Gordon Conway (costume designer)
Gordon Conway (December 18, 1894 – June 9, 1956) was an illustrator and costume designer who designed for British films in the 1920s and 1930s. Notable films included High Treason (1929), Sunshine Susie (1931) and The Good Companions (1933). She worked closely with leading film producer Michael Balcon, and is credited with establishing the first specialist costume department in Britain's film studios in the early 1930s.[1] Conway was buried in Oakland Cemetery in Dallas, Texas.[2]
References
- ^ "Raye Virginia Allen. Gordon Conway: Fashioning a New Woman. Foreword by William H. Goetzmann. (American Studies Series.) Austin: University of Texas Press. 1997. Pp. xv, 304. Cloth $65.00, paper $34.95". The American Historical Review. February 1999. doi:10.1086/ahr/104.1.207. ISSN 1937-5239.
- ^ "Gordon Conway (1894-1956) - Find A Grave Memorial". www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
Further reading
- Raye Virginia Allen (1998). "An Image-maker from Texas: Gordon Conway and a New Look for a New Woman". Southwestern Historical Quarterly. 101: 17–58. ISSN 0038-478X. Wikidata Q71831849.
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