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American Filmmaking: Costume Design

  • Description
    Behind-the-scenes talents and skills that combine to make a motion picture successful are spotlighted on this souvenir sheet. The stamps were issued to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1927. The Academy is most famous for its annual awards of merit. The role of producer, exemplified by Cecil B. DeMille, is honored on the selvage. He is shown on the set of his 1934 epic, Cleopatra. Explanatory text about each of the other filmmaking crafts appears on the back of the stamps. Edith Head won eight Academy Awards for costume design. On the Costume Design stamp she holds a sketch of a dress designed for actress Janet Leigh.
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    Category: 2003