-illustrations/ Dolly Tree's Jazz Age Illustrations - Jazz Age Club website]</ref>
Between 1915 and 1918 Dolly Tree appeared in five British [[silent film]]s as an actress. In the United Kingdom her career as a [[costume designer]] began in the 1920s on various cabaret shows in London in particular; in 1923 she collaborated on her first film, ''[[Woman to Woman (1923 film)|Woman to Woman]]'', directed by [[Graham Cutts]] and with [[Alfred Hitchcock]] as the co-screenwriter, artistic director and assistant director. Her work became popular in Paris where she became the first English person and the first woman to design for the [[Folies Bergère]].<ref name=Jazz>[http://www.jazzageclub.com/jazz-age-club/dolly-tree-illustrations/ Dolly Tree's Jazz Age Illustrations – Jazz Age Club website]</ref>


In 1926 she moved to the United States,<ref name=Cause/> first working in New York where she created the costumes for the 1928 [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] play ''[[Diamond Lil (play)|Diamond Lil]]'' starring [[Mae West]].<ref>[http://www.playbill.com/person/dolly-tree-vault-0000021330 Dolly Tree and ''[[Diamond Lil (play)|Diamond Lil]]'' (1928) - ''[[Playbill]]'']</ref><ref>[https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/dolly-tree-115827 Dolly Tree and ''[[Diamond Lil (play)|Diamond Lil]]'' (1928) on the [[Internet Broadway Database]]]</ref> She then went to Hollywood<ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=bZ_DAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT258&lpg=PT258&dq=dolly+tree&source=bl&ots=OqD9eGNuOY&sig=67w1ckpDUX0LqC4OW4qm01J8uJ4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjd9YaB1oPeAhWkLcAKHT0qDFY4KBDoATAHegQIAhAB#v=onepage&q=dolly%20tree&f=false Elizabeth Leese, ''Costume Design in the Movies: An Illustrated Guide to the Work of 157 Great Designers'', Dover Fashion and Costumes (1977) - [[Google Books]]]</ref> where she was involved in designing for 175 American films, firstly for [[20th Century Fox|Fox Studios]] (1929-1931) and then for [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] (1931-1942), mainly as a designer of dresses, among others alongside [[Adrian (costume designer)|Adrian]].<ref>[http://www.jazzageclub.com/film/evolution-of-a-screen-gown-at-mgm-in-the-1930s/ The Evolution of a Screen Gown by Dolly Tree at MGM in the 1930s - Jazz Age Club website]</ref> In 1931 while working at Fox Studios she met and married the American Naval officer Thomas Kimes. The marriage was a happy, one but his career in the Navy kept them apart and they divorced in 1940. After her divorce Tree began to drink heavily which lead to her leaving MGM in 1942 and returning to Fox Studios where she married her second husband, Don E. Whiteford. However, this marriage also did not work and they quickly divorced, which drove Tree further into alcoholism. Her second divorce, her heavy drinking and the death of her father in 1942 lead to her becoming increasing unreliable and losing her job.<ref>[http://nataliewoodnip.blogspot.com/2011/11/what-delightful-name.html Dolly Tree - A Rising Star]</ref>
In 1926 she moved to the United States,<ref name=Cause/> first working in New York where she created the costumes for the 1928 [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] play ''[[Diamond Lil (play)|Diamond Lil]]'' starring [[Mae West]].<ref>[http://www.playbill.com/person/dolly-tree-vault-0000021330 Dolly Tree and ''Diamond Lil'' (1928)] – ''[[Playbill]]''</ref><ref>[https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/dolly-tree-115827 Dolly Tree and ''Diamond Lil'' (1928)] on the [[Internet Broadway Database]]</ref> She then went to Hollywood<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=bZ_DAgAAQBAJ&dq=dolly+tree&pg=PT258 Elizabeth Leese, ''Costume Design in the Movies: An Illustrated Guide to the Work of 157 Great Designers'', Dover Fashion and Costumes (1977)] – [[Google Books]]</ref> where she was involved in designing for 175 American films, firstly for [[20th Century Fox|Fox Studios]] (1929–1931) and then for [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] (1931–1942), mainly as a designer of dresses, among others alongside [[Adrian (costume designer)|Adrian]].<ref>[http://www.jazzageclub.com/film/evolution-of-a-screen-gown-at-mgm-in-the-1930s/ The Evolution of a Screen Gown by Dolly Tree at MGM in the 1930s – Jazz Age Club website]</ref> In 1931 while working at Fox Studios she met and married the American Naval officer Thomas Kimes. The marriage was a happy one, but his career in the Navy kept them apart and they divorced in 1940. After her divorce Tree began to drink heavily which led to her leaving MGM in 1942 (this is not the case – she left MGM to work for a wholesale company – see the biography Dolly Tree: A Dream of Beauty) and returning to Fox Studios where she married her second husband, Don E. Whiteford. However, this marriage also did not work and they quickly divorced, which drove Tree further into alcoholism. Her second divorce, her heavy drinking and the death of her father in 1942 led to her becoming increasing unreliable and losing her job.<ref>[http://nataliewoodnip.blogspot.com/2011/11/what-delightful-name.html Dolly Tree – A Rising Star]</ref>


[[File:Pilgrim-psychiatric.jpg|thumb|right|Tree died in the Pilgrim State Hospital in New York, now the [[Pilgrim Psychiatric Center]]]]
[[File:Pilgrim-psychiatric.jpg|thumb|right|Tree died in the Pilgrim State Hospital in New York, now the [[Pilgrim Psychiatric Center]]]]
Dolly Tree died aged 63 at the [[Pilgrim Psychiatric Center|Pilgrim State Hospital]] in New York in 1962. In her will she left £757 to Arthur Thomas Isbell, a retired shopkeeper, and Edith Mary Kelynack in her native [[United Kingdom]].<ref>[https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/1904/32858_635001_2117-00203?pid=16250824&backurl=https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26dbid%3D1904%26h%3D16250824%26tid%3D%26pid%3D%26usePUB%3Dtrue%26_phsrc%3Ddjv815%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=djv815&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true Dorothy Marian Whiteford in the England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995 (1965) - [[Ancestry.com]] {{Subscription}}]</ref>
Dolly Tree died aged 63 at the [[Pilgrim Psychiatric Center|Pilgrim State Hospital]] in New York in 1962. In her will she left £757 to Arthur Thomas Isbell, a retired shopkeeper, and Edith Mary Kelynack (1894–1971) in her native [[United Kingdom]].<ref>[https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/1904/32858_635001_2117-00203?pid=16250824&backurl=https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26dbid%3D1904%26h%3D16250824%26tid%3D%26pid%3D%26usePUB%3Dtrue%26_phsrc%3Ddjv815%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=djv815&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true Dorothy Marian Whiteford in the England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858–1966, 1973–1995 (1965)] – [[Ancestry.com]] {{Subscription required}}</ref>


==Partial filmography==
==Partial filmography==
===As actress:<ref name=BFI/>===
===As actress===
*1915 : ''[[Love in a Wood]]''
*1915 : ''[[Love in a Wood]]''
*1915 : ''[[From Shopgirl to Duchess]]'' - Tilly
*1915 : ''[[From Shopgirl to Duchess]]'' – Tilly
*1915 : ''[[The Disorder of the Bath]]''
*1915 : ''[[The Disorder of the Bath]]''
*1916 : ''[[Two Lancashire Lasses in London]]''
*1916 : ''[[Two Lancashire Lasses in London]]''
*1918 : ''[[Hindle Wakes (1918 film)|Hindle Wakes]]'' - Mary Hollins
*1918 : ''[[Hindle Wakes (1918 film)|Hindle Wakes]]'' – Mary Hollins
<ref name=BFI/>


===As costume designer===
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===As costume designer:<ref name=BFI>[https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba8e3e0ad Dolly Tree on the [[British Film Institute]] database]</ref>===
[[File:Maureen O'Sullivan in Hold That Kiss.jpg|thumb|right|[[Maureen O'Sullivan]] in ''[[Hold That Kiss]]'' (1938) wearing a dress designed by Dolly Tree]]
[[File:Maureen O'Sullivan in Hold That Kiss.jpg|thumb|right|[[Maureen O'Sullivan]] in ''[[Hold That Kiss]]'' (1938) wearing a dress designed by Dolly Tree]]
*1923 : ''[[Woman to Woman (1923 film)|Woman to Woman]]''
*1923 : ''[[Woman to Woman (1923 film)|Woman to Woman]]''
*1923 : ''[[The Woman Dancer]]''
*1923 : ''[[The Woman Dancer]]''
*1930 : ''[[Just Imagine]]''
*1930 : ''[[Just Imagine (film)|Just Imagine]]''
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*1931 : ''[[The Public Enemy]]''
*1931 : ''[[Bad Girl (1931 film)|Bad Girl]]''
*1931 : ''[[Bad Girl (1931 film)|Bad Girl]]''
*1932 : ''[[Almost Married (1932 film)|Almost Married]]''
*1932 : ''[[Almost Married (1932 film)|Almost Married]]''
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*1934 : ''[[The Public Enemy]]''
*1934 : ''[[Stamboul Quest]]''
*1934 : ''[[Stamboul Quest]]''
*1934 : ''[[Evelyn Prentice]]''
*1934 : ''[[Evelyn Prentice]]''
*1934 : ''[[The Gay Bride]]''
*1934 : ''[[The Gay Bride]]''
*1934 : ''[[The Thin Man]]''
*1935 : ''[[David Copperfield (1935 film)|David Copperfield]]''
*1935 : ''[[David Copperfield (1935 film)|David Copperfield]]''
*1935 : ''[[A Night at the Opera (film)|A Night at the Opera]]''
*1935 : ''[[A Night at the Opera (film)|A Night at the Opera]]''
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*1935 : ''[[Public Hero No. 1]]''
*1935 : ''[[Public Hero No. 1]]''
*1935 : ''[[A Tale of Two Cities (1935 film)|A Tale of Two Cities]]''
*1935 : ''[[A Tale of Two Cities (1935 film)|A Tale of Two Cities]]''
*1936 : ''[[Riffraff (1936 film)|Riffraff]]''
*1936 : ''[[Riffraff (1936 film)|Riffraf]]''
*1936 : ''[[Trouble for Two]]''
*1936: The Garden Murder Case
*1936 : ''[[The Unguarded Hour]]''
*1936 : ''[[The Unguarded Hour]]''
*1936 : ''[[His Brother's Wife]]''
*1936 : ''[[His Brother's Wife]]''
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*1936 : ''[[Suzy (film)|Suzy]]''
*1936 : ''[[Suzy (film)|Suzy]]''
*1936 : ''[[Libeled Lady]]''
*1936 : ''[[Libeled Lady]]''
*1936 : ‘’[[Absolute Quiet]]’’
*1936 : ''[[After the Thin Man]]''
*1936 : ''[[After the Thin Man]]''
*1936 : ''[[The Devil-Doll]]''
*1936 : ''[[The Devil-Doll]]''
*1936 : ''[[Robin Hood of El Dorado (film)|The Robin Hood of El Dorado]]''
*1936 : ''[[Robin Hood of El Dorado (film)|The Robin Hood of El Dorado]]''
*1937 : ''[[Rosalie (film)|Rosalie]]''
*1937 : ''[[Rosalie (1937 film)|Rosalie]]''
*1937 : ''[[A Day at the Races (film)|A Day at the Races]]''
*1937 : ''[[A Day at the Races (film)|A Day at the Races]]''
*1937 : ''[[The Good Earth (film)|The Good Earth]]''
*1937 : ''[[The Good Earth (film)|The Good Earth]]''
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*1938 : ''[[Hold That Kiss]]''
*1938 : ''[[Hold That Kiss]]''
*1938 : ''[[Spring Madness]]''
*1938 : ''[[Spring Madness]]''
*1938 : ''[[The Girl Downstairs]]''
*1938 : ''[[The Girl Downstairs (film)|The Girl Downstairs]]''
*1938 : ''[[Test Pilot (film)|Test Pilot]]''
*1938 : ''[[Test Pilot (film)|Test Pilot]]''
*1939 : ''[[At the Circus]]''
*1939 : ''[[At the Circus]]''
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*1942 : ''[[The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe]]''
*1942 : ''[[The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe]]''
*1942 : ''[[Ten Gentlemen from West Point]]''
*1942 : ''[[Ten Gentlemen from West Point]]''
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<ref name=BFI>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190529112114/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba8e3e0ad Dolly Tree] on the [[British Film Institute]] database</ref>


==References==
==References==
{{reflist|2}}
{{Reflist|2}}

Please see the illustrated Biography Dolly Tree: A Dream of Beauty by Gary Chapman published in 2017.


==External links==
==External links==
*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0871675/?ref_=nmbio_bio_nm Dolly Tree on [[Internet Movie Database]]]
*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0871675/?ref_=nmbio_bio_nm Dolly Tree] on [[Internet Movie Database]]
* [https://norman.hrc.utexas.edu/fasearch/findingAid.cfm?eadID=00150 W.H. Crain Costume and Scene Design Collection] at the [[Harry Ransom Center]]

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Latest revision as of 08:40, 29 April 2024

Dolly Tree photographed with a long cigarette holder in 1926
Scanned portrait photograph from family collection, with stamp from Venice Photo Shop, 1402 Ocean Front, Venice, California on the rear and a handwritten note which refers to her mother, Bertha Isbell

Dolly Tree (17 March 1899 – 17 May 1962) was an English illustrator, actress and costume designer who during the 1930s and 1940s designed dresses for Myrna Loy, Jean Harlow, Rosalind Russell, Maureen O'Sullivan and Judy Garland among others in addition to costuming historical dramas such as David Copperfield (1935) and A Tale of Two Cities (1935).

Biography[edit]

Programme design by Tree for The Beauty Spot at the Gaiety Theatre in London (1917)

Born in Westbury-on-Trym in Bristol in 1899 as Dorothy Marian Isbell, the daughter of Charles Edwin Isbell (1863–1942), a solicitor, and Bertha Marian (née Keith-Williams) (1874–1947).[1] At an early age she discovered an aptitude for drawing before being drawn towards a career on the stage. In 1912 her family relocated to London[2] and she began her career as an artist after seeing the play Vanity Fair at the Palace Theatre in 1916. Of the play she later wrote, ‘I was fascinated by the wonderful dancing and art of Regine Flory and admired her so much that I started to design a special poster of her, really to amuse myself, based on my recollections of this vivid artist seen across the footlights.’ A friend took her drawing to Sir Alfred Butt who bought it and gave her a two-year contract (c1917-1918) to design posters and programme covers for of all his shows including The Boy (1917), The Beauty Spot (1917), Going Up (1918), Telling the Tale (1918), The Latest Craze (1919), The Kiss Call (1919), Very Good Eddie (1919) and Hello America (1919). Her comic illustrations also appeared in various British newspapers and magazines.[3]

Between 1915 and 1918 Dolly Tree appeared in five British silent films as an actress. In the United Kingdom her career as a costume designer began in the 1920s on various cabaret shows in London in particular; in 1923 she collaborated on her first film, Woman to Woman, directed by Graham Cutts and with Alfred Hitchcock as the co-screenwriter, artistic director and assistant director. Her work became popular in Paris where she became the first English person and the first woman to design for the Folies Bergère.[3]

In 1926 she moved to the United States,[2] first working in New York where she created the costumes for the 1928 Broadway play Diamond Lil starring Mae West.[4][5] She then went to Hollywood[6] where she was involved in designing for 175 American films, firstly for Fox Studios (1929–1931) and then for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1931–1942), mainly as a designer of dresses, among others alongside Adrian.[7] In 1931 while working at Fox Studios she met and married the American Naval officer Thomas Kimes. The marriage was a happy one, but his career in the Navy kept them apart and they divorced in 1940. After her divorce Tree began to drink heavily which led to her leaving MGM in 1942 (this is not the case – she left MGM to work for a wholesale company – see the biography Dolly Tree: A Dream of Beauty) and returning to Fox Studios where she married her second husband, Don E. Whiteford. However, this marriage also did not work and they quickly divorced, which drove Tree further into alcoholism. Her second divorce, her heavy drinking and the death of her father in 1942 led to her becoming increasing unreliable and losing her job.[8]

Tree died in the Pilgrim State Hospital in New York, now the Pilgrim Psychiatric Center

Dolly Tree died aged 63 at the Pilgrim State Hospital in New York in 1962. In her will she left £757 to Arthur Thomas Isbell, a retired shopkeeper, and Edith Mary Kelynack (1894–1971) in her native United Kingdom.[9]

Partial filmography[edit]

As actress[edit]

[10]

As costume designer[edit]

Maureen O'Sullivan in Hold That Kiss (1938) wearing a dress designed by Dolly Tree

[10]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Dorothy Marian Isbell in the 1911 England Census – Ancestry.com (subscription required)
  2. ^ a b Dolly Tree on the 'Cause a Frockus' website
  3. ^ a b Dolly Tree's Jazz Age Illustrations – Jazz Age Club website
  4. ^ Dolly Tree and Diamond Lil (1928) – Playbill
  5. ^ Dolly Tree and Diamond Lil (1928) on the Internet Broadway Database
  6. ^ Elizabeth Leese, Costume Design in the Movies: An Illustrated Guide to the Work of 157 Great Designers, Dover Fashion and Costumes (1977) – Google Books
  7. ^ The Evolution of a Screen Gown by Dolly Tree at MGM in the 1930s – Jazz Age Club website
  8. ^ Dolly Tree – A Rising Star
  9. ^ Dorothy Marian Whiteford in the England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858–1966, 1973–1995 (1965) – Ancestry.com (subscription required)
  10. ^ a b Dolly Tree on the British Film Institute database

Please see the illustrated Biography Dolly Tree: A Dream of Beauty by Gary Chapman published in 2017.

External links[edit]

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