Van Nest Polglase

Known For: Art
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: August 25, 1898
Day of Death: December 20, 1968 (70 years old)
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
From Wikipedia Van Nest Polglase (25 August 1898 – 20 December 1968) was an American art director. He was nominated for six Academy Awards in the category Best Art Direction. Best remembered as head of the design department at RKO Pictures, he worked on 333 films between 1925 and 1957. He was born in Brooklyn, New York and died in Los Angeles, California. His death notice noted that he was "survived by his son Dr. Van Nest Polglase and 2 grandchildren", his wife, Helen, having predeceased him six months earlier.
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Art Direction
Citizen Kane

Art Direction
Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Art Direction
Parachute Battalion

Art Direction
Cyclone on Horseback

Art Direction
Footlight Fever

Art Direction
Tom, Dick and Harry

Art Direction
The Saint In Palm Springs

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Lady Scarface

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The Mexican Spitfire's Baby

Art Direction
The Gay Falcon

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Play Girl

Art Direction
Along the Rio Grande

Art Direction
Suspicion

Art Direction
Dude Cowboy

Art Direction
Look Who's Laughing

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The Bandit Trail

Art Direction
Hurry, Charlie, Hurry

Art Direction
Weekend for Three

Art Direction
All That Money Can Buy

Art Direction
Six-Gun Gold

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They Met in Argentina

Art Direction
Father Takes a Wife

Art Direction
Repent at Leisure

Art Direction
The Devil and Miss Jones

Art Direction
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1940

Art Direction
The Fargo Kid

Art Direction
Legion of the Lawless

Art Direction
Vigil in the Night

Art Direction
Bullet Code

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Mexican Spitfire

Art Direction
Mexican Spitfire Out West

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Men Against the Sky

Art Direction
Kitty Foyle

Art Direction
The Marines Fly High

Art Direction
The Saint's Double Trouble

Art Direction
Married and in Love

Art Direction
The Saint Takes Over

Art Direction
Curtain Call

Art Direction
Millionaires in Prison

Art Direction
I'm Still Alive

Art Direction
Cross-Country Romance

Art Direction
A Bill of Divorcement

Art Direction
Prairie Law

Art Direction
Little Orvie

Art Direction
Stage to Chino

Art Direction
They Knew What They Wanted

Art Direction
Abe Lincoln in Illinois

Art Direction
Dance, Girl, Dance

Art Direction
Lucky Partners

Art Direction
My Favorite Wife

Art Direction
Stranger on the Third Floor

Art Direction
Millionaire Playboy

Art Direction
Triple Justice

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One Crowded Night

Art Direction
You Can't Fool Your Wife

Art Direction
Primrose Path
1939

Art Direction
Fifth Avenue Girl

Art Direction
Pacific Liner

Art Direction
Trouble in Sundown

Art Direction
Timber Stampede

Art Direction
Reno

Art Direction
Racketeers of the Range

Art Direction
Conspiracy

Art Direction
The Girl and the Gambler

Art Direction
Almost a Gentleman

Art Direction
Twelve Crowded Hours

Art Direction
The Saint Strikes Back

Art Direction
The Spellbinder

Art Direction
The Day the Bookies Wept

Art Direction
Sued for Libel

Art Direction
Arizona Legion

Art Direction
The Rookie Cop

Art Direction
Love Affair

Art Direction
The Marshal Of Mesa City

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Bachelor Mother

Art Direction
Beauty for the Asking

Art Direction
In Name Only

Art Direction
The Fighting Gringo

Art Direction
Five Came Back

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Panama Lady

Art Direction
Bad Lands

Art Direction
The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Art Direction
Allegheny Uprising

Art Direction
Gunga Din

Art Direction
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

Art Direction
That's Right – You're Wrong
1938

Art Direction
Bringing Up Baby

Art Direction
The Law West of Tombstone

Art Direction
Condemned Women

Art Direction
Sky Giant

Art Direction
Law of the Underworld

Art Direction
Everybody's Doing It

Art Direction
Crashing Hollywood

Art Direction
Night Spot

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Double Danger

Art Direction
Blond Cheat

Art Direction
Crime Ring

Art Direction
Go Chase Yourself

Art Direction
Blind Alibi

Art Direction
Having Wonderful Time

Art Direction
Mr. Doodle Kicks Off

Art Direction
Fugitives for a Night

Art Direction
The Affairs of Annabel

Art Direction
A Man to Remember

Art Direction
Room Service

Art Direction
Annabel Takes a Tour

Art Direction
Tarnished Angel

Art Direction
Next Time I Marry

Art Direction
This Marriage Business

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Vivacious Lady

Art Direction
Lawless Valley

Art Direction
The Mad Miss Manton

Art Direction
Carefree

Art Direction
Border G-Man

Art Direction
Joy of Living

Art Direction
The Saint in New York

Art Direction
Painted Desert
1937

Art Direction
We Who Are About to Die

Art Direction
Border Cafe

Art Direction
The Outcasts of Poker Flat

Art Direction
The Woman I Love

Art Direction
Saturday's Heroes

Art Direction
Forty Naughty Girls

Art Direction
Quick Money

Art Direction
Annapolis Salute

Art Direction
On Again—Off Again

Art Direction
High Flyers

Art Direction
There Goes My Girl

Art Direction
Don't Tell the Wife

Art Direction
Criminal Lawyer

Art Direction
Danger Patrol

Art Direction
They Wanted to Marry

Art Direction
Racing Lady

Art Direction
Hitting a New High

Art Direction
Stage Door

Art Direction
Breakfast for Two

Art Direction
You Can't Buy Luck

Art Direction
Shall We Dance

Art Direction
A Damsel in Distress

Art Direction
We're on the Jury

Art Direction
China Passage

Art Direction
Living on Love

Art Direction
Wise Girl

Art Direction
The Toast of New York

Art Direction
Sea Devils

Art Direction
Super-Sleuth

Art Direction
She's Got Everything

Art Direction
The Big Shot

Art Direction
New Faces of 1937

Art Direction
There Goes the Groom

Art Direction
The Soldier and the Lady

Art Direction
Music for Madame

Art Direction
Quality Street
1936

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The Lady Consents

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The Plough and the Stars

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Walking on Air

Art Direction
A Woman Rebels

Art Direction
The Big Game

Art Direction
Yellow Dust

Art Direction
Wanted: Jane Turner

Art Direction
Make Way for a Lady

Art Direction
Winterset

Art Direction
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford

Art Direction
Swing Time

Art Direction
The Bride Walks Out

Art Direction
Silly Billies

Art Direction
Murder on a Bridle Path

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Two in the Dark

Art Direction
Mary of Scotland

Art Direction
Chatterbox

Art Direction
That Girl from Paris

Art Direction
M'Liss

Art Direction
Love on a Bet

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Follow the Fleet

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Bunker Bean

Art Direction
The Last Outlaw
1935

Art Direction
Top Hat

Art Direction
In Person

Art Direction
We're Only Human

Art Direction
A Dog of Flanders

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Star of Midnight

Art Direction
She

Art Direction
Sylvia Scarlett

Art Direction
Annie Oakley

Art Direction
Village Tale

Art Direction
Romance in Manhattan

Art Direction
To Beat the Band

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Old Man Rhythm

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Alice Adams

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Chasing Yesterday

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Captain Hurricane

Art Direction
Roberta

Art Direction
I Dream Too Much

Art Direction
Jalna

Art Direction
Break of Hearts

Art Direction
Enchanted April

Art Direction
Seven Keys to Baldpate

Art Direction
The Nitwits

Art Direction
The Three Musketeers

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The Arizonian

Art Direction
Hooray for Love

Art Direction
The Return Of Peter Grimm

Art Direction
His Family Tree

Art Direction
Murder on a Honeymoon

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Another Face

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The Rainmakers

Art Direction
Hot Tip

Art Direction
The Informer
1934

Art Direction
Two Alone

Art Direction
The Fountain

Art Direction
Where Sinners Meet

Art Direction
The Gay Divorcee

Art Direction
The Lost Patrol

Art Direction
Murder on the Blackboard

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Stingaree

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By Your Leave

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Finishing School

Art Direction
Wednesday's Child

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This Man Is Mine

Art Direction
Cockeyed Cavaliers

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Long Lost Father

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The Meanest Gal in Town

Art Direction
Man of Two Worlds

Art Direction
Keep 'Em Rolling

Art Direction
Success at Any Price

Art Direction
Hips, Hips, Hooray!

Art Direction
Sing and Like It

Art Direction
Spitfire

Art Direction
The Life of Vergie Winters

Art Direction
Their Big Moment

Art Direction
Strictly Dynamite

Art Direction
Of Human Bondage

Art Direction
Let's Try Again

Art Direction
His Greatest Gamble

Art Direction
The Age of Innocence

Art Direction
Kentucky Kernels

Art Direction
Down to Their Last Yacht

Art Direction
Bachelor Bait

Art Direction
Anne of Green Gables

Art Direction
Lightning Strikes Twice

Art Direction
The Little Minister

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Red Morning

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Dangerous Corner

Art Direction
We're Rich Again

Art Direction
Hat, Coat and Glove

Art Direction
Gridiron Flash

Art Direction
West of the Pecos

Art Direction
The Richest Girl in the World

Art Direction
The Silver Streak
1933

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Morning Glory

Settings
Before Dawn

Art Direction
Flying Down to Rio

Art Direction
After Tonight

Set Decoration
Christopher Strong

Supervising Art Director
King Kong

Set Decoration
Rafter Romance

Art Direction
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men

Art Direction
Ace of Aces

Art Direction
Ann Vickers

Art Direction
The Great Jasper

Art Direction
Our Betters

Art Direction
Chance at Heaven

Art Direction
Little Women

Art Direction
If I Were Free

Art Direction
The Right To Romance

Art Direction
Topaze

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Headline Shooter

Set Decoration
The Silver Cord

Art Direction
The Past of Mary Holmes

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Blind Adventure

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Bed of Roses

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Sweepings