Superb collection of eight original costume sketches for Hollywood movies dating to the 1950s and 1960s, with designs attributed to Academy Award-winning costume designers Walter Plunkett, Helen Rose, Bill Thomas, and William Travilla. The sketches, which range in size from 11 x 15 to 15 x 22, are accomplished in variations of graphite, pastel, and watercolor, with the majority of sketches bearing approval initials and pencil notations to the front and/or back. The sketches are as follows:
Child actress Donna Corcoran from a design by William Travilla for the 1952 20th Century Fox film noir Don't Bother to Knock, which shows her wearing a black wide-brimmed hat and a dark blue dress, a sample of which is stapled to the upper left corner, and the reverse stamped as “Prod. No. P-782, Sketch No. 9559, Name Donna Corcoran, Fitter Myrtle Short, Date 2-11-52, Sequence #1 + #3.”
Actress June Allyson from a design by Helen Rose for the 1953 MGM musical comedy Remains to Be Seen, which shows her wearing a blouse and slacks, with color suggestions to left, “Pink & Black,” a sample stapled to the upper right section, and the reverse stamped “Prod. No. 1612, Sketch No. 2689, Name June Allyson, Fitter Brucie & Sam, Date 10/6/52.”
Actress Doe Avedon from a design by Walter Plunkett and Helen Rose for the 1954 MGM musical Deep in My Heart, which shows two figures in light-colored tennis attire, a sample of which is stapled to the upper right corner, and the reverse stamped “Prod. 857, Sketch No. 3739, Name Doe Avedon, Date 4/6/54.”
Actress Natalie Wood from a design by Helen Rose for the 1960 MGM film All the Fine Young Cannibals, which depicts her holding a bucket and wearing a bluish gray gingham pattern dress, with upper right marked “Salome, Change #1,” and the reverse stamped as “Prod. No. 1764, Sketch No. 563, Name Salome (Natalie Wood).”
Actress Marlyn Mason from a design by Bill Thomas for the 1969 MGM film The Trouble with Girls, which shows her wearing a sleeveless light blue dress, samples of which are stapled to the upper left corner, with the upper right marked as “Charlene, #3.”
A “One piece bathing suit” from a design by Walter Plunkett and Helen Rose for the 1952 MGM musical Million Dollar Mermaid, with the reverse stamped as “Prod. No. 1567, Sketch No. 9524, Fitter Schrodt, Date 2-2-52, Sequence Torch Number.”
Two unidentified sketches: one of a model wearing a white undergarment, marked above as “#2, Underslip in dressing room on stage at studio”; and another of a model draped in a yellow robe, a sample of which is stapled to the upper left corner. The “yellow robe” and Natalie Wood sketches are stapled to slightly larger mounts. In overall fine condition, with some wear and toning to edges, which could be easily matted out if so desired.
