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Vyvyan Donner

January 01, 1970

Vyvyan Enid Donner (December 26, 1895 – June 27, 1965)[1][2][3] was an American fashion editor, film director, screenwriter, theatrical costume designer and caricaturist, perhaps best remembered for narrating numerous Movietone newsreels.

Vyvyan Donner
Donner in 1916
Born
Vyvyan Enid Donner

(1895-12-26)December 26, 1895
New York City, New York, U.S.
DiedJune 27, 1965(1965-06-27) (aged 69)
New York City, New York, U.S.
EducationCooper Union; Art Students' League

Early life and career edit

On December 26, 1895, Vyvyan Enid Donner was born in New York City, the only child of Herman Montague and Emma Adelaide Donner (née Wilkins).[1][4] Raised in Brooklyn, Donner attended St. Catherine's Hall and later Adelphi Academy before studying briefly with Ethel Traphagen at Cooper Union[5] and George Bridgman at the Art Students' League.[6] She staged the Movietone newsreel women's fashion sequences for many years.[7]

Partial filmography edit

  • Silk for Summer Nights (1935)[8]
  • Fashion Forecast: For Play Hours (December 1939)[9]
  • Fashion Forecast: For Outdoors (April 1940)[10]
  • Fashion Forecast: For Country Life (July 1940)[11]
  • Behind the Footlights (April 1946)[12]
  • From Morn 'Til Dawn (April 1946)[13]
  • Talented Beauties (May 1949)[14][15]

Death edit

On June 27, 1965, Donner died of natural causes in her home at 205 West 57th Street in Manhattan.[2][16]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV5Y-FV48 : 16 March 2018), Vyvyan Enid Donner, 1923; citing Passport Application, New York, United States, source certificate #308607, Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925, 2302, NARA microfilm publications M1490 and M1372 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  2. ^ a b "Vyvyan Donner". Women's Wear Daily. June 29, 1965. p. 33. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
  3. ^ "Vyvyan Donner Services; Movietone Commentator". Box Office. July 5, 1965. p. E-6. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
  4. ^ "United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJP-CTBJ : 16 March 2018), Herman Montague Donner, 1903; citing Passport Application, New York, United States, source certificate #73793, Passport Applications, 1795-1905., Roll 627, NARA microfilm publications M1490 and M1372 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  5. ^ Mara, Margaret (December 27, 1946). "Producer of Fashion Newsreels Finds Men Excellent Audience". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. p. 13. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
  6. ^ Times staff (March 14, 1941). "American Fashions Best, Stylist Avers". Detroit Evening Times. p. 21. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
  7. ^ Fielding, Raymond (1972). The American newsreel. 1911-1967. Norman: Univ. of Oklahoma P. ISBN 978-0-8061-1004-2.
  8. ^ WWD staff (May 27, 1935). 'Summer Night Silk' Picture Is Released. Women's Wear Weekly. p. Sec. 2, p. 3. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
  9. ^ Citizen staff (December 16, 1939). "Reel Reviews: At the Roxy". The Brooklyn Citizen. p. 8. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
  10. ^ News staff (April 21, 1940)."Special! Vyvyan Donner's Fashion Forecast "For Outdoors" in Technicolor". The Twin Falls News. p. 7. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
  11. ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries. Part 1. B Group 2. Pamphlets, Etc. New Series. Library of Congress. Copyright Office. 1940. p. 935.
  12. ^ "Shorts Index". Boxoffice. November 9, 1946. p. 192. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
  13. ^ WWD staff (March 13, 1946). "Celanese Stars in Style Film on Rainwear, 'From Morn 'Til Dawn'". Women's Wear Daily. p. 25. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
  14. ^ . British Film Institute. Retrieved .
  15. ^ Star-Tribune staff (March 18, 1949). "Beauties Film is Due in May". Casper Star-Tribune. p. 4. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
  16. ^ "Vyvyan Donner, Fashion Editor". The Herald-News. Passaic, NJ. June 29, 1965. p. 49. Retrieved October 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.  

Further reading edit

Articles edit

  • Franc, Alice (July 24, 1915). "'It Just Happened to Happen That Way'—One School Girl's Version of Business Success in Theatrical Designing". New York Tribune. p. 5
  • Mishkin, Herman (July 1916). "Vyvyan Donner". The Green Book Magazine. p. 108
  • McCabe, Linda Rose (November 1922). "The Vitalized Silhouette". Arts & Decoration. pp. 17, 66, 69
  • Times staff (February 11, 1923). "Color, Movement, Life! They're my Art—Girl Poster Creator Says". The New Brunswick Times. p. 4
  • Star staff (February 20, 1923). "Vitalized Silhouette". The Seattle Star. p. 10
  • Donner, Vyvyan (November 7, 1925). "Of Interest to Women: Today's Practical Bride May Wear Her Wedding Gown as Everyday Frock". The Riverine Herald. p. 4
  • Donner, Vyvyan (December 5, 1925). "The Flare Dominates the Coat World, and the Fur Coat Becomes Elaborate". The Riverine Herald. p. 5
  • Donner, Vyvyan (January 2, 1926). "Fashion Switches Bows From the Front to the Back". The Riverine Herald. p. 3
  • Monitor staff (January 26, 1926). "Scissors, Silhouettes and Success". Christian Science Monitor. p. 8
  • Donner, Vyvyan (March 15, 1926). "Barrel Silhouette the Novelty of This Season". The Albany Despatch. p. 4
  • Donner, Vyvyan (April 10, 1926). "Women's Realm: Headdress Hunches for the Bob-Haired Beauty". The Riverine Herald. p. 6
  • Donner, Vyvyan (April 29, 1926). "Women's Realm: The High Collar Makes a Bow in the Southland". The Riverine Herald. p. 4
  • Donner, Vyvyan (May 10, 1926). "They're Not All Dressed Up, But They've Some Place to Go". The Albany Despatch. p. 4
  • Donner, Vyvyan (May 13, 1926). "Furs Are Dyed All Colors Now; Idea Is to Match It". The Riverine Herald. p. 4
  • Vincent, Florence Smith (July 29, 1926). "Living and Loving". The Allentown Morning Call. p. 15
  • Times staff (December 4, 1927). "How Men Treat Women". The Los Angeles Times. p. 73
  • Donner, Vyvyan (March 11, 1928). "Bringing the Tidings to Broadway: A Press Agent Discusses Certain Angles of the Try-Out, and Incidentally Presents a Few Brickbats". The New York Times. Sec. 8, p. 2
  • Back, Elizabeth Edwards (May 25, 1939). "Women in the World: A Fashion Director". Western Mail. p. 25
  • Herald staff (August '17, 1939). "Film Clips Cost £500 for 75 Seconds; Vyvyan Donner's Fashions". Sydney Morning Herald. p. 24
  • "Vyvyan Donner, Whose Life Is a Glorious Cycle of Fashions and Camera Angles". Coronet.
  • Turner, Grace (September 15, 1940). "Vyvyan Donner, movie fashion-news director, succeeds as hostess by serving this good food". Washington Evening Star. p. 17
  • Carnegie, Dale (June 25, 1943). "Act On Your Ideas". The Coolidge Examiner. p. 4
  • Inquirer staff (September 12, 1944). "Judges Select 87 War Bond Winners". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 15
  • Meredith, Ann (1945). "Fashion Movie in the Making." The Akron Beacon-Journal. pp. 62, 63, 64, 65
  • Lockerman, Doris (March 21, 1948). "Let's See Now: Roaring Twenties—And She Knows Why". The Atlanta Constitution. p. 14-C
  • Lockerman, Doris (April 22, 1948). "Let's See Now: Call Gendarmes! Here Comes Ice". The Atlanta Constitution. p. 18
  • Cabot, Cynthia (March 21, 1952). "18 Nations Join in Shore Fashion Revue". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 37
  • McCleod, Edyth Thornton (April 4, 1956). Beauty After 40". Tyler Morning Telegraph. p. 32

Books edit

  • Chase, Ilka (1945). Past Imperfect. Garden City, NY: Blue Ribbon Books. pp. 243–244.
  • "Vivian Donner—for Plaintiff—Direct". Case on Appeal, Volume Two—Pages 753-1561. Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division—First Department. July 21, 1937. pp. 774–783.
  • Callahan, Michael (2018). The Night She Won Miss America. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. pp. 57–61. ISBN 9780544810013.
  • Thompson, Neal (2013) A Curious Man: The Strange and Brilliant Life of Robert "Believe It or Not" Ripley. New York: Crown Pubnlishing. pp. 58, 286, 310, 343, 368
  • Webb, Graham (2020). Encyclopedia of American Short Films, 1926-1959. Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. ISBN 9781476639260.

External links edit

January 01, 1970
vyvyan, donner, vyvyan, enid, donner, december, 1895, june, 1965, american, fashion, editor, film, director, screenwriter, theatrical, costume, designer, caricaturist, perhaps, best, remembered, narrating, numerous, movietone, newsreels, donner, 1916bornvyvyan. Vyvyan Enid Donner December 26 1895 June 27 1965 1 2 3 was an American fashion editor film director screenwriter theatrical costume designer and caricaturist perhaps best remembered for narrating numerous Movietone newsreels Vyvyan DonnerDonner in 1916BornVyvyan Enid Donner 1895 12 26 December 26 1895New York City New York U S DiedJune 27 1965 1965 06 27 aged 69 New York City New York U S EducationCooper Union Art Students League Contents 1 Early life and career 2 Partial filmography 3 Death 4 See also 5 References 6 Further reading 6 1 Articles 6 2 Books 7 External linksEarly life and career editOn December 26 1895 Vyvyan Enid Donner was born in New York City the only child of Herman Montague and Emma Adelaide Donner nee Wilkins 1 4 Raised in Brooklyn Donner attended St Catherine s Hall and later Adelphi Academy before studying briefly with Ethel Traphagen at Cooper Union 5 and George Bridgman at the Art Students League 6 She staged the Movietone newsreel women s fashion sequences for many years 7 Partial filmography editSilk for Summer Nights 1935 8 Fashion Forecast For Play Hours December 1939 9 Fashion Forecast For Outdoors April 1940 10 Fashion Forecast For Country Life July 1940 11 Behind the Footlights April 1946 12 From Morn Til Dawn April 1946 13 Talented Beauties May 1949 14 15 Death editOn June 27 1965 Donner died of natural causes in her home at 205 West 57th Street in Manhattan 2 16 See also editList of caricaturistsReferences edit a b United States Passport Applications 1795 1925 database with images FamilySearch https familysearch org ark 61903 1 1 QV5Y FV48 16 March 2018 Vyvyan Enid Donner 1923 citing Passport Application New York United States source certificate 308607 Passport Applications January 2 1906 March 31 1925 2302 NARA microfilm publications M1490 and M1372 Washington D C National Archives and Records Administration n d a b Vyvyan Donner Women s Wear Daily June 29 1965 p 33 Retrieved July 5 2021 Vyvyan Donner Services Movietone Commentator Box Office July 5 1965 p E 6 Retrieved July 5 2021 United States Passport Applications 1795 1925 database with images FamilySearch https familysearch org ark 61903 1 1 QVJP CTBJ 16 March 2018 Herman Montague Donner 1903 citing Passport Application New York United States source certificate 73793 Passport Applications 1795 1905 Roll 627 NARA microfilm publications M1490 and M1372 Washington D C National Archives and Records Administration n d Mara Margaret December 27 1946 Producer of Fashion Newsreels Finds Men Excellent Audience The Brooklyn Daily Eagle p 13 Retrieved July 5 2021 Times staff March 14 1941 American Fashions Best Stylist Avers Detroit Evening Times p 21 Retrieved July 5 2021 Fielding Raymond 1972 The American newsreel 1911 1967 Norman Univ of Oklahoma P ISBN 978 0 8061 1004 2 WWD staff May 27 1935 Summer Night Silk Picture Is Released Women s Wear Weekly p Sec 2 p 3 Retrieved July 5 2021 Citizen staff December 16 1939 Reel Reviews At the Roxy The Brooklyn Citizen p 8 Retrieved July 5 2021 News staff April 21 1940 Special Vyvyan Donner s Fashion Forecast For Outdoors in Technicolor The Twin Falls News p 7 Retrieved July 5 2021 Catalog of Copyright Entries Part 1 B Group 2 Pamphlets Etc New Series Library of Congress Copyright Office 1940 p 935 Shorts Index Boxoffice November 9 1946 p 192 Retrieved July 5 2021 WWD staff March 13 1946 Celanese Stars in Style Film on Rainwear From Morn Til Dawn Women s Wear Daily p 25 Retrieved July 5 2021 Vyvyan Donner British Film Institute Retrieved Star Tribune staff March 18 1949 Beauties Film is Due in May Casper Star Tribune p 4 Retrieved July 5 2021 Vyvyan Donner Fashion Editor The Herald News Passaic NJ June 29 1965 p 49 Retrieved October 3 2022 via Newspapers com nbsp Further reading editArticles edit Franc Alice July 24 1915 It Just Happened to Happen That Way One School Girl s Version of Business Success in Theatrical Designing New York Tribune p 5 Mishkin Herman July 1916 Vyvyan Donner The Green Book Magazine p 108 McCabe Linda Rose November 1922 The Vitalized Silhouette Arts amp Decoration pp 17 66 69 Times staff February 11 1923 Color Movement Life They re my Art Girl Poster Creator Says The New Brunswick Times p 4 Star staff February 20 1923 Vitalized Silhouette The Seattle Star p 10 Donner Vyvyan November 7 1925 Of Interest to Women Today s Practical Bride May Wear Her Wedding Gown as Everyday Frock The Riverine Herald p 4 Donner Vyvyan December 5 1925 The Flare Dominates the Coat World and the Fur Coat Becomes Elaborate The Riverine Herald p 5 Donner Vyvyan January 2 1926 Fashion Switches Bows From the Front to the Back The Riverine Herald p 3 Monitor staff January 26 1926 Scissors Silhouettes and Success Christian Science Monitor p 8 Donner Vyvyan March 15 1926 Barrel Silhouette the Novelty of This Season The Albany Despatch p 4 Donner Vyvyan April 10 1926 Women s Realm Headdress Hunches for the Bob Haired Beauty The Riverine Herald p 6 Donner Vyvyan April 29 1926 Women s Realm The High Collar Makes a Bow in the Southland The Riverine Herald p 4 Donner Vyvyan May 10 1926 They re Not All Dressed Up But They ve Some Place to Go The Albany Despatch p 4 Donner Vyvyan May 13 1926 Furs Are Dyed All Colors Now Idea Is to Match It The Riverine Herald p 4 Vincent Florence Smith July 29 1926 Living and Loving The Allentown Morning Call p 15 Times staff December 4 1927 How Men Treat Women The Los Angeles Times p 73 Donner Vyvyan March 11 1928 Bringing the Tidings to Broadway A Press Agent Discusses Certain Angles of the Try Out and Incidentally Presents a Few Brickbats The New York Times Sec 8 p 2 Back Elizabeth Edwards May 25 1939 Women in the World A Fashion Director Western Mail p 25 Herald staff August 17 1939 Film Clips Cost 500 for 75 Seconds Vyvyan Donner s Fashions Sydney Morning Herald p 24 Vyvyan Donner Whose Life Is a Glorious Cycle of Fashions and Camera Angles Coronet Turner Grace September 15 1940 Vyvyan Donner movie fashion news director succeeds as hostess by serving this good food Washington Evening Star p 17 Carnegie Dale June 25 1943 Act On Your Ideas The Coolidge Examiner p 4 Inquirer staff September 12 1944 Judges Select 87 War Bond Winners The Philadelphia Inquirer p 15 Meredith Ann 1945 Fashion Movie in the Making The Akron Beacon Journal pp 62 63 64 65 Lockerman Doris March 21 1948 Let s See Now Roaring Twenties And She Knows Why The Atlanta Constitution p 14 C Lockerman Doris April 22 1948 Let s See Now Call Gendarmes Here Comes Ice The Atlanta Constitution p 18 Cabot Cynthia March 21 1952 18 Nations Join in Shore Fashion Revue The Philadelphia Inquirer p 37 McCleod Edyth Thornton April 4 1956 Beauty After 40 Tyler Morning Telegraph p 32 Books edit Chase Ilka 1945 Past Imperfect Garden City NY Blue Ribbon Books pp 243 244 Vivian Donner for Plaintiff Direct Case on Appeal Volume Two Pages 753 1561 Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division First Department July 21 1937 pp 774 783 Callahan Michael 2018 The Night She Won Miss America New York Houghton Mifflin Harcourt pp 57 61 ISBN 9780544810013 Thompson Neal 2013 A Curious Man The Strange and Brilliant Life of Robert Believe It or Not Ripley New York Crown Pubnlishing pp 58 286 310 343 368 Webb Graham 2020 Encyclopedia of American Short Films 1926 1959 Jefferson North Carolina McFarland amp Company Inc Publishers ISBN 9781476639260 External links editVyvyan Donner at the Internet Broadway Database Vyvyan Donner at IMDb Vyvyan Donner at Playbill Vault Vyvyan Donner at the British Film Institute better source needed Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Vyvyan Donner amp oldid 1217655772, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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