Rosemary Odell

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Rosemary Odell (born September 27, 1924 in Hawaii , † April 22, 1992 in San Joaquin County , California ) was an American costume designer for films.

Life

Rosemary Odell was hired by Universal Studios as a costume designer in 1945 . She delivered her first work for B-films with a running time of around 60 minutes. The first large-scale production of her career was Jules Dassin's prison film Cell R 17 in 1947, starring Burt Lancaster . Odell designed the costumes for the female part of the cast, including Yvonne De Carlo , Ann Blyth and Ella Raines . Odell was used several times in the films produced by Universal for the comedian duo Abbott and Costello . She also made the costumes for a number of comedies starring Donald O'Connor . During her time at Universal, where Bill Thomas was entrusted with the costume design for the studio's most important films, Odell was often responsible for westerns , such as Anthony Mann's Mutiny on the Serpent River ( 1952) and Andrew V. McLaglen's Rancho River (1966) James Stewart each in the lead role. But also dramas like Mark Robson's Victory over Darkness and horror films like Behind the Walls of Horror , both from 1951, are among her works.

She has also repeatedly created film costumes for Universal's rising stars Rock Hudson and Tony Curtis . In Delbert Mann's film comedy A Touch of Mink (1962) she was in turn responsible for the costumes of Doris Day , the studio's greatest star at the time. Odell was also involved in Jack Arnold's first science fiction film Danger from Space (1953). Other directors she has worked under include Raoul Walsh , Douglas Sirk , Nathan Juran , George Marshall , Norman Jewison and Michael Anderson . In the late 1960s, Odell withdrew from the film business.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1945: Easy to Look at
  • 1946: Wild Beauty
  • 1947: Cell R 17 ( Brute Force )
  • 1948: Fraud ( Larceny )
  • 1949: The Red Canyon ( Red Canyon )
  • 1949: The Story of Molly X ( The Story of Molly X )
  • 1950: Released ( Outside the Wall )
  • 1950: Ostracized ( The Kid from Texas )
  • 1950: Mercilessly hounded ( The Lawless )
  • 1950: In love, engaged, married ( Peggy )
  • 1951: Victory over the Dark ( Bright Victory )
  • 1951: Behind the Walls of Horror ( The Strange Door )
  • 1952: Bend of the river ( Bend of the River )
  • 1952: The Treasure of Canyon ( The Treasure of Lost Canyon )
  • 1952: The Red Angel ( Scarlet Angel )
  • 1952: Has anyone seen my bride? ( Has Anybody Seen My Gal )
  • 1952: The son of Ali Baba ( Son of Ali Baba )
  • 1953: Dangerous Blood ( The Lawless Breed )
  • 1953: The City Under the Sea ( City Beneath the Sea )
  • 1953: The Hand on the Colt ( Law and Order )
  • 1953: Louisiana's Bay of Death ( Thunder Bay )
  • 1953: Came from Outer Space ( It Came from Outer Space )
  • 1953: All my longing ( All I Desire )
  • 1953: The Prince of Baghdad ( The Veils of Bagdad )
  • 1954: The Devil's Passage ( Border River )
  • 1954: In the dungeons of Morocco ( Yankee Pasha )
  • 1954: The Iron Knight of Falworth ( The Black Shield of Falworth )
  • 1954: Destry cleans up ( Destry )
  • 1955: Metaluna IV does not respond ( This Island Earth )
  • 1955: The private war of Major Benson ( The Private War of Major Benson )
  • 1956: The Secret of the Five Tombs ( Backlash )
  • 1956: Hours of Terror ( A Day of Fury )
  • 1956: Shots lash through the night ( Showdown at Abilene )
  • 1956: For whom the stars shine (4 Girls in Town)
  • 1962: That Touch of Mink ( That Touch of Mink )
  • 1962: On the Black River ( The Spiral Road )
  • 1962: Who disturbs the nightingale ( To Kill a Mockingbird )
  • 1963: The Iron Collar ( Showdown )
  • 1963: Captain Newman ( Captain Newman, MD )
  • 1964: Monsieur Cognac ( Wild and Wonderful )
  • 1964: A Reckless Daredevil ( The Lively Set )
  • 1965: Resist If You Can ( Bus Riley's Back in Town )
  • 1966: Rancho River ( The Rare Breed )
  • 1966: Three Foreign Legionnaires ( Beau Geste )
  • 1966: Two Great Guys in Texas ( Texas Across the River )
  • 1967: ride to the gallows ( Ride to Hangman's Tree )
  • 1969: A cheeky badger in the maize patch ( Rascal )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Joel Waldo Finler: The Hollywood Story. Wallflower Press, 2003, ISBN 1-903364-66-3 , p. 279.
personal data
SURNAME Odell, Rosemary
ALTERNATIVE NAMES O'Dell, Rosemary
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American costume designer
DATE OF BIRTH September 27, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Hawaii
DATE OF DEATH April 22, 1992
Place of death San Joaquin County , California