Walter Plunkett
Costume & Make-Up
Walter Plunkett (June 5, 1902 – March 8, 1982) was a prolific costume designer who worked on more than 150 projects throughout his career in the Hollywood film industry. Plunkett's first credited work as a costume designer was the 1927 film Hard-Boiled Haggerty. At RKO, he developed a huge costume and wardrobe department that became a major studio asset. Given free rein, he set about creating costumes that rivaled the work of his contemporaries, such as Travis Banton and Adrian. Plunkett's best-known work is featured in two films, Gone with the Wind (1939) and Singin' in the Rain (1952), in which he lampooned his initial style of the Roaring Twenties. In 1951, Plunkett shared an Oscar with Orry-Kelly and Irene Sharaff for An American in Paris.
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movie7 Women
1965
Costume Design
movieMarriage on the Rocks
1965
Costume Design
movieHow the West Was Won
1962
Costume Design
movieTwo Weeks in Another Town
1962
Costume Design
movieThe Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
1962
Costume Design
moviePocketful of Miracles
1961
Costume Design
movieCimarron
1960
Costume Design
movieBells Are Ringing
1960
Costume Design
moviePollyanna
1960
Costume Designer
movieHome from the Hill
1960
Costume Design
movieSome Came Running
1958
Costume Design
movieThe Law and Jake Wade
1958
Costume Design
movieThe Sheepman
1958
Costume Design
movieThe Brothers Karamazov
1958
Costume Design
movieRaintree County
1957
Costume Design
movieGun Glory
1957
Costume Design
movieThe Wings of Eagles
1957
Wardrobe Master
movieLust for Life
1956
Costume Designer
movieThe Fastest Gun Alive
1956
Costume Design
movieTribute to a Bad Man
1956
Costume Design
movieForbidden Planet
1956
Costume Design
movieDiane
1956
Costume Design
movieThe King's Thief
1955
Costume Design
movieThe Scarlet Coat
1955
Costume Design
movieMoonfleet
1955
Costume Design
movieThe Glass Slipper
1955
Costume Design
movieJupiter's Darling
1955
Costume Designer
movieMany Rivers to Cross
1955
Costume Design
movieDeep in My Heart
1954
Costume Design
movieAthena
1954
Costume Design
movieSeven Brides for Seven Brothers
1954
Costume Design
movieValley of the Kings
1954
Costume Design
movieKiss Me Kate
1953
Costume Design
movieAll the Brothers Were Valiant
1953
Costume Design
movieThe Actress
1953
Costume Design
movieRide, Vaquero!
1953
Costume Design
movieYoung Bess
1953
Costume Design
movieMillion Dollar Mermaid
1952
Costume Design
moviePlymouth Adventure
1952
Costume Design
movieThe Prisoner of Zenda
1952
Costume Design
movieCarbine Williams
1952
Costume Design
movieSingin' in the Rain
1952
Costume Design
movieWestward the Women
1951
Costume Design
movieThe Man with a Cloak
1951
Costume Design
movieAn American in Paris
1951
Costume Design
movieThe Law and the Lady
1951
Costume Design
movieShow Boat
1951
Costume Design
movieKind Lady
1951
Wardrobe Designer
movieSoldiers Three
1951
Costume Design
movieMr. Imperium
1951
Costume Design
moviePayment on Demand
1951
Costume Design
movieThe Magnificent Yankee
1950
Costume Design
movieTwo Weeks with Love
1950
Costume Design
movieKing Solomon's Mines
1950
Costume Design
movieSummer Stock
1950
Costume Design
movieThe Toast of New Orleans
1950
Costume Design
movieDevil's Doorway
1950
Costume Design
movieThe Happy Years
1950
Costume Design
movieFather of the Bride
1950
Costume Design
movieAnnie Get Your Gun
1950
Costume Design
movieStars in My Crown
1950
Costume Design
movieBlack Hand
1950
Costume Design
movieThe Outriders
1950
Costume Design
movieAdam's Rib
1949
Costume Design
movieThat Forsyte Woman
1949
Costume Design
movieMadame Bovary
1949
Costume Designer
movieThe Secret Garden
1949
Costume Design
movieLittle Women
1949
Costume Design
movieThe Kissing Bandit
1948
Costume Designer
movieThe Three Musketeers
1948
Costume Design
movieSummer Holiday
1948
Costume Design
movieSong of Love
1947
Costume Design
movieThe Sea of Grass
1947
Costume Design
movieGreen Dolphin Street
1947
Costume Design
movieDuel in the Sun
1946
Costume Design
movieAlong Came Jones
1945
Costume Design
movieA Song to Remember
1945
Costume Design
movieKnickerbocker Holiday
1944
Costume Design
movieIn Old Oklahoma
1943
Costume Designer
movieForever and a Day
1943
Costume Design
movieLady for a Night
1942
Costume Design
movieThe Corsican Brothers
1941
Costume Design
movieLydia
1941
Costume Design
movieLadies in Retirement
1941
Costume Design
movieVigil in the Night
1940
Costume Design
movieGone with the Wind
1939
Costume Design
movieThe Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939
Costume Designer
movieThe Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
1939
Costume Design
movieStagecoach
1939
Costume Design
movieThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer
1938
Costume Designer
movieNothing Sacred
1937
Costume Design
movieThe Woman I Love
1937
Costume Design
movieThe Soldier and the Lady
1937
Costume Design
movieQuality Street
1937
Costume Design
movieThe Plough and the Stars
1936
Costume Design
movieA Woman Rebels
1936
Costume Design
movieMary of Scotland
1936
Costume Design
movieChatterbox
1936
Costume Designer
movieAnother Face
1935
Costume Design
movieTo Beat the Band
1935
Costume Design
movieThe Three Musketeers
1935
Costume Design
movieThe Rainmakers
1935
Costume Design
movieHis Family Tree
1935
Costume Design
movieThe Return Of Peter Grimm
1935
Costume Design
movieAlice Adams
1935
Costume Design
movieHot Tip
1935
Costume Design
movieJalna
1935
Costume Design
movieThe Arizonian
1935
Costume Design
movieVillage Tale
1935
Costume Design
movieHooray for Love
1935
Costume Design
movieThe Informer
1935
Costume Design
movieChasing Yesterday
1935
Costume Design
movieCaptain Hurricane
1935
Costume Design
movieEnchanted April
1935
Costume Design
movieThe Little Minister
1934
Costume Design
movieWest of the Pecos
1934
Costume Design
movieThe Silver Streak
1934
Costume Design
movieLightning Strikes Twice
1934
Costume Design
movieDangerous Corner
1934
Costume Design
movieAnne of Green Gables
1934
Costume Design
movieBy Your Leave
1934
Costume Design
movieWoman in the Dark
1934
Costume Design
movieKentucky Kernels
1934
Costume Design
movieWednesday's Child
1934
Costume Design
movieThe Gay Divorcee
1934
Costume Design
movieGridiron Flash
1934
Costume Design
movieThe Richest Girl in the World
1934
Costume Design
movieThe Age of Innocence
1934
Costume Design
movieDown to Their Last Yacht
1934
Costume Design
movieThe Fountain
1934
Costume Design
movieTheir Big Moment
1934
Costume Design
movieHis Greatest Gamble
1934
Costume Design
movieBachelor Bait
1934
Costume Design
movieHat, Coat and Glove
1934
Costume Design
movieOf Human Bondage
1934
Costume Designer
movieWe're Rich Again
1934
Costume Design
movieLet's Try Again
1934
Costume Design
movieCockeyed Cavaliers
1934
Costume Design
movieMurder on the Blackboard
1934
Costume Design
movieThe Life of Vergie Winters
1934
Costume Design
movieStingaree
1934
Costume Design
movieWhere Sinners Meet
1934
Costume Design
movieStrictly Dynamite
1934
Costume Design
movieSing and Like It
1934
Costume Design
movieThis Man Is Mine
1934
Costume Design
movieSuccess at Any Price
1934
Costume Design
movieThe Crime Doctor
1934
Costume Designer
movieSpitfire
1934
Costume Design
movieKeep 'Em Rolling
1934
Costume Design
movieHips, Hips, Hooray!
1934
Costume Design
movieLong Lost Father
1934
Costume Design
movieMan of Two Worlds
1934
Costume Design
movieThe Meanest Gal in Town
1934
Costume Design
movieThe Son of Kong
1933
Costume Design
movieFlying Down to Rio
1933
Costume Design
movieLittle Women
1933
Costume Design
movieThe Right To Romance
1933
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movieAce of Aces
1933
Costume Design
movieAggie Appleby, Maker of Men
1933
Costume Design
movieAnn Vickers
1933
Costume Design
movieBlind Adventure
1933
Costume Design
movieMorning Glory
1933
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movieNo Marriage Ties
1933
Costume Design
movieDouble Harness
1933
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movieEmergency Call
1933
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movieMelody Cruise
1933
Costume Design
movieTomorrow at Seven
1933
Costume Design
movieCross Fire
1933
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movieThe Silver Cord
1933
Costume Design
movieSweepings
1933
Costume Design
movieScarlet River
1933
Costume Design
movieChristopher Strong
1933
Costume Design
movieThe Great Jasper
1933
Costume Design
movieLucky Devils
1933
Costume Design
movieThe Past of Mary Holmes
1933
Costume Design
movieThe Animal Kingdom
1932
Costume Design
movieNight After Night
1932
Costume Design
movieThe Phantom of Crestwood
1932
Costume Design
movieThe Most Dangerous Game
1932
Costume Design
movieDixiana
1930
Costume Design
movieSeven Keys to Baldpate
1929
Costume Design
movieThe Vagabond Lover
1929
Costume Design
movieTanned Legs
1929
Costume Design
movieNight Parade
1929
Costume Design
movieHalf Marriage
1929
Costume Design
movieThe Delightful Rogue
1929
Costume Design
movieThe Very Idea
1929
Costume Design
movieRio Rita
1929
Costume Design
movieThe Big Diamond Robbery
1929
Costume Design
movieGun Law
1929
Costume Designer
movieThe Red Sword
1929
Costume Designer
movieLove In The Desert
1929
Costume Design
movieThe Air Legion
1929
Costume Designer
Hey Rube!
1928
Costume Design
movieSinners in Love
1928
Costume Designer
movieStocks and Blondes
1928
Costume Designer
movieHit of the Show
1928
Costume Designer
movieWhen the Law Rides
1928
Costume Design
movieWallflowers
1928
Costume Design
movieWizard of the Saddle
1928
Costume Design
movieLegionnaires in Paris
1927
Costume Design
movieThe Bandit's Son
1927
Costume Design
The Boy Rider
1927
Costume Designer
movieClancy's Kosher Wedding
1927
Costume Designer
movieLightning Lariats
1927
Costume Design
movieA Regular Scout
1926
Costume Design
Red Hot Hoofs
1926
Costume Design
movieOne Minute to Play
1926
Costume Design