MAX RAAB, 81

Film producer, clothes maker

Max Raab, a trend-setting clothes manufacturer and executive producer of A Clockwork Orange, has died. He had struggled with Parkinson's disease. Philadelphia Funeral home Joseph Levine & Sons confirmed Mr. Raab's Feb. 21 death.

Mr. Raab, a Philadelphia native, invented the shirt-dress, owned Villager clothes and produced several films, including Walkabout in 1970.

Mr. Raab later became interested in movies. He bought the rights to Anthony Burgess' book A Clockwork Orange and sold them to Stanley Kubrick, who directed the film. Mr. Raab was executive producer.