Nikolai Vladimirovich Remizov (russian: Никола́й Влади́мирович Ре́мизов; in

Saint-Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

– 4 August 1975 in Riverside County), also known as Nicolai Remisoff, was a Russian and Russian and American artist, political

cartoonist A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comic book illustrators in that they produce both the literary and ...

and

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American cinema The cinema of the United States, consisting mainly of major film studios (also known as Hollywood) along with some independent film, has had a large effect on the global film industry since the early 20th century. The dominant style of Ame ...

.Millichap p.210-13 He worked a number of times one films directed by fellow Russian

Gregory Ratoff Gregory Ratoff (born Grigory Vasilyevich Ratner; russian: Григорий Васильевич Ратнер, tr. ; April 20, c. 1893 – December 14, 1960) was a Russian-born American film director, actor and producer. As an actor, he was bes ...

. Before the

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he was the leading artist in russian satirical magazines '' Strekoza'' and ', in which he published his cartoons under the pseudonym Re-Mi.

Selected filmography

* '' Of Mice and Men'' (1939) * '' Captain Caution'' (1940) * '' Turnabout'' (1940) * ''

My Life with Caroline ''My Life with Caroline'' is a 1941 RKO Pictures American comedy film directed by Lewis Milestone and starring Ronald Colman and Anna Lee, in her second Hollywood film and her first in a starring role. The screenplay was written by John Van Drut ...

'' (1941) * '' The Men in Her Life'' (1941) * ''

Broadway Limited The ''Broadway Limited'' was a passenger train operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) between New York City and Chicago. It operated from 1912 to 1995. It was the Pennsylvania's premier train, competing directly with the New York Central R ...

'' (1941) * '' Topper Returns'' (1941) * '' The Corsican Brothers'' (1941) * '' Something to Shout About'' (1943) * ''

The Heat's On ''The Heat's On'' (1943) is a musical movie starring Mae West, William Gaxton, and Victor Moore, and released by Columbia Pictures. Plot Broadway star Fay Lawrence (West) is a temperamental diva who is reluctantly persuaded by a Broadway produ ...

'' (1943) * ''

Guest in the House ''Guest in the House'' (re-release title ''Satan in Skirts'') is a 1944 American film noir directed by John Brahm starring Anne Baxter and Ralph Bellamy. Lewis Milestone began directing the film in April 1944, but was stricken with appendiciti ...

'' (1944) * ''

Madame Pimpernel ''Paris Underground'', also known as ''Madame Pimpernel'', is a 1945 film directed by Gregory Ratoff, and based on the memoir of the same title by Etta Shiber. The film stars Constance Bennett and Gracie Fields as an American and an Englishwoma ...

'' (1945) * ''

Young Widow ''Young Widow'' is a 1946 drama film directed by Edwin L. Marin and starring Jane Russell and Louis Hayward. It focuses on Joan Kenwood, a young journalist who cannot get over her husband's death in World War II. Kenwood is reminded in large ways ...

'' (1946) * ''

The Strange Woman ''The Strange Woman'' is a 1946 American melodrama film directed by Edgar G. Ulmer and written by Ulmer and Hunt Stromberg, starring Hedy Lamarr, George Sanders and Louis Hayward. Originally released by United Artists, the film is now in the pub ...

'' (1946) * ''

Dishonored Lady ''Dishonored Lady'' (also known as ''Sins of Madeleine'') is a 1947 American crime film directed by Robert Stevenson and starring Hedy Lamarr, Dennis O'Keefe and John Loder. It is based on the 1930 play ''Dishonored Lady'' by Edward Sheldon and ...

'' (1947) * '' Lured'' (1947) * ''

No Minor Vices ''No Minor Vices'' is a 1948 American black-and-white comedy film written by Arnold Manoff and directed by Lewis Milestone with Robert Aldrich as 1st assistant director. Created for David Loew's Enterprise Productions, it was the first of three ...

'' (1948) * '' When I Grow Up'' (1951) * ''

The Moon Is Blue ''The Moon Is Blue'' is a play by F. Hugh Herbert. A comedy in three acts, the play consists of one female and three male characters. Performance history ''The Moon Is Blue'' premiered at The Playhouse in Wilmington, Delaware on February 16, 19 ...

'' (1953) * ''

Please Murder Me ''Please Murder Me!'' is a 1956 American film noir directed by Peter Godfrey (director), Peter Godfrey and starring Angela Lansbury, Raymond Burr and Dick Foran. The film contains an incomplete copyright notice omitting mention of its claimant an ...

'' (1956) * ''

Johnny Concho ''Johnny Concho'' is a 1956 American Western film directed by Don McGuire starring Frank Sinatra, Keenan Wynn, William Conrad and Phyllis Kirk. This was Sinatra's first serious Western and the role allowed him to play against type in his portra ...

'' (1956) * '' Pawnee'' (1957) * ''

Undersea Girl ''Undersea Girl'' is a 1957 American crime film directed by John Peyser and written by Arthur V. Jones. The film stars Mara Corday, Pat Conway, Florence Marly, Dan Seymour, Ralph Clanton and Myron Healey. The film was released on September 22, 195 ...

'' (1957) * '' Black Patch'' (1957) * '' Pork Chop Hill'' (1959) * '' Ocean's 11'' (1960)

References

Bibliography

* Mary Lackritz Gray & Franz Schulze. ''A Guide to Chicago's Murals''. University of Chicago Press, 2001. * Joseph R. Millichap. ''Lewis Milestone''. Twayne Publishers, 1981.

External links

* 1887 births 1975 deaths Russian art directors American art directors White Russian emigrants to the United States Artists from Saint Petersburg Russian cartoonists Russian editorial cartoonists Russian caricaturists White Russian emigrants to France {{Russia-bio-stub