- publicWebsite:
Visit - group Other Names:
Dorothy Marian Isbell
description About
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dolly Tree (17 March 1899–17 May 1962) was an English illustrator, actress and costume designer who during the 1930s and 1940s designed dresses for Myrna Loy, Jean Harlow, Rosalind Russell, Maureen O'Sullivan and Judy Garland among others in addition to costuming historical dramas such as David Copperfield (1935) and A Tale of Two Cities (1935). Born in Westbury-on-Trym in Bristol in 1899 as Dorothy Marian Isbell, the daughter of Charles Edwin Isbell (1863-1942) , a solicitor, and Bertha Marian (née Keith-Williams) at an early age she discovered an aptitude for drawing before being drawn towards a career on the stage. In 1912 her family relocated to London and she began her career as an artist after seeing the play Vanity Fair at the Palace Theatre in 1916. Of the play she later wrote, ‘I was fascinated by the wonderful dancing and art of Regine Flory and admired her so much that I started to design a special poster of her, really to amuse myself, based on my recollections of this vivid artist seen across the footlights.’ A friend took her drawing to Sir Alfred Butt who bought it and gave her a two-year contract (c1917-1918) to design posters and programme covers for of all his shows including The Boy (1917), The Beauty Spot (1918), Going Up (1918), Telling the Tale (1918), The Latest Craze (1919), The Kiss Call (1919), Very Good Eddie (1919) and Hello America (1919). Her comic illustrations also appeared in various British newspapers and magazines. Between 1915 and 1918 Dolly Tree appeared in five British silent films as an actress. In the United Kingdom her career as a costume designer began in the 1920s on various cabaret shows in London in particular; in 1923 she collaborated on her first film, Woman to Woman, directed by Graham Cutts and with Alfred Hitchcock as the co-screenwriter, artistic director and assistant director. Her work became popular in Paris where she became the first English person and the first woman to design for the Folies Bergère. In 1926 she moved to the United States, first working in New York where she created the costumes for the 1928 Broadway play Diamond Lil starring Mae West. She then went to Hollywood where she was involved in designing for 175 American films, firstly for Fox Studios (1929-1931) and then for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1931-1942), mainly as a designer of dresses, among others alongside Adrian. In 1931 while working at Fox Studios she met and married the American Naval officer Thomas Kimes. Although the marriage was a happy one but his career in the Navy kept them apart and they divorced in 1940. After her divorce Tree began to drink heavily which lead to her leaving MGM in 1942 and returning to Fox Studios where she married her second husband Don E. Whiteford. However, this marriage also did not work and they quickly divorced, which drove Tree further into alcoholism. Her second divorce, her heavy drinking and the death of her father in 1942 lead to her becoming increasing unreliable and losing her job.
Info
- wc Gender: Female
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1899-03-17
- event Death Date 1962-05-17
- school Known for: Costume & Make-Up
- star Popularity: 0.8
- info Birth Place Bristol, England, UK
- visibility Views: 2 views
-
star User Ratings:
image Images
smart_display Movies and TV shows by Dolly Tree
movie_edit Directing
0
Hide-Out
1934-08-24
0
The Thin Man
1934-05-25
0
Riffraff
1936-01-03
0
A Tale of Two Cities
1935-12-25
0
The Devil-Doll
1936-07-10
0
Thunder Afloat
1939-09-15
0
Fast Company
1938-07-05
0
Sinner Take All
1936-12-18
0
Sworn Enemy
1936-09-11
0
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
1940-07-05
0
Tell No Tales
1939-06-12
0
Live, Love and Learn
1937-10-29
0
Three Live Ghosts
1936-01-10
0
Mad Holiday
1936-11-13
0
Too Hot to Handle
1938-09-16
0
Paradise for Three
1938-06-04
0
The Girl Downstairs
1938-12-23
0
Espionage
1937-02-26
0
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry
1937-11-25
0
Thunder Birds
1942-10-28
0
My Dear Miss Aldrich
1937-09-17
0
The Bishop Misbehaves
1935-09-13
0
The Golden Fleecing
1940-08-16
0
Woman Wanted
1935-08-02
0
Annabelle's Affairs
1931-06-14
0
Suzy
1936-07-20
0
Arsène Lupin Returns
1938-02-25
0
Tales of Manhattan
1942-08-05
0
I Love You Again
1940-08-09
0
Rosalie
1937-12-24
0
Manhattan Melodrama
1934-05-04
0
She Wanted a Millionaire
1932-02-21
0
A Night at the Opera
1935-11-15
0
Three Godfathers
1936-03-06
0
The Pied Piper
1942-08-21
0
Escapade
1935-07-05
0
Bad Girl
1931-08-13
0
Just Imagine
1930-11-23
0
Whipsaw
1935-12-18
0
The Bad Man
1941-03-28
0
20 Mule Team
1940-05-03
0
The Good Old Soak
1937-04-23
0
Mad Love
1935-07-12
0
Fury
1936-06-05
0
The Night Is Young
1935-01-11
0
Transatlantic
1931-08-19
0
The Kid From Texas
1939-04-14
0
Sporting Blood
1940-07-11
0
Sporting Blood
1931-08-08
0
Exclusive Story
1936-01-17
0
Libeled Lady
1936-10-09
0
David Copperfield
1935-01-18
0
Straight Is the Way
1934-08-10
0
It's in the Air
1935-10-10
0
The Casino Murder Case
1935-03-15
0
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
1940-09-06
0
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
1939-11-24
0
Congo Maisie
1940-01-19
0
Little Nellie Kelly
1940-11-22
0
The Trial of Mary Dugan
1941-02-14
0
Billy the Kid
1941-05-30
0
Go West
1940-12-06
0
At the Circus
1939-10-20
0
Stand Up and Fight
1939-01-06
0
A Wicked Woman
1934-12-07
0
6,000 Enemies
1939-06-09
0
Trouble for Two
1936-05-29
0
Stronger Than Desire
1939-06-30
0
The First Hundred Years
1938-03-12
0
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
1942-06-26
0
The Gay Bride
1934-12-14
0
Navy Blue and Gold
1937-11-19
0
Of Human Hearts
1938-02-11
0
The Unguarded Hour
1936-04-10
0
They All Come Out
1939-08-04
0
Times Square Lady
1935-03-08
0
You Can't Buy Everything
1934-01-26
0
Yellow Jack
1938-05-19
0
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
1942-08-28
0
We Who Are Young
1940-07-19
0
On Borrowed Time
1939-07-07
0
After the Thin Man
1936-12-25
0
Kind Lady
1935-12-06
0
The Arcadians
1927-10-01
0
Night Must Fall
1937-04-30
0
Big City
1937-09-03
0
Lord Jeff
1938-06-17
0
Madame X
1937-10-01
0
The Chaser
1938-07-29
0
The Good Earth
1937-06-02
0
Public Hero Number 1
1935-05-31
0
The Ice Follies of 1939
1939-03-10
0
The Shining Hour
1938-11-18
0
Absolute Quiet
1936-04-24
0
Skyline
1931-10-08
0
The Garden Murder Case
1936-02-21
0
A Day at the Races
1937-06-11
0
Age of Indiscretion
1935-05-10
0
Rendezvous
1935-10-25
0
Another Thin Man
1939-11-17
0
Gold Rush Maisie
1940-07-26
0
Maisie Was a Lady
1941-01-10
0
Test Pilot
1938-04-16
0
Maisie
1939-06-22
0
Spring Madness
1938-11-11
0
Fast and Loose
1939-02-17