Adrian

Born: 1903-03-03 in Naugatuck, Connecticut, USA

Died: 1959-09-13

Known For: Costume & Make-Up

Biography

Adrian Adolph Greenberg, most widely known as Adrian, was an American costume designer whose most famous costumes were for The Wizard of Oz and other MGM films of the 1930s and 1940s. During his career he designed costumes for over 250 films, and his screen credits usually read as "Gowns by Adrian". On occasion he was credited as Gilbert Adrian, a combination of his father's forename and his own.

Filmography

1994

That's Entertainment! III as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1952

Lovely to Look At ... (Costume Design)

1948

Rope ... (Costume Design)
Smart Woman ... (Costume Designer)

1947

The Bishop's Wife ... (Costume Design)
Possessed ... (Costume Design)
Humoresque ... (Costume Design)

1943

Shadow of a Doubt ... (Costume Design)
Keeper of the Flame ... (Costume Design)
They Got Me Covered ... (Costume Design)
Hi Diddle Diddle ... (Costume Design)
The Crystal Ball ... (Costume Design)

1942

Woman of the Year ... (Costume Design)

1941

Ziegfeld Girl ... (Costume Design)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde ... (Costume Design)
Rage in Heaven ... (Costume Design)
A Woman's Face ... (Costume Design)
Come Live with Me ... (Costume Design)
Blossoms in the Dust ... (Costume Design)
When Ladies Meet ... (Costume Design)
Smilin' Through ... (Costume Design)
Two-Faced Woman ... (Costume Design)
Lady Be Good ... (Costume Designer)
The Feminine Touch ... (Costume Design)

1940

Boom Town ... (Costume Designer)
The Philadelphia Story ... (Costume Design)
Waterloo Bridge ... (Costume Design)
Pride and Prejudice ... (Costume Design)
Broadway Melody of 1940 ... (Costume Design)
The Mortal Storm ... (Costume Design)
Strange Cargo ... (Costume Design)
I Take This Woman ... (Costume Design)
Bitter Sweet ... (Costume Design)
Susan and God ... (Costume Design)
Escape ... (Costume Design)
Hollywood: Style Center of the World as Self
Comrade X ... (Costume Design)
Florian ... (Costume Design)
New Moon ... (Costume Design)
Gallant Sons ... (Costume Design)
Dulcy ... (Costume Design)

1939

The Wizard of Oz ... (Costume Design)
Ninotchka ... (Costume Design)
The Women ... (Costume Design)
The Ice Follies of 1939 ... (Costume Design)
Honolulu ... (Costume Designer)
Idiot's Delight ... (Costume Design)
Balalaika ... (Costume Design)
Broadway Serenade ... (Costume Design)

1938

Three Loves Has Nancy ... (Costume Design)
Marie Antoinette ... (Costume Design)
The Shopworn Angel ... (Costume Design)
Vacation from Love ... (Costume Design)
The Toy Wife ... (Costume Design)
The Shining Hour ... (Costume Design)
Mannequin ... (Costume Design)
Hollywood Goes to Town as Self
The Great Waltz ... (Costume Design)
Love Is a Headache ... (Costume Design)
Sweethearts ... (Costume Design)
Dramatic School ... (Costume Design)

1937

Hollywood Party ... (Costume Design)
Parnell ... (Costume Design)
The Emperor's Candlesticks ... (Costume Design)
The Last Gangster ... (Costume Design)
Broadway Melody of 1938 ... (Costume Design)
Maytime ... (Costume Design)
Conquest ... (Costume Design)
The Bride Wore Red ... (Costume Design)
Double Wedding ... (Costume Design)
The Romance of Celluloid as Self
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney ... (Costume Design)
The Firefly ... (Costume Design)

1936

Camille ... (Costume Design)
Romeo and Juliet ... (Costume Design)
The Great Ziegfeld ... (Costume Design)
Wife vs. Secretary ... (Costume Design)
The Gorgeous Hussy ... (Costume Design)
San Francisco ... (Costume Design)
Born to Dance ... (Costume Design)
Love on the Run ... (Costume Design)
Rose Marie ... (Costume Design)

1935

Naughty Marietta ... (Costume Designer)
Anna Karenina ... (Costume Designer)
Mark of the Vampire ... (Costume Design)
Broadway Melody of 1936 ... (Costume Design)
China Seas ... (Costume Design)
I Live My Life ... (Costume Design)
After Office Hours ... (Costume Design)
Reckless ... (Costume Design)
Biography of a Bachelor Girl ... (Costume Design)
No More Ladies ... (Costume Design)

1934

Riptide ... (Costume Design)
Forsaking All Others ... (Costume Design)
Queen Christina ... (Costume Design)
The Barretts of Wimpole Street ... (Costume Design)
Hollywood Party ... (Costume Design)
Chained ... (Costume Design)
What Every Woman Knows ... (Costume Design)
The Girl from Missouri ... (Costume Design)
The Cat and the Fiddle ... (Costume Design)
Men in White ... (Costume Design)
Sadie McKee ... (Costume Design)
Operator 13 ... (Costume Designer)
The Mystery of Mr. X ... (Costume Design)
Paris Interlude ... (Costume Design)
Nana ... (Costume Design)
Outcast Lady ... (Costume Design)

1933

Dinner at Eight ... (Costume Design)
Reunion in Vienna ... (Costume Design)
When Ladies Meet ... (Costume Design)
Beauty for Sale ... (Costume Design)
Dancing Lady ... (Costume Design)
Going Hollywood ... (Costume Design)
Turn Back the Clock ... (Costume Design)
The Stranger's Return ... (Costume Design)
Midnight Mary ... (Costume Design)
Penthouse ... (Costume Design)
Gabriel Over the White House ... (Costume Design)
The Secret of Madame Blanche ... (Costume Design)
Secrets ... (Costume Designer)
The White Sister ... (Costume Design)
Today We Live ... (Costume Design)
Peg o' My Heart ... (Costume Design)
Bombshell ... (Costume Design)
The Barbarian ... (Costume Design)
Hold Your Man ... (Costume Design)
Stage Mother ... (Costume Design)
Should Ladies Behave ... (Costume Design)
Men Must Fight ... (Costume Design)
Looking Forward ... (Costume Design)
The Solitaire Man ... (Costume Design)
The Women in His Life ... (Costume Design)
Made on Broadway ... (Costume Design)
Another Language ... (Costume Design)
Storm at Daybreak ... (Costume Design)

1932

Grand Hotel ... (Costume Design)
Arsène Lupin ... (Costume Design)
Huddle ... (Costume Design)
The Mask of Fu Manchu ... (Costume Design)
The Son-Daughter ... (Costume Design)
Blondie of the Follies ... (Costume Design)
The Wet Parade ... (Costume Design)
The Beast of the City ... (Costume Design)
Rasputin and the Empress ... (Costume Design)
As You Desire Me ... (Costume Design)
Red Dust ... (Costume Design)
Emma ... (Costume Design)
Red-Headed Woman ... (Costume Design)
Polly of the Circus ... (Costume Design)
Smilin' Through ... (Costume Design)
But the Flesh Is Weak ... (Costume Design)
Letty Lynton ... (Costume Design)
Payment Deferred ... (Costume Design)
Unashamed ... (Costume Design)
Strange Interlude ... (Costume Design)
Lovers Courageous ... (Costume Design)
The Washington Masquerade ... (Costume Design)
Faithless ... (Costume Design)

1931

Susan Lenox ... (Costume Design)
Possessed ... (Costume Design)
Mata Hari ... (Costume Design)
Five and Ten ... (Costume Design)
Dance, Fools, Dance ... (Costume Design)
The Sin of Madelon Claudet ... (Costume Design)
The Man in Possession ... (Costume Design)
A Free Soul ... (Costume Design)
The Cuban Love Song ... (Costume Design)
The Squaw Man ... (Costume Design)
Laughing Sinners ... (Costume Design)
The Guardsman ... (Costume Design)
Strangers May Kiss ... (Costume Design)
Inspiration ... (Costume Design)
Flying High ... (Costume Design)
This Modern Age ... (Costume Design)
The Bachelor Father ... (Costume Design)
Private Lives ... (Costume Design)

1930

Passion Flower ... (Costume Design)
In Gay Madrid ... (Costume Design)
Romance ... (Costume Designer)
The Florodora Girl ... (Costume Design)
Our Blushing Brides ... (Costume Design)
Madam Satan ... (Costume Design)
Anna Christie ... (Costume Design)
This Mad World ... (Costume Design)
Anna Christie ... (Costume Design)
A Lady to Love ... (Costume Design)
The Lady of Scandal ... (Costume Design)
A Lady's Morals ... (Costume Design)
Let Us Be Gay ... (Costume Design)
Every Woman's Longing ... (Costume Design)
Not So Dumb ... (Costume Design)
The Divorcee ... (Costume Designer)
Paid ... (Costume Design)
Redemption ... (Costume Design)
New Moon ... (Costume Design)
The Rogue Song ... (Costume Design)
Montana Moon ... (Costume Design)

1929

Our Modern Maidens ... (Costume Design)
Marianne ... (Costume Design)
The Thirteenth Chair ... (Costume Design)
Dynamite ... (Costume Design)
Their Own Desire ... (Costume Design)
The Trial of Mary Dugan ... (Costume Design)
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney ... (Costume Design)
Untamed ... (Costume Design)
Wild Orchids ... (Costume Design)
The Kiss ... (Costume Design)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey ... (Costume Design)
The Unholy Night ... (Costume Design)
Devil-May-Care ... (Costume Design)
The Single Standard ... (Costume Design)
A Single Man ... (Costume Designer)

1928

The Godless Girl ... (Costume Design)
Stand and Deliver ... (Costume Design)
The Masks of the Devil ... (Costume Design)
A Woman of Affairs ... (Costume Designer)
The Blue Danube ... (Costume Design)
A Lady of Chance ... (Costume Design)
Let 'Er Go Gallegher ... (Costume Design)
A Ship Comes In ... (Costume Design)
Midnight Madness ... (Costume Design)
Skyscraper ... (Costume Design)
Dream of Love ... (Costume Design)
Walking Back ... (Costume Design)
What Price Beauty? ... (Costume Design)
Man-Made Women ... (Costume Design)

1927

Vanity ... (Costume Design)
Dress Parade ... (Costume Design)
The King of Kings ... (Costume Design)
My Friend from India ... (Costume Design)
Chicago ... (Costume Design)
The Fighting Eagle ... (Costume Design)
The Wreck of the Hesperus ... (Costume Design)
The Wise Wife ... (Costume Design)
The Forbidden Woman ... (Costume Design)
The Little Adventuress ... (Costume Design)
The Country Doctor ... (Costume Design)
The Main Event ... (Costume Design)
The Angel of Broadway ... (Costume Design)
Almost Human ... (Costume Design)

1926

Gigolo ... (Costume Design)
The Volga Boatman ... (Costume Design)
For Alimony Only ... (Costume Design)
Fig Leaves ... (Costume Design)
Young April ... (Costume Designer)

1925

Cobra ... (Costume Design)
Her Sister from Paris ... (Costume Design)
The Eagle ... (Costume Design)
The Road to Yesterday ... (Costume Design)