Edwin B. Willis

Known For: Art
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: January 27, 1893
Day of Death: November 26, 1963 (71 years old)
Place of Birth: Decatur, Illinois, USA
Edwin Booth Willis (January 28, 1893 – November 26, 1963) was an American motion picture set designer and decorator. Willis worked exclusively at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios for his entire career. During his career as a set designer Willis worked on over 600 separate productions. The Internet Movie Database lists his 577 film credits as set decorator, 163 credits as interior decorator and 24 credits as art director. Edwin B. Willis was nominated for the Academy Award in his profession 32 times, in certain years receiving multiple nominations. Willis won the Oscar on eight occasions. He was born in Decatur, Illinois and died of cancer in Hollywood, in 1963. His older sister was Hollywood film editor Verna Willis.
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1957

Set Decoration
This Could Be the Night

Set Decoration
Gun Glory

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Don't Go Near the Water

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Raintree County

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Something of Value

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The Teahouse of the August Moon

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House of Numbers

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Until They Sail

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Man on Fire

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Silk Stockings

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Designing Woman

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The Seventh Sin

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Les Girls

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Ten Thousand Bedrooms

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The Wings of Eagles
1956

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Forbidden Planet

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Lust for Life

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Tribute to a Bad Man

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The Fastest Gun Alive

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Somebody Up There Likes Me

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Ransom!

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These Wilder Years

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The Rack

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The Great American Pastime

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Gaby

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The Power and the Prize

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The Catered Affair

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Tea and Sympathy

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The Opposite Sex

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Meet Me in Las Vegas

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Diane

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High Society
1955

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Interrupted Melody

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Love Me or Leave Me

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The King's Thief

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Blackboard Jungle

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I'll Cry Tomorrow

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Jupiter's Darling

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The Prodigal

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Trial

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Hit the Deck

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Bad Day at Black Rock

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The Cobweb

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It's a Dog's Life

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Kismet

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Moonfleet

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Many Rivers to Cross

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It's Always Fair Weather
1954

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Brigadoon

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Her Twelve Men

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Tennessee Champ

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The Long, Long Trailer

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The Great Diamond Robbery

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The Last Time I Saw Paris

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Rose Marie

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Green Fire

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Deep in My Heart

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Executive Suite

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Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

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Valley of the Kings

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Men of the Fighting Lady
1953

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Confidentially Connie

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Battle Circus

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Easy to Love

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Escape from Fort Bravo

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Cry of the Hunted

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Julius Caesar

Set Decoration
The Actress

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Take the High Ground!

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Bright Road

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Remains to Be Seen

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Rogue's March

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Lili

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The Naked Spur

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The Story of Three Loves

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Jeopardy

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Dangerous When Wet

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Give a Girl a Break

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The Affairs of Dobie Gillis

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The Girl Who Had Everything

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Young Bess

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All the Brothers Were Valiant

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Small Town Girl

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I Love Melvin

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The Band Wagon

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Kiss Me Kate

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Big Leaguer
1952

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Singin' in the Rain

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Desperate Search

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Fearless Fagan

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Carbine Williams

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My Man and I

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Skirts Ahoy!

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Holiday for Sinners

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The Prisoner of Zenda

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Glory Alley

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The Wild North

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Scaramouche

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Invitation

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Young Man with Ideas

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Pat and Mike

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Shadow in the Sky

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The Bad and the Beautiful

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Love Is Better Than Ever

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Talk About a Stranger

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The Belle of New York

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Plymouth Adventure

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Everything I Have Is Yours

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The Sellout

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The Merry Widow
1951

Set Decoration
An American in Paris

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Show Boat

Set Decoration
The Unknown Man

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Inside Straight

Set Decoration
The Strip

Set Decoration
Texas Carnival

Set Decoration
The Great Caruso

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Callaway Went Thataway

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Bannerline

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The Painted Hills

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Mr. Imperium

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Angels in the Outfield

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Grounds for Marriage

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Three Guys Named Mike

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Soldiers Three

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Father's Little Dividend

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Too Young to Kiss

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The Red Badge of Courage

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Westward the Women

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Cause for Alarm!

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The Light Touch

Set Decoration
Royal Wedding

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The Tall Target
1950

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Duchess of Idaho

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The Next Voice You Hear...

Set Decoration
The Outriders

Set Decoration
Ambush

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Right Cross

Set Decoration
Nancy Goes to Rio

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Annie Get Your Gun

Set Decoration
The Toast of New Orleans

Set Decoration
The Skipper Surprised His Wife

Set Decoration
Mystery Street

Set Decoration
The Asphalt Jungle

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Stars in My Crown

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Three Little Words

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Two Weeks with Love

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Key to the City

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The Yellow Cab Man

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A Life of Her Own

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Black Hand

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Please Believe Me

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Shadow on the Wall

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The Big Hangover

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To Please a Lady

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The Reformer and the Redhead

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Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone

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Father of the Bride

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King Solomon's Mines

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Summer Stock

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Side Street

Set Decoration
Crisis

Set Decoration
Kim

Set Decoration
The Magnificent Yankee

Set Decoration
Pagan Love Song

Set Decoration
The Happy Years

Set Decoration
Dial 1119
1949

Set Decoration
Adam's Rib

Set Decoration
The Red Danube

Set Decoration
Battleground

Set Decoration
Neptune's Daughter

Set Decoration
In the Good Old Summertime

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The Great Sinner

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Little Women

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The Bribe

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Big Jack

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The Sun Comes Up

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The Doctor and the Girl

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Challenge to Lassie

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That Midnight Kiss

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Any Number Can Play

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Malaya

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That Forsyte Woman

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Scene of the Crime

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The Secret Garden

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The Stratton Story

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East Side, West Side

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Intruder in the Dust

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Tension

Set Decoration
The Barkleys of Broadway

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Take Me Out to the Ball Game

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Act of Violence

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On the Town

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Madame Bovary
1948

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Hills of Home

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The Three Musketeers

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Big City

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Julia Misbehaves

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Summer Holiday

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The Pirate

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Homecoming

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Tenth Avenue Angel

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State of the Union

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Three Daring Daughters

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Easter Parade

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The Kissing Bandit

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A Date with Judy

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Command Decision
1947

Set Decoration
The Arnelo Affair

Set Decoration
Living in a Big Way

Set Decoration
The Beginning or the End

Set Decoration
The Sea of Grass

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Desire Me

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Good News

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The Hucksters

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Killer McCoy

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The Romance of Rosy Ridge

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Dark Delusion

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Cynthia

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Song of the Thin Man

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Green Dolphin Street

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Undercover Maisie
1946

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The Harvey Girls

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The Hoodlum Saint

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Love Laughs at Andy Hardy

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The Secret Heart

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Two Smart People

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Easy to Wed

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Up Goes Maisie

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The Yearling

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Courage of Lassie

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Undercurrent

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The Postman Always Rings Twice

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Two Sisters from Boston

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Lady in the Lake

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Bad Bascomb

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Till the Clouds Roll By
1945

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Without Love

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Main Street After Dark

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Week-End at the Waldorf

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Anchors Aweigh

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Yolanda and the Thief

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Twice Blessed

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Ziegfeld Follies

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The Valley of Decision

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Bewitched

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The Clock

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National Velvet

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The Hidden Eye

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The Picture of Dorian Gray

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The Sailor Takes a Wife

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Thrill of a Romance

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Dangerous Partners

Set Decoration
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood

Set Decoration
Her Highness and the Bellboy

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She Went to the Races

Set Decoration
Son of Lassie

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Between Two Women

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They Were Expendable
1944

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Meet Me in St. Louis

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Mrs. Parkington

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Kismet

Set Decoration
The Seventh Cross

Set Decoration
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble

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Nothing But Trouble

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See Here, Private Hargrove

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Bathing Beauty

Set Decoration
Music for Millions

Set Decoration
Gaslight

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The Canterville Ghost

Set Decoration
Maisie Goes to Reno

Set Decoration
The White Cliffs of Dover

Set Decoration
Broadway Rhythm

Set Decoration
Lost in a Harem

Set Decoration
Blonde Fever

Set Decoration
The Thin Man Goes Home

Set Decoration
Gentle Annie

Set Decoration
Rationing
1943

Set Decoration
Lassie Come Home

Set Decoration
Slightly Dangerous

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I Dood It

Set Decoration
The Human Comedy

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Keeper of the Flame

Set Decoration
Girl Crazy

Set Decoration
A Guy Named Joe

Set Decoration
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case

Set Decoration
Swing Shift Maisie

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Best Foot Forward

Set Decoration
Lost Angel

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The Man from Down Under

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Swing Fever

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Cabin in the Sky

Set Decoration
Bataan

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Presenting Lily Mars

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Whistling in Brooklyn

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Above Suspicion

Set Decoration
Thousands Cheer
1942

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Mokey

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Calling Dr. Gillespie

Set Decoration
Woman of the Year

Decorator
Cairo

Set Decoration
The Courtship of Andy Hardy

Set Decoration
Andy Hardy's Double Life

Set Decoration
I Married an Angel

Set Decoration
Tarzan's New York Adventure

Set Decoration
Rio Rita

Set Decoration
Whistling in Dixie

Settings
The Bugle Sounds

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Tortilla Flat

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The War Against Mrs. Hadley

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Sunday Punch

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Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant

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Her Cardboard Lover

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Mrs. Miniver

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Seven Sweethearts

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Ship Ahoy

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Somewhere I'll Find You

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For Me and My Gal

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Panama Hattie

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The Vanishing Virginian

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Nazi Agent

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Journey for Margaret

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Dr. Kildare's Victory

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Joe Smith, American

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This Time for Keeps

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Grand Central Murder

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Fingers at the Window

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Eyes in the Night

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Reunion in France

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Tennessee Johnson

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Kid Glove Killer

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Mr. and Mrs. North

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Maisie Gets Her Man

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Apache Trail

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The Affairs of Martha
1941

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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

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The Big Store

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Lady Be Good

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The Feminine Touch

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Johnny Eager

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Andy Hardy's Private Secretary

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When Ladies Meet

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Come Live with Me

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Married Bachelor

Set Decoration
I'll Wait for You

Set Decoration
Rage in Heaven

Set Decoration
Tarzan's Secret Treasure

Set Decoration
Washington Melodrama

Set Decoration
Kathleen

Set Decoration
The People Vs. Dr. Kildare

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The Bad Man

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A Woman's Face

Set Decoration
The Get-Away

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Ringside Maisie

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Love Crazy

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Life Begins for Andy Hardy

Set Decoration
Blossoms in the Dust

Set Decoration
Blonde Inspiration

Set Decoration
Design for Scandal

Set Decoration
Smilin' Through

Set Decoration
Billy the Kid

Set Decoration
Down in San Diego

Set Decoration
Whistling in the Dark

Set Decoration
Two-Faced Woman

Set Decoration
Ziegfeld Girl

Set Decoration
Shadow of the Thin Man

Set Decoration
Maisie Was a Lady
1940

Set Decoration
The Philadelphia Story

Set Decoration
The Mortal Storm

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Pride and Prejudice

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Gallant Sons

Set Decoration
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante

Set Decoration
The Golden Fleecing

Set Decoration
Comrade X

Set Decoration
Waterloo Bridge

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I Love You Again

Set Decoration
Broadway Melody of 1940

Set Decoration
New Moon

Set Decoration
Boom Town

Set Decoration
And One Was Beautiful

Set Decoration
Phantom Raiders

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20 Mule Team

Set Decoration
The Shop Around the Corner

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Strike Up the Band

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Northwest Passage

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Sporting Blood

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Third Finger, Left Hand

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Escape

Set Decoration
Dr. Kildare Goes Home

Set Decoration
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case

Set Decoration
Congo Maisie

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Strange Cargo

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Dulcy

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Go West

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The Captain Is a Lady

Set Decoration
The Ghost Comes Home

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I Take This Woman

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Bitter Sweet

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Little Nellie Kelly

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The Earl of Chicago

Set Decoration
We Who Are Young

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Susan and God

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Gold Rush Maisie
1939

Set Decoration
The Wizard of Oz

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Thunder Afloat

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The Hardys Ride High

Set Decoration
Fast and Furious

Set Decoration
Judge Hardy and Son

Set Decoration
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever

Set Decoration
Tell No Tales

Set Decoration
Calling Dr. Kildare

Set Decoration
These Glamour Girls

Set Decoration
Bad Little Angel

Set Decoration
Henry Goes Arizona

Set Decoration
Ninotchka

Set Decoration
Balalaika

Set Decoration
Honolulu

Set Decoration
Blackmail

Set Decoration
Bridal Suite

Set Decoration
Lucky Night

Set Decoration
Babes in Arms

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Nick Carter, Master Detective

Set Decoration
Miracles for Sale

Set Decoration
Broadway Serenade

Set Decoration
The Kid From Texas

Set Decoration
The Women

Set Decoration
The Secret of Dr. Kildare

Set Decoration
Sergeant Madden

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Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President

Set Decoration
At the Circus

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Maisie

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Four Girls in White

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Stand Up and Fight

Set Decoration
Dancing Co-Ed

Set Decoration
The Ice Follies of 1939

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6,000 Enemies

Set Decoration
Stronger Than Desire

Set Decoration
On Borrowed Time

Set Decoration
It's a Wonderful World

Set Decoration
Another Thin Man

Set Decoration
Idiot's Delight

Set Decoration
Remember?

Set Decoration
Fast and Loose
1938

Assistant Art Director
Mannequin

Assistant Art Director
Fast Company

Assistant Art Director
Vacation from Love

Assistant Art Director
Judge Hardy's Children

Assistant Art Director
Love Finds Andy Hardy

Set Decoration
Out West with the Hardys

Assistant Production Design
Too Hot to Handle

Assistant Art Director
Paradise for Three

Assistant Art Director
Three Loves Has Nancy

Assistant Art Director
Arsène Lupin Returns

Set Decoration
Sweethearts

Set Decoration
The Girl Downstairs

Assistant Art Director
Boys Town

Set Decoration
Young Dr. Kildare

Set Decoration
A Christmas Carol

Set Decoration
The Shining Hour

Art Direction
Marie Antoinette

Art Department Assistant
Love Is a Headache

Assistant Art Director
The First Hundred Years

Art Department Assistant
Of Human Hearts

Set Decoration
Dramatic School

Art Direction
The Chaser

Set Decoration
Spring Madness
1937

Assistant Set Decoration
Married Before Breakfast

Assistant Art Director
Beg, Borrow or Steal

Assistant Art Director
Double Wedding

Assistant Art Director
A Family Affair

Assistant Art Director
You're Only Young Once

Art Direction
Espionage

Assistant Art Director
My Dear Miss Aldrich

Art Department Assistant
The Women Men Marry

Art Direction
Captains Courageous

Assistant Art Director
The Good Earth

Assistant Art Director
Night Must Fall

Set Decoration
Saratoga

Assistant Art Director
Navy Blue and Gold

Assistant Art Director
They Gave Him a Gun

Art Direction
Madame X

Art Direction
The Bride Wore Red

Art Department Assistant
A Day at the Races
1936

Assistant Art Director
Riffraff

Assistant Art Director
After the Thin Man

Assistant Art Director
San Francisco

Assistant Art Director
The Devil-Doll

Assistant Art Director
Sinner Take All

Assistant Art Director
Sworn Enemy

Assistant Art Director
Three Live Ghosts

Art Direction
Mad Holiday

Assistant Art Director
Camille

Art Direction
Three Godfathers

Co-Art Director
Libeled Lady

Art Direction
Fury

Art Direction
Trouble for Two

Assistant Art Director
The Unguarded Hour

Art Direction
Absolute Quiet

Art Direction
The Garden Murder Case
1935

Assistant Art Director
Rendezvous

Assistant Art Director
Calm Yourself

Assistant Art Director
The Bishop Misbehaves

Assistant Art Director
Woman Wanted

Assistant Art Director
Kind Lady

Assistant Art Director
Whipsaw

Set Decoration
The Night Is Young

Art Direction
The Night Is Young

Assistant Art Director
The Casino Murder Case

Assistant Art Director
Times Square Lady

Art Direction
China Seas

Art Direction
Broadway Melody of 1936

Art Direction
No More Ladies

Art Direction
Murder in the Fleet

Art Direction
Mad Love

Art Direction
Baby Face Harrington
1934

Assistant Art Director
Hide-Out

Assistant Art Director
The Thin Man

Set Decoration
Hollywood Party

Assistant Art Director
Treasure Island

Assistant Art Director
The Gay Bride

Interior Designer
You Can't Buy Everything

Art Direction
What Every Woman Knows

Art Direction
Operator 13

Art Direction
Manhattan Melodrama

Art Direction
Forsaking All Others

Set Decoration
Riptide

Assistant Art Director
Sadie McKee
1933

Set Decoration
Broadway to Hollywood

Decorator
Dancing Lady

Set Decoration
Reunion in Vienna

Set Decoration
The Stranger's Return

Set Decoration
Queen Christina

Interior Designer
Storm at Daybreak

Set Decoration
Bombshell

Interior Designer
Stage Mother

Set Decoration
Beauty for Sale

Interior Designer
The Solitaire Man

Interior Designer
Penthouse

Set Decoration
Hold Your Man