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Lot 139

A Ret Turner television costume production archive

27 March 2017, 13:00 EDT
New York

US$2,500 - US$3,500

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A Ret Turner television costume production archive

A group of production paperwork: Xerographic and autographic manuscripts, approx. 1,600 pp, housed in 5 three-ring binders, 1975-1977, with 2 Polaroid photographs, October 1976, one featuring Cher, several hand-colored Xerographic costume designs, and swatches of cloth, all related to The Sonny and Cher Show; Dolly, Xerographic manuscript, 99 pp, Final Draft teleplay, Show #002, August 13, 1987, with 4 pp show rundown, 1 p of autograph costume notes on "Ret Turner" illustration paper, housed in orange Dolly wrappers within a gray Dolly three-ring binder.
This large archive of costume designer Ret Turner's production paperwork is mainly annotated costume breakdowns and rental receipts from houses, such as Western Costume, for The Sonny and Cher Show, the couple's second variety TV series. These papers provide a thorough episode-by-episode history of the show's wildly varied wardrobe. Also included in this lot is a script and production rundown for an episode of Dolly Parton's variety series, Dolly, for which Ret Turner designed costumes. One binder has a Cher logo and is stamped "Ret Turner"; the Dolly binder is also stamped with the show's logo.

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