Adrian Adrian Adrian Part 2

Part 2 of Adrian Adrian Adrian Part film history, part cultural critique, and heavy with bejeweled gowns,  Window Dressing is a podcast that dives into the intersections between fame, glamour, fashion, and film.   And the role they have played in constructing and influencing American culture throughout the last 100 years. The first season, entitled Glamour Girl Next Store: MGM to Playboy debuts part two of the first episode featuring MGM's main wardrobe designer during the 1930s--Adrian. I explore the untapped language of film through costume and decode the rewarding work of the women and the designer that made MGM magical in the 1930s. Sources used to research this episode include Photoplay for all years mentioned, Adrian by Howard Gutner , From Reverence to Rape by Molly Haskell, Garbo, by John Bainbridge, and all the films discussed in this week's episode, including: Ann Christie, Grande Hotel, Possession, Letty Lynton, Torch Song, Red Dust, Bombshell, A Free Soul, The Divorcee, and The Girl Who Had Everything. Special thanks to Howard Gutner for his marvelous work about Adrian.