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
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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
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Along the Rio Grande
Art Direction
Suspicion
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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
Art Direction
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
Art Direction
Mexican Spitfire
Art Direction
Mexican Spitfire Out West
Art Direction
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
Art Direction
One Crowded Night
Art Direction
You Can't Fool Your Wife
Art Direction
Primrose Path
1939
Art Direction
5th Ave 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
Art Direction
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
Art Direction
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
Art Direction
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
Art Direction
The Lady Consents
Art Direction
The Plough and the Stars
Art Direction
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
Art Direction
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
Art Direction
Follow the Fleet
Art Direction
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
Art Direction
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
Art Direction
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
Art Direction
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
Art Direction
Another Face
Art Direction
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
Art Direction
Finishing School
Art Direction
Wednesday's Child
Art Direction
This Man Is Mine
Art Direction
Cockeyed Cavaliers
Art Direction
Long Lost Father
Art Direction
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
Art Direction
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
Settings
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
Settings
Headline Shooter
Set Decoration
The Silver Cord
Art Direction
The Past of Mary Holmes
Settings
Blind Adventure
Settings
Bed of Roses
Settings
Sweepings