Lady in the Dark Leisen, Mitchell Head, Edith V&A Explore The Collections Ginger wearing black satin evening gown by Bernard Newman for Roberta (1935). [swipe to see her dancing with Fred in this dress] In her memoir, Ginger wrote, For the Smoke Gets in As The Dark Lady: Classics (C) Part I : r Kibbe Ginger Rogers wearing a dress designed by Edith Head for the 1944 musical Lady in the Dark. Although the war years were a period of frugality in Hollywood costumes, this film was