Lyle R. Wheeler
Known For: Art
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: February 12, 1905
Day of Death: January 10, 1990 (85 years old)
Place of Birth: Woburn, Massachusetts, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lyle Reynolds Wheeler (February 2, 1905 – January 10, 1990) was an American motion picture art director. He received five Academy Awards — for Gone with the Wind (1939), Anna and the King of Siam (1946), The Robe (1953), The King and I (1956) and The Diary of Anne Frank (1959). Lyle Wheeler studied at the University of Southern California, then worked as a magazine artist and industrial designer. In 1936 he was hired by David O. Selznick to work as a set designer for Selznick's motion picture production company. Wheeler proved to be a creative genius when it came to designing quality sets at reasonable costs and was very much in demand in the industry. By the end of World War II, Wheeler had joined Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, where he remained as chief art director until the end of the 1950s. In a career spanning 40 years, Wheeler created sets for more than 350 motion pictures, many of which are considered film classics. His credits include A Star is Born, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, State Fair, The Dolly Sisters, Forever Amber, The Fan, The Pride of St. Louis, The Seven Year Itch, and Carousel and in particular, Gone With the Wind, for which he drew some of the earliest examples of storyboards for film, illustrating not only the art design, but the framing, composition and even the color for nearly every shot in the film, greatly influencing the production. He also created matte paintings for all the ceilings for the sets as well as large set pieces like the facade of Tara. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction 29 times, winning five. In 1951, he was nominated for four different films, three in 1952 and twice for two films in one year. His television credits include the long-running CBS series, Perry Mason. Late in life, Wheeler suffered financial reverses and was forced to sell his home. He lost his five Academy Award statuettes when he was unable to pay a bill in excess of $30,000 at a storage facility. His 1959 Oscar for The Diary of Anne Frank was purchased and returned to Wheeler in 1989 by a fan. Lyle Wheeler died January 10, 1990, at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital, of pneumonia. He was cremated, and his ashes stored in the vault at the Chapel of the Pines Crematory in Los Angeles.
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Art Direction
The Diary of Anne Frank
Art Direction
Warlock
Art Direction
Holiday for Lovers
Art Direction
A Private's Affair
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Journey to the Center of the Earth
Art Direction
Return of the Fly
Art Direction
The Story on Page One
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The Alligator People
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Beloved Infidel
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Say One for Me
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Blue Denim
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The Best of Everything
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The Man Who Understood Women
1958
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The Hunters
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From Hell to Texas
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The Barbarian and the Geisha
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The Bravados
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The Fly
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Mardi Gras
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The Long, Hot Summer
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South Pacific
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Fraulein
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The Fiend Who Walked the West
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The Gift of Love
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The Young Lions
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Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!
1957
Art Direction
Boy on a Dolphin
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The Three Faces of Eve
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April Love
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The Sun Also Rises
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The Enemy Below
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Peyton Place
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Desk Set
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An Affair to Remember
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Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
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A Hatful of Rain
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The Wayward Bus
1956
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The Girl Can't Help It
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Bigger Than Life
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Carousel
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The King and I
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On the Threshold of Space
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The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
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Love Me Tender
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The Last Wagon
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The Proud Ones
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D-Day the Sixth of June
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Bus Stop
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Three Brave Men
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The Revolt of Mamie Stover
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Between Heaven and Hell
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The Bottom of the Bottle
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The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
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Hilda Crane
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The Best Things in Life Are Free
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23 Paces to Baker Street
1955
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Good Morning, Miss Dove
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House of Bamboo
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A Man Called Peter
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The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
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Untamed
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Seven Cities of Gold
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The Virgin Queen
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The Seven Year Itch
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Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
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Daddy Long Legs
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The Racers
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The Left Hand of God
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Soldier of Fortune
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The Tall Men
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Violent Saturday
1954
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There's No Business Like Show Business
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Gorilla at Large
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River of No Return
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The Siege at Red River
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The Egyptian
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Garden of Evil
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Broken Lance
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Three Coins in the Fountain
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Demetrius and the Gladiators
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Black Widow
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Three Young Texans
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Woman's World
1953
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Titanic
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The Glory Brigade
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The Girl Next Door
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White Witch Doctor
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The President's Lady
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Dangerous Crossing
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Taxi
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The I Don't Care Girl
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Mister Scoutmaster
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Tonight We Sing
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Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
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King of the Khyber Rifles
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
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The Desert Rats
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Pickup on South Street
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Vicki
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Niagara
Art Direction
How to Marry a Millionaire
Art Direction
The Robe
Art Direction
Inferno
Art Direction
Man in the Attic
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Powder River
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Call Me Madam
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A Blueprint for Murder
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Treasure of the Golden Condor
1952
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Belles on Their Toes
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Les Miserables
Art Direction
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
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Return of the Texan
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Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie
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Monkey Business
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The Snows of Kilimanjaro
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With a Song in My Heart
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5 Fingers
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Diplomatic Courier
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Night Without Sleep
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Way of a Gaucho
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We're Not Married!
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My Pal Gus
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Deadline - U.S.A.
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Something for the Birds
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My Wife's Best Friend
Art Direction
Stars and Stripes Forever
Art Direction
Don't Bother to Knock
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Viva Zapata!
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What Price Glory
1951
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The Day the Earth Stood Still
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The Secret of Convict Lake
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You're in the Navy Now
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The Model and the Marriage Broker
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The Guy Who Came Back
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As Young as You Feel
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The House on Telegraph Hill
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Follow the Sun
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Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell
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Love Nest
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Let's Make It Legal
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People Will Talk
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David and Bathsheba
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Golden Girl
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Halls of Montezuma
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Fixed Bayonets!
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The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
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Bird of Paradise
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The Frogmen
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I'd Climb the Highest Mountain
Art Direction
Anne of the Indies
Art Direction
Fourteen Hours
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On the Riviera
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Elopement
Art Direction
The 13th Letter
Art Direction
Rawhide
1950
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Mother Didn't Tell Me
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Broken Arrow
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The Jackpot
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Love That Brute
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I'll Get By
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Mister 880
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My Blue Heaven
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A Ticket to Tomahawk
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Cheaper by the Dozen
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Under My Skin
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Panic in the Streets
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No Way Out
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Stella
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All About Eve
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Where the Sidewalk Ends
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The Gunfighter
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When Willie Comes Marching Home
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Wabash Avenue
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Two Flags West
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American Guerrilla in the Philippines
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Three Came Home
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Whirlpool
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The Big Lift
1949
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Thieves' Highway
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Come to the Stable
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Prince of Foxes
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It Happens Every Spring
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The Fan
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Sand
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Slattery's Hurricane
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Pinky
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Twelve O'Clock High
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Father Was a Fullback
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A Letter to Three Wives
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The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
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You're My Everything
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Down to the Sea in Ships
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I Was a Male War Bride
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Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
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Dancing in the Dark
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House of Strangers
1948
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The Street with No Name
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The Luck of the Irish
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Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!
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The Walls of Jericho
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That Lady in Ermine
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The Iron Curtain
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Call Northside 777
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Fury at Furnace Creek
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Sitting Pretty
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Road House
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Give My Regards to Broadway
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Cry of the City
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Apartment for Peggy
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That Wonderful Urge
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Deep Waters
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Unfaithfully Yours
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Yellow Sky
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You Were Meant for Me
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A Bell for Adano
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Thunderhead: Son of Flicka
Art Direction
Where Do We Go from Here?
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Leave Her to Heaven
Art Direction
A Royal Scandal
Art Direction
Within These Walls
Art Direction
The Caribbean Mystery
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State Fair
Art Direction
Nob Hill
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Art Direction
Don Juan Quilligan
Art Direction
Circumstantial Evidence
Art Direction
Hangover Square
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Doll Face
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Diamond Horseshoe
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Fallen Angel
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Junior Miss
Art Direction
The Bullfighters
Art Direction
The Dolly Sisters
Art Direction
Molly and Me
