Saturday, June 12, 2010

1964 RBBB Program (Part 1) #5


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Posted by Buckles at 6/12/2010 06:01:00 AM

4 comments:

Frank Ferrante said...

Did Max Weldy come from a Broadway or Movie background? ~frank

14 June, 2010 11:09
Chic Silber said...

Yes Frank he designed costumes

for several Broadway shows

including "Pins And Needles"

and "George White's Scandals"

in the 20s

14 June, 2010 11:24
Chic Silber said...

By the way Frank in order to keep

from the expected harassement

I didn't work on any of them

14 June, 2010 14:16
Dick Flint said...

Max Weldy (1895-1983) was an internationally renowned theatrical costume maker and scenery/prop builder in the years between the world wars; his Paris shop employed hundreds and was of major importance. He was costumer to the Folies Bergère for many years and did work as well for Ziegfeld, J.J. Shubert, Earl Carroll, George White, Billy Rose, and Mike Todd. In 1939 he met John Ringling North who engaged him for the 1940 season and the result was the sumptuous “Return of Marco Polo.” This was as World War II commenced and when Germany invaded France in May-June 1940, Weldy escaped to Spain and John Ringling North then paid for his boat passage from Lisbon to New York where he arrived in January 1941. He was a guest for many months at North’s Bird Key residence before finding employment in New York and then moving to Hollywood to work for George White. Weldy was passed over in favor of Bel Geddes for the 1941-42 seasons but he was back in for 1943 working on spec with John Murray Anderson and Barbette. Weldy briefly returned to Paris in 1953 where the Ringling spec costumes were made for that season but he soon returned and settled in Sarasota. When the Sarasota quarters were vacated, he established a shop at 2272 Main Street, Sarasota, that continued until his retirement in 1970. He died without the deserved obituaries and somewhat forgotten even though he was a significant figure in fashioning the image of nightlife in Europe during the roaring twenties.
Dick Flint
Baltimore

15 June, 2010 10:39

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