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- Height5′ 10½″ (1.79 m)
- Earl Luick was born on March 13, 1904 in Belding, Michigan, USA. He was a costume designer and actor, known for The Desert Song (1929), Chandu the Magician (1932) and Local Boy Makes Good (1931). He died on September 29, 2003 in Riverhead, New York, USA.
- Costume designer, who worked for Warner Brothers from 1928 to 1933, and 20th Century Fox from 1942 to 1943.
- Along with Oscar Moore, Luick completed his biography, "Hollywood Kept Me in Stiches,," termed 'racy' in the November 1989 issue of "Films in Review," but to date it has not found a publisher.
- While working as an extra on the Fairbanks "Robin Hood," Luick showed some sketches to legendary designed Adrian. the world-famous designer asked him to drop him a postcard with his phone number on it and promised to get in touch with him. Luick was surprised when Adrian called him and offered him the job of assistant costume designer on Cecil B. DeMilles's "King of Kings.".
- Attended the University of Oregon. Began in films with Cecil B. DeMille.
- [on Rita Kaufman, his rival on 1933's "Cavalcade."] You've heard of opportunity knocking at the door? This was a case of an opportunist knocking on mine.
- [on Jack Warner] He once made a shirt salesman a director. The guy must have laughed at one of Jack's jokes.
- [on well-endowed actresses] Sometimes the only well-developed thing in the picture was the negative of the film. When I saw a test of Betty Grable in "Footlight Parade," I noticed she was stretching a bit at the seams. Betty had stuffed in two pairs of falsies. We made allowances from then on. GHeorge Jessell brought a young girl to the studio for a test, very well endowed. She told the fitter to be very careful with the pins. We soon discovered that her busts were rubber and filled with water.
- [on Joan Bennett] A delight... as long as you gave her the right bra.
- [on Edith Hed] A Medusa's head.
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