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- Costume Designer
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
- Actor
Swiss-born René Eugène Hubert studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule in St. Gallen and at the Beaux Arts in Paris and subsequently worked for the noted fashion designer Jean Patou. He did some costume design for theatrical revues in Berlin and France (including for the Folies Bergère at the Casino de Paris), where his work attracted the attention of star actress Gloria Swanson. Swanson managed to persuade Hubert to join her in Hollywood as personal designer for her entire personal and professional wardrobe and he ended up signed to a two-year contract at Paramount in 1924 (inevitably specialising in Gloria's pictures, beginning with Madame Sans-Gêne (1925)). After his contract expired, Hubert made the rounds of other studios: MGM (1927-1931); under the auspices of Charles Le Maire at 20th Century Fox (1931-1935); at Alexander Korda's London Films (1935-1938), where he designed the futuristic costumes for Things to Come (1936); then back at Fox (1943-1950).
He excelled at period costume and was engaged on many A-grade historical dramas, including Fire Over England (1937), That Hamilton Woman (1941), Jane Eyre (1943), Dragonwyck (1946), Forever Amber (1947) and Anastasia (1956). Hubert died in June 1976 at the age of eighty, leaving behind a rich legacy of distinctive watercolour and pencil sketches of his designs.- Director
- Writer
- Actor
Jean de Limur was born on 13 November 1887 in Vouhé, Charente-Maritime, France. He was a director and writer, known for Slipper Episode (1935), Mon gosse de père (1930) and The Parisian (1931). He died on 5 June 1976 in Paris, France.- Harold Williams was born on 3 September 1893 in Woollhara, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He was an actor, known for Gilbert and Sullivan (1953) and Jimmy Boy (1935). He died on 5 June 1976 in Gordon, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- Born on January 10, 1903 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, to an English father and an American mother, Violet Wilkey made her screen debut at the age of 12 in the D.W. Griffith screen epic _Birth of a Nation, The_, playing a young 'Mae Marsh'. She then appeared in The Children Pay (1916), but left the film world forever after Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917) to retire to private life. Her film career lasted only two short years. She died on June 5, 1976 in North Hollywood, California, USA at the age of 73.
- Composer
- Actor
Hans Georg Schütz was born on 21 March 1912 in Stettin, Pomerania, Germany. He was a composer and actor, known for Die Erbin vom Rosenhof (1942), Allez Hopp (1946) and Männerwirtschaft (1941). He died on 5 June 1976 in Hemmoor, Germany.