Duncan Sutherland (1 August 1905 – 1967) was a Scottish-born

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, based in England where he designed the sets for over eighty films and television series between the early 1930s and mid-1960s. Sutherland spent much of the 1940s employed by

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where he worked on films such as ''

It Always Rains on Sunday ''It Always Rains on Sunday'' is a 1947 British film adaptation of Arthur La Bern's novel by the same name, directed by Robert Hamer. The film has been compared with the poetic realism movement in the French cinema of a few years earlier by the ...

'' and ''

The Loves of Joanna Godden ''The Loves of Joanna Godden'' is a 1947 British historical drama film directed by Charles Frend and produced by Michael Balcon. The screenplay was written by H. E. Bates and Angus MacPhail from the novel '' Joanna Godden'' (1921) by Sheila Ka ...

''.Barr p.198 In the 1950s he began working on television series such as ''

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Filmography

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The Love Race ''The Love Race'' is a 1931 British comedy film directed by Lupino Lane and starring Stanley Lupino, Jack Hobbs and Dorothy Boyd. It was adapted from Stanley Lupino's own play of the same name and was produced by British International Pictures ...

'' (1931) * ''

After Office Hours ''After Office Hours'' is a 1935 crime drama film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and starring Clark Gable and Constance Bennett. The screenplay was written by Herman Mankiewicz. Plot Jim Branch (Clark Gable), a newspaper editor, falls for wealt ...

'' (1932) * ''

The Innocents of Chicago ''The Innocents of Chicago'' is a 1932 British comedy film directed by Lupino Lane and starring Henry Kendall, Binnie Barnes and Margot Grahame. Production The film was made by British International Pictures at Elstree Studios.Wood p.72 It was ...

'' (1932) * ''

The Last Coupon ''The Last Coupon'' is a 1932 British comedy film directed by Frank Launder and starring Leslie Fuller, Mary Jerrold and Molly Lamont. It was based on a play by Ernest Bryan and was a success at the box office.Shafer p.153 It was shot at the Els ...

'' (1932) * ''

On Secret Service ''On Secret Service'' is a 1933 British thriller film directed by Arthur B. Woods and starring Greta Nissen, Karl Ludwig Diehl, Don Alvarado, and Austin Trevor. It was produced by British International Pictures. It is based on the 1933 German ...

'' (1933) * ''

Their Night Out ''Their Night Out'' is a 1933 British comedy film directed by Harry Hughes and starring Claude Hulbert, Renee Houston and Gus McNaughton. It was made by British International Pictures at Elstree Studios.Wood p.76 The film's sets were designed by ...

'' (1933) * ''

No Funny Business ''No Funny Business'' is a 1933 British comedy film directed by Victor Hanbury and starring Laurence Olivier, Gertrude Lawrence, Jill Esmond and Edmund Breon. The film is a comedy of errors set in a divorce case. It was made at Ealing Studios. ...

'' (1933) * ''

Heads We Go ''Heads We Go'' (U.S. title: ''The Charming Deceiver'') is a 1933 British comedy film directed by Monty Banks and starring Constance Cummings, Frank Lawton and Binnie Barnes. It was made at Elstree Studios (Shenley Road), Elstree Studios by Briti ...

'' (1933) * ''

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'' (1934) * ''

Give Her a Ring ''Give Her a Ring'' is a 1934 British musical film directed by Arthur B. Woods and starring Clifford Mollison, Wendy Barrie, and Zelma O'Neal. The film was a remake of the 1932 German film ''Wrong Number, Miss'', and is sometimes known by the t ...

'' (1934) * '' Mister Cinders'' (1934) * '' Dandy Dick'' (1935) * ''

Music Hath Charms ''Music Hath Charms'' is a 1935 British musical comedy film directed by Thomas Bentley, Walter Summers, Arthur B. Woods and Alexander Esway. It stars Henry Hall with the BBC Dance Orchestra, Carol Goodner and Arthur Margetson. It was given a tr ...

'' (1935) * ''

Drake of England ''Drake of England'' is a 1935 UK, British drama film directed by Arthur B. Woods and starring Matheson Lang, Athene Seyler and Jane Baxter. It depicts the life of Francis Drake and the events leading up to the defeat of Spanish Armada, the Ar ...

'' (1935) * ''

The Crouching Beast ''The Crouching Beast'' is a 1935 British war thriller film directed by Victor Hanbury and starring Fritz Kortner, Wynne Gibson and Richard Bird. It was shot at Welwyn Studios with sets designed by the art director Duncan Sutherland.Wood p.85 Ba ...

'' (1935) * ''

Wings Over Africa ''Wings Over Africa'' is a 1936 British adventure film directed by Ladislao Vajda and starring Joan Gardner, Ian Colin, James Harcourt and James Carew. The film is a quota quickie produced for released by RKO.Chibnall p.292 It was shot at Shep ...

'' (1936) * ''

The Avenging Hand ''The Avenging Hand'' is a 1936 British crime film directed by Victor Hanbury and Frank Richardson and starring Noah Beery, Louis Borel and Kathleen Kelly.Wood p.93 It was made at Welwyn Studios as a quota quickie. Duncan Sutherland worked on ...

'' (1936) * ''

Well Done, Henry ''Well Done, Henry'' is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Wilfred Noy and starring Will Fyffe, Cathleen Nesbitt and Charles Hawtrey. It was made at the Cricklewood Studios in London.Wood p.93 The film's art direction was by Duncan Suther ...

'' (1936) * ''

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'' (1937) * '' Lucky Jade'' (1937) * '' The Mutiny of the Elsinore'' (1937) * ''

Mr. Reeder in Room 13 ''Mr. Reeder in Room 13'' is a 1938 British crime film directed by Norman Lee and starring Peter Murray-Hill, Sally Gray and Gibb McLaughlin. It is based on the first J. G. Reeder book, ''Room 13 (Wallace novel), Room 13'' by Edgar Wallace. The f ...

'' (1938) * '' Night Alone'' (1938) * ''

Save a Little Sunshine ''Save a Little Sunshine'' is a 1938 British comedy film directed by Norman Lee and starring Dave Willis, Pat Kirkwood and Tommy Trinder. Plot After he is sacked from his job, Dave Smalley buys a share in a hotel, but has to resort to workin ...

'' (1938) * ''

Lassie from Lancashire ''Lassie from Lancashire'' is a 1938 British romantic musical comedy film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Marjorie Browne, Hal Thompson and Marjorie Sandford. It was made by British National Films at Welwyn Studios. The film's a ...

'' (1938) * '' My Irish Molly'' (1938) * '' Almost a Honeymoon'' (1938) * ''

Trunk Crime ''Trunk Crime'' is a 1939 British thriller film directed by Roy Boulting and starring Manning Whiley, Barbara Everest and Michael Drake. It was made at Elstree Studios as a quota quickie.Wood p.101 The film's sets were designed by Duncan Sutherla ...

'' (1939) * ''

Dead Men Are Dangerous ''Dead Men are Dangerous'' is a 1939 British noir crime film directed by Harold French and starring Robert Newton, Betty Lynne, John Warwick, and Peter Gawthorne. It was released in the U.S. as ''Dangerous Masquerade''. Its plot concerns an uns ...

'' (1939) * '' Wanted by Scotland Yard'' (1939) * '' The Dark Eyes of London'' (1939) * ''

Old Mother Riley Joins Up ''Old Mother Riley Joins Up'' is a 1940 British comedy film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Arthur Lucan, Kitty McShane, Martita Hunt, Bruce Seton and Garry Marsh. It was part of the long-running Old Mother Riley series. Plot summary Old ...

'' (1939) * ''

Spies of the Air ''Spies of the Air'' (also known as ''Spies in the Air'' and ''The Fifth Column'') is a 1939 British adventure film directed by David MacDonald and based on the play ''Official Secret'' by Jeffrey Dell. The film stars Barry K. Barnes, Roger Li ...

'' (1940) * ''

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'' (1940) * ''

Old Mother Riley in Business ''Old Mother Riley in Business'' is a 1941 British comedy film directed by John Baxter and starring Arthur Lucan, Kitty McShane and Cyril Chamberlain. It was the sixth in the long-running Old Mother Riley series of films. Old Mother Riley's pub ...

'' (1941) * ''

Crook's Tour ''Crook's Tour'' is a 1941 black and white British film directed by John Baxter featuring Charters and Caldicott. It is adapted from a BBC radio serial of the same name. Plot Charters and Caldicott are touring the Middle East (Saudi Arabia) wi ...

'' (1941) * '' This England'' (1941) * '' 'Pimpernel' Smith'' (1941) * '' Jeannie'' (1941) * ''

The Night Has Eyes ''The Night Has Eyes'', released in the United States as ''Terror House'' by Producers Releasing Corporation and re-released in the US by Cosmopolitan Pictures in 1949 as ''Moonlight Madness'', is a 1942 British thriller film directed by Leslie ...

'' (1942) * '' Thunder Rock'' (1942) * ''

San Demetrio London ''San Demetrio London'' is a 1943 British World War II docudrama based on the true story of the 1940 salvage of the tanker MV ''San Demetrio'' by some of her own crew, who reboarded her after she had been set on fire by the German heavy cruiser ...

'' (1943) * ''

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'' (1943) * ''

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'' (1943) * '' Fiddlers Three'' (1944) * '' For Those in Peril'' (1944) * '' Dreaming'' (1944) * ''

Pink String and Sealing Wax ''Pink String and Sealing Wax'' is a 1945 British drama film directed by Robert Hamer and starring Mervyn Johns. It is based on a play with the same name by Roland Pertwee. It was the first feature film Robert Hamer directed on his own. The ti ...

'' (1945) * ''

Johnny Frenchman ''Johnny Frenchman'' is a 1945 British comedy-drama romance war film produced by Ealing Studios and directed by Charles Frend. The film was produced by Michael Balcon from a screenplay by T. E. B. Clarke, with cinematography by Roy Kellino. ...

'' (1945) * ''

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'' (1946) * '' Bedelia'' (1946) * ''

'' (1947) * ''

'' (1947) * '' The History of Mr. Polly'' (1949) * '' Obsession'' (1949) * '' Last Holiday'' (1950) * ''

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'' (1950) * ''

Circle of Danger ''Circle of Danger'' is a 1951 British thriller film directed by Jacques Tourneur which stars Ray Milland, Patricia Roc, Marius Goring, Hugh Sinclair and Naunton Wayne. An American travels to England to discover the truth behind his brother's d ...

'' (1951) * ''

Night Was Our Friend ''Night Was Our Friend'' is a 1951 British drama film directed by Michael Anderson and starring Elizabeth Sellars, Michael Gough and Ronald Howard. The title references a line from Virgil's epic poem ''The Aeneid''. Plot A young woman is acq ...

'' (1951) * ''

The Straw Man ''The Straw Man'' is a 1957 novel by the French writer Jean Giono. Its French title is ''Le Bonheur fou'', which means "the mad happiness". The story is set in the 1840s and follows Angelo Pardi as he is caught up in plots leading up to the Itali ...

'' (1953) * '' Intimate Relations'' (1953) * '' Night of the Silvery Moon'' (1954) * '' Police Dog'' (1955) * ''

The Time of His Life ''The Time of His Life'' is a 1955 British comedy film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Richard Hearne, Ellen Pollock, Richard Wattis and Robert Moreton. The screenplay concerns a man who is released from prison and goes to live with ...

'' (1955) * ''

Home and Away ''Home and Away'' (often abbreviated as ''H&A'') is an Australian television soap opera. It was created by Alan Bateman and commenced broadcast on the Seven Network on 17 January 1988. Bateman came up with the concept of the show during a trip ...

'' (1956) * ''

At the Stroke of Nine ''At the Stroke of Nine'' is a 1957 British crime film directed by Lance Comfort and starring Patricia Dainton, Stephen Murray, Patrick Barr and Dermot Walsh. The plot follows a high-flying female journalist who is kidnapped by a madman. He forc ...

'' (1957) * ''

The Trollenberg Terror ''The Trollenberg Terror'' (released in the U.S. as ''The Crawling Eye'') is a 1958 British science fiction drama film, produced by Robert S. Baker and Monty Berman and directed by Quentin Lawrence. The film stars Forrest Tucker, Laurence Payn ...

'' (1958) * ''

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'' (1959) * ''

Naked Fury ''Naked Fury'' is a 1959 British crime thriller directed by Charles Saunders. In the United States, it was re-titled ''The Pleasure Lovers''. Synopsis Four criminals attack a night watchman while robbing a warehouse. After kidnapping the daug ...

'' (1959) * ''

The Night We Dropped a Clanger ''The Night We Dropped a Clanger'' is a 1959 black and white British comedy film directed by Darcy Conyers and starring Brian Rix, Cecil Parker, William Hartnell and Leslie Phillips; Andrew Sachs made his screen debut. The title comes from the B ...

'' (1959) * ''

The Crowning Touch ''The Crowning Touch'' is a 1959 British comedy film directed by David Eady and starring Ted Ray, Irene Handl and Greta Gynt. Plot The "Crowning Touch" of the title is a fancy ladies hat. It has been ordered and specially set aside at a posh Br ...

'' (1959) * ''

Jungle Street ''Jungle Street'' is a 1961 black and white British crime drama directed by Charles Saunders and starring David McCallum, Kenneth Cope, and Jill Ireland, about a young man who attempts to escape his working-class background and win the girl h ...

'' (1960) * ''

Fury at Smugglers' Bay ''Fury at Smugglers' Bay'' is a 1961 British adventure film produced, written and directed by John Gilling and starring Peter Cushing, Bernard Lee, Michèle Mercier and John Fraser. The plot revolves around smuggling in Cornwall. Studio sequence ...

'' (1961) * ''

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'' (1961) * ''

Dangerous Afternoon ''Dangerous Afternoon'' is a 1961 British crime film directed by Charles Saunders and starring Ruth Dunning. It was primarily filmed at Twickenham Studios, with the shops next to Strawberry Hill railway station, notably the chemist's in Wellesley ...

'' (1961) * '' Ticket to Paradise'' (1961) * '' The Wind of Change'' (1961) * ''

Crosstrap ''Crosstrap'' is a 1962 British B-movie crime film, starring Laurence Payne, Jill Adams and Gary Cockrell, and marking the directorial debut of Robert Hartford-Davis. The screenplay was adapted from a novel by John Newton Chance. The film was ...

'' (1962) * ''

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'' (1962) * ''

Gaolbreak ''Gaolbreak'' is a 1962 British crime film directed by Francis Searle and starring Peter Reynolds, Avice Landone and Carol White. Plot A family of thieves plan a jewellery store robbery. One of them is the safecracking expert, and when he i ...

'' (1962) * ''

Dead Man's Evidence ''Dead Man's Evidence'' is a 1962 British crime thriller film directed by Francis Searle. Its plot follows a British spy sent to Ireland to investigate the death of a former colleague who defected and who has been found dead on a beach. Cast * C ...

'' (1962) * '' Stranglehold'' (1963) * ''

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'' (1963) * '' The Switch'' (1963) * ''

The Hi-Jackers ''The Hi-Jackers'' is a 1963 British crime thriller film written and directed by Jim O'Connolly. It stars Anthony Booth and Jacqueline Ellis. It was shot in black and white. Plot Long-distance independent lorry driver Terry (Anthony Booth) meet ...

'' (1963) * ''

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'' (1963) * '' The Vulture'' (1966)

References

Bibliography

* Barr, Charles. ''Ealing Studios''. University of California Press, 1998.

External links

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