Jay Jorgensen: 4 books

Book cover of Creating the Illusion

Creating the Illusion

A Fashionable History of Hollywood Costume Designers

by Jay Jorgensen, Donald L. Scoggins
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015

Marilyn Monroe made history by standing over a subway grating in a white pleated halter dress designed by William Travilla. Hubert de Givenchy immortalized the Little Black Dress with a single opening scene in Breakfast at Tiffany's. A red nylon jacket signaled to audiences that James Dean was a Rebel...
Book cover of Edith Head

Edith Head

The Fifty-Year Career of Hollywood's Greatest Costume Designer

by Jay Jorgensen
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2010

All About Eve. Funny Face. Sunset Blvd. Rear Window. Sabrina. A Place in the Sun. The Ten Commandments. Scores of iconic films of the last century had one thing in common: costume designer Edith Head (1897-1981). She racked up an unprecedented 35 Oscar nods and 400 film credits over the course of...
Book cover of Grace Kelly

Grace Kelly

Hollywood Dream Girl (Apple FF)

by Jay Jorgensen, Manoah Bowman
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017

The definitive visual biography of Grace Kelly’s unforgettable Hollywood career, chronicled in 400 extraordinary black-and white and color photographs, including many never-before-seen. "Mr. Hitchcock taught me everything about cinema. It was thanks to him that I understood that murder...
Book cover of Gettysburg's Bloody Wheatfield
by Jay Jorgensen
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2014

The fight for the Wheatfield at Gettysburg on July 2, 1863, has long been one of the most confusing and misunderstood engagements of that famous battle until now. Gettysburg’s Bloody Wheatfield provides readers with a blow-by-blow description of the fight where one out of every three soldiers was a casualty.
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