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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Citizen Kane
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Parachute Battalion
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Lady Scarface
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The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
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The Saint In Palm Springs
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Footlight Fever
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Tom, Dick and Harry
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The Gay Falcon
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They Met in Argentina
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Suspicion
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Dude Cowboy
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Look Who's Laughing
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Weekend for Three
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Hurry, Charlie, Hurry
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All That Money Can Buy
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Father Takes a Wife
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Six-Gun Gold
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The Bandit Trail
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Repent at Leisure
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The Devil and Miss Jones
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A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
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Play Girl
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Along the Rio Grande
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Mr. & Mrs. Smith
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Cyclone on Horseback
1940
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The Fargo Kid
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Vigil in the Night
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Bullet Code
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Mexican Spitfire Out West
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Mexican Spitfire
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Men Against the Sky
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Kitty Foyle
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Married and in Love
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Millionaires in Prison
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The Saint's Double Trouble
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The Saint Takes Over
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A Bill of Divorcement
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Cross-Country Romance
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The Marines Fly High
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Curtain Call
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I'm Still Alive
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Abe Lincoln in Illinois
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Dance, Girl, Dance
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Lucky Partners
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My Favorite Wife
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Stranger on the Third Floor
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Triple Justice
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Millionaire Playboy
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One Crowded Night
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You Can't Fool Your Wife
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Primrose Path
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Prairie Law
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Little Orvie
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Legion of the Lawless
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Stage to Chino
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They Knew What They Wanted
1939
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Reno
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Conspiracy
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The Girl and the Gambler
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The Saint Strikes Back
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The Spellbinder
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Almost a Gentleman
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Twelve Crowded Hours
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Sued for Libel
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The Day the Bookies Wept
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Arizona Legion
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Love Affair
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Bachelor Mother
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The Marshal Of Mesa City
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Beauty for the Asking
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In Name Only
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The Fighting Gringo
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Five Came Back
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Panama Lady
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Bad Lands
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
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Allegheny Uprising
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Gunga Din
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The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
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That's Right – You're Wrong
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5th Ave Girl
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Pacific Liner
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Timber Stampede
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Trouble in Sundown
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The Rookie Cop
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Racketeers of the Range
1938
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Bringing Up Baby
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Sky Giant
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Law of the Underworld
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Crashing Hollywood
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Everybody's Doing It
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Night Spot
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Double Danger
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Blind Alibi
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Having Wonderful Time
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Crime Ring
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Go Chase Yourself
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Annabel Takes a Tour
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Fugitives for a Night
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Tarnished Angel
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A Man to Remember
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The Affairs of Annabel
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Room Service
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Mr. Doodle Kicks Off
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Next Time I Marry
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Blond Cheat
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Vivacious Lady
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The Mad Miss Manton
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Carefree
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Joy of Living
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The Saint in New York
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Painted Desert
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This Marriage Business
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Condemned Women
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The Law West of Tombstone
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Lawless Valley
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Border G-Man
1937
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The Woman I Love
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Saturday's Heroes
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Forty Naughty Girls
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Quick Money
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On Again—Off Again
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High Flyers
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Annapolis Salute
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Criminal Lawyer
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Don't Tell the Wife
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Danger Patrol
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They Wanted to Marry
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There Goes My Girl
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Racing Lady
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Hitting a New High
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Stage Door
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Breakfast for Two
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You Can't Buy Luck
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Shall We Dance
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A Damsel in Distress
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China Passage
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We're on the Jury
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Living on Love
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Wise Girl
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The Toast of New York
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Sea Devils
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Super-Sleuth
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She's Got Everything
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The Big Shot
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New Faces of 1937
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There Goes the Groom
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The Soldier and the Lady
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Music for Madame
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Quality Street
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We Who Are About to Die
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Border Cafe
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The Outcasts of Poker Flat
1936
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The Lady Consents
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The Plough and the Stars
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A Woman Rebels
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Walking on Air
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The Big Game
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Winterset
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Swing Time
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The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
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The Bride Walks Out
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Silly Billies
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Murder on a Bridle Path
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Two in the Dark
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Mary of Scotland
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That Girl from Paris
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Chatterbox
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M'Liss
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Love on a Bet
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Bunker Bean
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The Last Outlaw
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Wanted: Jane Turner
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Make Way for a Lady
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Yellow Dust
1935
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Top Hat
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In Person
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We're Only Human
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Star of Midnight
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She
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Sylvia Scarlett
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Annie Oakley
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Romance in Manhattan
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Village Tale
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To Beat the Band
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Old Man Rhythm
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Captain Hurricane
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Chasing Yesterday
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Alice Adams
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Roberta
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Break of Hearts
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The Nitwits
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Jalna
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The Return Of Peter Grimm
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Seven Keys to Baldpate
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I Dream Too Much
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Enchanted April
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The Three Musketeers
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The Arizonian
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Hooray for Love
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His Family Tree
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Murder on a Honeymoon
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Another Face
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The Rainmakers
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Hot Tip
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The Informer
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A Dog of Flanders
1934
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Murder on the Blackboard
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Two Alone
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The Fountain
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Where Sinners Meet
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The Gay Divorcee
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The Lost Patrol
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Stingaree
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By Your Leave
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Finishing School
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Wednesday's Child
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Cockeyed Cavaliers
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This Man Is Mine
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The Meanest Gal in Town
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Man of Two Worlds
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Long Lost Father
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Hips, Hips, Hooray!
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Sing and Like it
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Success at Any Price
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Spitfire
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Keep 'Em Rolling
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Let's Try Again
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Gridiron Flash
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Lightning Strikes Twice
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The Life of Vergie Winters
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His Greatest Gamble
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Down to Their Last Yacht
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We're Rich Again
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Their Big Moment
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The Age of Innocence
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Dangerous Corner
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West of the Pecos
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Bachelor Bait
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Of Human Bondage
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Kentucky Kernels
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Anne of Green Gables
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Red Morning
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The Silver Streak
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The Little Minister
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Strictly Dynamite
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Hat, Coat and Glove
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The Richest Girl in the World
1933
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Little Women
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Flying Down to Rio
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After Tonight
Set Decoration
Christopher Strong
Set Decoration
Rafter Romance
Art Direction
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men
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Our Betters
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Ace of Aces
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The Right To Romance
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The Great Jasper
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If I Were Free
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Chance at Heaven
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Ann Vickers
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Topaze
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
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Morning Glory
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Before Dawn
Supervising Art Director
King Kong
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