André-ani (born Clément Henri Andreani; April 22, 1901 – April 3, 1953) was an American costume designer.
Biography
Clément Henri Andreani was the son of Italian immigrants Massimo Andreani and Angiolina Reali, who arrived in the United States in 1888. Orphaned at an early age and suffering from a spinal deformity, he was cared for by his aunt Quinta. Friends, noting his artistic abilities, helped him to take art classes in
San Francisco
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.
At age 16 he began working for the Selectasine Serigraphics Company in San Francisco. He later made use of the
screen printing
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skills he obtained there, printing designs directly onto fabric for costumes.
[
By the early 1920s, André-ani was teaching at the School of Costume Designing in Los Angeles. Hollywood socialite ]Peggy Hamilton
Peggy Hamilton (born Mae Bedloe Armstrong; 1894February 26, 1984) was an American fashion and costume designer who designed many dresses for Hollywood silent actresses in the 1920s and 1930s. She was also the editor of a fashion column in ''The L ...
helped promote his work in her newspaper columns and fashion shows.
In 1925 he was hired by MGM, taking the place of head designer Erté
Romain de Tirtoff (23 November 1892 – 21 April 1990) was a Russian-born French artist and designer known by the pseudonym Erté, from the French pronunciation of his initials (, EHR TEH). He was a 20th-century artist and designer in an ar ...
in dressing stars such as Joan Crawford
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and Greta Garbo
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. He went to work for Universal Pictures
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in 1928.
Filmography
* 1925: '' Soul Mates''
* 1925: '' His Secretary''
* 1925: '' The Mystic''
* 1925: '' If Marriage Fails''
* 1926: ''Flesh and the Devil
''Flesh and the Devil'' is an American silent romantic drama film released in 1927 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and stars Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Lars Hanson, and Barbara Kent, directed by Clarence Brown, and based on the novel '' The Undyin ...
''
* 1926: ''The Fire Brigade
''The Fire Brigade'' (also known as ''Fire!'') is 1926 American silent drama film directed by William Nigh. The film stars May McAvoy and Charles Ray. ''The Fire Brigade'' originally contained sequences shot in two-color Technicolor. A print ...
''
* 1926: '' Exit Smiling''
* 1926: '' The Temptress''
* 1926: ''The Devil's Circus
''The Devil's Circus'' is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Danish director Benjamin Christensen, based upon his screenplay. The film stars Norma Shearer and Charles Emmett Mack. It was the first of seven films directed by Christen ...
''
* 1926: '' Torrent''
* 1926: ''The Blackbird
''The Blackbird'' is a 1926 American silent crime film directed by Tod Browning and starring Lon Chaney. The screenplay was written by Waldemar Young, based on a story "The Mockingbird" by Tod Browning (which was originally supposed to be the ...
''
* 1926: ''Valencia
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''
* 1926: '' Tin Hats''
* 1926: '' The Flaming Forest''
* 1926: '' Upstage''
* 1926: ''Love's Blindness
''Love's Blindness'' is a 1926 silent film directed by John Francis Dillon. The film stars Pauline Starke, Antonio Moreno, and Lilyan Tashman. Written by Elinor Glyn, the film was produced under the direct supervision of the author. The film ...
''
* 1926: ''War Paint War paint is paint ritually applied to the face and/or body prior to going into a battle.
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Music
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** ''Warpaint'' (Warpaint album), 2014 album b ...
''
* 1926: ''Bardelys the Magnificent
''Bardelys the Magnificent'' is a 1926 American silent romantic film directed by King Vidor and starring John Gilbert and Eleanor Boardman. The film is based on the 1906 novel of the same title by Rafael Sabatini. It was the second film of th ...
''
* 1926: ''Blarney
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''
* 1926: '' The Gay Deceiver''
* 1926: '' The Waning Sex''
* 1926: '' The Boy Friend''
* 1926: ''Paris
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''
* 1926: '' Money Talks''
* 1926: '' Beverly of Graustark''
* 1926: '' The Exquisite Sinner''
* 1926: '' The Barrier''
* 1926: ''Monte Carlo
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''
* 1926: '' Dance Madness''
* 1927: '' Captain Salvation''
* 1927: '' The Red Mill''
* 1927: '' Becky''
* 1927: ''The Bugle Call
''The Bugle Call'' is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Edward Sedgwick and starring Jackie Coogan and Claire Windsor, which was released on August 6, 1927.
The Lost Film Files database lists this film as being lost.
Plot
Bill ...
''
* 1927: '' The Frontiersman''
* 1927: '' Tillie the Toiler''
* 1927: ''Annie Laurie
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''
* 1927: ''California
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''
* 1927: '' Rookies''
* 1927: '' Lovers''
* 1927: '' Slide, Kelly, Slide''
* 1927: '' Heaven on Earth''
* 1927: '' The Understanding Heart''
* 1927: '' The Demi-Bride''
* 1927: '' Women Love Diamonds''
* 1927: '' Altars of Desire''
* 1927: '' The Taxi Dancer''
* 1927: '' A Little Journey''
* 1928: '' The Crowd''
* 1928: '' The Wind''
* 1929: '' The Great Gabbo''
* 1930: ''The Boudoir Diplomat
''The Boudoir Diplomat'' is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Malcolm St. Clair, produced and distributed by Universal Pictures, from the play ''The Command To Love'' by Fritz Gottwald and Rudolph Lothar.
The film is ...
''
* 1930: '' The Cat Creeps''
* 1932: '' Money Talks''
* 1935: '' Vagabond Lady''
References
External links
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1901 births
1953 deaths
American costume designers
American people of Italian descent
People from Oakland, California