Ted Billings Frankenstein", starring Boris Karloff; the 1937 version of "The Prince and the Pauper", Errol Flynn, Claude Rains, and Billy and Bobby Mauch; "Stagecoach" (1939), starring John Wayne and Claire Trevor; "Mrs. Miniver" (1942), starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon; the Bob Hope comedy, "The Princess and the Pirate"; and the 1947 classic comedy, "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty", starring Danny Kaye and Virginia Mayo. His final screen appearance was in a small, unnamed role in Otto Preminger's "Forever Amber", starring Linda Darnell and Cornel Wilde; the film was released in October 1947, three months after Billings' death on July
Gile Steele Gile Steele Gile Steele (24 September 1908 in Ohio – 16 January 1952 in Culver City, California), was a Hollywood costume designer. His career began at MGM in 1938 with one of his first assignments being the Norma Shearer film "Marie Antoinette". He also worked on many of the company's prestige pictures including "Pride and Prejudice" and "Boom Town" (both 1940), "Blossoms in the Dust" and "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" (both 1941), "Mrs. Miniver" (1942) and "Madame Curie" (1943). He was one of the first nominees when the category for Best Costume Design was introduced at the Academy Awards