Biography
Adrian Adolph Greenberg, most widely known as Adrian, was an American costume designer whose most famous costumes were for The Wizard of Oz and other MGM films of the 1930s and 1940s. During his career he designed costumes for over 250 films, and his screen credits usually read as "Gowns by Adrian". On occasion he was credited as Gilbert Adrian, a combination of his father's forename and his own.
Filmography
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That's Entertainment! III (1994)
Movie
Costume Design

Lovely to Look At (1952)
Movie
Costume Designer

Smart Woman (1948)
Movie
Costume Design

Rope (1948)
Movie
4.75
Costume Design

The Bishop's Wife (1947)
Movie
6
Costume Design

Possessed (1947)
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Costume Design

Humoresque (1947)
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Costume Design

Hi Diddle Diddle (1943)
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Costume Design

Keeper of the Flame (1943)
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Costume Design

They Got Me Covered (1943)
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Costume Design

The Crystal Ball (1943)
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Costume Design

Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Movie
3.17
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Woman of the Year (1942)
Movie
Costume Design

Two-Faced Woman (1941)
Movie
Costume Design

Smilin' Through (1941)
Movie
Costume Design

The Feminine Touch (1941)
Movie
Costume Designer

Lady Be Good (1941)
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Costume Design

When Ladies Meet (1941)
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Costume Design

Blossoms in the Dust (1941)
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Costume Design

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
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Costume Design

A Woman's Face (1941)
Movie
1
Costume Design

Ziegfeld Girl (1941)
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Costume Design

Rage in Heaven (1941)
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Costume Design

Come Live with Me (1941)
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Costume Design

Comrade X (1940)
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Costume Design

The Philadelphia Story (1940)
Movie
2.67
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Gallant Sons (1940)
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Bitter Sweet (1940)
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Escape (1940)
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Costume Design

Dulcy (1940)
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Costume Designer

Boom Town (1940)
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Pride and Prejudice (1940)
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New Moon (1940)
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The Mortal Storm (1940)
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Costume Design

Susan and God (1940)
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Costume Design

Florian (1940)
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Waterloo Bridge (1940)
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Costume Design

Strange Cargo (1940)
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Costume Design

Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
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Costume Design

I Take This Woman (1940)
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Costume Design

Balalaika (1939)
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Costume Design

Ninotchka (1939)
Movie
5.08
Costume Design

The Women (1939)
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Costume Design

The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Movie
5.77
Costume Design

Broadway Serenade (1939)
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Costume Design

The Ice Follies of 1939 (1939)
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Costume Designer

Honolulu (1939)
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Idiot's Delight (1939)
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Sweethearts (1938)
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Costume Design

Dramatic School (1938)
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Costume Design

The Shining Hour (1938)
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Costume Design

The Great Waltz (1938)
Movie
2
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Vacation from Love (1938)
Movie
Costume Design

Three Loves Has Nancy (1938)
Movie
Costume Design

Marie Antoinette (1938)
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The Shopworn Angel (1938)
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The Toy Wife (1938)
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Mannequin (1938)
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Love Is a Headache (1938)
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The Last Gangster (1937)
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The Firefly (1937)
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Conquest (1937)
Movie
4
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Double Wedding (1937)
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The Bride Wore Red (1937)
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Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937)
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The Emperor's Candlesticks (1937)
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Parnell (1937)
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Hollywood Party (1937)
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Maytime (1937)
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Costume Design

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937)
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Costume Design

Camille (1936)
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Costume Design

Born to Dance (1936)
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Costume Design

Love on the Run (1936)
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Romeo and Juliet (1936)
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The Gorgeous Hussy (1936)
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6
Costume Design

San Francisco (1936)
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The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
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Wife vs. Secretary (1936)
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4
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Rose Marie (1936)
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Costume Design

I Live My Life (1935)
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Costume Design

Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935)
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Costume Design

China Seas (1935)
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Costume Design

No More Ladies (1935)
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Costume Design

Mark of the Vampire (1935)
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6
Costume Design

Reckless (1935)
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Costume Designer

Naughty Marietta (1935)
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6
Costume Design

After Office Hours (1935)
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Costume Design

Biography of a Bachelor Girl (1935)
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Forsaking All Others (1934)
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What Every Woman Knows (1934)
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Outcast Lady (1934)
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Costume Design

The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934)
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Costume Design

Chained (1934)
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Costume Design

The Girl from Missouri (1934)
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4
Costume Design

Paris Interlude (1934)
Movie
Costume Designer

Operator 13 (1934)
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Costume Design

Hollywood Party (1934)
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Costume Design

Sadie McKee (1934)
Movie
5.75
Costume Design

Men in White (1934)
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Costume Design

Riptide (1934)
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The Mystery of Mr. X (1934)
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The Cat and the Fiddle (1934)
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Nana (1934)
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Queen Christina (1933)
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6
Costume Design

Going Hollywood (1933)
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Dinner at Eight (1933)
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4
Costume Design

The Women in His Life (1933)
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Costume Design

Should Ladies Behave (1933)
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Dancing Lady (1933)
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Bombshell (1933)
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Stage Mother (1933)
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The Solitaire Man (1933)
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Costume Design

Penthouse (1933)
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Beauty for Sale (1933)
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Turn Back the Clock (1933)
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The Stranger's Return (1933)
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Another Language (1933)
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Hold Your Man (1933)
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Midnight Mary (1933)
Movie
6
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When Ladies Meet (1933)
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Reunion in Vienna (1933)
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Storm at Daybreak (1933)
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Peg o' My Heart (1933)
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Made on Broadway (1933)
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The Barbarian (1933)
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Looking Forward (1933)
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Gabriel Over the White House (1933)
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The White Sister (1933)
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Costume Designer

Secrets (1933)
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Today We Live (1933)
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Men Must Fight (1933)
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The Secret of Madame Blanche (1933)
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Strange Interlude (1932)
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4
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Rasputin and the Empress (1932)
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The Son-Daughter (1932)
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The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932)
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6
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Payment Deferred (1932)
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Red Dust (1932)
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Faithless (1932)
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Smilin' Through (1932)
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Blondie of the Follies (1932)
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The Washington Masquerade (1932)
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Unashamed (1932)
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Red-Headed Woman (1932)
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As You Desire Me (1932)
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Grand Hotel (1932)
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4
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Huddle (1932)
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Letty Lynton (1932)
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But the Flesh Is Weak (1932)
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The Wet Parade (1932)
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Polly of the Circus (1932)
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Arsène Lupin (1932)
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The Beast of the City (1932)
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Lovers Courageous (1932)
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Emma (1932)
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Mata Hari (1931)
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Private Lives (1931)
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6
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Possessed (1931)
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The Cuban Love Song (1931)
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Flying High (1931)
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The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931)
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The Guardsman (1931)
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Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) (1931)
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This Modern Age (1931)
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The Squaw Man (1931)
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The Man in Possession (1931)
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Five and Ten (1931)
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A Free Soul (1931)
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Laughing Sinners (1931)
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Strangers May Kiss (1931)
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Dance, Fools, Dance (1931)
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Inspiration (1931)
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The Bachelor Father (1931)
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Paid (1930)
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New Moon (1930)
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Anna Christie (1930)
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Passion Flower (1930)
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A Lady's Morals (1930)
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Madam Satan (1930)
Movie
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Romance (1930)
Movie
6
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Our Blushing Brides (1930)
Movie
3.5
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Let Us Be Gay (1930)
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The Florodora Girl (1930)
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The Lady of Scandal (1930)
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Every woman's longing (1930)
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In Gay Madrid (1930)
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Costume Designer

The Divorcee (1930)
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This Mad World (1930)
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Redemption (1930)
Movie
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Montana Moon (1930)
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A Lady to Love (1930)
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Anna Christie (1930)
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Not So Dumb (1930)
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The Rogue Song (1930)
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Their Own Desire (1929)
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1
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Devil-May-Care (1929)
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Dynamite (1929)
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Untamed (1929)
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The Kiss (1929)
Movie
6
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The Thirteenth Chair (1929)
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The Unholy Night (1929)
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Our Modern Maidens (1929)
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Marianne (1929)
Movie
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The Single Standard (1929)
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The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1929)
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The Trial of Mary Dugan (1929)
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Costume Design

The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1929)
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Wild Orchids (1929)
Movie
Costume Designer

A Single Man (1929)
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A Woman of Affairs (1928)
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6
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A Lady of Chance (1928)
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Dream of Love (1928)
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The Masks of the Devil (1928)
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Man-Made Women (1928)
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The Godless Girl (1928)
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Walking Back (1928)
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Skyscraper (1928)
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Midnight Madness (1928)
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The Blue Danube (1928)
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Stand and Deliver (1928)
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What Price Beauty? (1928)
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Let 'Er Go Gallegher (1928)
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A Ship Comes In (1928)
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Almost Human (1927)
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Chicago (1927)
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My Friend from India (1927)
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The Main Event (1927)
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The Wreck of the Hesperus (1927)
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The Forbidden Woman (1927)
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Dress Parade (1927)
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The Wise Wife (1927)
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The Angel of Broadway (1927)
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The Fighting Eagle (1927)
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The Country Doctor (1927)
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Vanity (1927)
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The King of Kings (1927)
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The Little Adventuress (1927)
Movie
Costume Designer

Young April (1926)
Movie
Costume Design

Gigolo (1926)
Movie
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For Alimony Only (1926)
Movie
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Fig Leaves (1926)
Movie
6
Costume Design

The Volga Boatman (1926)
Movie
Costume Design

The Road to Yesterday (1925)
Movie
Costume Design

The Eagle (1925)
Movie
Costume Design

Her Sister from Paris (1925)
Movie
Costume Design

Cobra (1925)
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Information
Known ForCostume & Make-Up
GenderMale
Birthday1903-03-03
Deathday1959-09-13 (56 years old)
Birth NameAdrian Adolph Greenburg
Birth PlaceNaugatuck, United States
RelationshipsJanet Gaynor (1939 - 1959)
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsAdrian Adolph Greenberg, Gilbert Adrian
AwardsTony Award for Best Costume Design in a Musical
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