Arlington Valles
Arlington Valles (birth name: Frederick Arlington Valles ; born May 4, 1886 in London ; † April 12, 1970 in Hollywood , California ) was a British- born American costume designer who won an Oscar for best costume design in 1961 and another before that Time was nominated for this Oscar.
Life
Valles began his career as a costume designer in the Hollywood film industry in 1938 with the film A Christmas Carol and was involved in the costume design of over sixty films and television series until 1960 .
At the Oscar ceremony in 1951 , he was with Walter Plunkett for the Oscar for Best Costume Design in a color film nominated, namely for That Forsyte Woman (1949) by Compton Bennett with Errol Flynn , Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon in the lead roles .
In 1961 he and Bill Thomas won the Oscar for best costume design in a color film for the historical and monumental film Spartacus (1960) by Stanley Kubrick with Kirk Douglas , Laurence Olivier and Jean Simmons . Spartacus was also the last film Valles helped make.
Filmography (selection)
- 1938: A Christmas Carol
- 1939: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn)
- 1939: Bad Little Angel
- 1944: Little Girl, Big Heart (National Velvet)
- 1944 dragon's (Dragon Seed)
- 1945: The Picture of Dorian Gray (The Picture of Dorian Gray)
- 1945: Abott and Costello in Hollywood (Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood)
- 1946: The Harvey Girls
- 1946: Endless is the prairie (The Sea of Grass)
- 1946: The Wilderness Calls (The Yearling)
- 1947: Good News
- 1948: Lassie's home (Hills of Home)
- 1948: Easter Parade (Easter Parade)
- 1950: Kim - Secret Service in India (Rudyard Kipling's Kim)
- 1956: Captain Video and His Cartoon Rangers (TV series)
- 1960: Spartacus
Awards
Web links
- Arlington Valles in the Internet Movie Database (English)
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SURNAME | Valles, Arlington |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Valles, Frederick Arlington (maiden name); Valles, Fred (nickname) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American costume designer |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 4, 1886 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
DATE OF DEATH | April 12, 1970 |
Place of death | Hollywood , California |