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name: "Bernard Newman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bernard-newman"
roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "18 November 1903"
died: "30 November 1966"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-19T23:33:19.199606+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Bernard Newman

Costume designer. Born 18 November 1903 in Joplin, Missouri, USA. Died 30 November 1966.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 18 November 1903, Joplin, Missouri, USA
- **Died:** 30 November 1966
- **Active:** 1935–1938
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Newman_(designer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4893469, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0628020/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/958731

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*You Can't Take It with You*](https://film.one/film/you-cant-take-it-with-you.md) (70)

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## Biography

Bernard Newman (18 November 1903 – 30 November 1966) was an American costume designer. He served as head designer at the Bergdorf Goodman department store in New York and as head costume designer at RKO Pictures.

Newman studied in Paris and at the Art Students League. He began at Bergdorf Goodman as a window dresser before rising to head designer. He entered film work in 1933, designing primarily for RKO from 1934 to 1936. His credits include *Top Hat* (1935), *Roberta* (1935), *Swing Time* (1936), *Follow the Fleet* (1936), *Sylvia Scarlett* (1935) and *You Can't Take It with You* (1938). He created the ostrich-feather gown worn by Ginger Rogers in the "Cheek to Cheek" sequence of *Top Hat*. He later returned to Bergdorf Goodman while taking occasional film assignments, including at Columbia and Warner Bros. Newman was posthumously inducted into the Costume Designers Guild Hall of Fame in 2004.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *You Can't Take It with You* (1938), Fi1m 70, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/you-cant-take-it-with-you.md)
- *Top Hat* (1935), Fi1m 87, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/top-hat.md)

## Complete filmography (31)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Hazard* (1948), Costume Design
- *Escape Me Never* (1947), Wardrobe Supervisor
- *Dark Passage* (1947), Costume Design
- *Deep Valley* (1947), Costume Designer
- *Possessed* (1947), Costume Design
- *Humoresque* (1947), Costume Designer
- *Tales of Manhattan* (1942), Costume Design
- *Lady in a Jam* (1942), Costume Design
- *Green Hell* (1940), Costume Design
- *You Can't Take It with You* (1938), Costume Design — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/you-cant-take-it-with-you.md)
- *Vivacious Lady* (1938), Costume Design
- *History Is Made at Night* (1937), Costume Design
- *More Than a Secretary* (1936), Costume Design
- *Theodora Goes Wild* (1936), Costume Design
- *Adventure in Manhattan* (1936), Costume Design
- *Walking on Air* (1936), Costume Design
- *Swing Time* (1936), Costume Design
- *The Bride Walks Out* (1936), Costume Design
- *The Ex-Mrs. Bradford* (1936), Costume Design
- *The Farmer in the Dell* (1936), Costume Design
- *Follow the Fleet* (1936), Costume Design
- *The Lady Consents* (1936), Costume Design
- *Two in the Dark* (1936), Costume Design
- *Sylvia Scarlett* (1935), Costume Design
- *I Dream Too Much* (1935), Costume Design
- *In Person* (1935), Costume Design
- *Top Hat* (1935), Costume Design — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/top-hat.md)
- *The Nitwits* (1935), Costume Design
- *Break of Hearts* (1935), Costume Design
- *Star of Midnight* (1935), Costume Design
- *Roberta* (1935), Costume Design

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