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Jack Otterson
John (Jack) Edward Otterson (August 25, 1905 – December 22, 1991) was an American Art director#In film, art director. He was nominated for eight Academy Awards in the category Academy Award for Best Production Design, Best Art Direction. He worked on 300 films between the years of 1934 and 1953. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was educated at Yale University, Yale, where he was an editor of a campus humor magazine ''The Yale Record'' with writer Geoffrey T. Hellman, writer and film critic Dwight Macdonald and Hollywood photographer Jerome Zerbe.''Yale Banner and Pot Pourri''. New Haven: Yale University Press. 1927. p. 229. He died in Los Angeles, California. Awards Otterson was nominated for eight Academy Awards for Best Art Direction: * ''The Magnificent Brute (1936 film), The Magnificent Brute'' (1936) * ''You're a Sweetheart'' (1937) * ''Mad About Music'' (1938) * ''First Love (1939 film), First Love'' (1939) * ''The Boys from Syracuse (film), The Boys from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Western Pennsylvania, the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania#Municipalities, second-most populous city in Pennsylvania behind Philadelphia, and the List of United States cities by population, 68th-largest city in the U.S. with a population of 302,971 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The city anchors the Pittsburgh metropolitan area of Western Pennsylvania; its population of 2.37 million is the largest in both the Ohio Valley and Appalachia, the Pennsylvania metropolitan areas, second-largest in Pennsylvania, and the List of metropolitan statistical areas, 27th-largest in the U.S. It is the principal city of the greater Pittsburgh–New Castle–Weirton combined statistical area that extends into Ohio and West Virginia. Pitts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mad About Music
''Mad About Music'' is a 1938 American musical film directed by Norman Taurog and starring Deanna Durbin, Herbert Marshall, and Gail Patrick. Based on a story by Marcella Burke and Frederick Kohner, the film is about a girl at an exclusive boarding school who invents an exciting father. When her schoolmates doubt his existence, she has to produce him. ''Mad About Music'' received Academy Award nominations for Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Music, and Best Original Story. Plot Gwen Taylor (Gail Patrick) is a famous Hollywood film star and about to become more famous. On her manager's advice, she has concealed from the press the fact that she's a widow with a fourteen-year-old daughter, Gloria (Deanna Durbin). Gloria lives in a girls-only boarding school in Switzerland. Gloria never sees her mother and never knew her father, who died when she was just a baby; he was a navy pilot during wartime. She has invented a fictitious 'father', from who she receives letters, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Art Directors
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1991 Deaths
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1905 Births
Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20 * one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film Music * 19 (band), a Japanese pop music duo Albums * ''19'' (Adele album), 2008 * ''19'', a 2003 album by Alsou * ''19'', a 2006 album by Evan Yo * ''19'', a 2018 album by MHD * ''19'', one half of the double album ''63/19'' by Kool A.D. * ''Number Nineteen'', a 1971 album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron * ''XIX'' (EP), a 2019 EP by 1the9 Songs * "19" (song), a 1985 song by British musician Paul Hardcastle. * "Nineteen", a song by Bad4Good from the 1992 album '' Refugee'' * "Nineteen", a song by Karma to Burn from the 2001 album ''Almost Heathen''. * "Nineteen" (song), a 2007 song by American singer Billy Ray Cyrus. * "Nineteen", a song by Tegan and Sara from the 2007 album '' The Con''. * "XIX" (song), a 2014 song by Slipk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Missing Guest
''The Missing Guest'' is a 1938 American mystery-comedy film directed by John Rawlins. It is a remake of the 1933 film ''Secret of the Blue Room''. Synopsis A newspaper reporter is sent by his editor to spend a night in a country house where a notorious murder had been committed exactly twenty years before. Cast Production ''The Missing Guest'' was the first of two remakes of the 1933 film ''Secret of the Blue Room''. The film was budgeted at $80,400 and was completed under budget, at $72,000. Music in ''The Missing Guest'' is recycled from previous films including ''Werewolf of London'' and ''Dracula's Daughter''. Release ''The Missing Guest'' was distributed by Universal Pictures on August 12, 1938. Reception From contemporary reviews, "Hobe." of ''Variety'' referred to the film as a "feeble whodunnit for bottom billing" and that "Every outdated aunted housesituation and piece of business is included - not only included, but embarrassingly highlighted." ''The New York W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Spoilers (1942 Film)
''The Spoilers'' is a 1942 American Western film directed by Ray Enright and starring Marlene Dietrich, Randolph Scott and John Wayne. ''The Spoilers'' was adapted to screen by Lawrence Hazard from the 1906 Rex Beach novel of the same name. Film versions also appeared in 1914, 1923 (with Noah Beery Sr. as McNamara and Anna Q. Nilsson as Malotte), 1930 (with Gary Cooper as Glennister and Betty Compson as Malotte; this is the only time that Gary Cooper and John Wayne played the same role in two different films), and 1955 (with Anne Baxter as Malotte, Jeff Chandler as Glennister, and Rory Calhoun as McNamara). Marlene Dietrich, Randolph Scott, and John Wayne also appeared together that same year in a movie called ''Pittsburgh''. Scott was billed above Wayne in both movies, even though Wayne's role was larger and more important in each, because he was under contract to Universal, whereas Wayne was borrowed from Republic. Dietrich and Wayne had also made the earlier fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arabian Nights (1942 Film)
''Arabian Nights'' is a 1942 adventure film directed by John Rawlins and starring Sabu, Maria Montez, Jon Hall and Leif Erickson. The film is derived from ''The Book of One Thousand and One Nights'' but owes more to the imagination of Universal Pictures than the original Arabian stories. Unlike other films in the genre ('' The Thief of Bagdad''), it features no monsters or supernatural elements. The film is one of series of "exotic" tales released by Universal Pictures during World War II. Others include ''Cobra Woman, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves'' and ''White Savage''. This is the first film that Universal made using the three-strip Technicolor film process, although producer Walter Wanger had worked on two earlier Technicolor films for other studios: '' The Trail of the Lonesome Pine'' at Paramount and ''Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938'' for United Artists. Plot The story starts at a harem in Persia, where the elderly overseer bids his young charges to read the story of H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Flame Of New Orleans
''The Flame of New Orleans'' is a 1941 comedy film directed by René Clair and starring Marlene Dietrich and Bruce Cabot in his first comedy role. The supporting cast features Roland Young, Andy Devine and Franklin Pangborn. It was the last of three films Dietrich made with producer Joe Pasternak who called it "in many ways, our most interesting." The movie was nominated for an Oscar for Best Art Direction by Martin Obzina, Jack Otterson and Russell A. Gausman. Plot The legend of "Claire of New Orleans" is born after two fishermen find a wedding dress floating around on the Mississippi River one day. The legend tells that the Countess Claire Ledux disappeared on her wedding day in the year of 1840, and when the dress was found, the people of New Orleans assumed that the bride had committed suicide by throwing herself into the river. This is how the story begins, and then we find out what really happened, as the story of Claire Ledux is revealed. When Claire arrives in New Or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Boys From Syracuse (film)
''The Boys from Syracuse'' is a 1940 American musical film directed by A. Edward Sutherland, based on the 1938 stage musical by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, which in turn was loosely based on the play ''The Comedy of Errors'' by William Shakespeare. The film was nominated for two Academy Awards; one for Best Visual Effects ( John P. Fulton, Bernard B. Brown, Joe Lapis) and one for Best Art Direction ( Jack Otterson). Cast * Allan Jones as Antipholus of Ephesus and Antipholus of Syracuse * Irene Hervey as Adriana * Martha Raye as Luce * Joe Penner as Dromio of Ephesus and Dromio of Syracuse * Alan Mowbray as Angelo * Charles Butterworth as Duke of Ephesus * Rosemary Lane as Phyllis * Samuel S. Hinds as Angeen * Tom Dugan as Octavius * Spencer Charters as Turnkey * Doris Lloyd as Woman * Larry J. Blake as Announcer * Eddie Acuff as Taxi Cab Driver * Matt McHugh as Bartender * David Oliver as Messenger * Bess Flowers as Woman * Cyril Ring as Guard * Julie Carter as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Love (1939 Film)
''First Love'' is a 1939 American musical film directed by Henry Koster and starring Deanna Durbin. Based on the fairy tale ''Cinderella'', the film is about an orphan who is sent to live with her wealthy aunt and uncle after graduating from boarding school. Her life is made difficult by her snobby cousin who arranges that she stay home while the rest of the family attends a major social ball. With the help of her uncle, she makes it to the ball, where she meets and falls in love with her cousin's boyfriend. The film received Academy Award nominations for Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, and Best Music. Plot Constance Harding is an unhappy orphan who will soon graduate from Miss Wiggins' school for girls. Her only real relatives are members from the James Clinton family, but they show little interest in the teenager. She is brought to New York by one of their butlers, where she moves in with a bunch of snobs. The upperclass people are not impressed with her, but Connie is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You're A Sweetheart
''You're a Sweetheart'' is a 1937 American musical film directed by David Butler and starring Alice Faye, George Murphy and Ken Murray. The film was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures who loaned Alice Faye from 20th Century Fox to headline the case. It was remade in 1943 under the title ''Cowboy in Manhattan''. ''You're a Sweetheart'' was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction by Jack Otterson. Plot A big and important Broadway theatre producer is opening his new big show. He is alarmed when he discovers his new show opens on the same night as a charity convention. He decides to lie about the tickets already being sold, so the show will be more alluring. Cast * Alice Faye as Betty Bradley * George Murphy as Hal Adams * Ken Murray as Don King * Charles Winninger as Cherokee Charlie * Andy Devine as Daisy Day * William Gargan as Fred Edwards * Frank Jenks as Harry Howe * Frances Hunt as Penny * Tony Labriola as Oswald * Casper Reardon as Cousin Caspa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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