René Hubert(1895-1976)
- Costume Designer
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
- Actor
Swiss-born René Eugène Hubert studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule in St.
Gallen and at the Beaux Arts in Paris and subsequently worked for the
noted fashion designer Jean Patou. He did
some costume design for theatrical revues in Berlin and France
(including for the Folies Bergère at the Casino de Paris), where his
work attracted the attention of star actress
Gloria Swanson. Swanson managed
to persuade Hubert to join her in Hollywood as personal designer for
her entire personal and professional wardrobe and he ended up signed to
a two-year contract at Paramount in 1924 (inevitably specialising in
Gloria's pictures, beginning with
Madame Sans-Gêne (1925)). After
his contract expired, Hubert made the rounds of other studios: MGM
(1927-1931); under the auspices of
Charles Le Maire at 20th Century Fox
(1931-1935); at
Alexander Korda's London Films
(1935-1938), where he designed the futuristic costumes for
Things to Come (1936); then back
at Fox (1943-1950).
He excelled at period costume and was engaged on many A-grade historical dramas, including Fire Over England (1937), That Hamilton Woman (1941), Jane Eyre (1943), Dragonwyck (1946), Forever Amber (1947) and Anastasia (1956). Hubert died in June 1976 at the age of eighty, leaving behind a rich legacy of distinctive watercolour and pencil sketches of his designs.
He excelled at period costume and was engaged on many A-grade historical dramas, including Fire Over England (1937), That Hamilton Woman (1941), Jane Eyre (1943), Dragonwyck (1946), Forever Amber (1947) and Anastasia (1956). Hubert died in June 1976 at the age of eighty, leaving behind a rich legacy of distinctive watercolour and pencil sketches of his designs.