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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/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 00157 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 Two piece black and silver lamé Egyptian gown consisting of wrap bodice attached to a silver and black flying scarab with neck chain and a floor-length skirt with train ornamented at waist band and center back seam with embroidery of black, silver and blue beading. Bias label which reads [AU2]; silver metal and black flying scarab ornamentation that clips to center waistband; collection of prop silver metal bracelets. 1930's Biography Drama Historical Paramount Travis Banton