Edith Head
By: Arisa
Still in progress, this list is a compilation of all the feature films whose costuming was done by what may be considered Hollywood’s best designer, Edith Head. To begin here, I’ve included her works that are not in the MUBI database as of yet.
The Legion of the Condemned (1928)
Ladies of the Mob (1928)
The Saturday Night Kid (1929)*
The Lawyer’s Secret (1931)
Cradle Song (1933)
She Loves Me Not (1934)
You Belong to Me (1934)
Till We Meet Again (1936)
Early to Bed (1936)
The Return of Sophie Lang (1936)
Rhythm on the Range (1936)
The Texas Rangers (1936)
Three Married Men (1936)
Murder with Pictures (1936)
College Holiday (1936)
John Meade’s Woman (1937)
Her Husband Lies (1937)
Waikiki Wedding (1937)
Turn Off the Moon (1937)
Sophie Lang Goes West (1937)
This Way Please (1937)
Ebb Tide (1937)
Blossoms on Broadway (1937)
Thrill of a Lifetime (1937)
The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938)
Mad About Music (1938)
Dangerous to Know (1938)
Her Jungle Love (1938)
College Swing (1938)
Cocoanut Grove (1938)
Tropic Holiday (1938)
Men with Wings (1938)
Give Me a Sailor (1938)
Artists and Models Abroad (1938)
Zaza (1938)
Disbarred (1939)
Paris Honeymoon (1939)
King of Chinatown (1939)
Sudden Money (1939)
Never Say Die (1939)
The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939)
Invitation to Happiness (1939)
Man About Town (1939)
The Magnificent Fraud (1939)
The Star Maker (1939)
Honeymoon in Bali (1939)
The Cat and the Canary (1939)
The Great Victor Herbert (1939)
Adventure in Diamonds (1940)
Road to Singapore (1940)
Buck Benny Rides Again (1940)
The Ghost Breakers (1940)
Safari (1940)
Rhythm on the River (1940)
Moon Over Burma (1940)
The Texas Rangers Ride Again (1940)
Love Thy Neighbor (1940)
Life with Henry (1941)
The Mad Doctor (1941)
Road to Zanzibar (1941)
Caught in the Draft (1941)
Kiss the Boys Goodbye (1941)
Aloma of the South Seas (1941)
Nothing But the Truth (1941)
You Belong to Me (1941)
Birth of the Blues (1941)
New York Town (1941)
Skylark (1941)
Bahama Passage (1941)
The Lady Has Plans (1942)
The Fleet’s In (1942)
The Remarkable Andrew (1942)
My Favorite Blonde (1942)
The Great Man’s Lady (1942)
Are Husbands Necessary? (1942)
Holiday Inn (1942)
Lucky Jordan (1942)
Star Spangled Rhythm (1942)
No Time for Love (1943)
The Crystal Ball (1943)
Young and Willing (1943)
China (1943)
Riding High (1943)
True to Live (1943)
Standing Room Only (1944)
Lady in the Dark (1944)
And the Angels Sing (1944)
I Love a Soldier (1944)
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay (1944)
Rainbow Island (1944)
The Great Moment (1944)
And Now Tomorrow (1944)
Here Come the Waves (1944)
The Affairs of Susan (1945)
You Came Along (1945)
Out of This World (1945)
Incendiary Blonde (1945)
Hold That Blonde (1945)
Masquerade in Mexico (1945)
The Stork Club (1945)
Road to Utopia (1946)
The Virginian (1946)
The Bride Wore Boots (1946)
Blue Skies (1946)
Cross My Heart (1946)
The Perfect Marriage (1947)
Blaze of Noon (1947)
Dear Ruth (1947)
Welcome Stranger (1947)
The Trouble with Women (1947)
The Perils of Pauline (1947)
Desert Fury (1947)
Variety Girl (1947)
Wild Harvest (1947)
Where There’s Life (1947)
Saigon (1948)
The Sainted Sisters (1948)
The Emperor Waltz (1948)
Dream Girl (1948)
Beyond Glory (1948)
Isn’t It Romantic? (1948)
Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948)
June Bride (1948)
Miss Tatlock’s Millions (1948)
My Own True Love (1949)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court (1949)*
Manhandled (1949)
The Great Gatsby (1949)
Rope of Sand (1949)
Red, Hot and Blue (1949)
The Great Lover (1949)
No Man of Her Own (1950)
Riding High (1950)
My Friend Irma Goes West (1950)
September Affair (1950)
Copper Canyon (1950)
Let’s Dance (1950)
Branded (1950)
Mr. Music (1950)
The Lemon Drop Kid (1951)
The Last Outpost (1951)
Dear Brat (1951)
That’s My Boy (1951)
Peking Express (1951)
Darling, How Could You! (1951)
Rhubarb (1951)
Here Comes the Groom (1951)
Silver City (1951)
My Favorite Spy (1951)
Something to Live For (1952)
Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick (1952)
The Atomic City (1952)
Denver and Rio Grande (1952)
Jumping Jacks (1952)
Somebody Loves Me (1952)
Just for You (1952)
The Turning Point (1952)
Road to Bali (1952)
Thunder in the East (1952)
Tropic Zone (1953)
The Stars are Singing (1953)
Off Limits (1953)
The Girls of Pleasure Isle (1953)
Scared Stiff (1953)
Sangaree (1953)
The Vanquished (1953)
Pony Express (1953)
The Vanquished (1953)
Arrowhead (1953)
Little Boy Lost (1953)
Those Redheads from Seattle (1953)
Here Come the Girls (1953)
Forever Female (1953)
Money from Home (1953)
Red Garters (1954)
Jivaro (1954)
The Naked Jungle (1954)
Knock on Wood (1954)
Casanova’s Big Night (1954)
Elephant Walk (1954)
Living It Up (1954)
Something to Live For (1952)
The War of the Worlds (1953)
Love with the Proper Stranger (1963)
Sex and the Single Girl (1964)
Penelope (1966)
The Last Married Couple in America (1980)
Gable and Lombard (1976)
W.C. Fields and Me (1976)
The Proud and Profane (1956)
Th Buccaneer (1958)
Career (1959)
Pepe (1960)
The Facts of Life (1960)
A New Kind of Love (1963)
Wives and Lovers (1963)
What a Way to Go! (1964)
A House Is Not a Home (1964)
The Slender Thread (1966)
The Oscar (1966)
Note: Head was uncredited for any films marked with an asterisk (*) above and the following in the list below.
She Done Him Wrong (#1)
Wings (#47)
Love Me Tonight (#48)
Death Takes a Holiday (#49)
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01Lowell Sherman
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02Michael Sarne
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03Ken Hughes
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04Preston Sturges
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05René Clair
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06Preston Sturges
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07Howard Hawks
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08Billy Wilder
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09Alfred Hitchcock
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10John Ford
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11H.C. Potter
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12Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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13Stanley Donen
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14Alfred Hitchcock
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15Alfred Hitchcock
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16Alfred Hitchcock
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17Cecil B. DeMille
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18Billy Wilder
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19Delbert Mann
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20Alfred Hitchcock
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21Sidney Lumet
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22Blake Edwards
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23Robert Mulligan
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24Sydney Pollack
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25Alfred Hitchcock
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26Alfred Hitchcock
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27Alfred Hitchcock
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28Stuart Miller
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29Daniel Mann
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30Melville Shavelson
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31Frank Capra
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32Jack Cardiff
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33John Ford
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34Bob Fosse
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35George Seaton
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36George Roy Hill
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37John Huston
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38Jerry Jameson
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39William A. Wellman
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40Rouben Mamoulian
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41Mitchell Leisen
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42A. Edward Sutherland
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43Henry Hathaway
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44Frank Lloyd
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45Henry Hathaway
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46Frank Lloyd
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47William A. Wellman
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48Mitchell Leisen
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49Preston Sturges
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50Alexander Hall
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51Mitchell Leisen
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52Billy Wilder
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53Stuart Heisler
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54David Butler
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55Billy Wilder
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56Preston Sturges
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57Lewis Allen
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58Leo McCarey
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59Preston Sturges
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60William Dieterle
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61Billy Wilder
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62Leo McCarey
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63Mitchell Leisen
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64George Marshall
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65Lewis Milestone
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66André De Toth
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67Elliott Nugent
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68André De Toth
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69Norman Z. McLeod
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70Byron Haskin
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71John Farrow
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72Billy Wilder
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73Anatole Litvak
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74William Dieterle
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75George Marshall
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76William Wyler
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77King Vidor
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78Cecil B. DeMille
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79Mark Robson
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80Robert Siodmak
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81Billy Wilder
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82Anthony Mann
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83William Dieterle
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84Billy Wilder
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85George Stevens
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86Rudolph Maté
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87William Wyler
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88Cecil B. DeMille
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89Hal Walker
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90Leo McCarey
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91William Wyler
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92Daniel Mann
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93George Stevens
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94Byron Haskin
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95Norman Taurog
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96William Wyler
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97Jerry Hopper
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98Daniel Mann
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99Billy Wilder
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100Michael Curtiz