Miles White
Miles White ( born July 27, 1914 in Oakland, California, † 17 February 2000 in New York City, New York) was an award-winning American costume designer in film and theater. He was known primarily for his work for the cinema of the 1950s such as The Greatest Show on Earth, rhythm in the blood or Around the World in 80 Days.
Life and work
Miles White, born in 1914 in Oakland in California, studied first at the University of California, Berkeley, when he could not find work in Hollywood during the 1930s, he went to New York to Broadway. There he made his debut as a costume designer in the play Right This Way 1938. During the Second World War, he continued to make career in the entertainment industry. He designed imaginative costumes for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus to, in addition, he also worked as a costume designer for the theater and later also for the film industry. In the early 1940s he made the costumes for the Broadway musical by Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein. At the beginning of the 1950s he won for his work in the theater two Tony Awards. In 1951, for the piece Bless You All and 1953 for the stage performance of Hazel Flagg. In addition, he was nominated several times in his career for Tony.
Norman Z. McLeod For the director, he delivered in 1946, the designs for the Danny Kaye Musical The hero of the day. In the 1950s, he was nominated three times for an Academy Award for his work. 1953 for the circus film The Greatest Show on Earth by director Cecil B. DeMille, 1955 for the musical rhythm in the blood of Walter Long and 1957 for the literary adaptation in 80 Days Around the World by director Michael Anderson after the same customer by Jules Verne.
On 17 February 2000 Miles White died at the age of 85 years in New York City.