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Travis Banton

Costume & Make-Up

Born August 17, 1894 · Waco, Texas, USA

Died February 2, 1958

Biography

Travis Banton (August 18, 1894 – February 2, 1958) was an American costume designer. He is perhaps best known for his long collaboration with actress Marlene Dietrich and director Josef von Sternberg. He is generally considered one of the most important Hollywood costume designers of the golden age.

Filmography50+ titles

A Man from Wyoming

1930Costume Design

Letter from an Unknown Woman

1948Costume Design

Scarlet Street

1945Costume Designer

My Man Godfrey

1936Costume Design

Trouble in Paradise

1932Costume Design

Working Girls

1931Costume Design

The Last Command

1928Costume Design

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1931Costume Design

Wings

1927Costume Design

Sun Valley Serenade

1941Costume Design

The Mark of Zorro

1940Costume Design

Bluebeard's Eighth Wife

1938Costume Design

Easy Living

1937Costume Design

Ruggles of Red Gap

1935Costume Design

Design for Living

1933Costume Design

Desire

1936Costume Design

Imitation of Life

1934Costume Design

Shanghai Express

1932Costume Design, Costumer

Man Hunt

1941Costume Design

The Scarlet Empress

1934Costume Design

The Docks of New York

1928Costume Designer

It

1927Costume Design

High, Wide and Handsome

1937Costume Design

Blonde Venus

1932Costume Design

Dishonored

1931Costume Design

Canyon Passage

1946Costume Design

Lillian Russell

1940Costume Design

Intermezzo

1939Costume Design

Angel

1937Costume Design

The Eagle and the Hawk

1933Costume Design

Wonder Man

1945Costume Design

Secret Beyond the Door...

1947Costume Design

Blood and Sand

1941Costume Design

One Hour with You

1932Costume Design

Monte Carlo

1930Costume Designer

Cover Girl

1944Costume Design

I'm No Angel

1933Costume Design

Morocco

1930Costume Design

The Paradine Case

1947Costume Design

The Return of Frank James

1940Costume Design

Down Argentine Way

1940Costume Design

Nothing Sacred

1937Costume Designer

The Devil Is a Woman

1935Costume Design

Death Takes a Holiday

1934Costume Design

The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry

1945Costume Design

Raffles

1939Costume Design

A Farewell to Arms

1932Costume Design

Tall, Dark and Handsome

1941Costume Design

Made for Each Other

1939Costume Design

Bulldog Drummond Escapes

1937Costume Design