Don Loper (April 29, 1906 – November 21, 1972)[1] was an American costume and necktie designer,[2] as well as a screenwriter, choreographer, associate producer, actor,[3] and assistant to MGM musicals producer Arthur Freed. He began his career as a dancer and was teamed with Ginger Rogers in the film Lady in the Dark (1944).[3]
Loper is also known for introducing Judy Garland to her future husband, director Vincente Minnelli (Meet Me in St. Louis).[4] Loper was born on April 29, 1906, in Toledo, Ohio, USA as Lincoln George Hardloper. He is known for his work on It's a Pleasure (1945), Sofia (1948) and Lady in the Dark (1944). He was married to Violet Hughes. He died on November 22, 1972, in Santa Monica, California, USA.
Loper's works, some of which were designed for stars like Ella Fitzgerald[5] and Lucille Ball[6] are featured in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art[7] and the California African American Museum.[5] He played himself in an episode of I Love Lucy titled "The Fashion Show" in 1955. Loper would design stewardess uniforms for Pan Am and Trans World Airlines.
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^ ab"California African American Museum". Trio.caamuseum.org. Archived from the original on 2013-10-17. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
^Feitelberg, Rosemary (April 29, 2013). "Dressing With Don Loper at New York Pops Celebration". Women's Wear Daily. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
^"Don Loper / Evening Dress and Coat / circa 1958". Davidrumsey.com. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
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world where humans and some animals live together and even can be coupled, DonLope de Villalobos y Sangrin, a Spanish wolf, and Armand Raynal de Maupertuis...
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the position of mayor after he is disgraced by the rape of his daughter. DonLope of Figueroa – General of the troop that stopped at Zalamea. This proud...
and Four Jills in a Jeep was her last screen appearance. Dance director DonLoper was borrowed from MGM for the production. Landis, Raye and Mayfair also...
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when DonLope Fernández de Luna was already archbishop, creating a spacious, well-lit Gothic cathedral. In 1360, during the archbishopric of DonLope Fernández...
Soon after graduating, Loper began interning with the Topeka Capital-Journal in Topeka, Kansas. Following his time in Kansas, Loper interned with the Palm...
assumed by the female character Tristana, who cares for her aging uncle, DonLope. However, she wishes to marry Horacio. The 1981 Irish film Lovespell features...
Nerea. ISBN 84-89569-82-7. OCLC 52644522. In the cultural magazine of DonLope de Sosa (1913–1930), creator of the official chronicle of the province...
Tristana from a young orphan subjected to sexual abuse by her guardian, DonLope, to a hardened woman capable of incredible emotional cruelty. Central to...
monastery of San Juan of Gaztelugatxe in 1051. In 1082, it is mentioned by DonLope lñiguez as "Sancti Michaelis Arcangeli in Portu of Vermelio". Ferdinand...
Luis Buñuel) as DonLope 1970: Aoom 1970: Chicas de club as Padrino Elisa 1970: La collera del vento (Directed by Mario Camus) as Don Antonio 1970: Compañeros...
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