Travis Banton

Travis Banton

Costume & Make-UpActor Aug 17 (died age 63) Waco, Texas, USA 1925–1951 (26 year career)
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Biography

Travis Banton (August 18, 1894 – February 2, 1958) was an American costume designer. He is perhaps best known for his long collaboration with actress Marlene Dietrich and director Josef von Sternberg. He is generally considered one of the most important Hollywood costume designers of the golden age.

Known For

Filmography

Crew (184)

Movies (184)

Valentino

Valentino

1951

Costume Design

3.9
Never a Dull Moment

Never a Dull Moment

1950

Costume Design

5.9
Letter from an Unknown Woman

Letter from an Unknown Woman

1948

Costume Design

7.8
The Velvet Touch

The Velvet Touch

1948

Costume Design

6.2
The Paradine Case

The Paradine Case

1947

Costume Design

6.2
Secret Beyond the Door

Secret Beyond the Door

1947

Costume Design

6.5
Time Out of Mind

Time Out of Mind

1947

Costume Design

5.0
Mourning Becomes Electra

Mourning Becomes Electra

1947

Costume Design

6.0
Canyon Passage

Canyon Passage

1946

Costume Design

6.6
Tangier

Tangier

1946

Costume Design

6.2
Magnificent Doll

Magnificent Doll

1946

Costume Design

5.9
Scarlet Street

Scarlet Street

1945

Costume Designer

7.6
Wonder Man

Wonder Man

1945

Costume Design

6.6
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry

The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry

1945

Costume Design

6.2
Roughly Speaking

Roughly Speaking

1945

Costume Design

6.8
Paris Underground

Paris Underground

1945

Costume Design

5.4
Cover Girl

Cover Girl

1944

Costume Design

6.3
Blood and Sand

Blood and Sand

1941

Costume Design

6.5
The Great American Broadcast

The Great American Broadcast

1941

Costume Design

5.0
Tall, Dark and Handsome

Tall, Dark and Handsome

1941

Costume Design

5.7
Western Union

Western Union

1941

Costume Design

6.0
Belle Starr

Belle Starr

1941

Costumer

5.7
Man Hunt

Man Hunt

1941

Costume Design

6.9
A Yank in the R.A.F.

A Yank in the R.A.F.

1941

Costume Design

5.5
Sun Valley Serenade

Sun Valley Serenade

1941

Costume Design

7.0
Charley's Aunt

Charley's Aunt

1941

Costume Design

5.8
Moon Over Miami

Moon Over Miami

1941

Costume Design

6.1
That Night in Rio

That Night in Rio

1941

Costume Design

6.2
The Return of Frank James

The Return of Frank James

1940

Costume Design

6.3
Four Sons

Four Sons

1940

Costume Design

6.7
The Mark of Zorro

The Mark of Zorro

1940

Costume Design

7.1
The Man I Married

The Man I Married

1940

Costume Design

6.0
Chad Hanna

Chad Hanna

1940

Costume Design

6.0
Hudson's Bay

Hudson's Bay

1940

Costume Design

5.8
Down Argentine Way

Down Argentine Way

1940

Costume Design

6.2
Maryland

Maryland

1940

Costume Design

6.2
Tin Pan Alley

Tin Pan Alley

1940

Costume Design

5.1
The Great Profile

The Great Profile

1940

Costume Design

6.3
Lillian Russell

Lillian Russell

1940

Costume Design

6.1
Public Deb No. 1

Public Deb No. 1

1940

Costume Design

4.4
The Great Commandment

The Great Commandment

1939

Costume Design

4.2
Raffles

Raffles

1939

Costume Design

6.0
Eternally Yours

Eternally Yours

1939

Costume Design

5.7
Made for Each Other

Made for Each Other

1939

Costume Design

6.1
Slightly Honorable

Slightly Honorable

1939

Costume Design

4.7
Intermezzo: A Love Story

Intermezzo: A Love Story

1939

Costume Design

6.6
Bluebeard's 8th Wife

Bluebeard's 8th Wife

1938

Costume Design

7.1
Romance in the Dark

Romance in the Dark

1938

Costume Design

4.0
Artists & Models

Artists & Models

1937

Costume Design

6.0
Nothing Sacred

Nothing Sacred

1937

Costume Designer

6.3
Angel

Angel

1937

Costume Design

6.7
Tovarich

Tovarich

1937

Costume Design

6.2
Sophie Lang Goes West

Sophie Lang Goes West

1937

Costume Design

6.0
Easy Living

Easy Living

1937

Costume Design

7.1
I Met Him in Paris

I Met Him in Paris

1937

Costume Design

5.3
True Confession

True Confession

1937

Costume Designer

5.8
Internes Can't Take Money

Internes Can't Take Money

1937

Costume Design

6.3
Bulldog Drummond Escapes

Bulldog Drummond Escapes

1937

Costume Design

5.9
High, Wide and Handsome

High, Wide and Handsome

1937

Costume Design

6.3
Maid of Salem

Maid of Salem

1937

Costume Design

5.9
Wives Never Know

Wives Never Know

1936

Costume Design

My Man Godfrey

My Man Godfrey

1936

Costume Design

7.6
Desire

Desire

1936

Costume Design

6.9
The Princess Comes Across

The Princess Comes Across

1936

Costume Design

6.1
Anything Goes

Anything Goes

1936

Costume Design

5.3
The Milky Way

The Milky Way

1936

Costume Design

6.0
Give Us This Night

Give Us This Night

1936

Costume Design

7.0
The General Died at Dawn

The General Died at Dawn

1936

Costume Designer

6.3
Love Before Breakfast

Love Before Breakfast

1936

Costume Design

5.8
Rose of the Rancho

Rose of the Rancho

1936

Costume Design

Valiant Is the Word for Carrie

Valiant Is the Word for Carrie

1936

Costume Design

6.4
The Big Broadcast of 1937

The Big Broadcast of 1937

1936

Costume Design

5.4
Yours for the Asking

Yours for the Asking

1936

Costume Design

3.5
The Gilded Lily

The Gilded Lily

1935

Costume Design

6.5
Hands Across the Table

Hands Across the Table

1935

Costume Design

6.8
Smart Girl

Smart Girl

1935

Costume Design

5.0
Goin' to Town

Goin' to Town

1935

Costume Designer

5.3
The Bride Comes Home

The Bride Comes Home

1935

Costume Design

4.5
The Devil Is a Woman

The Devil Is a Woman

1935

Costume Design

6.2
So Red the Rose

So Red the Rose

1935

Costume Design

6.5
Ruggles of Red Gap

Ruggles of Red Gap

1935

Costume Design

7.0
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

1935

Costume Design

6.6
Shanghai

Shanghai

1935

Costume Design

6.5
Private Worlds

Private Worlds

1935

Costume Design

6.0
Enter Madame

Enter Madame

1935

Costume Design

5.5
Love in Bloom

Love in Bloom

1935

Costume Design

5.0
Accent on Youth

Accent on Youth

1935

Costume Design

5.5
Two-Fisted

Two-Fisted

1935

Costume Design

7.0
Ladies Should Listen

Ladies Should Listen

1934

Costume Design

5.8
Belle of the Nineties

Belle of the Nineties

1934

Costume Designer

5.8
Cleopatra

Cleopatra

1934

Costume Design

6.0
The Scarlet Empress

The Scarlet Empress

1934

Costume Design

6.9
Death Takes a Holiday

Death Takes a Holiday

1934

Costume Design

6.2
Bolero

Bolero

1934

Costume Design

6.3
Nana

Nana

1934

Costume Design

5.2
We're Not Dressing

We're Not Dressing

1934

Costume Design

6.7
Imitation of Life

Imitation of Life

1934

Costume Design

7.0
Here Is My Heart

Here Is My Heart

1934

Costume Design

6.8
Murder at the Vanities

Murder at the Vanities

1934

Costume Design

5.5
The Notorious Sophie Lang

The Notorious Sophie Lang

1934

Costume Design

6.0
Kiss and Make-Up

Kiss and Make-Up

1934

Costume Design

5.0
The Woman Accused

The Woman Accused

1933

Costume Design

5.9
College Humor

College Humor

1933

Costume Design

5.3
Supernatural

Supernatural

1933

Costume Design

6.1
Luxury Liner

Luxury Liner

1933

Costume Design

6.3
Design for Living

Design for Living

1933

Costume Design

7.1
Tonight Is Ours

Tonight Is Ours

1933

Costume Design

I'm No Angel

I'm No Angel

1933

Costume Design

6.3
The Song of Songs

The Song of Songs

1933

Costume Design

5.9
International House

International House

1933

Costume Design

5.5
Torch Singer

Torch Singer

1933

Costume Design

5.2
Girl Without a Room

Girl Without a Room

1933

Costume Design

5.3
Terror Aboard

Terror Aboard

1933

Costume Design

6.0
The Eagle and the Hawk

The Eagle and the Hawk

1933

Costume Design

6.6
The Story of Temple Drake

The Story of Temple Drake

1933

Costume Design

6.4
Three Cornered Moon

Three Cornered Moon

1933

Costume Designer

5.7
The Crime of the Century

The Crime of the Century

1933

Costume Design

6.4
From Hell to Heaven

From Hell to Heaven

1933

Costume Design

7.2
Disgraced!

Disgraced!

1933

Costume Design

6.0
Shanghai Express

Shanghai Express

1932

Costume Design

7.0
Shanghai Express

Shanghai Express

1932

Costumer

7.0
A Farewell to Arms

A Farewell to Arms

1932

Costume Design

6.1
Blonde Venus

Blonde Venus

1932

Costume Design

6.8
Trouble in Paradise

Trouble in Paradise

1932

Costume Design

7.4
Love Me Tonight

Love Me Tonight

1932

Costume Design

6.5
Night After Night

Night After Night

1932

Costume Design

6.2
Evenings for Sale

Evenings for Sale

1932

Costume Design

6.0
One Hour with You

One Hour with You

1932

Costume Design

6.5
No Man of Her Own

No Man of Her Own

1932

Costume Design

6.5
Devil and the Deep

Devil and the Deep

1932

Costume Design

4.8
Strangers in Love

Strangers in Love

1932

Costume Design

5.1
Thunder Below

Thunder Below

1932

Costume Supervisor

The Phantom President

The Phantom President

1932

Costume Design

5.5
The Man from Yesterday

The Man from Yesterday

1932

Costume Design

4.8
Dishonored

Dishonored

1931

Costume Design

6.8
Ladies' Man

Ladies' Man

1931

Costume Design

4.1
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1931

Costume Design

7.2
Working Girls

Working Girls

1931

Costume Design

6.8
Girls About Town

Girls About Town

1931

Costume Design

6.3
24 Hours

24 Hours

1931

Costume Design

5.5
An American Tragedy

An American Tragedy

1931

Costume Design

6.1
Up Pops the Devil

Up Pops the Devil

1931

Costume Design

4.4
The Mad Parade

The Mad Parade

1931

Costume Design

6.0
I Take This Woman

I Take This Woman

1931

Costume Design

5.4
Daughter of the Dragon

Daughter of the Dragon

1931

Costume Design

5.1
The Lawyer's Secret

The Lawyer's Secret

1931

Costume Design

5.8
For the Defense

For the Defense

1930

Costume Design

4.8
Let's Go Native

Let's Go Native

1930

Costume Design

7.5
Morocco

Morocco

1930

Costume Design

6.4
Slightly Scarlet

Slightly Scarlet

1930

Costume Design

5.0
The Vagabond King

The Vagabond King

1930

Costume Design

5.4
The Virtuous Sin

The Virtuous Sin

1930

Costume Design

4.3
Monte Carlo

Monte Carlo

1930

Costume Designer

6.5
Follow Thru

Follow Thru

1930

Costume Design

7.4
Sarah and Son

Sarah and Son

1930

Costume Design

5.2
Fast and Loose

Fast and Loose

1930

Costume Design

4.9
The Benson Murder Case

The Benson Murder Case

1930

Costume Design

5.8
A Man from Wyoming

A Man from Wyoming

1930

Costume Design

9.0
Safety in Numbers

Safety in Numbers

1930

Costume Design

5.0
Behind the Make-Up

Behind the Make-Up

1930

Costume Design

6.2
The Royal Family of Broadway

The Royal Family of Broadway

1930

Costume Design

5.7
Street of Chance

Street of Chance

1930

Costume Design

6.6
Pointed Heels

Pointed Heels

1929

Costume Design

6.1
The Wild Party

The Wild Party

1929

Costume Designer

6.7
The Canary Murder Case

The Canary Murder Case

1929

Costume Design

5.6
The Greene Murder Case

The Greene Murder Case

1929

Costume Design

6.0
The Case of Lena Smith

The Case of Lena Smith

1929

Costume Design

5.2
The Dance of Life

The Dance of Life

1929

Costume Design

5.5
Doomsday

Doomsday

1928

Costume Design

6.0
The Docks of New York

The Docks of New York

1928

Costume Designer

6.9
Red Hair

Red Hair

1928

Costume Design

7.0
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

1928

Costume Design

The Last Command

The Last Command

1928

Costume Design

7.3
The Legion of the Condemned

The Legion of the Condemned

1928

Costume Design

Manhattan Cocktail

Manhattan Cocktail

1928

Costume Designer

Ladies of the Mob

Ladies of the Mob

1928

Costume Design

It

It

1927

Costume Design

6.9
Children of Divorce

Children of Divorce

1927

Costume Design

5.7
Mantrap

Mantrap

1926

Costume Design

6.0
Miss Brewster's Millions

Miss Brewster's Millions

1926

Costume Designer

6.0
Grounds for Divorce

Grounds for Divorce

1925

Costume Design

The Swan

The Swan

1925

Costume Design

6.0
The Dressmaker from Paris

The Dressmaker from Paris

1925

Costume Design

Are Parents People?

Are Parents People?

1925

Costume Design