Born in Baker, Montana, Lentz started out as an actress under her birth name, appearing in secondary roles in silent films beginning with Keystone Studios in 1921. She was directed in her first film by F. Richard Jones and the two eventually began a relationship that led to a marriage that lasted until his premature death in 1930. Like almost all women of her era, she had been taught sewing as a child and with a flair for style, she decided to open a small dress shop. The success of her designs in her tiny store eventually led to an offer from the Bullocks Wilshire luxury department store to design for their Ladies Custom Salon which catered to a wealthy clientele including a number of Hollywood stars....click here to continue reading about Irene Lentz on wikipedia
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Irene Lentz on the web
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- Costume Designer. Nationality: American. Born: Irene Lentz in Montana, 1901. Family: Married the screenwriter Elliot Gibbons. Career: 1932-first costume designs for film, The Animal Kingdom; 1942-50-chief designer for MGM; 1950-formed own design manufacturing company, with some freelance film work in early 1960s. Died: (Suicide) in Hollywood, 15 November 1962.
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Date of Birth:
8 December 1900, Baker, Montana, USA more
Date of Death:
15 November 1962, Los Angeles, California, USA. (suicide) more
Trivia:
On November 15th, 1962, she took a room at the Knickerbocker Hotel in... more
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. more
Alternate Names:
Irene Gibbons / Irene Lentz - Margaret Herrick Library
- There is a great deal of material on Irene in Special Collection at the Margaret Herrick Library. This is the link to the information page about the Irene Collection.
- praireghosts.com
- Informative if not silly web page about haunted dwellings in Hollywood. Included is the Knickerbocker Hotel where Irene took her own life in 1962
- Vintage Fashion Guild
- IRENE ,1907 -1962. Born in South Dakota, Irene Lentz made her way to Southern California by 1927 where she started in film as a dress extra. Irene studied at the Wolfe School of Design, and opened a dress shop...
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- This Websites biography of Irene plus links to all the movies she is credited with.
- Wisconsin Historical Society | Wisconsin Historical Images
- First Lady's Irene Evening Gown Garnet velvet evening gown worn by Wisconsin First Lady Charlotte McAleer Kohler
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Irene was the costume designer for the original The Postman Always Rings Twice
This video shows the first five minutes of the movie, if you stick with it or fast forward 3 minutes/ 58 seconds, you will see Lana Turner's entrance costume of turban, midriff blouse and "hot pants" (the first time the latter had been worn on screen).
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Irene was costume designer for an endless list of movies
You can see her work in the following movies
The Postman Always Rings Twice
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Easter Parade (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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In the Good Old Summertime
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- dorotheasclosetvintage dorotheasclosetvintage Feb 24, 2008 @ 3:07 pm
- Great links here! I'm working on adding a spectacular Irene gown to my website, www.dorotheasclosetvintage.com and have become fascinated reading about her. Thanks for this lens! Angela
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- Karlyn Karlyn Dec 28, 2007 @ 5:02 pm
- Irene is my great-aunt. Thank you for this squidoo about her. For those interested, there are two books currently being written about irene, one of them just completed, so look out for those on book shelves near you in the next year or two! http://www.karlyns.com/irene-lentz-and-design/
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- amandaquerque amandaquerque Dec 7, 2007 @ 2:46 pm
- Thank you for being a valuable member if the vintage clothing group!
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