Edith Head the famous costume designer said this of Mae West ability to control a costume She can take dress with fur on the bottom and walk across the room when a lot of people would break their necks. Walter Plunkett who was costume designer at RKO and MGM on the beloved actress best remembered as Glinda in The Wizard of OZ You couldnt dress Billie Burke without ruffles. Even if it was a tailord suit, you had to put ruffles on it If you are not a film history buff Billie Burke was known to be somewhat of an airhead in many RKOs and MGMs comedies maybe a better word would be a scatterbrain. However outside of these roles she was a very intelligent lady and was Mrs. Flo Ziegfield as one time.
Posted on: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 20:29:20 +0000
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