# Sophie Wachner

Sophie Wachner (November 5, 1879 – September 13, 1960) was an American costumer who designed costumes for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Fox, and Selznick International Pictures in the early 20th century. Her work appeared in films such as Just Imagine, A Connecticut Yankee, and Little Lord Fauntleroy.

## Early life

Wachner was born in 1879 in Akron, Ohio, to Jewish immigrant parents from Hungary. She first began a career in teaching in Akron Public Schools, but in 1909 moved to New York City to design costumes on Broadway. She and her aunt, Frederica De Wolfe, spent ten years there, and during this time Wachner worked as a costumer for Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. In 1919, she moved to Los Angeles to work for Goldwyn Studios.

## Career

Wachner joined Goldwyn Studios in August 1919, as they set up a new headquarters for their costume department. Wachner was well known among the Los Angeles clothiers who supplied Goldwyn Studios' productions. While employed there, Wachner's opinion was greatly respected by the actors and directors she worked with, who "court[ed] her favor exactly as they court the favor of the public". William Wellman and G. B. Manly gave her the nickname 'Colonel Wachner'. Her early work for Goldwyn included costumes for the Hobart Henley film So This Is Marriage, which included a technicolor sequence depicting the story of Bathsheba and David, and He Who Gets Slapped, a 1924 psychological thriller starring Lon Chaney. For the 1930 film Just Imagine, she collaborated with Alice O'Neill and Dolly Tree to create a wardrobe for futuristic 1980s New Yorkers and Martians. Wachner left Goldwyn Studios for Fox in 1924, and worked there until 1930, when she was fired to cut costs. Wachner worked in Hollywood for over fifteen years, with her final film Little Lord Fauntleroy being released in 1936.

## Filmography

| Year | Title |
| 1924 | Daring Love |
| 1924 | He Who Gets Slapped |
| 1924 | His Hour |
| 1924 | Married Flirts |
| 1924 | The Snob |
| 1924 | So This Is Marriage |
| 1924 | Three Weeks |
| 1924 | Wife Of The Centaur |
| 1924 | Wild Oranges |
| 1925 | The Great Divide |
| 1928 | Red Wine |
| 1929 | Love, Live And Laugh |
| 1929 | Big Time |
| 1929 | Fox Movietone Follies Of 1929 |
| 1929 | Hot For Paris |
| 1929 | Married In Hollywood |
| 1929 | Nix On Dames |
| 1929 | Pleasure Crazed |
| 1929 | Seven Faces |
| 1929 | A Song Of Kentucky |
| 1929 | South Sea Rose |
| 1929 | Speakeasy |
| 1929 | Sunnyside Up |
| 1929 | They Had To See Paris |
| 1929 | Thru Different Eyes |
| 1929 | Words And Music |
| 1930 | El Precio De Un Beso |
| 1930 | The Arizona Kid |
| 1930 | The Big Party |
| 1930 | Born Reckless |
| 1930 | Cameo Kirby |
| 1930 | City Girl |
| 1930 | Common Clay |
| 1930 | Crazy That Way |
| 1930 | The Dancers |
| 1930 | A Devil With Women |
| 1930 | Double Cross Roads |
| 1930 | Fox Movietone Follies Of 1930 |
| 1930 | The Golden Calf |
| 1930 | Happy Days |
| 1930 | High Society Blues |
| 1930 | Just Imagine |
| 1930 | Last Of The Duanes |
| 1930 | Lightnin' |
| 1930 | Liliom |
| 1930 | The Lone Star Ranger |
| 1930 | Man Trouble |
| 1930 | Not Damaged |
| 1930 | Oh, For A Man |
| 1930 | On The Level |
| 1930 | On Your Back |
| 1930 | The Princess And The Plumber |
| 1930 | Renegades |
| 1930 | Scotland Yard |
| 1930 | So This Is London |
| 1930 | Song O' My Heart |
| 1930 | Such Men Are Dangerous |
| 1930 | Under Suspicion |
| 1930 | Up The River |
| 1930 | Wild Company |
| 1930 | Women Everywhere |
| 1931 | Charlie Chan Carries On |
| 1931 | Mr. Lemon Of Orange |
| 1931 | Young Sinners (1931 film) |
| 1931 | Quick Millions |
| 1931 | Don't Bet On Women |
| 1931 | East Lynne |
| 1931 | A Connecticut Yankee |
| 1931 | Girls Demand Excitement |
| 1931 | Fair Warning |
| 1931 | Are You There? |
| 1931 | Doctors' Wives |
| 1931 | The Man Who Came Back |
| 1931 | Once A Sinner |
| 1931 | Three Girls Lost |
| 1931 | Corsair |
| 1931 | Men On Call |
| 1931 | Seas Beneath |
| 1931 | Six Cylinder Love |
| 1931 | Body And Soul |
| 1931 | Not Exactly Gentlemen |
| 1931 | The Spy |
| 1931 | Young As You Feel |
| 1931 | Their Mad Moment |
| 1936 | Little Lord Fauntleroy |