Ruth Warrick "Emily Monroe Norton Kane" period dress designed by Edward Stevenson for Citizen Kane. ...

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Ruth Warrick "Emily Monroe Norton Kane" period dress designed by Edward Stevenson for Citizen Kane. (RKO, 1941) Mocha wool 2-piece period dress of short-bodice jacket with chocolate velvet collar and gathered sleeves, and long vent-pleated skirt, designed by Edward Stevenson for Ruth Warrick, who wears this when Orson Welles debuts her to his staff in Citizen Kane. Jacket is production labeled "CP-3-8 R.Warrick" plus "1904" to designate time period in plotline for this costume. Skirt labeled "CP-3-7 Warrick". Aside from a few tiny scattered stains and moth holes, generally fine condition, virtually as screen-worn.

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