CLASS ACT
William Haines
Legendary Hollywood Decorator
By Peter Schifando and Jean H. Mathison

William Haines came to Hollywood after winning a new talent contest in 1922. He appeared in over twenty films as a leading man to many of Hollywood's famous stars, including Joan Crawford, Marion Davies and Constance Bennett. As Haines' film career dwindled, his self-taught decorating skills flourished. Many of his co-stars became his first clients and later he designed the homes of the film industry elite including movie mogul Jack Warner and director George Cukor. Longtime assistant to Haines, Jean H. Mathison and Peter Schifando have opened the William Haines Inc. archive to bring together this unique collection of over 300 some never before published photographs and drawings of Haines' classic furniture designs and his most important projects.

 

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