Lionel Banks
Known For: Art
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: June 22, 1901
Day of Death: March 20, 1950 (49 years old)
Place of Birth: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia With over 200 films to his credit, Lionel Banks (born June 22, 1901, Salt Lake City, Utah - died March 20, 1950, Los Angeles, California) was a hard-working art director from 1935 to 1949. In that time he worked on such films as Leo McCarey’s The Awful Truth (1937), Howard Hawks’ South American set Only Angels Have Wings (1939) and his rapid fire comedy classic the following year His Girl Friday, most of the Blondie B-movies, Alexander Hall’s turn of the century fantasy Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) and Charles Vidor’s lush Chopin biopic, A Song to Remember in 1945. Banks was nominated for an Oscar seven times, for Holiday (1938), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), Arizona (1940), Ladies in Retirement (1941), The Talk of the Town (1942), Address Unknown and Cover Girl (both 1944), but never won.
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Secret Command

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Swing in the Saddle

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Two-Man Submarine

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The Black Parachute

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Cry of the Werewolf

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Sailor's Holiday

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Nine Girls

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She's a Soldier Too

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The Ghost That Walks Alone

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Cover Girl

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One Mysterious Night

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Once Upon a Time

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Strange Affair

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Cyclone Prairie Rangers

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The Impatient Years

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Address Unknown

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The Soul of a Monster
1943

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Footlight Glamour

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It's a Great Life

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The Desperadoes

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City Without Men

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Power of the Press

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The Chance of a Lifetime

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Klondike Kate

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Sahara

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What a Woman

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First Comes Courage

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Dangerous Blondes

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After Midnight with Boston Blackie

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Passport to Suez

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Something to Shout About

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Destroyer

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Murder in Times Square

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Appointment in Berlin

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The More the Merrier
1942

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Blondie for Victory

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Blondie Goes to College

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Blondie's Blessed Event

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My Sister Eileen

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Meet the Stewarts

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You Were Never Lovelier

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Alias Boston Blackie

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Not a Ladies' Man

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Counter-Espionage

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The Man Who Returned to Life

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Overland to Deadwood

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Submarine Raider

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Atlantic Convoy

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The Wife Takes a Flyer

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The Talk of the Town

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Parachute Nurse

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Cadets on Parade

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A Night to Remember

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The Lone Prairie
1941

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Blondie Goes Latin

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Blondie in Society

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Here Comes Mr. Jordan

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You Belong to Me

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Sweetheart of the Campus

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Mystery Ship

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Roaring Frontiers

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Penny Serenade

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The Face Behind the Mask

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The Officer and the Lady

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You'll Never Get Rich

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Time Out for Rhythm

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The Blonde from Singapore

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Secrets of the Lone Wolf

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The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance

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Harmon of Michigan

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She Knew All the Answers

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Ladies in Retirement

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The Devil Commands

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Our Wife

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Confessions of Boston Blackie
1940

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Blondie Has Servant Trouble

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Blondie on a Budget

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Blondie Plays Cupid

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The Lady in Question

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Music in My Heart

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His Girl Friday

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Before I Hang

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The Lone Wolf Strikes

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Cafe Hostess

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The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady

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The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date

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Glamour for Sale

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The Doctor Takes a Wife

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The Man with Nine Lives

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So You Won't Talk?

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Arizona

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Island of Doomed Men
1939

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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

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Blondie Brings Up Baby

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Blondie Takes a Vacation

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Blondie Meets the Boss

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The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt

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Blind Alley

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Only Angels Have Wings

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Golden Boy

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Behind Prison Gates

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The Amazing Mr. Williams

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Five Little Peppers And How They Grew

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Let Us Live

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The Lady and the Mob