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Stephen Goosson
Stephen Goosson (March 24, 1889 - March 25, 1973) was an American film set designer and art director. Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Goosson was an architect in Detroit before starting his film career as art director for producer Lewis J. Selznick, and films for Fox Film Corporation such as ''New Movietone Follies of 1930''. He eventually was hired by Columbia Pictures, where he served as supervising art director for 25 years. Goosson won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction for ''Lost Horizon''. His designs for the film have been noted as excellent examples of the Streamline Moderne style that reached the height of its popularity that year. Additional credits include ''Mr. Deeds Goes to Town'', ''Theodora Goes Wild'', ''The Awful Truth'', '' Holiday'', ''Meet John Doe'', ''The Little Foxes'', ''The Jolson Story'', and ''The Lady from Shanghai''. Goosson died of a stroke in Woodland Hills, California. Selected filmography * ''A Blonde for a Night'' (1928) * '' Let 'Er ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photography, photographing actual scenes with a movie camera, motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of computer-generated imagery, CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still imag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Little Foxes (film)
''The Little Foxes'' is a 1941 American drama film directed by William Wyler. The screenplay by Lillian Hellman is based on her 1939 play ''The Little Foxes''. Hellman's ex-husband Arthur Kober, Dorothy Parker and her husband Alan Campbell contributed additional scenes and dialogue. Plot In 1900, in the cotton country of the deep South, beautiful and brilliant Regina Hubbard Giddens struggles for wealth and freedom within the confines of an early 20th-century society where fathers only considered sons as legal heirs. As a result, thanks to their ruthless tradesman father, her avaricious brothers, Benjamin and Oscar, are independently wealthy, while she is financially dependent upon her sickly husband, Horace, whose severe heart condition has confined him to a sanitarium in Baltimore for several years. When the film begins, the Hubbards are expecting a dinner guest, William Marshall, a prominent businessman from Chicago. Ben and Oscar persuade him to build a cotton mill in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Directors Guild Hall Of Fame
The Art Directors Guild Hall of Fame was established by the Art Directors Guild in 2005 to recognize and honor the accomplishments and contributions of significant art directors and production designers in the film industry. 2005 inductees * Wilfred Buckland (1866–1946) * Richard Day (1896–1972) * John DeCuir (1918–1991) * Anton Grot (1884–1974) * Boris Leven (1908–1986) * William Cameron Menzies (1896–1957) * Van Nest Polglase (1898–1968)"Hall of Fame inductees from 2005 to 2009" , ''Art Directors Guild''. Retrieved August 27, 2012. 2006 inductees * (1920–2005) * |
Squadron Of Honor
''Squadron of Honor'' is a 1938 American action film directed by Charles C. Coleman (director), Charles C. Coleman and starring Don Terry, Mary Russell (actress), Mary Russell, and Thurston Hall. It was produced as a second feature by Columbia Pictures.Miller p.61 The film's sets were designed by the art director Stephen Goosson. Synopsis American Legion commander Bob Metcalf and district attorney Don Blane join forces to battle a crooked operator who tries to frame Metcalf for murder. To assist him Blane calls on the help of a hundred thousand American Legion members. Cast * Don Terry as District Attorney Don Blane * Mary Russell (actress), Mary Russell as Eve Rogers * Thurston Hall as Bob Metcalf * Arthur Loft as Lou Tanner * Robert Warwick as Kimball * Marc Lawrence as Lawlor * Dick Curtis as Craig * George McKay (actor), George McKay as Todd * Eddie Fetherston as Denton * Edward LeSaint as Forsythe * Ivan Miller (actor), Ivan Miller as Chief Finley * Harry Strang as C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murder In Greenwich Village
''Murder in Greenwich Village'' is a 1937 American mystery film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring Richard Arlen, Fay Wray and Raymond Walburn.Monaco p.14 The screenplay involves an heiress who is falsely accused of murder. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Lionel Banks and Stephen Goosson. Plot When she is falsely accused of murder, an heiress ropes in a photographer to provide her with an alibi. Cast * Richard Arlen as Steve Havens Jackson Jr. * Fay Wray as Kay Cabot aka Lucky * Raymond Walburn as The Senator * Wyn Cahoon as Flo Melville * Scott Kolk as Larry Foster (as Scott Kolton) * Thurston Hall as Charles Cabot * Marc Lawrence as Rusty Morgan * Gene Morgan as Henderson * Mary Russell as Antoinette ''aka'' Angel Annie McGillicutty * George McKay as Officer * Leon Ames as Rodney Hunter * Barry Macollum as Murphy * Marjorie Reynolds as Molly Murphy See also * List of American films of 1937 This list of American films of 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
She Married An Artist
''She Married an Artist'' is a 1937 American romantic comedy film directed by Marion Gering and starring John Boles, Luli Deste, and Frances Drake.Goble p.806 The film's sets were designed by the art director Stephen Goosson. Partial cast * John Boles as Lee Thornwood * Luli Deste as Toni Bonnet * Frances Drake as Sally Dennis * Helen Westley as Martha Moriarty * Alexander D'Arcy as Phillip Corval * Albert Dekker as Whitney Holton * Marek Windheim as Jacques * Franklin Pangborn as Paul * Julie Bishop Julie Isabel Bishop (born 17 July 1956) is an Australian former politician who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2013 to 2018 and deputy leader of the Liberal Party from 2007 to 2018. She was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Curtin ... as Betty Dennis References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. '' The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1 Jan 1999. External links * 1937 films 1937 romantic comedy films American r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women Of Glamour
''Women of Glamour'' is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Gordon Wiles and starring Virginia Bruce, Melvyn Douglas and Reginald Denny.Goble p.1022 It is a remake of the 1930 film ''Ladies of Leisure'', which was itself based on the 1926 silent film ''Ladies of Leisure''. The film's sets were designed by the art director Stephen Goosson. Main cast * Virginia Bruce as Gloria Hudson * Melvyn Douglas as Richard 'Dick' Stark * Reginald Denny as Fritz 'Frederick' Eagan * Pert Kelton as Nan LaRoque * Leona Maricle as Carol Coulter * Thurston Hall as Mr. Stark * Mary Forbes as Mrs. Stark * Maurice Cass as Caldwell * Clarissa Selwynne Clarissa Selwynne (26 February 1886 – 13 June 1948) was a British stage and film actress.Kear & King p. 143 She settled in the United States, working in Hollywood where she appeared in around 100 films. Partial filmography * '' Hearts in Exi ... as Woman References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You May Be Next
''You May Be Next'' is a 1936 American crime film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring Ann Sothern, Lloyd Nolan and Douglass Dumbrille.Schlossheimer p.300 The film's sets were designed by the art director Stephen Goosson. Cast * Ann Sothern as Fay Stevens * Lloyd Nolan as Neil Bennett * Douglass Dumbrille as Beau Gardner * John Arledge as Eddie House * Berton Churchill as J.J. Held * Nana Bryant as Miss Abbott * Robert Middlemass as Dan McMahon * George McKay as Mitch Cook * Gene Morgan Gene Morgan (March 12, 1893 – August 13, 1940) was an American actor. He appeared in 111 films between 1926 and 1941. He was born in Racine, Wisconsin, United States, and died in Santa Monica, California. Selected filmography * ''Rogu ... as Ted Lene * Clyde Dilson as Nick Barrow References Bibliography * Michael Schlossheimer. ''Gunmen and Gangsters: Profiles of Nine Actors Who Portrayed Memorable Screen Tough Guys''. McFarland, 2001. External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shanghaied Love
''Shanghaied Love'' is a 1931 American Pre-Code drama film directed by George B. Seitz and starring Richard Cromwell, Sally Blane and Noah Beery. It was produced and released by Columbia Pictures. The film's sets were designed by the art director Stephen Goosson. It is based on the 1922 novel ''The Blood Ship'' by Norman Springer, previously made into the 1927 silent film ''The Blood Ship''.Goble p.438 Plot The crew of the ''Black Yankee'' is mostly composed of men shanghaied from San Francisco but also includes Newman a disgraced former sea captain who has a past with the brutal commander of the ship Captain Swope. Cast * Richard Cromwell as The Boy * Sally Blane as Mary Swope * Noah Beery as Capt. 'Black Yankee' Angus Swope * Willard Robertson as Newman * Sidney Bracey as The Rat * Richard Alexander as Eric * Ed Brady as Fitzgibbons * Erville Alderson as Deaken * Jack Cheatham as Lynch * Fred Toones as Snowflake * Lionel Belmore as The Knitting Swede See also *List of lost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Just Imagine
''Just Imagine'' is a 1930 American pre-Code science fiction musical-comedy film, directed by David Butler. The film is known for its art direction and special effects in its portrayal of New York City in an imagined 1980. ''Just Imagine'' stars El Brendel, Maureen O'Sullivan, John Garrick and Marjorie White. The "man from 1930" was played by El Brendel, an ethnic vaudeville comedian of a forgotten type: the Swedish immigrant. The film starts with a preamble showing life in 1880, where the people believed themselves the "last word in speed". It switches to 1930, with the streets crowded with automobiles and lined with electric lights and telephone wires. It then switches to 1980, where the tenement houses have morphed into 250-story buildings, connected by suspension bridges and multi-lane elevated roads. Plot In 1980, J-21 (John Garrick) sets his aircraft on "hover" mode in New York, lands and converses with the beautiful LN-18 (Maureen O'Sullivan). He describes how th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Let 'Er Go Gallegher
''Let 'Er Go Gallegher'' was a 1928 silent crime comedy film directed by Elmer Clifton and starring Frank Coghlan Jr., Harrison Ford and Elinor Fair. The film is based on the Gallegher character from American author Richard Harding Davis' 1891 publication ''Gallegher and Other Stories''. The film's sets were designed by the art director Stephen Goosson. In the story, Gallegher is a copy boy at a newspaper who become an investigator. The character was also adapted into a film in 1917. Cast * Frank Coghlan Jr. as John 'Let 'Er Go' Gallegher * Harrison Ford as Henry Clay Callahan * Elinor Fair as Clarissa Mahaffey * Wade Boteler as McGinty * E.H. Calvert as City Editor * Ivan Lebedeff Ivan Lebedeff (born Ivan Vasilyevich Lebedev ( rus, Иван Васильевич Лебедев), 18 June 1894 – 31 March 1953) was a Russian film actor, lecturer and writer. He appeared in 66 films between 1926 and 1953. In 1940, his no ... as Stephen B. Hade AKA Four Fingers Dan * Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Blonde For A Night
''A Blonde for a Night'' is a 1928 American silent comedy film directed by E. Mason Hopper and F. McGrew Willis and starring Marie Prevost, Franklin Pangborn and Harrison Ford.Munden p.68 The film's sets were designed by the art director Stephen Goosson. Premise After an argument with her husband on their honeymoon in Paris, a wife disguises herself as a blonde woman to test her husband's fidelity. Cast * Marie Prevost as Marcia Webster * Franklin Pangborn as Hector * Harrison Ford as Bob Webster * T. Roy Barnes as George Mason * Lucien Littlefield Lucien Littlefield (August 16, 1895 – June 4, 1960) was an American actor who achieved a long career from silent films to the television era. He was noted for his versatility, playing a wide range of roles and already portraying old men befor ... as Jenks References Bibliography * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
