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'''Adele Balkan''' (August 27, 1907 – November 20, 1999) was an American costume designer whose career spanned 40 years working on motion pictures during [[Classical_Hollywood_cinema|Hollywood's Golden Age]] of Classical cinema. Her credits for [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]], [[Universal Studios]], [[RKO]], and [[20th Century Fox]] include work on “[[Mighty Joe Young (1949 film)|Mighty Joe Young]],” “[[The_Blue_Angel_(1959_film)|The Blue Angel]]” (with May Britt), and [[The Fly (1958 film)|The Fly]].
Balkan began her career in 1932 as a sketch artist on Cecil B. DeMille's [[Cleopatra (1934 film)|Cleopatra]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Galloway|first1=Doug|title=People News: Adele Balkan|url=http://variety.com/1999/scene/people-news/adele-balkan-1117883420/|website=Variety.com|accessdate=3 October 2015}}</ref> Much of Balkan's subsequent work was as a sketch artist assisting chief designers such as [[Edith Head]], [[Travis Banton]], [[Marjorie Best]], [[Howard Greer]], [[Irene_(costume_designer)|Irene]], [[Charles LeMaire]], [[Vittorio Nino Novarese]], [[Renié]], and [[Edward Stevenson]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Landis|first1=Deborah Nadoolman |title=Hollywood Sketchbook: A Century of Costume Illustration|date=2012|publisher=Harper Design / HarperCollins|location=New York, NY|isbn=978-0-06-198496-9|page=575}}</ref>
In an interview, Balkan described the role of the sketch artist and the potential for the relationship between the illustrator and designer. "The sketch artist was, primarily and solely, to sketch the design that the designer gave them. The designer ''created'', and the sketcher ''illustrated''. If the sketch artist knew how to create something, and if the designer was fond of that person, they'd kind of work together sometimes, and it gave the sketch artist a chance to create, and it gave the designer another pocket to take from. And they did it, and I mean, it was understood, nobody got excited about it."<ref>{{cite book|last1=Landis|first1=Deborah Nadoolman|title=Hollywood Sketchbook: A Century of Costume Illustration|date=2012|publisher=Harper Design / HarperCollins|location=New York, NY|isbn=978-0-06-198496-9|page=101}}</ref>
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences interviewed Balkan shortly before her death in 1999. In this transcript, she discusses the suggestion, made by Edith Head, to make the costume sketch in the shape and proportions of the actress who would wear the garment. "That was very bad. They came out thick and short. ... They had no sweep, they had no movement. You have to exaggerate. You have to really make a sketch that everybody's excited about. The producer, the director, the star. And then you have to work to make ''her'' look like that." <ref name="Oral history Adele Balkan">{{cite book|last1=Hall|first1=Barbara|title=An Oral History with Adele Balkan|date=1999|publisher=Academy Foundation, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|location=Beverly Hills, California|page=94}}</ref>
==Early life and education==
Balkan was born in Berkeley, California, in 1907, and lived in Berkeley and San Francisco, California, until the age of 10, when her father, a traveling salesman, moved the family to Boston, Massachusetts, and New York City, New York. Later the family resettled on the West Coast. A dancer as a child, she studied with [[Ruth St. Denis]] and [[Ted Shawn]] at [[Denishawn]] and auditioned for [[Ziegfield Follies|Ziegfield]] and [[George White's Scandals|George White]]'s Scandals. She entered art school after graduating from Berkeley High School, eventually graduating from [[Cooper Union]]. <ref name="Oral history Adele Balkan">{{cite book|last1=Hall|first1=Barbara|title=An Oral History with Adele Balkan|date=1999|publisher=Academy Foundation, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|location=Beverly Hills, California|page=12}}</ref> After moving to Los Angeles in 1934, Balkan sought a job at Paramount. "I wanted to be [at Paramount], because I had seen Travis Banton's name on the screen for credit for the costumes, in the movies, and I loved his work. I didn't realize at the time that he was the finest designer that the business has ever had. I only know I knew that I liked his things and I wanted to work at Paramount. So I took my little portfolio and I went out there."<ref name="Oral history Adele Balkan">{{cite book|last1=Hall|first1=Barbara|title=An Oral History with Adele Balkan|date=1999|publisher=Academy Foundation, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|location=Beverly Hills, California|page=15}}</ref>
==Filmography==
(as costume designer)<br />
1965 [[John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!]]<br />
1960 [[Flaming Star]]<br />
1959 [[The Blue Angel (1959 film)|The Blue Angel]] <br />
1959 [[A Private's Affair]] <br />
1959 [[Blue Denim]] <br />
1958 [[The Fiend Who Walked the West]] <br />
1958 The Fly <br />
1958 [[From Hell to Texas]] <br />
1958 [[The Young Lions]] <br />
1957 [[The Way to the Gold]] <br />
1956 [[Three Brave Men]] <br />
1955 [[Seven Cities of Gold]] <br />
1952 [[The Narrow Margin]] (uncredited) <br />
1951 [[Two Tickets to Broadway]] (uncredited) <br />
1949 [[Mighty Joe Young (1949 film)|Mighty Joe Young]] (costumes) <br />
1948 [[The Boy with Green Hair]] (gowns) <br />
1948 [[Bodyguard]] <br />
1948 [[They Live by Night]] (uncredited) <br />
1948 [[The Arizona Ranger]] (uncredited) <br />
1948 [[Fighting Father Dunne]] <br />
1947 [[Trail Street]] (gowns) <br />
1946 [[Criminal Court]] (uncredited) <br />
1946 [[Riverboat Rhythm]] (uncredited) <br />
==Exhibitions==
After retiring from the film industry, Balkan became a full-time artist and exhibited her costume sketches at the L.A. County Museum of Art and Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. <ref>{{cite web|last1=Galloway|first1=Doug|title=People News: Adele Balkan|url=http://variety.com/1999/scene/people-news/adele-balkan-1117883420/|website=Variety.com|accessdate=3 October 2015}}</ref>
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+'''Adele Balkan''' (August 27, 1907 – November 20, 1999) was an American costume designer whose career spanned 40 years working on motion pictures during [[Classical_Hollywood_cinema|Hollywood's Golden Age]] of Classical cinema. Her credits for [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]], [[Universal Studios]], [[RKO]], and [[20th Century Fox]] include work on “[[Mighty Joe Young (1949 film)|Mighty Joe Young]],” “[[The_Blue_Angel_(1959_film)|The Blue Angel]]” (with May Britt), and [[The Fly (1958 film)|The Fly]].
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+Balkan began her career in 1932 as a sketch artist on Cecil B. DeMille's [[Cleopatra (1934 film)|Cleopatra]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Galloway|first1=Doug|title=People News: Adele Balkan|url=http://variety.com/1999/scene/people-news/adele-balkan-1117883420/|website=Variety.com|accessdate=3 October 2015}}</ref> Much of Balkan's subsequent work was as a sketch artist assisting chief designers such as [[Edith Head]], [[Travis Banton]], [[Marjorie Best]], [[Howard Greer]], [[Irene_(costume_designer)|Irene]], [[Charles LeMaire]], [[Vittorio Nino Novarese]], [[Renié]], and [[Edward Stevenson]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Landis|first1=Deborah Nadoolman |title=Hollywood Sketchbook: A Century of Costume Illustration|date=2012|publisher=Harper Design / HarperCollins|location=New York, NY|isbn=978-0-06-198496-9|page=575}}</ref>
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+In an interview, Balkan described the role of the sketch artist and the potential for the relationship between the illustrator and designer. "The sketch artist was, primarily and solely, to sketch the design that the designer gave them. The designer ''created'', and the sketcher ''illustrated''. If the sketch artist knew how to create something, and if the designer was fond of that person, they'd kind of work together sometimes, and it gave the sketch artist a chance to create, and it gave the designer another pocket to take from. And they did it, and I mean, it was understood, nobody got excited about it."<ref>{{cite book|last1=Landis|first1=Deborah Nadoolman|title=Hollywood Sketchbook: A Century of Costume Illustration|date=2012|publisher=Harper Design / HarperCollins|location=New York, NY|isbn=978-0-06-198496-9|page=101}}</ref>
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+The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences interviewed Balkan shortly before her death in 1999. In this transcript, she discusses the suggestion, made by Edith Head, to make the costume sketch in the shape and proportions of the actress who would wear the garment. "That was very bad. They came out thick and short. ... They had no sweep, they had no movement. You have to exaggerate. You have to really make a sketch that everybody's excited about. The producer, the director, the star. And then you have to work to make ''her'' look like that." <ref name="Oral history Adele Balkan">{{cite book|last1=Hall|first1=Barbara|title=An Oral History with Adele Balkan|date=1999|publisher=Academy Foundation, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|location=Beverly Hills, California|page=94}}</ref>
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+Balkan was born in Berkeley, California, in 1907, and lived in Berkeley and San Francisco, California, until the age of 10, when her father, a traveling salesman, moved the family to Boston, Massachusetts, and New York City, New York. Later the family resettled on the West Coast. A dancer as a child, she studied with [[Ruth St. Denis]] and [[Ted Shawn]] at [[Denishawn]] and auditioned for [[Ziegfield Follies|Ziegfield]] and [[George White's Scandals|George White]]'s Scandals. She entered art school after graduating from Berkeley High School, eventually graduating from [[Cooper Union]]. <ref name="Oral history Adele Balkan">{{cite book|last1=Hall|first1=Barbara|title=An Oral History with Adele Balkan|date=1999|publisher=Academy Foundation, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|location=Beverly Hills, California|page=12}}</ref> After moving to Los Angeles in 1934, Balkan sought a job at Paramount. "I wanted to be [at Paramount], because I had seen Travis Banton's name on the screen for credit for the costumes, in the movies, and I loved his work. I didn't realize at the time that he was the finest designer that the business has ever had. I only know I knew that I liked his things and I wanted to work at Paramount. So I took my little portfolio and I went out there."<ref name="Oral history Adele Balkan">{{cite book|last1=Hall|first1=Barbara|title=An Oral History with Adele Balkan|date=1999|publisher=Academy Foundation, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|location=Beverly Hills, California|page=15}}</ref>
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<p><b>Adele Balkan</b> (August 27, 1907 – November 20, 1999) was an American costume designer whose career spanned 40 years working on motion pictures during <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Classical_Hollywood_cinema" title="Classical Hollywood cinema">Hollywood's Golden Age</a> of Classical cinema. Her credits for <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" title="Paramount Pictures">Paramount</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Universal_Studios" title="Universal Studios">Universal Studios</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/RKO" title="RKO" class="mw-redirect">RKO</a>, and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/20th_Century_Fox" title="20th Century Fox">20th Century Fox</a> include work on “<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mighty_Joe_Young_(1949_film)" title="Mighty Joe Young (1949 film)">Mighty Joe Young</a>,” “<a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Blue_Angel_(1959_film)" title="The Blue Angel (1959 film)">The Blue Angel</a>” (with May Britt), and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Fly_(1958_film)" title="The Fly (1958 film)">The Fly</a>.</p>
<p>Balkan began her career in 1932 as a sketch artist on Cecil B. DeMille's <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Cleopatra_(1934_film)" title="Cleopatra (1934 film)">Cleopatra</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup> Much of Balkan's subsequent work was as a sketch artist assisting chief designers such as <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Edith_Head" title="Edith Head">Edith Head</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Travis_Banton" title="Travis Banton">Travis Banton</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Marjorie_Best" title="Marjorie Best">Marjorie Best</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Howard_Greer" title="Howard Greer">Howard Greer</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Irene_(costume_designer)" title="Irene (costume designer)">Irene</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Charles_LeMaire" title="Charles LeMaire">Charles LeMaire</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Vittorio_Nino_Novarese" title="Vittorio Nino Novarese">Vittorio Nino Novarese</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Reni%C3%A9" title="Renié">Renié</a>, and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Edward_Stevenson" title="Edward Stevenson">Edward Stevenson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<p>In an interview, Balkan described the role of the sketch artist and the potential for the relationship between the illustrator and designer. "The sketch artist was, primarily and solely, to sketch the design that the designer gave them. The designer <i>created</i>, and the sketcher <i>illustrated</i>. If the sketch artist knew how to create something, and if the designer was fond of that person, they'd kind of work together sometimes, and it gave the sketch artist a chance to create, and it gave the designer another pocket to take from. And they did it, and I mean, it was understood, nobody got excited about it."<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<p>The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences interviewed Balkan shortly before her death in 1999. In this transcript, she discusses the suggestion, made by Edith Head, to make the costume sketch in the shape and proportions of the actress who would wear the garment. "That was very bad. They came out thick and short. ... They had no sweep, they had no movement. You have to exaggerate. You have to really make a sketch that everybody's excited about. The producer, the director, the star. And then you have to work to make <i>her</i> look like that." <sup id="cite_ref-Oral_history_Adele_Balkan_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oral_history_Adele_Balkan-4"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Filmography"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Filmography</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#Exhibitions"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Exhibitions</span></a></li>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Adele_Balkan&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
<p>Balkan was born in Berkeley, California, in 1907, and lived in Berkeley and San Francisco, California, until the age of 10, when her father, a traveling salesman, moved the family to Boston, Massachusetts, and New York City, New York. Later the family resettled on the West Coast. A dancer as a child, she studied with <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ruth_St._Denis" title="Ruth St. Denis">Ruth St. Denis</a> and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ted_Shawn" title="Ted Shawn">Ted Shawn</a> at <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Denishawn" title="Denishawn" class="mw-redirect">Denishawn</a> and auditioned for <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ziegfield_Follies" title="Ziegfield Follies" class="mw-redirect">Ziegfield</a> and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/George_White%27s_Scandals" title="George White's Scandals">George White</a>'s Scandals. She entered art school after graduating from Berkeley High School, eventually graduating from <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Cooper_Union" title="Cooper Union">Cooper Union</a>. <sup id="cite_ref-Oral_history_Adele_Balkan_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oral_history_Adele_Balkan-4"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup> After moving to Los Angeles in 1934, Balkan sought a job at Paramount. "I wanted to be [at Paramount], because I had seen Travis Banton's name on the screen for credit for the costumes, in the movies, and I loved his work. I didn't realize at the time that he was the finest designer that the business has ever had. I only know I knew that I liked his things and I wanted to work at Paramount. So I took my little portfolio and I went out there."<sup id="cite_ref-Oral_history_Adele_Balkan_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oral_history_Adele_Balkan-4"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Filmography">Filmography</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Adele_Balkan&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Filmography">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
<p>(as costume designer)<br />
1965 <a href="/enwiki/wiki/John_Goldfarb,_Please_Come_Home!" title="John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!">John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!</a><br />
1960 <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Flaming_Star" title="Flaming Star">Flaming Star</a><br />
1959 <a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Blue_Angel_(1959_film)" title="The Blue Angel (1959 film)">The Blue Angel</a><br />
1959 <a href="/enwiki/wiki/A_Private%27s_Affair" title="A Private's Affair">A Private's Affair</a><br />
1959 <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Blue_Denim" title="Blue Denim">Blue Denim</a><br />
1958 <a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Fiend_Who_Walked_the_West" title="The Fiend Who Walked the West">The Fiend Who Walked the West</a><br />
1958 The Fly<br />
1958 <a href="/enwiki/wiki/From_Hell_to_Texas" title="From Hell to Texas">From Hell to Texas</a><br />
1958 <a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Young_Lions" title="The Young Lions">The Young Lions</a><br />
1957 <a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Way_to_the_Gold" title="The Way to the Gold">The Way to the Gold</a><br />
1956 <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Three_Brave_Men" title="Three Brave Men">Three Brave Men</a><br />
1955 <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Seven_Cities_of_Gold" title="Seven Cities of Gold" class="mw-disambig">Seven Cities of Gold</a><br />
1952 <a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Narrow_Margin" title="The Narrow Margin">The Narrow Margin</a> (uncredited)<br />
1951 <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Two_Tickets_to_Broadway" title="Two Tickets to Broadway">Two Tickets to Broadway</a> (uncredited)<br />
1949 <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mighty_Joe_Young_(1949_film)" title="Mighty Joe Young (1949 film)">Mighty Joe Young</a> (costumes)<br />
1948 <a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Boy_with_Green_Hair" title="The Boy with Green Hair">The Boy with Green Hair</a> (gowns)<br />
1948 <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bodyguard" title="Bodyguard">Bodyguard</a><br />
1948 <a href="/enwiki/wiki/They_Live_by_Night" title="They Live by Night">They Live by Night</a> (uncredited)<br />
1948 <a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Arizona_Ranger" title="The Arizona Ranger">The Arizona Ranger</a> (uncredited)<br />
1948 <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Fighting_Father_Dunne" title="Fighting Father Dunne">Fighting Father Dunne</a><br />
1947 <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Trail_Street" title="Trail Street">Trail Street</a> (gowns)<br />
1946 <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Criminal_Court" title="Criminal Court">Criminal Court</a> (uncredited)<br />
1946 <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Riverboat_Rhythm" title="Riverboat Rhythm">Riverboat Rhythm</a> (uncredited)<br /></p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Exhibitions">Exhibitions</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Adele_Balkan&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Exhibitions">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
<p>After retiring from the film industry, Balkan became a full-time artist and exhibited her costume sketches at the L.A. County Museum of Art and Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. <sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span>[</span>5<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Adele_Balkan&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
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<li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web">Galloway, Doug. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://variety.com/1999/scene/people-news/adele-balkan-1117883420/">"People News: Adele Balkan"</a>. <i>Variety.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 October</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAdele+Balkan&rft.aufirst=Doug&rft.aulast=Galloway&rft.btitle=People+News%3A+Adele+Balkan&rft.genre=book&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fvariety.com%2F1999%2Fscene%2Fpeople-news%2Fadele-balkan-1117883420%2F&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook" class="Z3988"><span style="display:none;"> </span></span></span></li>
<li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation book">Landis, Deborah Nadoolman (2012). <i>Hollywood Sketchbook: A Century of Costume Illustration</i>. New York, NY: Harper Design / HarperCollins. p. 575. <a href="/enwiki/wiki/International_Standard_Book_Number" title="International Standard Book Number">ISBN</a> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-06-198496-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-06-198496-9">978-0-06-198496-9</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAdele+Balkan&rft.aufirst=Deborah+Nadoolman&rft.aulast=Landis&rft.btitle=Hollywood+Sketchbook%3A+A+Century+of+Costume+Illustration&rft.date=2012&rft.genre=book&rft.isbn=978-0-06-198496-9&rft.pages=575&rft.place=New+York%2C+NY&rft.pub=Harper+Design+%2F+HarperCollins&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook" class="Z3988"><span style="display:none;"> </span></span></span></li>
<li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation book">Landis, Deborah Nadoolman (2012). <i>Hollywood Sketchbook: A Century of Costume Illustration</i>. New York, NY: Harper Design / HarperCollins. p. 101. <a href="/enwiki/wiki/International_Standard_Book_Number" title="International Standard Book Number">ISBN</a> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-06-198496-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-06-198496-9">978-0-06-198496-9</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAdele+Balkan&rft.aufirst=Deborah+Nadoolman&rft.aulast=Landis&rft.btitle=Hollywood+Sketchbook%3A+A+Century+of+Costume+Illustration&rft.date=2012&rft.genre=book&rft.isbn=978-0-06-198496-9&rft.pages=101&rft.place=New+York%2C+NY&rft.pub=Harper+Design+%2F+HarperCollins&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook" class="Z3988"><span style="display:none;"> </span></span></span></li>
<li id="cite_note-Oral_history_Adele_Balkan-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Oral_history_Adele_Balkan_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Oral_history_Adele_Balkan_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Oral_history_Adele_Balkan_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation book">Hall, Barbara (1999). <i>An Oral History with Adele Balkan</i>. Beverly Hills, California: Academy Foundation, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. p. 94.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAdele+Balkan&rft.aufirst=Barbara&rft.aulast=Hall&rft.btitle=An+Oral+History+with+Adele+Balkan&rft.date=1999&rft.genre=book&rft.pages=94&rft.place=Beverly+Hills%2C+California&rft.pub=Academy+Foundation%2C+Academy+of+Motion+Picture+Arts+and+Sciences&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook" class="Z3988"><span style="display:none;"> </span></span></span></li>
<li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web">Galloway, Doug. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://variety.com/1999/scene/people-news/adele-balkan-1117883420/">"People News: Adele Balkan"</a>. <i>Variety.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 October</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAdele+Balkan&rft.aufirst=Doug&rft.aulast=Galloway&rft.btitle=People+News%3A+Adele+Balkan&rft.genre=book&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fvariety.com%2F1999%2Fscene%2Fpeople-news%2Fadele-balkan-1117883420%2F&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook" class="Z3988"><span style="display:none;"> </span></span></span></li>
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