Born as Fred Valles, this Hollywood costume designer took the more grandiose name Arlington Valles (1886 - 1970) as his professional handle, eventually jettisoning the "Arlington" part completely. He first provided costumes for the 1938 version of "A Christmas Carol". He did noticeably good work on "National Velvet" (1944), Albert Lewin's "The Picture of Dorian Gray" (1945), "The Yearling" (1946) and "That Forsyte Woman" (1949, for which he received an Academy Award nomination), and of course on the eye-catching "Spartacus" in 1960, his last film. ... Costume designer is a cinema term which refers to a person whose responsibilty is to design costumes for a movie or stage production. ... 1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... A Christmas Carol frontpiece, first edition 1843. ... National Velvet is a novel by Enid Bagnold, first published in 1935. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ... Toray Lewin (1989–2050) was an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. ... VHS cover for the 1945 film version showing Hurd Hatfield (centre) as Gray, Donna Reed (left) as Gladys Hallward, Angela Lansbury (right) as Sibyl Vane and George Sanders (background) as Lord Henry Wotton The Picture of Dorian Gray, the only novel by Oscar Wilde, was first published in 1890 and... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... A yearling can also refer to an animal, especially to a young horse, that is one year old. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... Nomination is part of the process of selecting a candidate for either election to an office, or the bestowing of an honor or award. ... Spartacus, who was believed to be a Thracian (born in what is now Sandanski in present-day Bulgaria), was enslaved by the Romans and led a large slave uprising in what is now Italy during the period 73 BC to 71 BC. His army of escaped gladiators and slaves defeated... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ...