Walter Plunkett

Born: 1902-06-04 in Oakland, California, USA

Died: 1982-03-08

Known For: Costume & Make-Up

Biography

Walter Plunkett (June 5, 1902 – March 8, 1982) was a prolific costume designer who worked on more than 150 projects throughout his career in the Hollywood film industry. Plunkett's first credited work as a costume designer was the 1927 film Hard-Boiled Haggerty. At RKO, he developed a huge costume and wardrobe department that became a major studio asset. Given free rein, he set about creating costumes that rivaled the work of his contemporaries, such as Travis Banton and Adrian. Plunkett's best-known work is featured in two films, Gone with the Wind (1939) and Singin' in the Rain (1952), in which he lampooned his initial style of the Roaring Twenties. In 1951, Plunkett shared an Oscar with Orry-Kelly and Irene Sharaff for An American in Paris.

Filmography

1965

7 Women ... (Costume Design)
Marriage on the Rocks ... (Costume Design)

1962

How the West Was Won ... (Costume Design)
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse ... (Costume Design)
Two Weeks in Another Town ... (Costume Design)

1961

Pocketful of Miracles ... (Costume Design)

1960

Cimarron ... (Costume Design)
Home from the Hill ... (Costume Design)
Pollyanna ... (Costume Designer)
Bells Are Ringing ... (Costume Design)

1958

The Law and Jake Wade ... (Costume Design)
The Brothers Karamazov ... (Costume Design)
Some Came Running ... (Costume Design)
The Sheepman ... (Costume Design)

1957

The Wings of Eagles ... (Wardrobe Master)
Raintree County ... (Costume Design)
Gun Glory ... (Costume Design)
Van Gogh: Darkness into Light as Self

1956

Forbidden Planet ... (Costume Design)
The Fastest Gun Alive ... (Costume Design)
Lust for Life ... (Costume Designer)
Tribute to a Bad Man ... (Costume Design)
Diane ... (Costume Design)

1955

The King's Thief ... (Costume Design)
Many Rivers to Cross ... (Costume Design)
The Scarlet Coat ... (Costume Design)
Moonfleet ... (Costume Design)
The Glass Slipper ... (Costume Design)
Jupiter's Darling ... (Costume Designer)

1954

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers ... (Costume Design)
Deep in My Heart ... (Costume Design)
Valley of the Kings ... (Costume Design)
Athena ... (Costume Design)

1953

Kiss Me Kate ... (Costume Design)
All the Brothers Were Valiant ... (Costume Design)
Young Bess ... (Costume Design)
The Actress ... (Costume Design)
Ride, Vaquero! ... (Costume Design)

1952

Singin' in the Rain ... (Costume Design)
The Prisoner of Zenda ... (Costume Design)
Million Dollar Mermaid ... (Costume Design)
Plymouth Adventure ... (Costume Design)
Carbine Williams ... (Costume Design)

1951

An American in Paris ... (Costume Design)
Show Boat ... (Costume Design)
Westward the Women ... (Costume Design)
Soldiers Three ... (Costume Design)
Kind Lady ... (Wardrobe Designer)
The Law and the Lady ... (Costume Design)
The Man with a Cloak ... (Costume Design)
Payment on Demand ... (Costume Design)
Mr. Imperium ... (Costume Design)

1950

King Solomon's Mines ... (Costume Design)
Father of the Bride ... (Costume Design)
Stars in My Crown ... (Costume Design)
Annie Get Your Gun ... (Costume Design)
Summer Stock ... (Costume Design)
The Toast of New Orleans ... (Costume Design)
The Outriders ... (Costume Design)
Two Weeks with Love ... (Costume Design)
The Magnificent Yankee ... (Costume Design)
Devil's Doorway ... (Costume Design)
Black Hand ... (Costume Design)
The Happy Years ... (Costume Design)

1949

Little Women ... (Costume Design)
Madame Bovary ... (Costume Designer)
Adam's Rib ... (Costume Design)
The Secret Garden ... (Costume Design)
That Forsyte Woman ... (Costume Design)

1948

The Three Musketeers ... (Costume Design)
The Kissing Bandit ... (Costume Designer)
Summer Holiday ... (Costume Design)

1947

The Sea of Grass ... (Costume Design)
Song of Love ... (Costume Design)
Green Dolphin Street ... (Costume Design)

1946

Duel in the Sun ... (Costume Design)

1945

A Song to Remember ... (Costume Design)
Along Came Jones ... (Costume Design)

1944

Knickerbocker Holiday ... (Costume Design)

1943

In Old Oklahoma ... (Costume Designer)
Forever and a Day ... (Costume Design)

1942

The Corsican Brothers ... (Costume Design)
Lady for a Night ... (Costume Design)

1941

Ladies in Retirement ... (Costume Design)
Lydia ... (Costume Design)

1940

Vigil in the Night ... (Costume Design)

1939

Gone with the Wind ... (Costume Design)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame ... (Costume Designer)
Stagecoach ... (Costume Design)
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle ... (Costume Design)

1938

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ... (Costume Designer)

1937

The Soldier and the Lady ... (Costume Design)
Quality Street ... (Costume Design)
Nothing Sacred ... (Costume Design)
The Woman I Love ... (Costume Design)

1936

Mary of Scotland ... (Costume Design)
A Woman Rebels ... (Costume Design)
The Plough and the Stars ... (Costume Design)
Chatterbox ... (Costume Designer)

1935

The Informer ... (Costume Design)
Captain Hurricane ... (Costume Design)
Alice Adams ... (Costume Design)
To Beat the Band ... (Costume Design)
Hot Tip ... (Costume Design)
Another Face ... (Costume Design)
The Return Of Peter Grimm ... (Costume Design)
The Three Musketeers ... (Costume Design)
Enchanted April ... (Costume Design)
Hooray for Love ... (Costume Design)
His Family Tree ... (Costume Design)
Village Tale ... (Costume Design)
The Rainmakers ... (Costume Design)
The Arizonian ... (Costume Design)
Chasing Yesterday ... (Costume Design)
Jalna ... (Costume Design)

1934

The Gay Divorcee ... (Costume Design)
Of Human Bondage ... (Costume Designer)
Cockeyed Cavaliers ... (Costume Design)
Murder on the Blackboard ... (Costume Design)
Bachelor Bait ... (Costume Design)
Woman in the Dark ... (Costume Design)
The Life of Vergie Winters ... (Costume Design)
Anne of Green Gables ... (Costume Design)
This Man Is Mine ... (Costume Design)
Sing and Like It ... (Costume Design)
We're Rich Again ... (Costume Design)
The Richest Girl in the World ... (Costume Design)
Hips, Hips, Hooray! ... (Costume Design)
Down to Their Last Yacht ... (Costume Design)
West of the Pecos ... (Costume Design)
The Age of Innocence ... (Costume Design)
Let's Try Again ... (Costume Design)
Hat, Coat and Glove ... (Costume Design)
Man of Two Worlds ... (Costume Design)
Success at Any Price ... (Costume Design)
Long Lost Father ... (Costume Design)
Kentucky Kernels ... (Costume Design)
Stingaree ... (Costume Design)
The Meanest Gal in Town ... (Costume Design)
The Little Minister ... (Costume Design)
The Fountain ... (Costume Design)
Where Sinners Meet ... (Costume Design)
Spitfire ... (Costume Design)
Wednesday's Child ... (Costume Design)
The Silver Streak ... (Costume Design)
Their Big Moment ... (Costume Design)
Gridiron Flash ... (Costume Design)
Lightning Strikes Twice ... (Costume Design)
The Crime Doctor ... (Costume Designer)
His Greatest Gamble ... (Costume Design)
By Your Leave ... (Costume Design)
Strictly Dynamite ... (Costume Design)
Dangerous Corner ... (Costume Design)
Keep 'Em Rolling ... (Costume Design)

1933

Flying Down to Rio ... (Costume Design)
The Son of Kong ... (Costume Design)
Little Women ... (Costume Design)
Morning Glory ... (Costume Design)
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men ... (Costume Design)
The Past of Mary Holmes ... (Costume Design)
The Right To Romance ... (Costume Design)
Ace of Aces ... (Costume Design)
Christopher Strong ... (Costume Design)
The Silver Cord ... (Costume Design)
Melody Cruise ... (Costume Design)
Double Harness ... (Costume Design)
Blind Adventure ... (Costume Design)
No Marriage Ties ... (Costume Design)
Ann Vickers ... (Costume Design)
Sweepings ... (Costume Design)
Emergency Call ... (Costume Design)
Tomorrow at Seven ... (Costume Design)
Lucky Devils ... (Costume Design)
Scarlet River ... (Costume Design)
Cross Fire ... (Costume Design)
The Great Jasper ... (Costume Design)

1932

The Most Dangerous Game ... (Costume Design)
The Phantom of Crestwood ... (Costume Design)
The Animal Kingdom ... (Costume Design)
Night After Night ... (Costume Design)

1930

Dixiana ... (Costume Design)

1929

Half Marriage ... (Costume Design)
Gun Law ... (Costume Designer)
Seven Keys to Baldpate ... (Costume Design)
Love in the Desert ... (Costume Design)
The Big Diamond Robbery ... (Costume Design)
Tanned Legs ... (Costume Design)
The Air Legion ... (Costume Designer)
Rio Rita ... (Costume Design)
The Red Sword ... (Costume Designer)
Night Parade ... (Costume Design)
The Very Idea ... (Costume Design)
The Delightful Rogue ... (Costume Design)
The Vagabond Lover ... (Costume Design)

1928

When the Law Rides ... (Costume Design)
Hit of the Show ... (Costume Designer)
Hey Rube! ... (Costume Design)
Stocks and Blondes ... (Costume Designer)
Wizard of the Saddle ... (Costume Design)
Sinners in Love ... (Costume Designer)
Wallflowers ... (Costume Design)

1927

Clancy's Kosher Wedding ... (Costume Designer)
The Bandit's Son ... (Costume Design)
Lightning Lariats ... (Costume Design)
Legionnaires in Paris ... (Costume Design)
The Boy Rider ... (Costume Designer)

1926

One Minute to Play ... (Costume Design)
Red Hot Hoofs ... (Costume Design)
A Regular Scout ... (Costume Design)