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Alex Vetchinsky ( Alec Hyman Vetchinsky; 9 November 1904 - 4 March 1980) was a BAFTA nominated British film art director and
production designer In film and television, the production designer is the individual responsible for the overall aesthetic of the story. The production design gives the viewers a sense of the time period, the plot location, and character actions and feelings. Wo ...
. He worked on more than a hundred productions during a career that lasted between 1928 and 1974. Vetchinsky was employed for many years at
Gainsborough Pictures Gainsborough Pictures was a British film studio based on the south bank of the Regent's Canal, in Poole Street, Hoxton in the former Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch, north London. Gainsborough Studios was active between 1924 and 1951. The c ...
. He later worked frequently for Rank, including on several Carry On films.


Selected filmography

* '' Balaclava'' (1928) * ''
Symphony in Two Flats ''Symphony in Two Flats'' is a 1930 British drama film directed by Gareth Gundrey and starring Ivor Novello, Benita Hume, Jacqueline Logan and Cyril Ritchard. It was an adaptation of a successful 1929 West End play of the same title written b ...
'' (1930) * '' Sunshine Susie'' (1931) * '' The Faithful Heart'' (1932) * '' The Lucky Number'' (1932) * '' Marry Me'' (1932) * '' The Man from Toronto'' (1933) * '' It's a Boy'' (1933) * '' Soldiers of the King'' (1933) * '' Aunt Sally'' (1934) * '' Stormy Weather'' (1935) * '' The Phantom Light'' (1935) * ''
Tudor Rose The Tudor rose (sometimes called the Union rose) is the traditional floral heraldic emblem of England and takes its name and origins from the House of Tudor, which united the House of Lancaster and the House of York. The Tudor rose consists of ...
'' (1936) * '' All In'' (1936) * '' Good Morning, Boys'' (1937) * '' Said O'Reilly to McNab'' (1937) * '' Convict 99'' (1938) * '' Shipyard Sally'' (1939) * '' A Girl Must Live'' (1939) * '' Night Train to Munich'' (1940) * '' Kipps'' (1941) * '' Cottage to Let'' (1941) * ''
The Young Mr. Pitt ''The Young Mr. Pitt'' is a 1942 British biographical film of the life of William Pitt the Younger and in particular his struggle against revolutionary France and Napoleon. It was directed by Carol Reed and stars Robert Donat, Robert Morley, ...
'' (1942) * '' Tawny Pipit'' (1944) * '' Don't Take It to Heart'' (1944) * '' Waterloo Road'' (1945) * ''
The October Man ''The October Man'' is a 1947 mystery film/film noir starring John Mills and Joan Greenwood, written by novelist Eric Ambler, who also produced. A man is suspected of murder, and the lingering effects of a brain injury he sustained in an earlie ...
'' (1947) * ''
The Mark of Cain The curse of Cain and the mark of Cain are phrases that originated in the story of Cain and Abel in the Book of Genesis. In the stories, if someone harmed Cain, the damage would come back sevenfold. Some interpretations view this as a physical ...
'' (1947) * ''
Hungry Hill Hungry Hill or Knockday ( ga, Cnoc Daod) is the highest of the Caha Mountains on the Beara Peninsula in Munster, Ireland. Etymology The first part of the Irish name ''Cnoc Daod'' means "hill". The second part may be a dialectal variant of ' ...
'' (1947) * '' Escape'' (1948) * ''
It's Hard to Be Good ''It's Hard to Be Good'' is a 1948 British comedy film directed by Jeffrey Dell and starring Jimmy Hanley, Anne Crawford and Raymond Huntley. In the film, an ex-army officer finds his altruistic attempts to improve the world are unsuccessful. ...
'' (1948) * ''
Morning Departure ''Morning Departure'' (released as ''Operation Disaster'' in the United StatesHighly Dangerous'' (1950) * '' Waterfront'' (1950) * '' Night Without Stars'' (1951) * '' Hunted'' (1952) * '' The Black Knight'' (1954) * '' Passage Home'' (1955) * '' Value for Money'' (1955) * '' A Town Like Alice'' (1956) * ''
Carry on Sergeant ''Carry On Sergeant'' is a 1958 British comedy film about National Service starring William Hartnell, Bob Monkhouse and Eric Barker; it is the first in the series of ''Carry On'' films, with 31 entries released from 1958 to 1992. The fil ...
'' (1958) * '' Operation Amsterdam'' (1959) * '' Rotten to the Core'' (1965) (received BAFTA nomination) * '' Doctor in Clover'' (1966) * '' The Long Duel'' (1967) * '' Carry On... Up the Khyber'' (1968) * ''
Kidnapped Kidnapped may refer to: * subject to the crime of kidnapping In criminal law, kidnapping is the unlawful confinement of a person against their will, often including transportation/asportation. The asportation and abduction element is typically ...
'' (1971) * ''
Gold Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au (from la, aurum) and atomic number 79. This makes it one of the higher atomic number elements that occur naturally. It is a bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile ...
'' (1974)


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vetchinsky, Alex 1904 births 1980 deaths British film designers British art directors Film people from London