Beaton, Cecil 1904-1980

Overview

Works:	729 works in 1,820 publications in 6 languages and 29,709 library holdings
Genres:	Musical films Drama Film adaptations Biographies Romance films History Pictorial works Portraits Diaries Exhibition catalogs
Roles:	Author, Photographer, Costume designer, Designer, Set designer , Illustrator, Contributor, Other, Artist, ard, Author of introduction, Editor, Honoree, Collector, Creator, Recipient, prs
Classifications:	TR140.B4, 791.4372

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Cecil Beaton

The chalk garden by Enid Bagnold( Book )
Cecil Beaton : a biography by Hugo Vickers( Book )
Beaton by Cecil Beaton( Book )
Cecil Beaton, stage and film designs by Charles Spencer( Book )
Cecil Beaton, memoirs of the 40's by Cecil Beaton( Book )

Self portrait with friends : the selected diaries of Cecil Beaton, 1926-1974 by Cecil Beaton( Book )
Loving Garbo : the story of Greta Garbo, Cecil Beaton, and Mercedes de Acosta by Hugo Vickers( Book )
The wandering years; diaries, 1922-1939 by Cecil Beaton( Book )
Bachelors of a different sort : queer aesthetics, material culture and the modern interior in Britain by John Potvin( )
Cecil Beaton : a retrospective by Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton( Book )
The unexpurgated Beaton : the Cecil Beaton diaries as he wrote them, 1970-1980 by Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton( Book )
The best of Beaton by Cecil Beaton( Book )
Greta and Cecil by Diana Souhami( Book )
Beaton in the sixties : the Cecil Beaton diaries as he wrote them, 1965-1969 by Cecil Beaton( Book )
The strenuous years; diaries 1948-55 by Cecil Beaton( Book )
Exhibiting fashion : before and after 1971 by Judith Clark( Book )
Cecil Beaton : the New York years by Cecil Beaton( Book )
The face of the world : an international scrapbook of people and places by Cecil Beaton( Book )
The parting years : diaries, 1963-74 by Cecil Beaton( Book )
Queen Elizabeth II : portraits by Cecil Beaton by Susanna Brown( Book )

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Most widely held works by Cecil Beaton

My fair lady by George Cukor( Visual )

31 editions published between 1990 and 2016 in 5 languages and held by 2,633 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Arrogant, irascible, and misogynistic professor of phonetics Henry Higgins believes that the accent and tone of one's voice determines a person's prospects in society. He boasts to a new acquaintance, Colonel Hugh Pickering--also an expert in phonetics--that he could teach any woman to speak so "properly" that he could pass her off as a duchess at an embassy ball. He chooses as an example a sassy, young working-class London flower seller from the slums, Eliza Doolittle, who has a strong Cockney accent. Can Higgins turn Eliza into a duchess? And will Eliza care to remain a lady for long? When the humble flower girl blossoms into the toast of London's elite, her teacher may have a lesson or two to learn himself

The magic image : the genius of photography from 1839 to the present day by Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton( Book )

22 editions published between 1975 and 1989 in English and Undetermined and held by 901 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"The Magic Image records the development of photography through the images and their makers, from the early pioneers ... to the great photographers today ... series of entries devoted to over 200 individual artists. Each entry consists of a key photograph, a comprehensive section of biographical and technical details ... and a personal assessment by Beaton of the photographer's contribution to his art ... A complete glossary of photographic processes and terminology is also included"--Cover

The glass of fashion by Cecil Beaton( Book )

37 editions published between 1954 and 2021 in English and Undetermined and held by 766 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Gorgeously repackaged, this reissue of the classic book presents the iconic photographer's expert and witty reminiscences of the personalities who inspired fashion's golden eras, and left an indelible mark on his own sense of taste and style. "The camera will never be invented that could capture or encompass all that he actually sees," Truman Capote once said of Cecil Beaton. Though known for his portraits, Beaton was as incisive a writer as he was a photographer. First published in 1954, The Glass of Fashion is a classic - an invaluable primer on the history and highlights of fashion from a man who was a chronicler of taste, and an intimate compendium of the people who inspired his legendary eye. Across eighteen chapters, complemented by more than 150 of his own line drawings, Beaton writes with great wit about the influence of luminaries such as Chanel, Balenciaga, and Dior, as well as relatively unknown muses like his Aunt Jessie, who gave him his first glimpse of "the grown-up world of fashion." Out of print for decades but recognized and sought after as a touchstone text, The Glass of Fashion will be irresistible to a new generation of fashion enthusiasts and a seminal book in any Beaton library. It is both a treasury and a treasure

Beaton portraits by Terence Pepper( Book )

17 editions published in 2004 in English and held by 640 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Presents a catalog to accompany the exhibition of Cecil Beaton's portraits

Beaton in Vogue by Josephine Ross( Book )

15 editions published between 1986 and 2012 in English and held by 616 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Shares images and writings of British-born photographer and designer Cecil Beaton revealing his own glamour, artistry, and wit--and that of his subjects--as well as a sense of history

Gigi by Jacqueline Audry( Visual )

2 editions published between 1991 and 2008 in English and held by 523 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A wealthy Gaston finds out he prefers a young Parisian girl to be his wife rather than his mistress

Cecil Beaton : the royal portraits by Roy Strong( Book )

8 editions published in 1988 in English and held by 478 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An enthralling collection of the finest portraits ever created of the 20th century's most famous family photographed by renowned photographer Cecil Beaton over a period of fifty years and selected from nearly ten thousand vintage prints preserved in his private archive. Extracts from Beaton's unpublished diaries offer witty and candid accounts of his royal sittings and Roy Strong, former director of the Victoria and Albert Museum where Beaton's private archive of royal photographs is now housed, and a close friend of the photographer, tells the story of the most successful union ever forged between crown and camera

Fox Talbot, photographer by Robert E Lassam( Book )

4 editions published in 1979 in English and held by 403 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Fotografisk billedværk

The years between : diaries 1939-44 by Cecil Beaton( Book )

13 editions published between 1961 and 1965 in English and held by 396 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Covers his wartime experience in London, Cairo, Delhi and China

Gigi by Vincente Minnelli( Visual )

18 editions published between 1958 and 2013 in 5 languages and held by 384 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The musical story of a French girl groomed to be a courtesan, but who blossoms into a lady

Cecil Beaton's fair lady by Cecil Beaton( Book )

18 editions published in 1964 in English and Undetermined and held by 379 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Love, Cecil by Lisa Immordino Vreeland( Visual )

8 editions published between 2017 and 2018 in English and German and held by 368 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A documentary about Academy Award-winning costume designer Cecil Beaton. Also a respected photographer, artist and set designer, Beaton was best known for designing on award winning films such as "Gigi" (1958) and "My Fair Lady" (1964). The film features archive footage and interviews with a number of models, artists and filmmakers who worked closely with Beaton during his illustrious career

Ballet by Cecil Beaton( Book )

15 editions published between 1950 and 1951 in English and held by 351 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

War photographs, 1939-45 by Cecil Beaton( Book )

6 editions published between 1974 and 1981 in English and German and held by 321 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Photobiography by Cecil Beaton( Book )

17 editions published between 1948 and 1951 in English and Undetermined and held by 290 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Persona grata by Cecil Beaton( Book )

13 editions published between 1953 and 1954 in 3 languages and held by 280 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"This book is an alphabetical anthology of unique human beings; a portrait gallery in words and photographs of a hundred living people whom we, its self-appointed curators, both admire"--Foreword

Japanese by Cecil Beaton( Book )

15 editions published in 1959 in English and Undetermined and held by 239 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

British photographers by Cecil Beaton( Book )

12 editions published between 1944 and 1987 in English and held by 228 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Royal portraits by Cecil Beaton( Book )

15 editions published between 1963 and 1988 in English and French and held by 212 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Beaton portraits by Cecil Beaton( Book )

7 editions published in 1968 in English and held by 211 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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