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An Elissa Landi gown from The Count of Monte Cristo
10 December 2019, 14:00 PST
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An Elissa Landi gown from The Count of Monte Cristo
United Artists, 1934. Designed by Gwen Wakeling. Mint green silk full-length regency-style gown with an empire waist, a bodice decorated with lace and pink rosettes, a silk shell, and a lace design at the bottom of the skirt, bearing an interior black-lettered "United Costumers, Inc." label, a second label inscribed, "Elissa Landi" in black ink, and a modern "Warner Bros." barcode. Landi's success in such films as Cecil B. DeMille's The Sign of the Cross (1932) paved the way for her performance in this adventurous yarn based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas. Playing opposite Robert Donat, Landi can be seen wearing the gown in the ball scene and was featured wearing it on the lobby cards for the film. Accompanied by a photo of Landi wearing the gown.


















