Bette Davis as Mary Dwight in 'Marked Woman' Designed by Orry- Kelly

Description

Two-piece evening ensemble. The ensemble consists of a sleeveless evening gown with fitted bodice and full skirt of nude silk over beige silk and solidly embroidered in dangling white Austrian lead crystal straw beads and a matching bolero-style jacket. The gown has a WARNER BROTHERS label reading [10170-178] and a second WARNER BROTHERS label reading [9257-139B]. The jacket has a WARNER BROTHERS label reading [9257-139A].

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Bibliographic Citation

Those Glorious Glamour Years," Margaret J. Bailey, The Citadel Press, 1982, pg. 68 (photo).

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Additional Notes

The garment was later worn by Lola Lane in "Hollywood Hotel," Warner Brothers, 1938. Ann Sheridan, "Naughty But Nice," 1939. Madeleine LeBeau In “Casablanca," 1942 and subsequently worn for publicity photo by Ann Blyth for "The Helen Morgan Story," Warner Brothers, 1957. Somewhere along the way the front of the skirt was altered.

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“Bette Davis as Mary Dwight in 'Marked Woman' Designed by Orry- Kelly,” Film Costume Collection, accessed April 25, 2024, https://filmcostumecollection.omeka.net/items/show/1163.

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