David S. Garber (1898–1984) was an American

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.Kinnard & Crnkovich p.22 He designed the sets for more than sixty film productions between 1926 and 1957, a large number of them

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Selected filmography

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Fighting with Buffalo Bill ''Fighting With Buffalo Bill'' is a 1926 American silent Western film serial directed by Ray Taylor for Universal Pictures. The film is now considered to be lost. Plot Cast * Wallace MacDonald as Ned Wheeler * Elsa Benham as Doris Carberry ...

'' (1926) * ''

The Denver Dude ''The Denver Dude'' is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by B. Reeves Eason and starring Hoot Gibson, Blanche Mehaffey, and Robert McKim. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures. Plot As described in a film magazine, ...

'' (1927) * '' Desert Dust'' (1927) * ''

The Fighting Three ''The Fighting Three'' is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring Jack Hoxie, Olive Hasbrouck and Marin Sais. The film's sets were designed by the art director David S. Garber. Cast * Jack Hoxie as Jack C ...

'' (1927) * '' Hard Fists'' (1927) * '' Thunder Riders'' (1928) * ''

The Mounted Stranger ''The Mounted Stranger'' is a 1930 American pre-Code Western (genre), Western film. It was a remake of ''The Ridin' Kid from Powder River'' (1924), which was an adaptation of Henry Herbert Knibbs's novel of the same name. Plot Pete Ainslee l ...

'' (1930) * ''

70,000 Witnesses ''70,000 Witnesses'' is a 1932 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Ralph Murphy, written by Garrett Fort, Robert N. Lee, Allen Rivkin and P.J. Wolfson, and starring Phillips Holmes, Dorothy Jordan, Charlie Ruggles, Johnny Mack Brown, J ...

'' (1932) * ''

I Love That Man ''I Love That Man'' is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Harry Joe Brown and written by C. Graham Baker, Casey Robinson and Gene Towne. The film stars Edmund Lowe, Nancy Carroll, Robert Armstrong, Lew Cody, Warren Hymer, Grant M ...

'' (1933) * ''

Private Scandal ''Private Scandal'' is a 1934 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Ralph Murphy and written by Vera Caspary, Garrett Fort and Bruce Manning. The film stars ZaSu Pitts, Phillips Holmes, Mary Brian, Ned Sparks, Lew Cody, June Brewster and Haro ...

'' (1934) * '' Gift of Gab'' (1934) * ''

Here Comes the Groom ''Here Comes the Groom'' is a 1951 American musical romantic comedy film produced and directed by Frank Capra and starring Bing Crosby and Jane Wyman. Based on a story by Robert Riskin and Liam O'Brien, the film is about a foreign correspondent w ...

'' (1934) * ''

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'' (1935) * '' Rocky Mountain Mystery'' (1935) * ''

Desert Gold Desert Gold may refer to: * ''Geraea canescens'', a wildflower also known as Desert Sunflower * Desert Gold (horse), a New Zealand Thoroughbred racehorse **Desert Gold (1919 film), ''Desert Gold'' (1919 film), an Australian film about the racehorse ...

'' (1936) * ''

Drift Fence ''Drift Fence'' (reissued as ''Texas Desperadoes'') is a 1936 American Western film, directed by Otho Lovering and released by Paramount Pictures. The film's sets were designed by art director David S. Garber. Cast * Buster Crabbe as "Slin ...

'' (1936) * ''

The Halliday Brand ''The Halliday Brand'' is a 1957 American Western film directed by Joseph H. Lewis and starring Joseph Cotten. The film's sets were designed by the art director David S. Garber. It was shot partly at the Corriganville Movie Ranch. Plot Clay ...

'' (1957)

References

Bibliography

* Roy Kinnard & Tony Crnkovich. ''The Films of Fay Wray''. McFarland, 2015.

External links

* 1898 births 1984 deaths American art directors People from Indiana {{US-film-director-1890s-stub