West, Vera (1900–1947)
West, Vera (1900–1947)
American costume designer . Born in 1900; died in 1947; educated at the Philadelphia School of Design.
Born in 1900, Vera West served as head costume designer for Universal Studios from 1928 to 1947. Her many films include Back Street (1932), Diamond Jim (1935), Magnificent Obsession (1935), That Certain Age (1938), The Sun Never Sets (1939), My Little Chickadee (1939), The Bank Dick (1940), Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941), Pardon My Sarong (1942), Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman (1942), Follow the Boys (1943), She Gets Her Man (1944), Terror By Night (1945), The Killers (1946), and Pirates of Monterey (1947).
sources:
Leese, Elizabeth. Costume Design in the Movies. NY: Dover, 1991.
Malinda Mayer , writer and editor, Falmouth, Massachusetts
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