Costume worn by Rosalind Russell in <i>The Girl Rush</i>
date: label: Date made
content: 1955
notes: label: Description
content: Costume ensemble worn by Rosalind Russell in the role as Kim Halliday in the film The Girl Rush. Russell wore this costume in the "If You'll Only Take a Chance" number in the film. Edith Head designed the costume, comprised of a leotard, panties, and a headdress.
label: Description
content: The red synthetic fabric leotard has appliqued sections of darker red fabric below the waist. It is trimmed all over with sequins, beads and rhinestones in red and gold tones, with several ruffles of red net attached to lower section with elaborate stiffened gold sequin trim at back. The panties are brief-style with elastic at waistline and legs; one pair in red knit and the other in a pale orange knit lined with lighter orange knit. The headdress is made of knit buckram hand-covered with gold fabric; same sequin trim as on back of leotard extends up from band.
label: Description
content: The Girl Rush is a musical comedy film directed by Robert Pirosh and released by Paramount Pictures in 1955. Rosalind Russell, Fernando Lamas, and Eddie Albert starred in the film, which tells the story of a down-on-her-luck museum worker in Providence, Rhode Island who inherits a run-down Las Vegas hotel.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view (headdress)
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Movie Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift in memory of Rosalind Russell from Frederick Brisson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.0481.03
label: accession number
content: 1979.0481
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0481.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Costume, 4-Piece
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, synthetic (leotard material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (leotard material)
label: Physical Description
content: elastic (panties material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, knit (panties material)
label: Physical Description
content: knit buckram (headdress material)