Vyvyan Enid Donner (December 26, 1895 – June 27, 1965)"United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV5Y-FV48 : 16 March 2018), Vyvyan Enid Donner, 1923; citing Passport Application, New York, United States, source certificate #308607, Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925, 2302, NARA microfilm publications M1490 and M1372 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)."Vyvyan Donner"
''Women's Wear Daily''. June 29, 1965. p. 33. Retrieved July 5, 2021."Vyvyan Donner Services; Movietone Commentator"
''Box Office''. July 5, 1965. p. E-6. Retrieved July 5, 2021. was an American

fashion editor A fashion editor is a person that supervises the process of creating, developing and presenting content for the fashion department of a magazine, Web site, newspaper or television program. The work of a fashion editor can be quite varied and may h ...

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

, theatrical costume designer and

caricaturist A caricaturist is an artist who specializes in drawing caricatures. List of caricaturists * Abed Abdi (born 1942) * Al Hirschfeld (1903–2003) * Alex Gard (1900–1948) * Alexander Saroukhan (1898–1977) * Alfred Grévin (1827–1892) * Alf ...

, perhaps best remembered for narrating numerous Movietone newsreels.

Early life and career

On December 26, 1895, Vyvyan Enid Donner was born in New York City, the only child of Herman Montague and Emma Adelaide Donner (née Wilkins)."United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJP-CTBJ : 16 March 2018), Herman Montague Donner, 1903; citing Passport Application, New York, United States, source certificate #73793, Passport Applications, 1795-1905., Roll 627, NARA microfilm publications M1490 and M1372 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). Raised in Brooklyn, Donner attended St. Catherine's Hall and later

Adelphi Academy Adelphi University is a private university in Garden City, New York. Adelphi also has centers in Manhattan, Hudson Valley, and Suffolk County. There is also a virtual, online campus for remote students. It is the oldest institution of higher edu ...

before studying briefly with Ethel Traphagen at

Cooper Union The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art (Cooper Union) is a private college at Cooper Square in New York City. Peter Cooper founded the institution in 1859 after learning about the government-supported École Polytechnique in ...

Mara, Margaret (December 27, 1946)
"Producer of Fashion Newsreels Finds Men Excellent Audience"
''The Brooklyn Daily Eagle''. p. 13. Retrieved July 5, 2021. and

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at the

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Partial filmography

* ''Silk for Summer Nights'' (1935) * ''Fashion Forecast: For Play Hours'' (December 1939) * ''Fashion Forecast: For Outdoors'' (April 1940) * ''Fashion Forecast: For Country Life'' (July 1940) * ''Behind the Footlights'' (April 1946) * ''From Morn 'Til Dawn'' (April 1946) * ''Talented Beauties'' (May 1949)"Vyvyan Donner"

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. Retrieved .

Death

On June 27, 1965, Donner died of natural causes in her home at 205 West 57th Street in Manhattan.

References

* Franc, Alice (July 24, 1915)
"'It Just Happened to Happen That Way'—One School Girl's Version of Business Success in Theatrical Designing"
''New York Tribune''. p. 5 * Mishkin, Herman (July 1916)
"Vyvyan Donner"
''The Green Book Magazine''. p. 108 * McCabe, Linda Rose (November 1922). "The Vitalized Silhouette". ''Arts & Decoration''. pp.&nbs
176669
* Times staff (February 11, 1923)
"Color, Movement, Life! They're my Art—Girl Poster Creator Says"
''The New Brunswick Times''. p. 4 * Star staff (February 20, 1923)
"Vitalized Silhouette"
''The Seattle Star''. p. 10 * Donner, Vyvyan (November 7, 1925)
"Of Interest to Women: Today's Practical Bride May Wear Her Wedding Gown as Everyday Frock"
''The Riverine Herald''. p. 4 * Donner, Vyvyan (December 5, 1925)
"The Flare Dominates the Coat World, and the Fur Coat Becomes Elaborate"
''The Riverine Herald''. p. 5 * Donner, Vyvyan (January 2, 1926)
"Fashion Switches Bows From the Front to the Back"
''The Riverine Herald''. p. 3 * Monitor staff (January 26, 1926)
"Scissors, Silhouettes and Success"
''Christian Science Monitor''. p. 8 * Donner, Vyvyan (March 15, 1926)
"Barrel Silhouette the Novelty of This Season"
''The Albany Despatch''. p. 4 * Donner, Vyvyan (April 10, 1926)
"Women's Realm: Headdress Hunches for the Bob-Haired Beauty"
''The Riverine Herald''. p. 6 * Donner, Vyvyan (April 29, 1926)
"Women's Realm: The High Collar Makes a Bow in the Southland"
''The Riverine Herald''. p. 4 * Donner, Vyvyan (May 10, 1926)
"They're Not All Dressed Up, But They've Some Place to Go"
''The Albany Despatch''. p. 4 * Donner, Vyvyan (May 13, 1926)
"Furs Are Dyed All Colors Now; Idea Is to Match It"
''The Riverine Herald''. p. 4 * Vincent, Florence Smith (July 29, 1926)
"Living and Loving"
''The Allentown Morning Call''. p. 15 * Times staff (December 4, 1927)
"How Men Treat Women"
''The Los Angeles Times''. p. 73 * Donner, Vyvyan (March 11, 1928)

''The New York Times''. Sec. 8, p. 2 * Back, Elizabeth Edwards (May 25, 1939)
"Women in the World: A Fashion Director"
''Western Mail''. p. 25 * Herald staff (August `17, 1939)
"Film Clips Cost £500 for 75 Seconds; Vyvyan Donner's Fashions"
''Sydney Morning Herald''. p. 24
"Vyvyan Donner, Whose Life Is a Glorious Cycle of Fashions and Camera Angles"
''Coronet''. * Turner, Grace (September 15, 1940)
"Vyvyan Donner, movie fashion-news director, succeeds as hostess by serving this good food"
''Washington Evening Star''. p. 17 * Carnegie, Dale (June 25, 1943)
"Act On Your Ideas"
''The Coolidge Examiner''. p. 4 * Inquirer staff (September 12, 1944)
"Judges Select 87 War Bond Winners"
''The Philadelphia Inquirer''. p. 15 * Meredith, Ann (1945). "Fashion Movie in the Making." ''The Akron Beacon-Journal''
pp. 62636465
* Lockerman, Doris (March 21, 1948)
"Let's See Now: Roaring Twenties—And She Knows Why"
''The Atlanta Constitution''. p. 14-C * Lockerman, Doris (April 22, 1948)
"Let's See Now: Call Gendarmes! Here Comes Ice"
''The Atlanta Constitution''. p. 18 * Cabot, Cynthia (March 21, 1952). "18 Nations Join in Shore Fashion Revue". ''The Philadelphia Inquirer''. p. 37 * McCleod, Edyth Thornton (April 4, 1956)
Beauty After 40"
''Tyler Morning Telegraph''. p. 32

Books

* Chase, Ilka (1945).
Past Imperfect
'. Garden City, NY: Blue Ribbon Books. pp. 243–244.
"Vivian Donner—for Plaintiff—Direct"
''Case on Appeal, Volume Two—Pages 753-1561''. Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division—First Department. July 21, 1937. pp. 774-783. * Callahan, Michael (2018)
''The Night She Won Miss America''
New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. pp. 57–61. . * Thompson, Neal (2013)
A Curious Man: The Strange and Brilliant Life of Robert "Believe It or Not" Ripley
'. New York: Crown Pubnlishing. pp. 58, 286, 310, 343, 368 * Webb, Graham (2020)
''Encyclopedia of American Short Films, 1926-1959''
Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. .

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Early life and career

Partial filmography

Death

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References

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