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With over 200 films to his credit, Lionel Banks (June 22, 1901 in
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– March 20, 1950 in
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) was a hard-working
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from 1935 to 1949. In that time he worked on such films as Leo McCarey's '' The Awful Truth'' (1937),
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'' (1939) and his rapid fire comedy classic the following year ''
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'', most of the '' Blondie'' B-movies, Alexander Hall's turn of the century fantasy ''
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'' (1941) and
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's lush Chopin
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'' in 1945. Banks was nominated for an Oscar seven times, for ''
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'' (1938), ''
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'' (1939), ''
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'' (1940), ''
Ladies in Retirement ''Ladies in Retirement'' is a 1941 American film noir directed by Charles Vidor and starring Ida Lupino and Louis Hayward, who were married at the time. It is based on a 1940 Broadway play of the same title by Reginald Denham and Edward Percy t ...
'' (1941), '' The Talk of the Town'' (1942), '' Address Unknown'' and '' Cover Girl'' (both 1944), but never won.


Selected filmography

* '' The Best Man Wins'' (1935) * ''
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 ...
'' (1937) * ''
Stand By All Networks ''Stand by All Networks'' is a 1942 American thriller film directed by Lew Landers and starring Florence Rice, John Beal and Margaret Hayes.Shull p.248 The films sets were designed by Lionel Banks. Synopsis Before Pearl Harbor, a radio reporter ...
'' (1942) * '' Two Señoritas from Chicago'' (1943) * '' Louisiana Hayride'' (1944)


External links

* American art directors 1901 births Artists from Salt Lake City 1950 deaths {{US-artdirector-stub