$5,760
An ice blue silk and tulle ball gown worn by Mary Pickford in her final film role in Secrets (Mary Pickford, 1933). The gown has a fitted bodice with puffed sleeves and a separate full skirt with many layers of tulle ruffles with lace trim and organdy and velvet artificial flowers. Costume design by Adrian. It has been reported that Pickford had Adrian design this gown based on a gown he designed for Norma Shearer in Smilin' Through ( MGM, 1932). Accompanied by an ivory organdy petticoat with many layers of lace trimmed ruffles original to the costume and three black and white film stills. Appears in the book Those Glorious Glamour Years : The Great Hollywood Costumes of the Nineteen Thirties by Margaret J. Bailey (Secaucus, NJ: Citadel Press, 1982). PROVENANCE Lot 1105, The J.M. Goodman Auction Gallery, Inc., in association with C.B. Charles Galleries, Inc., Presents the Auction of the Mary Pickford Estate, 1981 From the Collection of Glenn Brown Categories:
Auctioneer:
Juliens Auctions
Date:
2014-04-11
