René Hubert

During a forty-year career, Rene Hubert (1895-1976) designed costumes for films made in France, the UK and Hollywood.

Born in Switzerland, Hubert is less well-remembered than contemporaries such as Orry-Kelly and Edith Head. But he worked on dozens of prestige pictures and dressed many of Hollywood’s biggest stars. His pictures included The Wind (1928), Under the Roofs of Paris (1930), Shanghai Express (1931), À Nous la Liberté (1931), Liliom (1934), Rembrandt (1936), Things to Come (1936), Lady Hamilton (1941), The Song of Bernadette (1943), My Darling Clementine (1946) and Anastasia (1956).

In 1931, Hubert designed costumes for tramps and gowns for Esther Ralston in The Prodigal.