From the glorious
movie musical “Dr Dolittle” comes this off-white see-through taffeta dress worn
by Samantha Eggar as “Emma Fairfax”.
The film was made at
20th Century Fox studios in 1967.
The dress is decorated
with cloth flower accents.
The costume is worn by
Samantha Egger at the outdoor carnival scene.
You can see the gown
as it appears on screen in these edited clips from the film. The dress can be
seen at 0:34. The song is not from
the film:
This link takes you to
the song “Beautiful Things” where Samantha Eggar is wearing the gown.
Costumes for the film
were designed by Ray Aghayan who is best known for his partnership with
designer Bob Mackie in many many film and television and stage productions. Ray Aghayan also designed for other
films including "Lady Sings the Blues" in 1973 and "Funny
Lady" in 1976.
The story of Doctor
Dolittle is well known and tells the story of veterinarian Rex Harrison who has
the talent of speaking to animals in animal languages. Dr Dolittle sets off around the world to
search for the Great Pink Sea Snail. The film has some very memorable songs
including “ This Is the World of Doctor Dolittle” sung by co-star Anthony
Newley and Rex Harrison singing "If I Could Talk To The Animals."
No you’ve never seen anything
like it in your life!
