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Title A name given to the resource Labels Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Images Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Film Costumes Costume - Film Cataloguing of costumes for Film Location The location of the interview 507-2-2-A Old Location Repacked and moved 4/4/18 Sex Female Location Audit Date February 2022 Actor Claudette Colbert Character Cleopatra Film Title Cleopatra Studio Paramount Production Year Year the Film produced 1934 Time Period Time period in which Film set 48 B.C. Costume Designer Travis Banton Additional Notes Claudette Colbert was not new to working with DeMille in historical epics having just filmed “The Sign of The Cross” 1932. She was known for her incredible body and had very specific ideas of how the sexually-suggestive costumes should look as she played the manipulative, wily seductress. She insisted that her bosom be exposed as much as possible and that little or nothing was between the costume and her body. Colbert rejected the costumes that DeMille’s staff had created for her, so Travis Banton stepped in. The battles continued and costumes were being produced from day to day to satisfy the star. But, the final results were beautiful and the film went on to become one of Paramount’s highest grossing film of the year. Travis Banton was already the chief of wardrobe at Paramount and knew how to handle difficult stars, but this one was to become one of his most difficult challenges. His designs for the film were a testament to the Deco period- all the rage at the time- and had little to do with actual Egyptian clothing. But, the look became the standard for how the costumes of Egypt would be depicted for many years. The Hays code, which restricted how much of the body could be exposed, had just taken effect, so Banton was able to get away using more risqué images than he would be able to in later productions This costume is worn in the scene when the character of Cleopatra is unrolled from the rug. It is little more than pieces of fabric stretched over her breasts and when she falls out of the rug, she is obviously about to fall out of the costume. There is a quick cut, and she is again appropriately covered. Inventory Photos YES Exhibition Photos YES Photos B/W 4-GOOD Screen Grabs / Internet Pulls 4-GOOD Color Photo NO Lobby Card 1-GOOD Poster NO Purchase Date Jun-91 Purchased From Ron Archer, Purchase Price 400 Estimated Value 7500 Past Exhibitions "From Sex to Basic Instinct," Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Beverly Hills. CA.. January 31, 1997 – April 6, 1997; FIDM (2); “Cinema Fashion & Hollywood Designers,” The Fashion Foundation, Tokyo Japan, August 1 - August 30, 1995; "Cleopatra of Egypt: From History to Myth," Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois, October 20, 2001- March 3, 200; "From Sketch to Screen," Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, May 5, 2010 – August 15, 2010; "Hollywood's Egypt," Rijksmuseum, Netherlands, October 2012- March 2013; "Cleopatra: The Eternal Diva," Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, Germany, June 218, 2013- October 6, 2013; "Cleopatra" 90th Anniversary of Chinese Theatre and Screening of Restored film, May 1, 2017, Hollywood ,California. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Inventory Photos YES Exhibition Photos YES Photos B/W 2-Best Color Photo NO Lobby Card NO Poster NO Purchase Date 12/12/1990 Purchased From Christies' New York (Lot # 196) Purchase Price 1540 Estimated Value 8000 Past Exhibitions “Cecil B. DeMille: Lights, Camera, Action," Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Beverly Hills, CA., April 22, 1994 – June 19, 1994; “Hollywood Glamour," Fashion Institute of Design Merchandising, Los Angeles, CA, March 15, - May 15, 1993; “Cinema Fashion & Hollywood Designers,” The Fashion Foundation, Tokyo Japan, August 1 - August 30, 1995; "Cleopatra of Egypt: From History to Myth," The Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois, October 20, 2001- March 3, 2002; "Hollywood Costume," (V&A-2012-2013), (Melbourne 2013), (VMFA 2013-2014), (Phoenix MOA- 2014), (AMPAS 2014-2015); "Cleopatra" 90th Anniversary of Chinese Theatre and Screening of Restored film, Hollywood, California, May 1, 2017; "Celebrate Texas: Arts & Fashion," Ellen Noel Art Museum of the Permian Basin, Odessa Texas, June 1, 2018 - September 2, 2018. Additional Notes There seems to be some controversy on what the problem was between Claudette Colbert and the costumes designed for the film “Cleopatra,” but there are enough reports that indicate that things did not go well. Cecil B. De Mille, who directed the film and had his own staff at Paramount, had costumes made for Colbert but, as shooting began, she refused to wear them. Travis Banton, who was the head costume designer at Paramount was called in to design a whole new wardrobe to appease the actress. Colbert was known for her incredible body, but she also had very specific ideas on what her flaws were. She requested that Banton expose as much of her chest as possible to detract from what she felt was her thick waist and short neck. It is reported that after rejecting many of his initial designs, she pricked her finger and “x’d” out the designs with her own blood and said that she would cut her wrists if any more bad designs came through. But, working day and night, Banton did come up with designs that appeased the star and costumes were being created overnight for the scenes the next day. Very dramatic stuff and probably the story has been elaborated on over the years. The designs that were created by Banton played more of an homage to the Deco period of the thirties than they did to the actual historical costumes of Egyptian times, but to a large extent, these looks have created an image in the minds of people of what they must have looked like. No undergarments or underpinnings were created and the usually bias cut creations clung to Colbert’s body and left nothing to the imagination. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 00033 Title A name given to the resource Claudette Colbert as Cleopatra in 'Cleopatra' Designed by Travis Banton Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Film Description An account of the resource 1930's inspired Egyptian gown of green silk slipper satin, bias-cut full-length gown ornamented with self-pleated fabric at torso ending in an extremely long train and ten-foot self-satin panels attached at bust. The garment has two cloth labels one hand inscribed [CLAUDETTE COLBERT] and the other inscribed [995-AU3]. 1930's Biography Drama Historical Paramount Travis Banton War