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A Teresa Wright dress from Shadow of a Doubt
5 May 2013, 10:00 PDT
Los AngelesSold for US$2,750 inc. premium
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A Teresa Wright dress from Shadow of a Doubt
Universal, 1943. A dark teal and beige dress with sewn-in shoulder pads and a coordinating belt. Worn by Teresa Wright in the scenes in which she discovers that her Uncle Charlie is a murderer and he confronts her about her knowledge. A central scene in the film's plot, Wright is depicted wearing this dress on one of the film's lobby cards as well as the current DVD cover.
Wartime restrictions on the use of construction materials drove film productions to shoot on location rather than build sets on the studio lots. As a result of this, Hitchcock set and filmed Shadow of a Doubt in Santa Rosa, a town in Sonoma County, Northern California. Hitchcock reportedly grew quite attached to the town and returned to the area twenty years later to film The Birds. The consignor's grandfather purchased this costume at a Santa Rosa charity auction to support the war effort, to which Hitchcock had donated it after filming was complete. Accompanied by a newspaper clipping discussing the filming in Santa Rosa, as well as a copy of the film.
Wartime restrictions on the use of construction materials drove film productions to shoot on location rather than build sets on the studio lots. As a result of this, Hitchcock set and filmed Shadow of a Doubt in Santa Rosa, a town in Sonoma County, Northern California. Hitchcock reportedly grew quite attached to the town and returned to the area twenty years later to film The Birds. The consignor's grandfather purchased this costume at a Santa Rosa charity auction to support the war effort, to which Hitchcock had donated it after filming was complete. Accompanied by a newspaper clipping discussing the filming in Santa Rosa, as well as a copy of the film.



















